thevolcanogod
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2004
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1. The Velocicoaater tumbler-style freestyle cups look cool but shatter when your child drops them, they fall out of a locker, some person walking by knocks them out of your hand etc. Would recommend the normal freestyle mugs over these. We lost 2 of the tumblers in 5 days from drops.
2. Avoid counter service as much as you can until things improve. If you have to do counter service make sure you eat before 6pm or places will close or run out.
3. We found 1-2 freestyle cups were enough for a family of 4 taking turns. Your mileage will vary. We also filled up before doing table service and saved by just ordering water instead of fountain drinks at $3.99 each.
4. Velocicoaster moves fast and the line was shorter than listed each time. Get in line early or wait until 11:30am. You can ask for the front and it’s worth it. Make sure you sit back and push the bar down hard. I felt less secured on this than other rides for some reason.
5. Use virtual queue for Hagrid - lines are shorter when it’s active and things move. It’s worth riding both day and night.
6. Annual Passes were awesome but benefits were confusing. You can early entry Islands with Premier only but you can early entry Studios with Preferred and Premier. If we knew I would have paid for premier. The website isn’t very clear on this. You also get express unlimited after 4pm with premier - so it might be worth it to just do premier AP rather than staying on-site especially if you’re doing more than 1 trip.
7. Present your annual pass everywhere if you have it. Discounts add up. Even on freestyle activations (which were $10 per day not $5 like I read somewhere).
8. Smile and be positive. It was hard when we saw a whole week of rain in the forecast but I realized if I look for the positive then my family will too and the trip will be more fun. This is your vacation. Don’t spend it angry and picky about stuff.
9. All the universal staff were very kind and friendly. I was very impressed. People talk about the Disney quality for their staff but universal is just as good from what I saw.
10. Get there early - this was the key to everything. Security was a breeze, we were able to chill more. We rode a ton early then relaxed during the heat mid day and rode more in the evening or used the rain to our advantage.
2. Avoid counter service as much as you can until things improve. If you have to do counter service make sure you eat before 6pm or places will close or run out.
3. We found 1-2 freestyle cups were enough for a family of 4 taking turns. Your mileage will vary. We also filled up before doing table service and saved by just ordering water instead of fountain drinks at $3.99 each.
4. Velocicoaster moves fast and the line was shorter than listed each time. Get in line early or wait until 11:30am. You can ask for the front and it’s worth it. Make sure you sit back and push the bar down hard. I felt less secured on this than other rides for some reason.
5. Use virtual queue for Hagrid - lines are shorter when it’s active and things move. It’s worth riding both day and night.
6. Annual Passes were awesome but benefits were confusing. You can early entry Islands with Premier only but you can early entry Studios with Preferred and Premier. If we knew I would have paid for premier. The website isn’t very clear on this. You also get express unlimited after 4pm with premier - so it might be worth it to just do premier AP rather than staying on-site especially if you’re doing more than 1 trip.
7. Present your annual pass everywhere if you have it. Discounts add up. Even on freestyle activations (which were $10 per day not $5 like I read somewhere).
8. Smile and be positive. It was hard when we saw a whole week of rain in the forecast but I realized if I look for the positive then my family will too and the trip will be more fun. This is your vacation. Don’t spend it angry and picky about stuff.
9. All the universal staff were very kind and friendly. I was very impressed. People talk about the Disney quality for their staff but universal is just as good from what I saw.
10. Get there early - this was the key to everything. Security was a breeze, we were able to chill more. We rode a ton early then relaxed during the heat mid day and rode more in the evening or used the rain to our advantage.
