Universal express passes

[Unexpectedpenny]

Originally Posted by DisneyFoodie

I could be wrong but I think we are talking about different things. I totally agree that the express pass is cheaper with a hotel stay. But, you still have to buy your universal base tickets. So for a hotel stay you have cost of hotel room one night for as many as you can fit plus cost of base tickets 2 day per person. But, if you only buy one day ultimate park to park express, that's only about $250 (in low season) per person, and that's the only thing you need to buy.

I haven't crunched numbers so I could be wrong, but when I looked at it for our family, the saving on the base ticket being one not two days outweighed the hotel stay, even with express added.

Sorry if I have misunderstood here :-)

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Ahhh ok, no you’ve not misunderstood. I assumed that OP already had the tickets so that’s what my cost advice was based on. For yourself only wanting to do one day then yea I imagine that is the cheapest way. We do at least 4 days at Universal so I’ve not really looked in to other ticket options beyond the 14 day one!

[mattyped]

We used to do this with the kids every year. Now theyve grown amd moved on we still do it because we enjoy it and its tradition. Prob not worth it anymore for the saving but just that feeling when you leave the arch. A little dink left when most are going straight through makes it a little special.

[Fatboyslick]

We've Express passed both parks in one day and still had time to enjoy the experience.
I agree for so many of you it'll be cheaper to stay in the hotel