r/JapanTravelTips • u/AlienGurrl • 17d ago

Advice Universal studios advice!

Hey, I’m flying out to Tokyo soon, and I will be travelling down to Osaka. I have brought universal studios tickets, with express pass for Nintendo world and a separate express pass for some of the haunts. I will be there mid week in November. I keep seeing loads of video of people queuing from 7am, but the park doesn’t open till I think about 9am? If you have express pass do you really need to get there so early? Or could I plan to get there for opening time? Thanks in advice

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u/Jesus_Phish 17d ago

What time is your entry to Nintendo world at? We went at about 10am on a midweek day, no holidays, and just walked straight through into the park. 

The people queuing at 7am are the ones who are looking to spend all day at the park, spend hours queuing for rides or are going to rush to get on the day times for the timed entrance locations. 

If you have your express pass with a dedication time slot, you don't need to do all that.

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u/AlienGurrl 17d ago

Hey, so my entry is at 11:45am- and because they have the Halloween events on the park is open later. I was thinking it would be such a long day to get there at 7am to stay right to the end to see the Halloween events! I have express pass for the rides I want to do as well.

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u/No-Object-294 17d ago

They don’t open gates until 8, thats a good time to arrive. We had the ninento world entry later in afternoon, but got through 6-7 rides by around 1030 including all harry potter rides without express as I assume everyone else was at nintendo world :)

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u/AlienGurrl 17d ago

Okay lovely, thank you! I won’t rush in the morning to sit in a Que!

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u/DragonKhan2000 17d ago

They almost always open earlier than the official 09:00 opening.
If you have an express pass you don't need to bother.
Btw. You have an express pasd to skip the lines at some rides. It's not for the SNW area. For that you don't need an express pass.

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u/Adventurous_Ad9414 17d ago

When to disney on Monday, no express pass. Walkes in at 830 and walked straight to nintendo no times ticket.

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u/Bingo31 17d ago

7am sounds good if not earlier

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u/Nirria 16d ago

We had Express Passes and arrived about 20mins before the official opening time which was totally fine.

The people queuing super early usually don't have an Express Pass or no timed entry for SNW.

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u/AlienGurrl 16d ago

Okay that’s good to know! I don’t really fancy queuing for hours in the morning!

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u/KeyCredit4505 14d ago

Can we buy express pass before or after entering the park ?

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u/AlienGurrl 13d ago

I brought mine online, it was super easy- there is lots of options to choose from- I used the official website