How Long to Visit Universal Orlando 2021 | Universal Orlando Vacation Planning Guide
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- In this video we talk about how long to visit Universal Orlando Resort. When you begin Universal Orlando vacation planning, this is one of the first questions that comes up. We get asked all the time, “How many days do you need at Universal Orlando??” and the answer is, it depends! Of course, the longer you stay the more you can accomplish, but it’s still possible to experience a LOT of the resort in a short amount of time. So in today’s video, we discuss what you can reasonably get done depending on how long your Universal Orlando vacation is. There are several factors that go into this, such as when you’re visiting Universal Orlando 2021, whether or not you have express pass, what you actually want to accomplish at the parks, and how hard you’re willing to go! Universal Orlando trip planning can seem like a daunting task, but it’s all worth it once you get there!
If you’re looking for some tips and tricks to get the MOST out of your Universal studios vacation, check out our Universal Orlando trip planning guide! We have several videos discussing things like the express passes at universal, the different on site hotels, the UO dining plan, and more! We also have more tips and tricks videos in the making, so make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss anything!
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Have you seen and done everything that there is to offer at Universal??
We did a 4 day trip in early February and still didn't do everything because we were too busy trying to ride Hagrids as much as possible, LOL
@@fuzzynaylors9022 haha we get that! Hagrid’s is so much fun. It sounds like another trip is in order!
Yes.
@@ThemeParkBar Xbox award noise.
Did what was interesting in just one day, next trip will be 2, any more I don't think is necessary unless its a water park which I don't do.
I think 4 days is perfect. As a team member, I encourage on-site guests to go back to their hotels, and chill at the pool, etc to break it up, and make it a more relaxed and enjoyable experience.
We definitely need to take that advice sometimes! We only get to visit a few times a year, so we always feel like we have to do as much as possible when we visit!
Agreed, 4 days is the perfect time for me! And its 90% only in the Harry Potter portion of both Islands and Universal
On-property hotels are the biggest rip-off deal in theme park history. Paid $200 a night for a crappy small room with cheap furniture that was falling apart and hard beds (Cabana Bay). For $200 a night off-property, yet within a $3 uber ride of the parks - you can get MUCH nicer hotel experience.
Yes, if you don't care how much it costs and just want the experience of it - I guess - but as a price conscious consumer - I have a hard time swinging the idea of the on-site hotels, especially after my experience.
Id agree with 3 days. That feels amazing. But i do most 2 days as well
On our first visit, with a three day trip my girlfriend and I completed both parks in a day each. From open to close we rode every ride and visited every shop. We used the third day to see the shows we missed. Walked over 8 miles each, it was a blast.
Haha we know the feeling! You can do it all in a few days, but you have to be willing to! We definitely come home with sore feet.
We've always done 1 day for each park plus Halloween Horror Nights and managed to do everything in that time and don't even stay until close. HHN gives you a good opportunity to do most of the major rides at Universal Studios with very little wait and taking advantage of early park admission and just having a good game plan really helps. Also going off season, weekdays, not having children, getting express passes, doing the shows and meals during peak times, taking advantage of short lines for indoor attractions during inclement weather, etc are all things that can help get a lot done
Express pass is definitely a huge help! You can absolutely get stuff done in a short amount of time, it just depends on how hard you’re willing to go!
We had four days and it seemed perfect. Having unlimited express passes by staying at Portofino Bay helped a lot! We only used early entry once, on our first day, which was last Friday at 8am. The 7 pm early entry is just too early for us. Saturday we did early entry for Volcano Bay and even made it to both the other parks that same day.
That’s awesome! Having express pass can really help you see and do everything you want. We definitely feel the same way about 7AM early park 😂 We’re so glad you enjoyed your trip! Thanks for watching!
This is so helpful! Thank you! I would LOVE if you guys made a solo traveller Universal Orlando Planning Guide. I think It will help a lot a of solo travelers because there are not really a lot of content made for us by people as knowledgeable as you. Thanks again!
This makes me exited for our trip this weekend, staying at Portofino for the first time!
We are local passholders and we haven't done everything. I have a 4 yr old that wants to ride Spider Man and Transformers 5 times in a row so of course the time is not there for everything. Also I have to ride Forbidden Journey 5 times in a row 😂😂😂
Great informative video as always!!
Thank you so much! We hope you have a great time! We are definitely fans of binge-riding rides over and over, so go for it! You get the unlimited express pass with Portofino, so you could get that done in no time! 😂 let us know how your trip goes. Thanks for watching!
Me and my girlfriend are doing three days, first day at Universal, second day at Islands of Adventure, and then the third day is our free day to decide what we want to do again. So instead of buying express passes for each day which is stupid expensive, we will use our third day to go again and possibly get express for that day.
