Universal Studios Preferred Annual Pass

[OWJAY]

Hi was wondering if somebody could help me. I read somewhere on this board that the 2 park preferred annual pass was on special at the moment buy 1 year get another free. I can't seem to find it anywhere and I think you have to purchase it by the end of this month if i'm not mistaken. Does anybody know about this, if ao please help

 

[wayneg]

Yes your right offer is still there until end of the month.
http://www.universalorlando.com/annualpass/index.php.html

they are great value, renewed ours for 4 or 5 years now at $99/year.

 

[Goofey's Girl]

Hi
The above link does mention that they must be activated by the 31 Oct 2007. I was looking at doing this next year. Never mind. We are going at the end August next year. Flight booked yippee. wonder if they will have it on again.

 

[JohnnySharp2]

Hi
The above link does mention that they must be activated by the 31 Oct 2007. I was looking at doing this next year. Never mind. We are going at the end August next year. Flight booked yippee. wonder if they will have it on again.

They are auto-activated at this date irrespective of whether you go or not.

We purchased ours recently even though we don't go back until March, they expire on 31st October 2009, so basically last for 2 years, we are planning to get 2 holidays out of them .
Incredible value for money in my opinion.

 

[Goofey's Girl]

Thanks for that...that really makes me think of doing it as well.

 

[Vickitav]

We're going in April and I'm tempted to go for it because it's very little more than the 3-day pass, once you've factored in the free parking & discount on food.

We'll probably not get back again within the 2 years, though, is there enough to do there to justify more than 3 days visit do you think? (my kids will be 7 & 9 when we go)

 

[wayneg]

We'll probably not get back again within the 2 years, though, is there enough to do there to justify more than 3 days visit do you think? (my kids will be 7 & 9 when we go)

Something only your family will know when you get there.
We love Uni & IOA as much as Disney. If we had never been before we could easily spend 2 days in each park, Others say they can do both parks in the day(no idea how)
One of our fave things to do is play in Curious George water area, we can spend 3-4 hours in there no problem.
Been AP's holders for about 5 years now and still get lots of use out of them.
I don't know if I would buy for only 3 days use in one trip though, I think I would go for the 7 day unlimited tickets for $86 each.

 

[Claire L]

We're going in April and I'm tempted to go for it because it's very little more than the 3-day pass, once you've factored in the free parking & discount on food.

We'll probably not get back again within the 2 years, though, is there enough to do there to justify more than 3 days visit do you think? (my kids will be 7 & 9 when we go)

The Preferred AP with the free parking and dining discounts is $189 quite a bit more than the 7 day ticket at $86.

Claire

 

[JohnnySharp2]

We'll probably not get back again within the 2 years, though, is there enough to do there to justify more than 3 days visit do you think? (my kids will be 7 & 9 when we go)

As Wayne says it's a difficult one to answer - we are kind of 50/50 on our split between Universal and Disney, for us it's definitely worth it and I have certainly saved a few $ just in shopping alone on our AP's.

For many people 3 days is plenty of time to do both parks, but it can depend on what kind of holiday you are having, personally we enjoy spending plenty of time away from the parks as we like doing other things.

If you are not planning on visiting Florida more than once within the 2 year period I would go for the 3 day ticket.

 

[OWJAY]

Well we booked it today, were going twice next year so thought we might as well, just getting round DH to go back in 2009 so we can make the most of the tickets. I will keep you updated if I do