The VIP experience is one that people don’t often think is in reach or even worthwhile if you’re just someone who wants to enjoy the park. It is worth it. Like really. We went to Universal Hollywood on the VIP tour and that was the best theme park experience I’ve ever had. The rides that take 30-90 minutes to get on were ours in minutes. We got to see Hogwarts, and after that we got in to the new Nintendoland and that was pretty epic.
Here’s how VIP works at Universal: You show up, they feed you a breakfast, they take you on a 90 minute tour through the lot, backstage, and through a handful of mobile rides like King Kong. Then your tour guide takes you (in a small group of 12) around the park, passing you quickly to the front of all the lines and right into the rides. We got on all of the rides without a wait. All of them.
The rides themselves are really good. The Harry Potter 3d and Transformers 3d are the best and not to be missed. Unfortunately, without the vip cutting of the line you don’t get to get into all the rides because the lines are so long. We used that privilege twice on the new Mariokart ride. That one is complex–so much so I’ll need to talk about it tomorrow.
Some Thoughts:
- Not much of a Friends guy, but some episodes are legit.
- I’m worried about arthritis–wrist and hands. Typing hand?