Oh that’s fun! We hope y’all have a great time on your trip!!
I think 3 full days without volcano bay and 4 if you want to do the water park!!
We love three day trips! We don't feel as guilty for leaving the dogs, but it's enough time to not feel super rushed. Thanks for watching!
We just went 4 days in June to the two main parks and was the perfect amount. We went pretty hard the first couple days and then spent day 3 doing things we loved. Day 4 was things we missed, wanted to do again and then went shopping through the park.
That sounds like a great trip! We definitely think 3-4 days is enough to see both parks. We’re glad you had such a great time! Thank
I totally agree about the water park. I’d do a full day there then go back have dinner and a movie night because a water park and regular park afterwards would finish me😂😂😂😂 I’m cracking upppp at the toddler meltdown!!! That was my son 2 years ago all I kept saying was oh no, this is vacation! One more ride😂😂😂😂😂 yes, afternoon naps are so necessary!
Yeah something about a water day takes it out of us! Lol Tyler is a mess sometimes! It’s funny cause we have seen a very similar scene play out in the parks 😂.
It is critical if you have a list, compare your list to the scheduled down time calendar UO posts on their website, plan your vacation when ALL your must do activities are available otherwise be prepared for disappointment if there a down for annual maintenance :)
Absolutely! This time of year is the worst for rides being down as well!
LOL Tyler’s toddler meltdown had me cracking upppp 😂😂😂
😂😂 it was hard to film cause I was laughing so hard myself. He’s something! Lol
@@ThePughTwo hahah I memorized that timestamp to go back to it on bad days 😂😂 probably watched it like 10+ times already.
I try to always do a week at least, to do everything I need at 3 parks and have time to relax and have chill days at the partner hotels!!!
That’s a great way to do it!!
Every year, often twice a year, Universal does a Buy 2 Days - Get 3 Free Days w/ Hotel package. If you're not interested in an AP, then keep an eye out for this special. You can do everything, depending on time of year, multiple times & relax with 5 days at Universal with no need for Express Pass. (Although the UXP is a great thing to have if you can do it!)
They absolutely run some good deals from time to time! Our argument is that multi day tickets are usually close to the price of an annual pass, but without any of the added benefits. If you’re already paying that much, you might as well upgrade! They’re not right for everyone, but it can’t hurt to look lol
We visit most of the time on a three day weekend. Two full days and 2-3 hours the third day before heading home. Now when we are on a “real” vacation we plan 4 days let’s us take our time to shop and just take it all in. We have never been to Volcano Bay but if we go someday that means 5 days in the parks. Keep the videos coming always looking for them so helpful.
Thanks you so much Lewis! We love having extra time to visit the shops and just people watch. We hope you get to take a 5 day vacation soon!
Out of all the parts I enjoy volcano. The most especially when it’s hot.
@@albertcastro409 it would be nice in the Florida heat! Lol
I am there 10 days ! Leaving day 11. Can’t wait to go there !
That’s so exciting! We hope you have an awesome time on your trip!!
We just booked our first ever trip to Universal Studios and chose the 5 day 2 park (park to park) Our kids are huge Harry Potter and Jurassic Park fans and we have memberships to both Sea World and Six Flags here in San Antonio so we are just going to skip Volcano Bay and spend more time at the other parks and maybe spend the day we would have used at Volcano Bay to instead spend a day doing other things around the city.
That’s so exciting!! Volcano bay is great, but we definitely get skipping it your first time. We hope you have an absolute blast at the parks!!
We generally fly down for 3 days and that’s perfect for us. However, we come at off peak times, don’t go to the water park and know the parks well so only do what we love. 3 days let’s us do things multiple times.
We take a lot of three day trips to the parks! It is just long enough to scratch the itch, but not so long that you are exhausted when you get home!
Hey Pugh two!! I'm heading to Universal for the first time in May 2022 and more than likely we'll be at the park for two days, I don't think any of us will be super interested in the shows but we will definently want to ride things so hopefully we will have enough time. Thank you for your videos! They are a huge help getting this trip planned
Hey there! We hope you have an amazing time! Please let us know if you have any questions! Thank you so much for watching!
Express Pass for food...yes please! 🤣 I did not realize how long we would be waiting in food lines. We HAD to wait in lines because we found out you can’t do mobile ordering when you have the dining plan.
We would buy it for sure! Oh wow, we didn’t know that. Thank you for the information!
fiancé and I are booked for 5 days in october for our honeymoon, love yalls content and the crowd level measuring based on how many people you can hit with a churro lol
We have found it is truly one of the most accurate ways to determine crowd levels. If you hit 5 or more people, the parks are at capacity 🤣🤣. Congratulations on getting married and we hope you have an incredible honeymoon!
