Where to find Universal Studios discount tickets!
In the slide show above, you're viewing pictures of Universal Studio's rides, attractions and tours...including the popular Simpson's ride. If seeing these photos got you in the mood to visit Universal Studios Hollywood soon, then the info on this page can help! Discover how Universal Studios discounts, Fun Cards and annual passes can save you money & get you on your way to having a great time at the theme park.
Universal Studios Regular Ticket Prices...
...and how to AVOID them!
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On this page, you'll discover some of the discount programs offered by Universal Studios. If you plan ahead, you should NEVER have to pay full price to attend the theme park!
What do Universal Studios Hollywood's full-price admission tickets? As of January, 2012, adult full-priced tickets for Universal Studios are $77.00 each. "Adult" means all guests 48" tall and above. Children's tickets---or, rather, prices for guests under 48" in height---now cost $69.00 each. This is the full price you'll pay at the gate if you don't make plans to snag a discount ahead of time.
Hopefully, though, by the time you finish reading this page, you'll have a good idea of Universal Studios' various discount programs, and you'll make your plans to enter with a cheaper ticket rate!
Universal Studios Discount Tickets
Online print-at-home discount tickets from Universal's website
You can almost surely get Universal Studios discount tickets! There are a number of different discount plans offered by Universal Studios Hollywood at any given time. All you have to do to get them is to plan ahead! Here are the Universal Studios on-line discount ticket specials in effect at the time of this update:
To learn more about the BOGO ticket deal, here's a link to the main ticketing page of www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com.
2.) Universal Hollywood Value Pass--Buy one day, get free admission for all of 2012: Many Universal Studios "regulars" look forward to Value Pass time at Universal Studios Hollywood...and that time is here again! Hmmm...let's see, which is better? One day for $77, or from today all the way through 2012? Seems like a no-brainer! The only reason NOT to get this deal is if you would enjoy the perks that come along with one of the park's annual passes, instead. (See the "annual pass" section below for more info.) Black-out dates DO apply to the Universal Studios Hollywood value pass....but they don't apply ON the day that you purchase your pass. Blackout dates for the 2012 Value Pass at Universal Hollywood are as follows: May 26, 27 & 28 (Memorial Day Weekend); June 23; July 1, 4, 8, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 & 29; August 4, 11 & 12; September 2 (Labor Day weekend); December 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 & 31 ("Grinchmas" Christmas celebration.) And, here's an added perk: if you get a Universal Studios Value Pass, you may bring your friends to the park with you & get a $12 discount for each of them!
Other one-day Universal Hollywood discount tickets & coupons
California Tourism Commission coupons and Costco discount tickets to Universal Studios
1.) The State of California Travel and Tourism Commission Coupons are a great way to save on admission to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. You can receive a PDF print-at-home Universal Studios Hollywood discount coupon through the California State official tourist website, visitcalifornia.com. This coupon will get you a "Buy a day/get one free" admission to Universal Studios Hollywood...plus while you're at the California tourism website, you'll also be able to discover discount coupons for several other popular California tourist attractions, as well (including the fun "I Fly" indoor parachuting attraction at Universal's City Walk entertainment mall just outside of the theme park!) Use the following link to see the
Universal Studios Hollywood coupon on the VisitHollywood.com website. The Universal Studios coupon is about 1/2 way down the page.
2.) COSTCO DISCOUNT TICKETS for Universal Studios Hollywood: Costco discount stores don't always sell discount tickets for Universal Hollywood...but sometimes they do...and they're selling them more and more often than they used to. You can often purchase them online, or you may head to one of the Costco locations in the LA area to purchase your tickets in person. Here's a link where you can check to see if discounted Universal theme park tickets are currently available at the Costco.com website. (Note:IF YOU DON'T SEE ANY TICKET OFFERS at this link, then Costco isn't offering any discount Universal tickets at this time. You may check back later, or check your local store to see if they're selling them off-line.) Costco tickets to Universal Hollywood are generally NOT Southern California resident's-only tickets, so they may be used by guests from out of the area, too!
Universal Studios Discounts Tickets -- Annual Passes
Flex Pay Monthly payment options are now available!
New! The most exciting news is that SOCal residents may now buy Universal Studios Hollywood annual passes by using a monthly payment option! This ez pay system at Universal is called Flex Pay and is available for Southern California Residents. Two different levels of annual passes are available: the "regular" annual pass (with a NO blackout dates; and the Premium pnnual pass (with no blackout dates, priority boarding at the studio tour, AND FREE PARKING!) Note: the "Value Pass" is NOT eligible for the easy payment plans.)
