Few first timer questions

[mom2ee]

1. Staying onsite, so get into park early entry. How do I find out which park has early entry? Jan 9 and Jan 10.

2. Are the only attractions without express pass Gringotts, Forbidden Journey? and the pteratadon flyers?

3. Any quick and easy how to's for the "photopass" at UO/IOA?

 

[jeffbear]

1. Staying onsite, so get into park early entry. How do I find out which park has early entry? Jan 9 and Jan 10.

2. Are the only attractions without express pass Gringotts, Forbidden Journey? and the pteratadon flyers?

3. Any quick and easy how to's for the "photopass" at UO/IOA?

1. They both open early for on site hotel guests

2. Those three are excluded, as is the Despicable Me ride

3. Dunno ... maybe somebody else can chime in

 

[Oodalally13]

We are here now and Despicable M does have express entry.

 

[johde]

1. Right now, early entry for Islands of Adventure is set to go through January 3rd. I'm going to be there the 6-10th with one of those day being a Busch Gardens day and I'm expecting only Universal Studios to be open early during during that time. At Universal Studios, Gringotts and Despicable Me have Early Entry.

2. At Universal Studios, Kudo and Kangs seems to be on again off again on whether it has Express. Right now, I think it's off again. But, the line is normally never long for it. Even now, during the Christmas crush, Despicable Me has a 120 min. wait, Gringotts 105 min, and Kudo and Kangs 10 min.

3. The best how to for Universal's Photo Connect I've seen is on Orlando Informer. You can't directly like to their site from this site. But if you put "Universal Photo Connect" into google. About the 3rd link is their "how to" and the 6th link is their forum page with FAQ's.

 

[soniam]

I'm confused about which park has early entry. We will be staying onsite at RPR in March. I thought this summer that both parks had EE. I also thought that currently only one of the parks, IOA, had EE. What's the current status? Any idea what will have EE in March?

 

[xApril]

Also, the Hogwarts Express does not have an express line either.

 

[johde]

I'm confused about which park has early entry. We will be staying onsite at RPR in March. I thought this summer that both parks had EE. I also thought that currently only one of the parks, IOA, had EE. What's the current status? Any idea what will have EE in March?

Until just a couple of days ago it had been just Universal Studios. During "peak" times they have been having both parks open for early entry. Both parks had early entry over Thanksgiving weekend. For Christmas/New Years both parks will have Early Entry from Dec. 20th till Jan. 3rd.

 

[soniam]

Until just a couple of days ago it had been just Universal Studios. During "peak" times they have been having both parks open for early entry. Both parks had early entry over Thanksgiving weekend. For Christmas/New Years both parks will have Early Entry from Dec. 20th till Jan. 3rd.

Thanks. Hopefully, March will be considered busy, and both will have EE. How far in advance have they been announcing the EE schedule?

 

[RMulieri]

During NON-PEAK attendance periods, only ONE park has early entry and that is the STUDIOS( JAN 9 -10th is not considered peak)..The only rides open are Despicable me, Gringotts .The shops and Ollivanders are also open.Hogwarts express DOES NOT operate till IOA opens for the day, though they allow you to line up early for it.
During PEAK times BOTH parks have early entry.They do not announce it till a few weeks before.

The rides without express are..Kang and Kodas, Forbidden Journey, Gringotts and Pteranodon Flyers.The Ollivanders wand show also does NOT have express.