Early park admission without a Universal package

[rtbreneman]

Just trying to confirm what I think to believe is true:

Is early park admission linked just to the hotel and not to the ticket being purchased through Universal? IF I book an "early park admission hotel" such as Holiday Inn & Suites but then buy my park tix through undercover tourist or another outside source, will I still have early access to the parks?

Thanks in advance!

 

[chmurf]

you get early entry with onsite hotels, and it's only linked to your room key, so room = perk
but I don't know about offsite/partner hotels

ETA : after a bit of research, it looks like you do need to book a package in order to get Early Entry with patrner hotels like the Holiday Inn & Suites

you could book the room at Cabana Bay Beach and tickets from another source and still get EE as CBBR is a Universal Hotel, but with a partner hotel you need to book a package (hotel+tickets at the same time)

somebody might confirm for partner hotels.

 

[macraven]

Some of the packages that UO sells for neighbor/ partner hotels stay, do include EE

 

[damo]

You can't just book Holiday Inn and Suites and then get tickets somewhere else and get EE. You need to book them both through the Universal website packages.