No interest added! Monthly payment plans for Universal Studios Hollywood do NOT charge interest, and the small monthly payments (starting at under $7 per month) are barely noticed when they're deducted from your bank account!
1.) Universal's 2012 Value Pass: (Note: the Flex Pay ez payment plan is NOT available for the Value Pass.) For not much more than a one day ticket, you can enjoy Universal Hollywood for the rest of 2012. If you are unsure about how many times you are going to visit the park, this is a very good pass to get. You are not given admission on blackout days with this pass, but the number of days you are affected is very minimal. The Value Pass blackout dates for 2012 were listed above on this page, in case you missed them.
2.) THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS No Black-Out 12-MONTH ANNUAL PASS-- This annual pass is currently just $104.99 online. Yes, its cost is higher than the 12 month Value Pass...but it has NO blackout dates and (even better) it IS eligible for the monthly payment plan for SoCal residents. Considering that the monthly payment of less than $7/mo (per card) will barely be missed from your bank account, getting the Universal Hollywood annual pass is truly a pain-free, affordable way to visit the park multiple times in the next twelve months. Food and merchandise discounts come with your membership...and you'll be able to get a $12 discount on your friend's tickets whenever you bring them along to the theme park.
3.) PREMIUM ANNUAL PASS: With a Premium Pass, you'll get a full 12-month annual pass with no blackout dates PLUS free parking every time you visit Universal Studios Hollywood during your year of membership. If you go to Universal Studios even somewhat frequently, the FREE parking alone will make this pass worth the extra money. In addition, you'll get discounts on food and merchandise in the theme park...and priority seating on the Studio Tram Tour. The current price is $144.99 for this pass...or less than $10/month, if you choose the EZ Pay method. Considering that Universal Hollywood's parking rates are currently $15 per day, or $10 per day if you arrive after 3 pm, you'll earn your money back quickly if you're a frequent visitor. (Note: Valet parking and up-close parking are not included in the "free parking" portion of this offer. Another restriction: your entrance to the parking garage must be no later than 5 pm.)
To order any of the Universal Studios annual passes, you may use the following link to visit the Universal Studios Hollywood annual pass page from the park's official website
Multi-attraction discounts which include Universal Studios
1.) Los Angeles GO CARDS
Once you arrive in LA, you simply show up at the member attractions that you've decided to see. You won't need cash or a credit card to enter---you'll just show them your Go Cards! You can visit as many attractions as you can fit into the 3, 5, or 7 days that you're touring. The more you see, the more you can save!
Universal Studios Hollywood is a member of the Go Card Los Angeles program. So are the Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm and Legoland theme parks. But, theme parks aren't the only type of attractions included. There are Hollywood studio tours, the new Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, the Los Angeles Zoo, harbor tours, Los Angeles city and movie star home tours, a wide variety of museums...for a total of about 3 dozen of the best Los Angeles attractions available! The Go Card is a very decent discount that this website is happy to reccommend. It is not for everyone, but it does work for a great number of travelers and is definately worth checking out. Chances are that this card can save you a great deal of money while allowing you to visit attractions you just might not have been able to go to without it.
To see a complete list of the Los Angeles Go Card attractions which come included with this terrific discount plan, and to discover further details, please see the colorful green ad to your left.
2.) Southern California City Pass; 4 theme parks--terrific savings!
The Southern California City Pass 2012 savings program gives us the following fun---
* 3 days at the Disneyland Resort, which includes 2 different theme parks---both Disneyland Park AND Disney's California Adventure Park! If you buy the Southern California CityPass coupons, you'll receive a 3-day Park Hopper Bonus ticket...which means that you can "hop" back and forth between the 2 Disney Resort theme parks on the same day (you're not confined to just "one park per day," in other words.) PLUS, you'll get a "bonus" ticket for one day's "early admission to the park!"
* 1 day's general admission to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park!
*1 day's general admission to the SeaWorld San Diego adventure park!
You may purchase a 2012 Southern California CityPass Ticket Book at the Universal Studios ticket booth when you arrive at the park. Or, you may also get the coupons on-line at either the Universal Studios Hollywood website or at the CityPass website. Prices for the Southern California 2012 CityPass are $279 for adults and $239.00 for children ages 3--9.