Hi Anna & Tyler! It was great to meet you today, thank you for taking time to talk to me about your channel! I agree with you summary on what you can get done in 2, 3 or longer days. BUt having said that, today I got to do every major ride in both parks (several multiple times and to see the parade all in one day! It was one of those days where you could throw a churro did not hit anybody! As I write this I looked at my phone and I did 20,001 steps today and my feet are barking. After I finish my dinner and this video, I am headed to the hot tub! Anna, we need to get more better at MIB so we can get Tyler to stop about his dominance there! 😂😂😂😂. As for the prefect length of a stay, 4 days, 3 in the parks and one day in the middle for hanging at the hotel and relaxing, letting your feet catch a break! Ken
😂😂 maybe one day I’ll beat him!! It was so nice to meet you, too, Ken! You picked such a great time to visit. We couldn’t believe how slow the parks were! We’ve had several days of 20k+ steps and it’s ROUGH lol
@@ThePughTwo Anna, I know you will and I want you to scream it from the roof tops when it happens!
Subscribed at the churro comment 😂😂
Thank you so much! Tyler is crazy sometimes!
Great video! We're staying 6 nights/7 days and doing 3 park days. We like to build in "chill time" during our vacation, so we'll get two resort/pool days, arrival and departure day, and 3 park days.
That’s smart! We never do that and go home drained to say the least 😂😂 we hope you have a great time on your trip!!
Y’all need to do Dollywood Christmas
We are wanting to try to do that this year actually!
@@ThePughTwo I’ll click on that video fast as lightning
@@ThePughTwo
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@@MrKillerRC oh gosh it is sooo good!
My family and I, we are going on January 2022 for 7 days and we want to enjoy all.
That’s so exciting! We hope you and your family have an awesome trip!
Nós ficaremos 14 dias dessa próxima vez. Uma semana no Cabana Bay, visitaremos Volcano Bay 3 dias ou mais e os outros dias aproveitaremos o hotel ou Sea World. A outra semana iremos para o Hard rock hotel e dividiremos os 7 dias entre US e IA … Estamos contando os dias! Vamos em setembro 23!
That’s so exciting! We hope you and your family have an amazing time on your trip!! It’ll be here before we know it, too!
We're going for five days in November for the first time, but day 1 we fly in, and day 5 we have to leave mid-day for the airport. At first I was thinking oh no, maybe we booked too many days. But this gives up a perfect chance to enjoy the hotel, City walk, enjoy both parks and just take things slow. I know whenever I go to Disney it's like a mad dash to get things done, so this will be a nice change lmao
How relaxing! We hope you have a fantastic time on your trip and we hope you have such an enjoyable time your feet don’t hurt at all! Lol
Thanks for your video. We have just booked the 3 park, 4 day park to park ticket and staying at Royal Pacific so we will also have the Express Pass. As I am coming from Australia for the first time we have to experience as much as possible as these trips are a one off coming from so far away. From what you have just mentioned in your video I think we have made the right choices in what we have booked. Can’t wait 😜
That’s awesome! You’re gonna have so much fun! You’ll definitely appreciate the express passes, and royal pacific is an awesome hotel! We’re excited for you!! Lol
My family usually does seven days. We stay at the hard rock so part of the attraction for us is the hotel. There are a couple days where we just sit by the pool and enjoy. We also usually take a day to drive to Cocoa Beach.
That sounds like the perfect vacation! We love the Hard Rock, and their pool is awesome!
Heading to Orlando August 1st got the tickets at 40% off Just booked at Royal Pacific. Your videos have been very very helpful, appreciate you
That’s awesome! We hope you have a great trip, you’ll love Royal pacific. We’re so happy our content has helped you plan your trip! Thanks for watching!
My wife and i did all the parks at Disney world. Magic kingdom ak Hollywood Epcot all in one day
Oh wow, that sounds like a busy day! You probably spend more time on the busses than actually in the parks! lol That sounds like it would be a fun challenge.
@@ThePughTwo we took the sky liner hs and Epcot took the bus to Ak and parked at the grand took the mona rail to mk
@@dandicristina1389 has this been recently? We don’t keep up with Disney that much but for some reason we thought several of there transportation systems like the monorail weren’t running right now.
@@ThePughTwo they are running if you decide to go to mk you stay at Disney hotel and take the bus.they are doing a lot of construction at mk transportation ticket center they are not running the tram
Might i suggest that if your feet are hurting... an impact massage gun does WONDERS!!
We used one on our last vacation!
You video are great! So much needed information! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
I love to have a whole week, but have found that if I only go for 5 days, I can go more often. Bonus if I can arrive early on arrival day and stay later on departure day, but airlines not as cooperative there lately. I still have a long list of to do’s, as we’ve only done one full week in 2017 and a 5 day this past May, but we’re learning a lot & narrowing down our to do list. HP rides are a must do every trip, but need to slow down and catch the shows one of these days. lol
5 days really is a long time at the parks! We definitely agree about the shows, we’re always jumping from ride to ride and never slow down to watch them. Our feet would probably thank us for it 😂 I’m not sure that “to do” list will ever go away completely!
