Universal FOTL or hotel?

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Originally Posted by Whoppery5k

Hi, I keep seeing people state that they book at stay at universal and not actually stay just to get the pass as it works out cheaper.
But I can't see how? We are a party of 6 and the pass is $70 each.
But a stay over is looking like $1000 plus to get the pass included

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$70 is for the cheapest 1-Park single-use Express passes during off-peak periods. It's only applies to one day and the price varies with the date. This isn't the same as what you get at the hotels.

A stay at a premium Universal hotel will give you 2 days of 2-Park unlimited-use Express Passes for everyone staying there. Price of the room varies by date. For today's date, one standard room costs $319 (+tax). As there are 6 of you, you'll need 2 rooms. Therefore it costs a total of $640 (+tax).

If you wanted a 2-Park unlimited-use Express Pass for today then it would cost $120(+tax) per person per day. So for 6 people for 2 days (i.e. the equivalent as what you get with the hotel stay) that's a total of $1440 (+tax).

It's therefore much cheaper to stay in the hotel if you want 2 days of unlimited Express passes. $640 versus $1440.