crowds at universal

[5onadime]

with the free dining going on at wdw, is universal very crowded now?

 

[Ileana]

I was just there Saturday

The Studios were DEAD Saturday morning - IOA seemed busier, but by the time we got over there (and finished eating at Mythos - yummmmmmmmmmm) it started to rain.

 

[magnumaid]

I was there last year during free dining and both parks were super dead.

 

[Metro West]

I was at both parks yesterday and the crowds were fairly light. I saw a wait time of 25 mins for Shrek and 30 mins for Hulk but other than that...not bad at all. Now if the weather would just cool down some.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

I was just there Saturday

The Studios were DEAD Saturday morning - IOA seemed busier, but by the time we got over there (and finished eating at Mythos - yummmmmmmmmmm) it started to rain.

We visited Universal on Wed. 8/29. It was not crowded at all.

Our shuttle was at least an hour late picking us up (wee bit confusion on the pick up location at our resort) so we didn't arrive at the park until almost 10am. We immediately went to see Shrek, then Twister and rode Mummy before 11:30. We went on Earthquake, Jaws, Men In Black and saw Terminator before 2pm.

So, fortunately, even with the late start, we still got to see and ride everything we wanted (except maybe ET and perhaps Beetlejuice)

We were at IOA Sat. 9/1. It wasn't crowded. DH asked someone in Jurassic Park about the crowds and she expected it to be busier in the afternoon-it being a holiday weekend, a Saturday and folks expecting later hours when they were in fact only open until 8pm.

We arrived at the turnstiles about 15 minutes before 9, just before they opened the gates (which they did at 8:45).

We turned left and went straight to Hulk. The wait was about 10 minutes, as was the case for most attractions throughout the day. The tip board we passed in Suess Landing in the afternoon listed most attractions in the 5-10 minute wait range, with the exception of Spidey at 30 min. (glad we got to that one early)

We hit many of the major attractions - Spidey, (skipped Storm Force and Dr. Doom), Ripsaw Falls, Jurassic Park River Adventure and Dueling Dragons before noon.

We continued our counter-clockwise adventure through Lost Continent, going to Poseidon's Fury (rain started while we were inside, so we just missed you Ileana) for the 12:30 show. We skipped the 8th Voyage of Sinbad.

In Suess Landing we rode Cat in the Hat and had lunch at Circus McGurkus, which pretty much ended our day around 2pm.

We needed to catch our shuttle back to WDW at 3:15, doing a little shopping at The IOA Trading Company and Margaritaville on the way to the parking lot.

 

[phamton]

None of the parks are crowded right now incuding Disney:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1571552

 

[Ileana]

We visited Universal on Wed. 8/29. It was not crowded at all.

Our shuttle was at least an hour late picking us up (wee bit confusion on the pick up location at our resort) so we didn't arrive at the park until almost 10am. We immediately went to see Shrek, then Twister and rode Mummy before 11:30. We went on Earthquake, Jaws, Men In Black and saw Terminator before 2pm.

So, fortunately, even with the late start, we still got to see and ride everything we wanted (except maybe ET and perhaps Beetlejuice)

We were at IOA Sat. 9/1. It wasn't crowded. DH asked someone in Jurassic Park about the crowds and she expected it to be busier in the afternoon-it being a holiday weekend, a Saturday and folks expecting later hours when they were in fact only open until 8pm.

We arrived at the turnstiles about 15 minutes before 9, just before they opened the gates (which they did at 8:45).

We turned left and went straight to Hulk. The wait was about 10 minutes, as was the case for most attractions throughout the day. The tip board we passed in Suess Landing in the afternoon listed most attractions in the 5-10 minute wait range, with the exception of Spidey at 30 min. (glad we got to that one early)

We hit many of the major attractions - Spidey, (skipped Storm Force and Dr. Doom), Ripsaw Falls, Jurassic Park River Adventure and Dueling Dragons before noon.

We continued our counter-clockwise adventure through Lost Continent, going to Poseidon's Fury (rain started while we were inside, so we just missed you Ileana) for the 12:30 show. We skipped the 8th Voyage of Sinbad.

In Suess Landing we rode Cat in the Hat and had lunch at Circus McGurkus, which pretty much ended our day around 2pm.

We needed to catch our shuttle back to WDW at 3:15, doing a little shopping at The IOA Trading Company and Margaritaville on the way to the parking lot.

We WERE going to start with IOA first, but since we didn't get to do the Studios in March, we went over there first (I'm glad we did though cause we had too much fun) I'm still uploading pics and typing up a trip report...

Isn't it awesome getting there early and blowing through everything so that you can then relax and just look at everything?? The rain turned spidey into a 75 minute wait close to 1pm when we walked past there (in the rain grrrr)

Mythos more than made up for not getting any rides in

 

[mslclark]

We were in Orlando over Labor Day weekend. Went to Disney on Thurs. and Sunday. Went to Universal parks Friday, Sat, and Monday. I thought the crowds were heavier at the Disney parks. Overall I was very pleased. I wasn't sure how the crowds would be over this holiday weekend, but I thought they were very managable, actually better than they were the last week of April.