Thank you!! I’m excited to go to Universal the last week of June! We got a 4 day park to park pass (2 park). It’s our first time. We originally wanted to add the volcano bay water park but we had to make the difficult decision of skipping it in order to be able to fully enjoy the 2 parks and the resort. Thanks again!
That’s so exciting! You’ll have so much fun. It sounds like you have an excuse to go back, just for volcano bay! We hope you have a great trip, and thank you for watching!
4 full days is perfect for out of state folks. One day for relaxation and city walk at night. And three full days of park fun, one at each park makes most sense to me. Which is y’all’s favorite park?
We agree! 4 days is a great vacation. I don’t know it we have a favorite park, it’s so hard to choose! With the addition of the Velocicoaster, I think islands definitely has the most thrills but idk if I can really say it’s my favorite?? lol what’s your favorite?
I care more about Islands of adventure and Hollywood studios. Go in late September early October and stay at Cabana Bay.
Thats awesome! We have always had really great experiences with Cabana Bay!
4 days sounds perfect. I'm just going for Harry Potter. To see the wizarding world, ride the rides, eat the food, and buy Slytherin/Draco/Harry /Collectible merch.
We love it! Sounds like a perfect reason to go to Universal!
Great 👍🏻 Video ! As always !!!
Thank you!!
2 nights at the Orlando Informer meet up is perfect! Will you guys be going again this year? Really enjoying your channel, thanks!
We aren’t going in June (for the OI meet up) unfortunately but we are going to try to get tickets for December! Thank you for the support, we hope you continue to enjoy the content!
Keep it up 🙌🏼Thanks for the information. I’m planning on splitting a 2 day at Disney 2 day at universal next spring. This helps put into perspective what I can get done ✅
Glad we could help Zach! What parks are your hoping to visit at Disney during your stay?
Thanks so much for the videos. They have been such a good help for us planning our holiday. We are coming from the UK and it will likely be a once in a lifetime trip for us so we have opted for a 2 week stay in royal pacific. Do you think we will get bored in the parks for that long? We are hoping not as we love theme parks!
We’re so glad our content has helped you! Two weeks will be SO much fun. We can’t imagine you’ll get bored at Universal, we can’t get enough of it! You’ll love Royal Pacific, too it’s an awesome resort. We hope you have so much fun on your holiday!
Hope you have a great time over there. So much to do. And you can enjoy taking your time to enjoy all that they have to offer. Make sure you go to volcano bay that’s a fun place also. 👍🏻👍🏻
2 weekdays onsite in may, 10 days onsite hhn. perfect system. :)
That sounds like two great trips! You definitely need a longer HHN trip if you don’t wanna wear yourself out! We hope you have a great time!
We have a trip planned in June for a week. 4 days in the parks. It's our first visit! We are a Disney family trying out Universal for the first time.
That’s so exciting! The first time you visit is always so much fun. You’ll have to let us know how it compares to Disney! We hope you have a great trip, thanks for watching!
Are you staying in a premier hotel and getting an express pass? If so, you’ll definitely like Universal better. Express pass gives Universal a major edge over Disney right now until fast pass comes back!
@@ktpaladino Great point Kristen!
@@ktpaladino we are not staying at a premiere resort. We are staying at the value endless resort. I looked into adding the express pass, but it’s over our budget. We are a family of 5. We are trying not to spend too much because we are going to Disney in November as well. lol.
@@magicaltravelwithjennifer we have a Disney trip booked for November as well! Great minds think alike!
We are to go for a whole week, because I know we gonna need to take our time with a 9 year old and a grandma lol hopefully they still doing the 3 day tickets plus two free days in the next three years.
Haha we can’t blame you there! It’s better to have extra time and go slow. They’ve done this deal in the past, so we would be surprised if they stopped doing it!
When epic universe opens it will definitely will need to be a 5 day vacay one day for universal one for ioa one for volcano bay and two for epic universe
Oh for sure! At least 5 days!!
Thanks! You guys are the best. We will be there for 6 nights with a 4 day park hopper. Plus staying at Royal Pacific. 😍
That’s so sweet of you! That sounds like an awesome trip. Have a great time! Enjoy those express passes! :)
@@ThePughTwo have you guys done Icon park? We want to ride the swings. Thanks for responding
@@johnmoore4843 We have not! Unfortunately we havent done anything outside of Disney and Universal while in Orlando. We need to change that!
