Smugpugmug
IPA enthusiast
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2022
Hi everyone!
My family and I booked a last minute trip to WDW for Christmas/New Years since my sister and I were able to get time off from work that week. We decided to skip Hollywood Studios and do a day at Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure instead (I vouched for doing 2 days but was outvoted). We will be there from December 24th-January 1st with our Universal day on December 29th. None of us have ever been to Universal during Christmas and I was wondering what were some absolute must do shows/events/food/drinks/etc. that are only around during the holidays.
I am aware that there is a Grinchmas show - is that worth seeing if you only have 1 day? How about the parade in Studios? Do any rides get overlays for the holidays? Do the Wizarding World sections do anything special? Are there any exclusive food/alcoholic beverages that we should try?
We bought tickets from The Park Prodigy since they are advertising early entry as a perk so we will be able to enter the park early despite not being hotel guests. How early would we have to be there to have a reasonable Hagrid's wait (70 mins and under). Or should we just do Velocicoaster since we have to drive from our resort (AKL Kidani) to Universal? If it matters we do plan on getting the Express Passes. We know how insane WDW crowds are during this time of year and expect similar for Universal.
One more question - I was reading that the parks will close due to reaching maximum capacity. We plan on being early so we aren't concerned with being locked out but would we be able to reenter the park later in the day? For example, if we enter Islands and then take the Hogwarts Express to Studios, would we be able to leave Studios and then reenter Islands?
Thank you for any advice and sorry for all of the questions. Just a little bit overwhelmed since my family and I aren't Universal experts and especially since we have only went in May and July.
My family and I booked a last minute trip to WDW for Christmas/New Years since my sister and I were able to get time off from work that week. We decided to skip Hollywood Studios and do a day at Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure instead (I vouched for doing 2 days but was outvoted). We will be there from December 24th-January 1st with our Universal day on December 29th. None of us have ever been to Universal during Christmas and I was wondering what were some absolute must do shows/events/food/drinks/etc. that are only around during the holidays.
I am aware that there is a Grinchmas show - is that worth seeing if you only have 1 day? How about the parade in Studios? Do any rides get overlays for the holidays? Do the Wizarding World sections do anything special? Are there any exclusive food/alcoholic beverages that we should try?
We bought tickets from The Park Prodigy since they are advertising early entry as a perk so we will be able to enter the park early despite not being hotel guests. How early would we have to be there to have a reasonable Hagrid's wait (70 mins and under). Or should we just do Velocicoaster since we have to drive from our resort (AKL Kidani) to Universal? If it matters we do plan on getting the Express Passes. We know how insane WDW crowds are during this time of year and expect similar for Universal.
One more question - I was reading that the parks will close due to reaching maximum capacity. We plan on being early so we aren't concerned with being locked out but would we be able to reenter the park later in the day? For example, if we enter Islands and then take the Hogwarts Express to Studios, would we be able to leave Studios and then reenter Islands?
Thank you for any advice and sorry for all of the questions. Just a little bit overwhelmed since my family and I aren't Universal experts and especially since we have only went in May and July.