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I'm not sure what the VIP tour offers in the form of passes. We stay at one of the deluxe resorts and the front of line pass is good for all rides except Gringotts & FJ. It can be used over and over during your stay. The parks had also offered a FOL pass that wasn't too expensive that gave you FOL one time per ride (except for Gringotts & FJ).
The Express Passes you get from staying at one of the three deluxe onsite resorts allows FOL for all rides that have Express as many times as you want.
There are two kinds you can buy: Express Pass that is one entrance to each ride OR an unlimited Express Pass (similar to what you'd get staying in the hotels). The prices vary from day to day depending on what the expect crowds will be and can be purchased for a specific day before your trip or purchased the day of, in the park.
Clicking on the link provided above, there's a "Details" link (under where the "Begin Purchase" button) that states that the FoL Pass included in the tour is the "Express Unlimited." So it looks to be like the one you would get if staying onsite, etc.
Unless they've changed it, you don't get Express Pass use at Pteranodon Flyers, either. That has always puzzled me, but in the several trips I've made to Universal, there has never been an Express Pass line at that attraction.
I've seen things written that say it's a kids ride, but a lot of non-kids ride it, and I've seen lines in the summer in excess of 60 minutes.
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Unless they've changed it, you don't get Express Pass use at Pteranodon Flyers, either. That has always puzzled me, but in the several trips I've made to Universal, there has never been an Express Pass line at that attraction.
I've seen things written that say it's a kids ride, but a lot of non-kids ride it, and I've seen lines in the summer in excess of 60 minutes.
It's a VERY slow loading ride.
You can't ride it unless you have a kid of a certain age (or under a height....can't remember which) go with you. I got to ride it once with my DD as she was the only one of the right height on a prior trip. Since then...no kids young enough.
I think the reason that there is no EP is that it because it loads so slowly there would be nothing Express about that line. They'd be waiting just as long at the regular line riders.
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Unless they've changed it, you don't get Express Pass use at Pteranodon Flyers, either. That has always puzzled me, but in the several trips I've made to Universal, there has never been an Express Pass line at that attraction.
I've seen things written that say it's a kids ride, but a lot of non-kids ride it, and I've seen lines in the summer in excess of 60 minutes.
It's a VERY slow loading ride.
You can't ride it unless you have a kid of a certain age (or under a height....can't remember which) go with you. I got to ride it once with my DD as she was the only one of the right height on a prior trip. Since then...no kids young enough.
I think the reason that there is no EP is that it because it loads so slowly there would be nothing Express about that line. They'd be waiting just as long at the regular line riders.
You can't ride it unless you have a kid of a certain age (or under a height....can't remember which) go with you. I got to ride it once with my DD as she was the only one of the right height on a prior trip. Since then...no kids young enough.
I think the reason that there is no EP is that it because it loads so slowly there would be nothing Express about that line. They'd be waiting just as long at the regular line riders.
Well, that's interesting. We rode it a long time ago, but since then every time we have been the line has been so long we haven't tried it. I didn't realize about the maximum height requirement. I just remember it being a really cool ride, zipping along at a pretty good speed through those trees. Hmm. I guess we won't ride it next year.
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