@@ThePughTwo I'll let you know if it's worth it. Looks like a lot of fun stuff to do. You guys are my favorite you tubers...😍😁
@@johnmoore4843 Wow thats high praise! Thank you so much John! Yes please let us know what you think!
Great videos guys!
Thank you so much! We really appreciate the support!
I think 4 to 5 days because you need to have a rest time in-between days to enjoy your vacation.
4-5 is about perfect in our opinion!
I think 2 days is adequate, with a two night stay booked at Royal Pacific next feb. Then its 7 days for Disney, two weeks total with some off days. Staying at a rental home while doing Disney.
That sounds like a great trip! We've been talking about making a Disney trip ourselves, too. That's smart of you to include some "off" days, we could use those every once in a while! We hope you have an awesome time!
Have you ever gone the week after Christmas? What was it like then, if so? Looking to go to the Wizarding World then this year. You have such great, helpful videos!
We’ve never been after Christmas, but that’s usually one of the busiest times in the parks. We would suggest looking at the Orlando informer crowd calendar to get an idea of expected crowd levels for a specific date. Thank you for the kind words! We’re so glad our videos have been helpful!
Is there a video about those "Restart Protocols"?
We apologize, but we are confused. What are you referencing?
We are going for 4 days in the beginning of June with our 7 yr old!
We hope you have an amazing trip! 4 days is perfect!
Hello... I love yalls videos I have gotten so much info for my trip.. one question I have is the first week of October is it very busy?? We have a four day trip/ 2 at each park so idk if i would need an express pass each day or just one day at one and one day at other... thank u so much n yall are awsome..
Hey there! If it were us we would wait until we got down there to make a decision on express pass. October is strange because someone’s it’s extremely busy and other times there is no one at the parks. What we would do is go down there and if you feel like you need them one day, buy them then!
The first time I went to Universal was when diagonally opened and I think I went for like four days and I felt like I didn’t do and see everything at the time and this time I’m going forHHN and I’m worried because I’m only going for three nights of Halloween horror nights and I’m hoping to get everything done
You can definitely get all the houses done in three nights! If you’re worried about it, you could consider purchasing an express pass for one night or doing an RIP tour. We hope you have a great time!
Fly into Orlando Monday morning.
Leave Orlando Friday night.
Not bad! You definitely miss the weekend crowds that way!
I think 2 days then do another couple of parks then another 1 day is perfect
That sounds amazing!
I just did 5 nights, 4 days with the wife and kids. Still only did half the stuff I would like to do. Never even made it to the water park. Cool with me, had a blast. I'll be back.
Also, didn't try to kill myself or the young ones. Kids get tired and grumpy. Feet get tired. Cool. 4 or 5 hours, maybe 6 or 7 on a single day. Did HHN solo for a single night. And yes, still had a meltdown with the 6 yo on last day between breakfast donut and the first ride of the day. Just accept it is going to happen at some point.
We are so happy to hear that you had an incredible trip and that you will be going back! Good call on not pushing yourself too hard and just enjoying the vacation! We can't wait for you to get back!
We are going around spring break. We have 3 day park to park tickets with express unlimited. I think since we will be able to get everything done over again.
Spring break is always crazy, but you should have enough time to do everything you want with express. We hope you have a great time!!
We just finished our two days at Royal Pacific! We rode every ride we wanted, most twice, and took an afternoon break both days. We also ate at Antojitos, Cowfish and Toothsome. We didn’t get to see any shows. If you weren’t resting at all and only eating quick service you might be able to get one ride on everything and see some of the shows? All shows would take serious planning
Sounds like you had a pretty great time! We love all those restaurants, it seems like you did your homework! The shows definitely take some planning or pushing yourself to the limits. We have had some long days in the park and still missed a lot of the shows!
5 days... 3 in the parks one at volcano bay and the nights spent at HHN.
That. Sounds. Perfect!!!
Husband and I are leaving early Sunday morning to enjoy the parks til Wednesday. We're excited, just hoping to get some good foods more than anything. I just hate its just the two of us, feels like such a waste sending just us on the ride vehicles. :) Looking forward to our getaway time without the kids.
That's so soon! You'll have such a great time, we can't wait to hear about it. On most of the rides, they're filling all the rows, just not putting more than one party on the row, so it's not waisting too many seats! Have a great trip, and safe travels!
I went for 2 days this august on the 18 and 20, one day of each park, right after kids started school so the parks weren't super packed at all. I did every ride and had an amazing vacation! (Considering becoming a annual pass holder). I didn't do any shows, just rides, was there for universal from 11am until 7pm on a wednesday and friday from opening until closed for island of advanture. Hopelly it will help someone :).
Thank you for sharing! Yeah the parks empty out once school is back in session! That sounds incredible that you got to ride everything. We hope this comment helps others that read it too! We love hearing from people with their experience so that we can better inform others!
