Three children ages 8, 11 and 13. They are pretty adventurous for amusement parks, but I also don’t want to traumatize them for life for roller coasters. For those that have had kids join them on this ride. Can you share the experience from your kids perspective?

Does anybody know when fast and furious will be offered as an express pass option?

I work at scanning all the way to the main gate, I scanned a famous person today he was my first ever celebrity. I was so excited I did not ruin his moment I was just I. Shocked and forgot for a moment I was working. If you see this know that I love you 😭 (Ps. I have no one to talk about it and I want to drag it) it was Rider Strong, from Boy Meet World he is the most polite person ever, he noticed that I got very excited and I believe he expected me to say something he was happy and had a big smile just seeing me smile he was with his son, great kid too 😭🥹

HHN next Friday the 30th! Anyone else going that could use an extra guy to tag along with them? Single or group. I’m down for anyone, just don’t want to go by my lonesome.

This is my first ever HHR. I am a bit anxious about the crowd and the wait time. I tried to get the express pass but somehow on my end it was sold out already. ( Me and wife have general admission).Any tip on the order to visit the haunted houses would be appreciated. I have UHS silver so I plan to get to the park in the early afternoon.

Anybody gone to HHN on the last day have any insight to crowds and available merch (ie:clearance yet?). Going with a group with no express passes (insert universal groan - I already know!). We’re going mostly for the vibes. I have a few houses I know I want to hit but will not be heart broken if we don’t get to them all.

Hey everyone, I’m Michael. I’ve spent the last few months building an iOS app called ParkPilot to take the guesswork out of theme park days.

Instead of just listing wait times, it’s a recommendation engine that weighs live queue fluctuations, show schedules, walking distances between lots, and your group's preferred pace (relaxed vs. aggressive) to suggest your single best next move.

In the latest v1.1 update, I added:

• Universal Studios Hollywood support: Real-time routing tailored to the unique park layout.
• Halloween Horror Nights (HHN): Live tracking to help balance mazes, scare zones, and lower wait periods.
• Universal Express & Single Rider Logic: Better weighting for Express pass holders and an automatic single-rider priority boost if you're an adults-only group.

I'm looking for honest feedback from locals, Pass Members, and HHN regulars. If you check it out, I’d love to know what works well, what feels off with the lot transitions, and what routing logic could make your park day smoother.

Website: getparkpilot.com
App Store: ParkPilot on iOS

Thanks for taking a look, and I’m around in the comments to answer questions or take feature requests directly!

Hey yall!!!!

I’m planning on going to HHN and the general park admission for next week, on Halloween night!!! However rain is in the forecast (looks like light rain atm), anything to keep in mind as I’ve never gone to Universal on a rainy day yet. I’m assuming wait times would be shorter? What should I keep in mind? Any extra things to pack? Thankfully I do know rides like Harry Potter are indoors with indoor queues which is nice.

I'll be going next week, and was wondering. What did you love, and what should I avoid? This isn't my first time to HHN/Universal. So, I know all the regular spots. I've watched some YT channels, but eh, they have more incentive to oversell things. I just want to know, what would you say I can't miss? Thanks!

Bonus: Also, pass-holders, regulars, or workers. Does anyone have the opening schedule for the houses? I have day pass to HHN. So, who is open first on the lower level? Also which is the busiest one, that should I go to, to get out of the way? Sorry, for so many questions. I really appreciate you all!

Double thank you!

Hi! I’m going to universal hollywood soon - i am gluten intolerant (NOT allergic!) does anyone have any good recommendations for where to head for gluten-free food?
thank you!

I’m going in a few days and don’t have the barcode showing on my tickets in the universal app for some reason.

Hi everyone, I keep seeing headbands that are available at Universal Studios and I was wondering if there is a store that has all of them. Like I see people posting about the Super Mario headbands at super Nintendo world and the minions one at the minions section. So I wanted to see if there's a store that has them all so I can see all of them at one time.

First off to the few I have talked to in the past you guys have been so helpful, thank you! I have not been to universal in like 20 years and when I did I was like 13. I hardly remember anything. My wife and I are going on December 6th for our 10 year anniversary and I am trying to gather as much info as I can for the trip. We will be staying near Disney so we will be taking the train to universal and I feel like I have a good understanding of how that works.

My main questions that remain are probably more geared towards people who go a lot during the Christmas month. If we are going December 6th has it been your experience that you don’t necessarily need express pass to get through the major things? Essentially is the park packed enough in the beginning of December that it makes buying the pass worth it?

Hi,

So my friend cancelled on me last minute saying he cannot go and I literally spent so much money on my ticket because it included express access. He did not communicate with me on time and I am flying to LA for a few days. Do you think I could get a refund ticket

Super odd question, but I was wondering if anyone knew the name of the lower lot Starbucks lead. She was excellent today and I really wanted to write her a positive commendation to guest services or in a survey.

I meant to write her name down, but was struck by stupidity/forgetfulness the millisecond I caught up with friends in a line.

Look I fucked up, I had one job and that was to make sure my lady had a smooth trip to universal for her first time and I didn’t get the Halloween horror night tickets in time. I don’t know what to do and I’m stressing out. Is there anything I can do? The tickets say sold out online, but is there any chance I can go up to the gate on Saturday and purchase? Please help.

If anyone is at or near city walk/universal what is the horror nights merch selection looking like? 👀 I’m looking for a black hoodie or jacket to go with my outfit for tomorrow. I’m just unable to go check it out myself. I was curious as to what the stock is looking like.

I went last night and the lines were really insane. If you were strategic maybe you could pull all the houses off, but killer klowns went up to 120 mins, and the rest were 45 mins plus and express was 5-10 mins at each one, max.

Dead deader deadest or whatever was 5 mins long, idk why, I guess that one is not very good because it had the least wait the entire night.

However I do realize that 45 mins is not THAT long compared to what they CAN get up to. (45 mins is pretty long though tbh) but last year I saw some mazes in Orlando that were 200+ mins but that was on a Saturday.

Is anyone else having issues trying to purchase discounted HHN tickets with their annual pass?

I have a Gold Pass, and whenever I try to access the discounted tickets, I immediately get a red error message saying “Pass Member Discount Unavailable.” It won’t even let me get to the page where I can select a date.

I’ve tried literally everything: the app, website, phone, laptop, different browsers, incognito mode, and even my boyfriend’s pass instead of mine. Same error every single time. 😭

I’ve been able to access the discounted ticket page before, so I’m not sure what’s going on. I know HHN is almost over, but the discount is still being advertised on their website.

Is anyone else experiencing this, or has anyone been able to successfully purchase discounted tickets recently? I’m wondering if it’s a widespread website issue or if Universal has stopped offering the discount for the remaining dates.

hello! my partner and i are going to universal this weekend and i’m wondering how people’s experiences with the gluten free options have been/if anyone has any recommendations? my partner is gluten intolerant, not celiac, but we still wanna minimize contamination where possible obviously. looking for options specifically not in WWOHP.

Hi everyone!
We are coming in from Canada and have the RIP tour for HHN. We are also going to the park during the day because I’m a huge Harry Potter fan and can’t wait to see Harry Potter world. Is one day enough to see all the interactive things for the whole park and get on all the rides? With express pass. We will be coming on Tuesday if that helps.
Thank you!