Universal Opening Times

lou86 · 12 Feb 17, 09:52 AM

Hi,

In the middle of doing some holiday planning, especially considering ADR day is fast approaching at the end of the week and now the missing MK hours are up.

When do Universal normally release their dates? I'm sure last time they had done this by the 180 days mark, or am I wrong? They've currently got up until June, so assuming April time? I know their hours don't change too much, but was thinking more about the recommended days. Would using last years dates give me a rough idea?

Thanks

Animagus · 12 Feb 17, 04:03 PM

Universal are always later at putting up dates. April/May is probably a good bet. I'd use last year's busy day guide to give an idea. Just make sure you are looking at the equivalent day of the week rather than the date. Weekends are usually busy at Universal, so tend to be listed as least recommended. The same general advice applies though - get to the parks early (and earlier still if staying on-site), have an idea of where you want to head first to try to minimise your wait times for things like Kong, Hulk, Minions, Spiderman and HP rides

lou86 · 12 Feb 17, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Animagus

Universal are always later at putting up dates. April/May is probably a good bet. I'd use last year's busy day guide to give an idea. Just make sure you are looking at the equivalent day of the week rather than the date. Weekends are usually busy at Universal, so tend to be listed as least recommended. The same general advice applies though - get to the parks early (and earlier still if staying on-site), have an idea of where you want to head first to try to minimise your wait times for things like Kong, Hulk, Minions, Spiderman and HP rides

Brilliant thank you. I think our plan is to stay onsite to get the express passes, this is what we've done in the past.
Just trying to work out when is best to do that in the holiday and try to plan at least one recommended day. Will have a look at the equivalent day, rather than the date.

Thanks

sonny8093 · 14 Feb 17, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by lou86

Hi,

In the middle of doing some holiday planning, especially considering ADR day is fast approaching at the end of the week and now the missing MK hours are up.

When do Universal normally release their dates? I'm sure last time they had done this by the 180 days mark, or am I wrong? They've currently got up until June, so assuming April time? I know their hours don't change too much, but was thinking more about the recommended days. Would using last years dates give me a rough idea?

Thanks

We are also waiting for these to be released! looking at our countdown we are flying out on the same day 😀

**gjdjud** · 14 Feb 17, 09:33 PM

They are a lot slower at saying which park has early entry though. You can only find that out for up to first week in April.

SMAX · 14 Feb 17, 10:14 PM

We now have July and August on theDIBB Park Hours.

Guest · 15 Feb 17, 10:44 PM

Any idea when September hours will be released? Some of us are too impatient! 😄

Hibby70 · 16 Feb 17, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by gjdjud

They are a lot slower at saying which park has early entry though. You can only find that out for up to first week in April.

The full month of April was available on their old site (the one that had both parks in the same grid with blue and red boxes). Thing is I can't now access it as it keeps diverting me to the new ww2 site.

Anyway it had the 2nd and 3rd weeks of April with EE in both parks at 8:00am

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Guest Guest	Any idea when September hours will be released? Some of us are too impatient! 😄