Before you buy, you should know that there are some reasonable restrictions on the Southern California City Pass---
1) The 2012 Southern California City Pass plan is available through Dec 31, 2012
2) You only have 14 days from the date you first use one of the tickets until ALL the tickets in your book expire. While tourists and visitors won't mind the 2-week time frame in which to use the coupons, local residents may feel a little rushed by having to use up the discount tickets so quickly.
3) No blackout dates apply! These discounts are good any day of the year at the Southern California theme parks participating in the City Pass discount program!
For further info or to get ticket books, here's a link to the City Pass Website.
Other types of Universal Hollywood Admissions
1.) VIP Tour...if you want a very special behind-the-scenes experience!
Another unusual type of ticket offered by Universal Studios Hollywood is the "VIP Experience" ticket. For $249, you'll get one day's park admission, front-of-line privileges at rides, priority seating at shows AND a special in-depth tour of the backlot, prop warehouse, sound stages, and sound mixing rooms. In other words, if you're a person who has a keen interest in learning more about the movie-making business, this tour is your golden opportunity! You may order these discounted VIP tour tickets at the Universal Studios Hollywood official website (see the link above.)If you decide you'd like to try the VIP Experience, you MUST plan ahead, as reservations must be made in advance. (Even at this hefty price, tour spots do sell out!) You should call 818-622-8477 to reserve your place. So, be thinking of your most-desired dates...and your alternate dates...beforehand so that you'll be ready.
For further Universal Hollywood VIP tour info, here's the VIP Tour page of the park's official website.
2.) Front of Line passes at Universal Studios Hollywood
Yes, you CAN beat the crowd...but there's a hefty extra fee
Can visitors get park admission with front-of-the-line privileges? Yes, and if you hate to wait, this may be the best ticket for you. Make no mistake, though; you're going to pay big bucks for this privilege! The Front-of-Line pass price varies with the season of the year; during the "slow season" it costs less than during the busy summer vacation season. (But the busy summer season is exactly when you're going to need the pass!)
At the time of this update, Front of Line passes cost $129.00. That steep price means that the Front of Line Pass (which includes your admission fee) costs quite a bit more than the price of a full-price one day ticket. (Note: if you arrive during the busy summer vacation season, a front-of-line pass prices at Universal Hollywood will be even MORE! The price of the pass fluctuates month-by-month at this theme park.)
Is it worth it? Not always. But actually, in certain cases, it IS. If you look closely at the Universal Hollywood slide shows on this page, you don't see too many people in the pictures. That's only because I like to visit the theme park on weekdays during the fall and winter "slow seasons." If you'll be visiting during the huge summertime vacation rush or during busy holiday periods, you're going to find a CROWD!
If you're coming from a long distance and/or you can't re-visit the park later to catch the attractions you miss, then getting a front-of-line pass may be your best bet if you want to experience all of Universal Studios Hollywood's attractions in one day. Here's what one reader told me concerning his opinion:
Art from Las Vegas wrote: "The front of line pass was a bit pricey, but considering that I don't go on vacation to a major theme park that frequently, it was definitely worth the investment. Convenience and comfort were big factors in swaying me. On the day I visited, the average wait time for rides without the pass was about an hour, and with the pass it was 5-10 minutes (closer to 5 minutes on most rides.) In some ways it is actually good the pass costs so much, because very few people got them the day I visited...which kept the VIP line short. Would I recommend the front-of-line pass to others? Some people will only come to Universal once in a lifetime; others will visit only once in several years. With that in mind I'd say that it would be imperative for them to see as many of the rides as possible. It may not even be possible to see all of the attractions in a day without it. For these visitors, getting the Front of Line Pass would make a great difference to their enjoyment of the park. One important consideration, though, is the size of the group. For singles or couples, it may be fairly easy to pay the extra fee, but for an average family with 2-3 kids, it's more difficult due to the steep price. For myself, though, particularly because I have kids (which makes the waiting in line that much more arduous,) I would rather not go at all than to go and have to wait an hour in the heat for a 5 minute ride. For me, I felt that it was worth waiting longer to save up the money so that my family and I could really enjoy our vacation."
If you're interested in Universal's Front-of-Line pass, here's a link to the Front of Line Pass info page from Universal Hollywood's website which can fill you in about all the details.
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