We're going for our honeymoon in October and I can't wait! I'm loving y'alls videos! They have been so helpful for planning!
We’re so happy we could help! We hope you have an awesome time on your trip, and congratulations on getting married! That’s so exciting!
@@ThePughTwo thank you!!
Thanks for your time. Is there somewhere that we can pull up what is at each park and what exactly it is. Show, restaurants ride, type of ride. Thanks again
Hey there! The Universal App is AMAZING and is the best resource when it comes to something of this nature!
I have my trip planned for February 24th to the 27th I really hope it’s not as busy then !! I’m not really sure when their slower seasons are
February is typically a slower month. You can check the Orlando Informer crowd calendar to see their predictions for specific days! I’m not sure if they have released anything for 2022 yet, though. You can google it, or there’s a link to it on our “when to visit” video. Thanks for watching!
When it comes to being able to do everything in the parks, what are your thoughts surrounding the VIP tours? Do you think it's worth the price?
Confession - since I've never been to Universal I'm planning on doing a Private VIP tour on my first visit. I can watch a ton of videos and still get out there like a deer in headlights and not know where to start or become overwhelmed lol. So I figured the best way to go about it would be to have a guide. It's a healthy price tag but from what I've researched it seems to be worth it. So that would be 2 days both parks (of course the second day will have to be express pass lol) and 1 full day at the waterpark. Granted I reserved two days in between for rest and exploring Citywalk. In my mind it seems like a good plan just a little expensive.
We have honestly never done the VIP tours but we have heard nothing but great things about them! Your plan seems awesome and you would definitely get to do everything in the parks with a VIP tour. We are hoping to do one and video it for the channel sometime in 2022!
@@ThePughTwo I'll be right here waiting to see it lol! I feel like I made so many mistakes with our first trip to Disney that I just want everything to go as smoothly as possible with Universal lol!
@@lashaysmith7783 We will do our best to help you with that!
We are hoping to be heading over to Florida in September (from the U.K.. we are really really hoping it happens lol) how long would you guys allow for all of disney parks & universal? (We have made reservations for 2 weeks!) We've been to Florida a few times before but not in the past 5 years & it seems there has been so many updates at some parks! Loving these videos :) !
We're not the biggest Disney people, so it's hard to say! We've both been, but we're not as seasoned as we are with Universal lol. 4-5 days at Universal is definitely sufficient. I would THINK that the rest of those two weeks at Disney would be enough, but don't quote me on that!
@@ThePughTwo awesome, thank you!
@@rhianlewis6443 we're happy to help!
2 weeks!
Yes!! So excited to watch this...
You’re the best! Such a fast comment haha! Thank you for the support. It means more than we can express!
@@ThePughTwo Heck yeah guys, you’ll always find me at the front of that Pugh Two queue!
@@johnniet007b the Pugh Two queue.. LOL. We love that!
Thanks for the video. I made the mistake and book a 1 day hopper ticket our first trip. BIG MISTAKE LOL. My kids wanted to go another and I clearly wasn’t thinking . This time I am booking multi day tickets I was thinking about two days but thankfully I saw this video before I purchased the tickets. Now I’m thinking 3 day tickets. Plus this time we are staying at the Royal Pacific so we will have the express passes and I also purchased an Annual Pass. Quick question...can you leave the park and go back that same day?
Oh no! I think a lot of people underestimate how much there is to do and see in the parks. Three days is a great choice, that’s become our “go to” when we visit! We love Royal pacific, you’ll have so much fun staying there. You can absolutely leave the parks and go back! We tend to switch between the two parks a few times per day, and you can even go back to your hotel and everything. Thanks for watching, we’re so glad our videos have been helpful!
I wake up at 4 am on Sunday and leave At 5 and get there at 8 or 9 and we stay one night and leave at 4 the next day
That will be a great time!
If you like harry Potter you need one day for each park plus a day of just harry Potter
We totally agree!
So if you were doing four/five day trip do you buy a 4/5 day pass for each park or buy 4/5 day pass for 1 or 2 of the 3 parks?
You can buy a 1 park 4/5 day pass, two park 4/5 day pass, or 3 park 4/5 day pass! If you look at the options on Universal’s website, it’ll probably make a little more sense!
I love the videos guys. They have been so much help. We’ve been to universal twice now and are trying to go this October for hhn. We drove the last two times and from Louisiana it’s about 11 hours. Would it be better to fly?
Thank you so much! We have a rule in our household that is basically anything over 6 hours and we are flying. Flying isnt for everyone, and we don't think one is necessarily better than the other! We just have our preferences and we prefer flying!
@@ThePughTwo thank you! The sky’s it is!
@@Playlets haha! Have a safe trip and we would love to hear about it when you get back!
