Universal Express on-site

[Iansmom]

I will probably be making my reservations tonight for our first time ever to Universal. (been to orlando six times - always gone to Disney)

I'm trying to decide if I should book through Universal Studios Vacations, or book everything separately.

Portofino Bay has rooms available for the dates I want. If I purchase my park tickets online, separate from my room reservation, will I still be able to use my room key for Express/ FOTL?

TIA!

 

[nativetexan]

Yes you can! Just show 'em the key at the rides.

 

[WDW LifeLong Fan]

As nativetexan has pointed out, yes you just show your room keys for FOTL access.

Have you looked into the 5 for 2 Bonus Pass available only online?

It is not part of a package, however, we always purchase them and make room only reservations.

You get 5 consecutive days of both parks (hopping allowed) from the first day you use it. They cost about $95-$100 each.

 

[Iansmom]

Thank you NativeTexan. That's just what I needed to know.

And yes, WDW, the 5 for 2 is the main reason I was planning on booking everything separately.

Thanks everyone!

 

[WDW LifeLong Fan]

Have a GREAT Time!

 

[BikeFan]

And if you buy the bonus passes online using a Univeral Mastercard, you can get 5 for the price of 4, so you can save even more.

 

[Iansmom]

Originally posted by BikeFan
And if you buy the bonus passes online using a Univeral Mastercard, you can get 5 for the price of 4, so you can save even more.

Uh, thanks BikeFan.

Since there are only three of us, the 5 days for the price of 2 works out better for us.

We'll arrive late on a Sunday and if we feel like it, we can pick up our tix and check out a couple of things before we really hit the parks on Monday and Tuesday. Then, we'll still have two days left on the tix to use on a whim. We'll be in Orlando for about 5 days and we were hoping to catch SeaWorld as well.

But hopefully the MasterCard info can be of use to others looking for tips! Thanks for posting.

 

[AaronX]

Yeah, sounds like a good deal to me.