Facts: Family of four, 2 nights at the Royal Pacific Resort, 3 days at Universal/Islands of Adventure. Summertime, Express Passes cost $40 per person. Resort is $289 per night. Family already has admission tickets.
If you stayed off Universal property and wanted an Express Pass for all three days for your family of four, that would cost you $160 per day times three days equalling $480!
Two nights at the RPR totals $578 and you get all three days Express Passes using your room key for FREE!
That's a difference of $98. So the two nights divided by two means you're paying $49 per night to stay at the awesome and high class RPR on Universal Property within walking distance to the two parks and City Walk, not to mention free bus or water taxi. And you can swim in the pools at the other two resorts if you want.
The Express Pass truly allows you to spend zero time waiting for just about every ride there is at Univ/IoA. Easily makes seeing both parks in two days a breeze and means you can revisit your fav's on the third day.
Am I the only one who looks at it this way?
When I see wait times of 105 minutes for Shrek 4D and 95 minutes for the Nickelodean ride and 120 minutes for The Mummy Returns, I am amazed that we spent zero time waiting for all of these rides.
Stay on property! Get the Express Pass (your resort key) for free! It's a steal! Makes $289 a night seem like nothing! Or at least like $49 per night.
If you stayed off Universal property and wanted an Express Pass for all three days for your family of four, that would cost you $160 per day times three days equalling $480!
Two nights at the RPR totals $578 and you get all three days Express Passes using your room key for FREE!
That's a difference of $98. So the two nights divided by two means you're paying $49 per night to stay at the awesome and high class RPR on Universal Property within walking distance to the two parks and City Walk, not to mention free bus or water taxi. And you can swim in the pools at the other two resorts if you want.
The Express Pass truly allows you to spend zero time waiting for just about every ride there is at Univ/IoA. Easily makes seeing both parks in two days a breeze and means you can revisit your fav's on the third day.
Am I the only one who looks at it this way?
When I see wait times of 105 minutes for Shrek 4D and 95 minutes for the Nickelodean ride and 120 minutes for The Mummy Returns, I am amazed that we spent zero time waiting for all of these rides.
Stay on property! Get the Express Pass (your resort key) for free! It's a steal! Makes $289 a night seem like nothing! Or at least like $49 per night.