Am doing 5 day, planing on hitting volcano bay twice😅😅
You’re gonna have so much fun!!
I’ve only been to Universal once in 2018 as a day trip during my Disney vacation. We got express and did both parks in one day with HHN at night (also with express) and we were able to ride every ride we wanted to go on and go through all ten haunted houses. Was it a 16 hour day and the most I’ve ever walked in a day? Yes lol Do I recommend doing it that way? Not really. It’s possible but it’s hella exhausting. I’m planning my next trip for 2023 and I’m definitely going a minimum of 2 days.
Haha we know the foot pain you’re talking about! People tend to prioritize money when they’re planning and don’t think about how feasible things really are. We’ve been there! Lol it makes for some long days!
I would say 4 to 5 days without fast pass,
We’d agree with that!
So what do we get the annual pass even if you don’t live there? Flying from California staying 5 days Labor Day weekend
We live in TN and have passes! They’ve increased the prices since we made this video, but they’re worth comparing! Sometimes they can save you a ton of money!
If we start at one park early in the morning,take the Harry Potter themed train over to next park, is it recommended to then stay and cover the 2nd park all day. Then go back to 1st park next day and cover that 2nd day there? Thank you
You can do it however you want! The great thing about universal is the parks are close enough that you could bounce back and forth with no worries! Just do what you want and then go to the other parks would be our plan!
@@ThePughTwo thank you! I am so glad to have found and subscribed to your channel.
hey guys how many days to finish 3 parks at Universal Studio Florida
So 14 days is more than enough to do it at a nice stroll?… 😎😃🇺🇸🏴
You've got time to sleep mid day if you please! So awesome you are taking a 2 week trip!
@@ThePughTwo had our 5th of sept cancelled by virgin, which was a 10 day cabana with uni/isl-ad&volbay tickets, but rebooked for 14 in November 🙏🏼🤞🏼🇺🇸🏴
@@wesdavies2455 So awesome! Youll have to let us know how it goes!
So there is no limit to how many times you leave and go back to the parks?
Not to our knowledge! We have come and gone many times in one day!
Is the volcano island open in January and February I know they were closed in Disney around Christmas to shortly into January for, "Winter".
They are open based on the weather! We think if its above 65, the water park is open!
@@ThePughTwo great! And thanks for the speedy reply. The Pugh Two are now my designated go to for my questions about universal studios Orlando. I'm coming from Minneapolis Minnesota I'd like to do a first second or third week in February and stay 5 to 7 days with my sister
@@margaretpeabody243 aww that is so sweet! if you need anything or help planing the trip please let us know, we would be more than happy to help!
You definitely need a full day at Volcano Bay, especially right now because their hours are shorter. We got in at 9:30 for early park admission and stayed until close and still didn’t get everything done that we wanted to...even with being able to Tapu Tapu in for rides from our private cabana.
Yeah like we said there is SO much to do there that you need at least a full day. How amazing was the cabana? We’ve never done that!
@@ThePughTwo I should add, we had 2.5 theme park days. The first day, all Harry Potter and Jurassic Park took up our whole day. On day 2, we went quickly through IOA in the morning and spent the majority of the day completing everything at Studios. On our last half day, we repeated our favorites in both parks which was 5 rides total. We got all attractions done minus shows and we had Express Pass bc we stayed at Hard Rock. I was surprised at how much time the FULL Harry Potter experience takes up.
@@ThePughTwo That cabana was amazing. A life saver with our small kids. Worth every penny! I’m sure if we ever make it back there we wouldn’t do it any other way.
If you are a fan of the series.. you can spend DAYS in the area. We still spend a majority of our time in the Harry Potter parts of the park. So many little details!
Heading to the park 15-18 Jun. Can I do your "8 things to do @ H.P. World in one day? If we got an express pass, which park should I choose for H.P. theming? Finally, do the parks open 1 hour early for those staying at the on-site resorts? (The website says this is currently not available.) Thanks for you tips!
Hi Raymond! We absolutely think you can do all of our top 8 Wizarding world things in one day! If you’re just wanting to visit one park, that’s really going to be a personal choice. We LOVE Diagon Alley, it’s probably our favorite area in either park, but the castle and Hagrid’s are in Hogsmeade. As far as the early park admission goes, Universal is currently doing early park at Universal Studios only. It is only unavailable for Islands of Adventure. We hope this helps! We’d be happy to answer any other questions, as well!
10 days is good.
10 days is a long time!!
Yes 10 days is my vacation/ Honey Moon. LOL ! Staying in one of the top 3 Hotels. And will have the unlimited express pass for free by staying in one of the hotels so it’s worth it for me and her !
@@albertcastro409 how exciting! Congratulations on getting married, we hope you have an awesome time! You’ll have to make sure you stop by guest services to get a pin celebrating your honeymoon!
