best price on tickets

[eljojo]

What's the best price for a 2/day 2/park pass or just individual park passes for two days? Seems like all the good prices are for the 5 day passes, but we'll only be at Universal for two days. Thanks

 

[eljojo]

does AAA have the best prices for 2- day tickets?

 

[mad4themouse]

I haven't seen a 2-day/2-park pass that is less expensive than the 5-day Bonus Pass. If you're going for 2 days, that is still your best option. The 2-day/2-park pass is, IMHO, only worth it if you only plan to spend a single day at USF/IOA, want to hop between parks and plan to return for a single day more than 5 days later.

 

[SGF]

How much is the 5 day bonus ticket? Where can you purchase them?

 

[mad4themouse]

Universal offers the passes for $94.95 plus tax and shipping. A 2-day/2=park pass is $99.95.

You could purchase the passes online at Universal Florida - Tickets & Vacations but there are less expensive ways.

Go to the above link but don't purchase the tickets. Exit the window and another window will pop up offering the same passes for $89.95 plus taxes and shipping.

Even better yet: Go to the
Kraft - Hulk Offer and get $8 off (making the price $86.95 + tax and shipping). You can purchase up to 4 passes thru this offer.

Need more passes? Mastercard has a "Buy 4 get 5" offer. For $379.80 (plus tax and shipping), you get 5 5-day Bonus passes. That figures out to $75.96 per ticket before tax and shipping. Passes must be paid for using a Mastercard and you must purchase 5 passes. Universal Florida - Mastercard Deals

 

[SGF]

Thanks. Looks like the Kraft ticket offer is the best value even though we only need two days. This way we can get a few extra hours in the day we arrive. The price is close to buying a three day pass.

 

[a-sloane]

I'm confused about the Kraft offer. One link suggests that these are only good for purchase until 4/13/04, with all visits completed by 4/30/04, but the tix still seem to be for sale on the web site. What gives?

 

[mad4themouse]

Originally posted by a-sloane
I'm confused about the Kraft offer. One link suggests that these are only good for purchase until 4/13/04, with all visits completed by 4/30/04, but the tix still seem to be for sale on the web site. What gives?

Those are Universal Studios Hollywood Tickets that had to be ordered by 4/13/04 and used by 4/30/04. The Universal Studios Florida passes have no expiration date and (at least today) the offer is still good for $8 off.

 

[eljojo]

mad4themouse - thanks for the info! The Mastercard offer seems perfect for us -it's cheaper than buying the 2 day tickets even if we won't get to use the other 3 days. I can't find on site an expiration date for the offer or the tickets -we're going in Aug. Do you know?

 

[eljojo]

Also, how much tax & shipping - got to figure if it's cheaper once you add in everything!

 

[Tina26]

mad4themouse, thanks so much for listing all these deals! I knew about the kraft deal, but not the master card deal. This one was perfect for us (family of five) so I just went ahead and ordered tonight. You just can't beat this deal!

eljojo, My order came to $415.xx with tax and shipping for five tickets. Tax was 23.xx and I chose the next day shipping for $11 because I wanted to have the tickets in my hand ASAP instead of getting them through a machine at the park. I figure if I'm spending this much money on tickets, I might as well pay a little more to have them sent to me. HTH!

Now our trip feels official!!

Forgot to add: The tickets don't expire until you use them for the first time, then they expire within the next five days. FYI, we also are only planning on going for two days but now that I know we have five days, we might just go more than two. Either way, I haven't found a better deal.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

We took the mastercard deal too. You can't beat that for a family of five. Now if only DIsney would offer a deal like that.

 

[Tina26]

Disneymomx7, my thoughts exactly. I guess they have so much business they don't even need to offer park pass discounts. It really stinks! We won't be doing any Disney parks this year, only Universal/IOA.

 

[Jennylen]

Expecting DIS to offer US/IOA type deal, that is just a wish for me aslo. We might have wait for couple decades. I only see them (working on) increase prices year after year.

You have a great deal: About $16/per day/per person for 5 days – if you spend five days there. The best deal you can get publicly for DIS is around $47/per day for hopper passes. Dropping from $ 47 to $16, long way to go for DIS. Also, AP discounts offers from UO/AOI is far better than DIS. Sometimes, it makes me think if it’s because of the name of the park costs us, just like name tag of the cloth, or car: BMV vs. Forcus(Ford).

 

[eljojo]

Tina 26 ---- Do you know if you have to apply for the Mastercard by a certain date to get the deal - I don't have one yet! But for that price, I may apply. Even though we're only spending two days in the parks, it's still cheaper than buying a 2-day ticket. Thanks!