If members of your party are not satisfied with quick-service food, be aware you can bring snacks in

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The number one easiest way to save money and a heck of a lot of time is to purchase your theme park tickets and Express Passes in advance. Here s the information right from Universal Orlando s website:
When you purchase your tickets online through Universal Orlando, you receive car rentals ukmanchester airport a $20 discount over the gate prices for mult-day tickets. Please note that the discount is already applied to the pricing you see on Universal Orlando s website. In other words, if you go to the gate and purchase a multi-day ticket, you will pay $20 more than what you see online.
car rentals ukmanchester airport As the voucher states, car rentals ukmanchester airport you just need to bring a copy of it along with your tickets to the Universal Studios Store in Universal Studios Florida or the Islands car rentals ukmanchester airport Trading Company in Islands car rentals ukmanchester airport of Adventure. Then you can exchange the voucher for this:
You can click on the image to view it full-screen. If you d like to download the full-resolution car rentals ukmanchester airport JPEG file, click on the image to view it full-screen, then right-click in the center of the image to download. I know you are pretty crafty, so let me just warn you now that the real coupon book is printed on heavy laminate paper.
Here is something very few guests know: To purchase tickets in advance, you do not necessarily have to purchase them 24 hours or more before you arrive. You can literally be standing at the gates of Universal Studios Florida and call Universal instead of waiting in the ticket line. And if you call, you will save $20 per person for any multi-day ticket. You will then be given a confirmation code to use at the electronic will call kiosks.
As long as you are purchasing your tickets directly from Universal Orlando car rentals ukmanchester airport (either online, car rentals ukmanchester airport over the phone, or at the gates), you can easily upgrade tickets at Guest Services. So, if you are not sure whether you want to purchase Park-to-Park tickets, or 3-day or 4-day tickets, buy the less expensive car rentals ukmanchester airport option . Then, if you decide you want more, you can pay the difference and upgrade. Keep in mind that you MUST upgrade while the ticket is still valid. In other words, if you have a 3-day ticket, and you want to add on day number 4, you MUST do it by the end of day 3. Otherwise your ticket will expire and you will have to buy a full-price 1-day ticket if you want another day.
Universal Orlando and the other theme parks clearly state that ticket sales are non-refundable and non-transferable . So, be sure you know what you want before you make a purchase, and choose the least expensive option if you are not sure (see the tip above). Also, be aware that you cannot sell your partially-used tickets to another person or to a third-party vendor. While it is not necessarily car rentals ukmanchester airport illegal for you to do so, the person who ends up buying your partially-used tickets is not going to be able to use them that is why the parks scan your index finger. By the same token, if you are offered heavily discounted tickets and all you have to do is meet someone behind a Red Lobster to get them (I had a friend who had to do this), you are probably not going to get legitimate tickets. car rentals ukmanchester airport In this case you are most likely buying partially used tickets or the complimentary car rentals ukmanchester airport tickets given out to team members and you will not be able to gain admission to the parks with either of these.
This is a great trick that can get you unlimited Express Pass access or accommodations car rentals ukmanchester airport at one of Universal Orlando s four-star on-site hotels for about the same amount of money you already were going to spend on admission car rentals ukmanchester airport tickets and regular Express Passes. I explain how this work here: Get unlimited Express Passes for what you are already paying
If you are booking an off-site hotel room as part of your Universal car rentals ukmanchester airport Orlando vacation, consider booking your visit as an official Universal Orlando vacation package. You will likely end up paying close to the same as you would anyway for the hotel and Universal Orlando park tickets, but you will get the added benefit of Early Park Admission to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter . Please note that if you are staying on-site, you get Early Park Admission and unlimited Express Pass access no matter how you book your hotel room.
It is worth noting that all guests staying at Universal Orlando Partner Hotels with Bonus Benefits receive car rentals ukmanchester airport this card you do not necessarily have to book the hotel room through Universal. However, in order to get Early Park Admission car rentals ukmanchester airport to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, you absolutely need to book a Universal Orlando vacation package .
Speaking of bringing stuff into the park, you may carry items like extra clothes and sunscreen in bags and backpacks of a reasonable size. (Universal says that bags must be no larger than 8.5 wide x 6 high x 6 deep.) You just cannot bring any bags with hard sides or wheels, like a cooler. And of course you cannot bring any weapons or alcohol.
This is a particularly good idea if you plan on going on water rides, car rentals ukmanchester airport or if you are visiting during a time of the year when the temperature changes considerably from day to night. For example, when we are going to the Winter Concert Series at Universal Studios Florida and we know it will get cold in the evening, we will bring a bag with jackets to the parks and rent a locker. After the bag is in the locker, we head over to Islands of Adventure and play for the day. In the evening, when we come back over to Universal Studios for the concert, our jackets are waiting car rentals ukmanchester airport for us in the locker. This is a great way to avoid spending $40 per person on Universal sweatshirts.
There are lockers at the front of Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure (both inside and outside of each park entrance). They can be rented for a flat-rate for the day (around $10), and you may open and close them as much as you want. See our complete locker guide for more information.
If members of your party will be satisfied with quick-service food, the Universal Meal Deal can be an excellent bargain. This is particularly true when the parks are open late. For example, if Islands of Adventure is open until 10:00pm, that means the Meal Deal is good from 11:00am to 9:30pm over 10 HOURS worth of meals for the price of two meals. And unlike Disney s Meal Plan, you do not need to be staying car rentals ukmanchester airport on-site to participate, nor does everyone in your party have to buy in. So if you have just one or two hungry teenagers, get them the Meal Deal and forget about having to budget their unstoppable appetites.
If members of your party are not satisfied with quick-service food, be aware you can bring snacks into the parks. Universal only states that you cannot bring picnic lunches car rentals ukmanchester airport or food that requires heating or refrigeration into the park.
One more tip about food and drink: Universal Orlando and other theme parks will give you tap water for free at their restaurant facilities. And there are a few water fountains located around the park. You can also carry plastic water bottles into the parks, sport drinks like Gatoraid, as well as backpacks with water pouches (like CamelBak).
Whenever Universal Orlando is moderately busy, they bring out temporary Express Pass sales kiosks and place them at the very front of the entry area to the parks. Because these kiosks are so visible, they usually attract a long line:
That s why you should know there are Express Pass kiosks car rentals ukmanchester airport just steps inside the gates to both theme parks. Since guests usually want to rush to the attractions after waiting to get through the turnstiles, the kiosks car rentals ukmanchester airport inside the park entrances usually have no lines at all. I took this picture literally minutes after the picture above:
For AAA members, most restaurants car rentals ukmanchester airport at Universal offer 10 percent off food purchases. While this may not seem like much on any one purchase, over the course of three or four days it will add up. Some of the full-service restaurants at Universal s on-site hotels also offer a AAA discount.
American Express is the official credit card of Universal Orlando. American car rentals ukmanchester airport Express cardholders receive certain promotions throughout the year. To see the latest, click here . Cardholders also receive private access to the American Express Lounge inside Universal Studios Florida (near Monsters Cafe):
As you enter Universal CityWalk, there is a small structure underneath the elevator that leads up to the second level. This is where you can get information car rentals ukmanchester airport about the dining options at CityWalk. You can also ask for a CityWalk coupon book, which looks like this:
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