Thank You. For giving the the heads up on that ! You both are great 😊 👍🏻
I rode all the good rides in one day. We ran on nothing but butter beer the whole day. Never tried out any of the food
Thats awesome! I basically run on butterbeer every trip!
Any tips on how to help yr feet each night so you feel good the next day?
When we’re there for HHN and are doing like 20k steps a day, we’ll get ice from the ice machine and soak our feet in the bathtub. It HURTS but your feet do feel better afterwards. Also rubbing your feet at the end of the day can help. We’ve tried to “train” our feet by walking more before we go, but we’ve learned your feet are just gonna hurt lol. Take some Tylenol with you, too!
What transportation do you use to move from one of the budgets hotels to the hard rock?
We’re actually going to talk about this in an upcoming video, but we typically Uber. You can take the bus to Citywalk and then hop on the bus back to the Hard Rock, but with luggage we usually just Uber. It’s usually less than $10.
Do you know if we can purchase tickets at the Cabana Bay resort?
You can! All the on-site hotels have a ticketing counter in the lobby.
How would you factor HHN in with regards to length of stay? We're going for 4 days in Sept, I was thinking 1 day for US, 1 for IoA, morning until 5ish for VBay, eat dinner, do HHN, then on day 4, first half of the day hitting things we wanted to do again then HHN in the evening again. Think 4 days will be reasonable for all that? Love the videos!
There are two things you have to take into consideration with Halloween Horror Nights: 1. HHN doesn’t happen every night, it’s only on select nights in September and October. You can find the exact dates on their website. 2. HHN lasts pretty late into the evening and you may need to sleep in pretty late the next day to recover. We always book a long stay during HHN so we don’t kill ourselves over 3-4 days, but it can absolutely be done in that amount of time. These are just things to think about!
@@ThePughTwo thx so much for the response! HHN is going on during our last 2 days, so got that one, didn't think much about staying up late so that's a great point!
@@kittentoni yeah there are some nights we have been there as late as 2:30 am so the next morning is rough lol!
My son has adhd and can’t mentally wait more than a half hour. Is there a das pass similiar to Disneyworld?
Yes there is a DAS pass at Universal, they just call it their AAP (attraction assistance pass)!
@@ThePughTwo Thank You.
the answer is MOVE IN!!! i got west wing of hogwarts!!!
As long as we can get into the great hall and Dumbledores office, we are happy!
@@ThePughTwo DEAL! hello roomies!! lol
I'm looking at planning a week long trip (fly in Saturday, fly out Saturday) for either early September this year or early February next year. I plan staying in one of the on-site hotels but also golfing a couple days as well. I assume getting a seasonal pass is the best option just for the flexibility? Is there any reason to get one of the more expensive annual passes?
This is a great question! We made a series of videos breaking down the differences between the annual passes, but basically the two higher tier passes get you discounts on food and drink in the parks and Citywalk, as well as on merch. If you plan on visiting several times, it could be worth it to get the preferred pass. If you are looking to buy passes for multiple people, a great option is to get the preferred pass for one person, and everyone else get the seasonal pass. This way, you still get the discounts but everyone else has the cheaper pass. Another thing to keep in mind is that you can always upgrade your pass if you decide to come during blockout dates, etc. I hope this helps!
Our travel agent for our trip this fall got us unlimited for 14 days included in our hotel package.
We put off our vacations not wanting to deal with masks with the heat. But we are thinking of doing a 4 or 5 days but changing hotels from premier to non premier every day to save money but still get the express passes think thats worth the savings? My concern is having to bus from hotel to park to other hotel for check in every day with luggage idk if thats feasible havent been since i was a kid 18 or so years ago
I think our suggestion would be to stay consecutive nights at the premier hotels. So for example, you could fly in on a Friday and stay at one of the Endless Summer resorts and then Saturday, move to one of the premier hotels. You could stay at that hotel for 2 nights, which gets you 3 days of express passes. Then you could move back to endless summer, or just fly out late the day you check out!
@@ThePughTwo thanks for the response. Was hoping to cheap out but i think your right gota splurge a bit sometimes!
@@tcjoe7957 we completely understand! You just have to find that balance between price and hassle!
You may have answered in another video, but if we have 2 park passes, can we get discounted one day passes for volcano bay if we want to try it once? Kids aren’t strong swimmers and we have passes to hurricane harbor so we have access to water rides as is and everything Harry Potter was our priority.
Yes! Have annual passes can get you discounted tickets to Volcano Bay. We aren't sure if it is limited or not, but we know we have purchased tickers for family and gotten a discount!
Just purchased the 14 day passes for universal and Disney staying at surfside do you think we'll be able to do everything
14 days should be plenty of time! We hope you have a great trip, that sounds like an awesome vacation!