Skyegirl1999
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My husband and I just spent yesterday at Universal Hollywood - our first trip there in 15 years. I read a lot in advance and saw much discussion about "how many days," so I thought I'd share our experience for reference. The short version: we did almost everything the park has to offer (with normal tickets) and left at 6 even though they were open until 10 because we were basically out of things we wanted to do.
We knew in advance that we did not want to do The Walking Dead attraction or Shrek 4D. Waterworld was closed, as was the Frog Choir at HP. We did all of the rides and shows besides these, plus we spent a good amount of time wandering around and soaking in atmosphere.
Details in case anyone cares: We got there right around opening at 9. By 10:45, we had done the Olivander's wand-selection thing, Flight of the Hippogriff, eaten breakfast at Three Broomsticks (yum!), and done all three lower lot rides - Transformers, Mummy, and Jurassic (in that order). We also did the Raptor Encounter Photo op. I think that getting to the lower lot when it opened (at 10) was key. We pretty much walked on to all three rides down there, but they had 20-30 minute waits by the time we went back up at 10:45.
After that, we did the Simpsons Ride and some carnival games, met Sideshow Bob, wandered around HP World some more, did the studio tour, saw the Animal Actors and Special Effects show, did HP and the Forbidden Journey (wait times had been as high as 125 minutes and were around 90 for most of the day, so when we saw 50 minutes, we jumped on it). We also ate lunch at Krusty Burger and explored Springfield (my husband is a big Simpsons fan), and we bought items at several HP stores (I'm a big HP fan). We spent time wandering in every store in HP world and watched a lot of kids using their interactive wands. Oh, and we did the Minions ride near the end, then went back to HP to see it as it got dark. Oh, and we ALSO had left and walked up and down Citywalk in the early afternoon, but nothing there was very interesting for us besides the socks store.
Anyway, after walking around HP as it got dark, it was 6:00... we probably would have stayed and done re-rides if things were like 15 minutes, but they were more like 30-40, and we weren't interested in waiting 40 minutes to re-ride things we'd walked onto earlier in the day... so, we headed out even though we had four more potential hours of park time (that I'd really assumed we'd want/need). We definitely enjoyed what we did; we just didn't need any more time. I'm not sure if our experience was rare or unusual in some way, but my advice would be that one day is plenty unless there are extenuating circumstances (huge crowds, reduced hours, traveling with kids who need an afternoon break, etc.).
We knew in advance that we did not want to do The Walking Dead attraction or Shrek 4D. Waterworld was closed, as was the Frog Choir at HP. We did all of the rides and shows besides these, plus we spent a good amount of time wandering around and soaking in atmosphere.
Details in case anyone cares: We got there right around opening at 9. By 10:45, we had done the Olivander's wand-selection thing, Flight of the Hippogriff, eaten breakfast at Three Broomsticks (yum!), and done all three lower lot rides - Transformers, Mummy, and Jurassic (in that order). We also did the Raptor Encounter Photo op. I think that getting to the lower lot when it opened (at 10) was key. We pretty much walked on to all three rides down there, but they had 20-30 minute waits by the time we went back up at 10:45.
After that, we did the Simpsons Ride and some carnival games, met Sideshow Bob, wandered around HP World some more, did the studio tour, saw the Animal Actors and Special Effects show, did HP and the Forbidden Journey (wait times had been as high as 125 minutes and were around 90 for most of the day, so when we saw 50 minutes, we jumped on it). We also ate lunch at Krusty Burger and explored Springfield (my husband is a big Simpsons fan), and we bought items at several HP stores (I'm a big HP fan). We spent time wandering in every store in HP world and watched a lot of kids using their interactive wands. Oh, and we did the Minions ride near the end, then went back to HP to see it as it got dark. Oh, and we ALSO had left and walked up and down Citywalk in the early afternoon, but nothing there was very interesting for us besides the socks store.
Anyway, after walking around HP as it got dark, it was 6:00... we probably would have stayed and done re-rides if things were like 15 minutes, but they were more like 30-40, and we weren't interested in waiting 40 minutes to re-ride things we'd walked onto earlier in the day... so, we headed out even though we had four more potential hours of park time (that I'd really assumed we'd want/need). We definitely enjoyed what we did; we just didn't need any more time. I'm not sure if our experience was rare or unusual in some way, but my advice would be that one day is plenty unless there are extenuating circumstances (huge crowds, reduced hours, traveling with kids who need an afternoon break, etc.).
