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15 Things You NEED TO KNOW About Universal Studios Hollywood

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Planning a trip to Universal Studios Hollywood? Here are 15 things you need to know before you visit! From understanding how Universal Studios Hollywood is laid out and what attractions you’ll find to SUPER NINTENDO WORLD, the World-Famous Studio Tour, Universal Express, dining, and more. This guide will give you an overview of what to expect before your trip.

Whether you’re visiting Universal Studios Hollywood for the first time or returning after a few years away, these tips will help you prepare for your day and get more out of your visit. We’ll cover some of the biggest things to know about the park, attractions, planning, tickets, entertainment, food, and other essentials before heading to Universal Studios Hollywood in California.

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20 Comments

@leonardwhittle7922 4 weeks ago

The escalators are part of the experience

@xgloboi 3 weeks ago

coming back up from the lower lot is a trippy experience, my head feels like it’s looking straight up and it honestly feels so crazy how steep it is, I’m truly surprised it’s always running too it’s never broken whenever i go there lol

@Purple-5641 4 weeks ago

Thank you for your videos. I enjoy your information. Thanks again.

@CupcakeGrogan 3 weeks ago

My family took me to Universal Studios for my 50th birthday back in 2020. We got the premier pass and had a really good time but unfortunately I got very nauseous riding the escalators down that when we were done with the lower lot, I ended up walking all the way back up on the stairs. It was actually a great day until then. 😊

@PrincessPanda27 4 weeks ago

I also haven’t watched WaterWorld, and I don’t see that changing. However, the show looks fun.

@saturdaysatthepark 4 weeks ago

Great video as always! You should definitely give water world a watch when it released in 1995 it was the most expensive movie to film!

@beginingssful 4 weeks ago

Totally sold on the VIP ( if/ when ever we get a chance to go) very informative! Thanks!!❤

@shirleehegsted4347 4 weeks ago

My 2 yr old son LOVED the waterworld show, he thought it was so cool! Although it was quite loud, so I would suggest bringing noise cancelling headphones for your littles.

@ashmelia1238 4 weeks ago

My daughter and I went to Universal today and yesterday. Today we went on the Revenge of The Mummy ride 3 times in a row with no wait. We also did both Harry Potter rides twice in a row. But it was hot as heck outside today. Yesterday was nice and cloudy with little mini sprinkles from time to time

@ratgonepostal 1 day ago

Three parks tram ride I consider seperated

@cyndiemanning1962 3 weeks ago

Last time I was at Universal was about 1970, and it was the tram ride you talked about. We got to see a TV show “Mannix” being filmed as we drove through. I would enjoy the Harry Potter area if I were to go these days. Appreciate knowing about the upper and lower lots. Thanks for these great tips.

@stephanied3884 4 weeks ago

Also, they don’t let you join the ride queues up until the last minute like Disneyland. We were there on an October day that the park closed at 6, and were surprised when the rides started closing at 5:30 or earlier, and the whole park seemed to exit together..slowly..for the last half hour. Think Disneyland fireworks crowds

@timberfield 3 weeks ago

You should see Water World!

@gina_bnz 4 weeks ago

Yessss! What a great, factual, common sense video, as yours always are! Thank you for this. I just finished watching another channel do a Universal 'update' (which I'll refrain from sharing the name of, but he's become a paradoy channel lately it seems), who made up all sorts of nonsense about the park being dead and needing help and tried to compare wait times from a random day two years ago to prove something is "wrong" with Universal 😂 🙄 so it's very refreshing to listen to yourself who actually knows information, and shares it in a clear way, and doesn't play into the whole click bait outrage wild assumptions way of making videos 🙏
We need more channels like yours out there, spreading facts in a level headed way. Keep up the awesome work, you've joined the top of my fave Disney, Universal, theme park vloggers list 🎉

@THEREALGSTARK 4 weeks ago

Love the Universal videos! Do you plan on going to Horror Nights or have ever gone to them at Universal Hollywood?

@jills4596 3 weeks ago

We are surprising our kids at Christmas with a vacation and we will only get one day at universal. They will mainly want to do super Mario world and I am planning on getting the early pass but I didn’t know we all 4 don’t need a power band. That’s helpful info I will just get my 2 boys one each. Always looking to saving money.

@KyokiVlogs 3 weeks ago

Whats the best ride to go
If anyone’s gone before

@mi9nguyen 3 weeks ago

Amazing video as always!! A little caveat I wanted to add from my own experience with the VIP tour: yes they give you express unlimited but the tour I took didn’t end until about 4-430pm and the park closed at 6pm that day. So it wasn’t that much time to utilize the pass. It definitely helped with the rides we got to go on but it was frantic, as we were trying to go around as fast as we could 😂

@StephanieRodarte-c4u 3 weeks ago

We will be going Sunday 9/27. Horror nights will be happening that evening so the park will be closing early. Do you think I should buy the express pass?

@SteveLamb 4 weeks ago

Thanks for the info Traver. Do you know if the SNW early access lets you in a little earlier than the hour to compensate for walking? Hoping to bump into you in Nov/Dec when there.😊