I believe Despicable Me is also open.Hi Early park admission is for the HP sections in IOA specifically. I am not sure if there is anything in the Seus area open on the way up to Hogsmeade. Generally it is only the HP sections.
In the studios it is usually only Diagon Alley, however, there have been some reports on touring plans and I did see it one day this past summer that The Mummy was open for early entry.
Express pass is nearly essential during that time of the year. I went last year from the 24th-26th and the Express pass saved a TON of time. We got super lucky with great Annual Pass rates at the Royal Pacific so the Express Pass was included.Thanks everyone! We were there for 8 days in June this past year and we do remember Despicable Me being open as well, my concern was pulling my non-morning family out of bed each day for early entry and nothing being open but HP. I guess I didn't really get that at the time. We stayed on site deluxe so we had Express Pass and were AP holders, we didn't feel the need for EPA during the summer if it forced us out of bed early.
I guess I was thinking that Early Entry may be more enticing between 12/25-12/31 due to crowds. Can anyone weigh in on that, is having both Express Pass and Early Entry worth it during that time of year?
It will be tight, and you wont be able to linger and appreciate the details in the HP areas or watch all of the shows (you can probably watch 1) or do all of the interactive wand locations (you'll be able to do some).We have just ONE day next week for universal! Is it possible to get all of HP done and some of the other things in the park!? We shouldn’t need EP right since it’s value season!? How crowded do you think it’ll be?
Big Thanks to @ruthies12 This is so helpful!
I do have a question, though. Would it be a bad idea to switch Escape to Gringotts to whenever we got back to Diagon Alley? I just feel like it is later in the books, so we should do it later? We will have Express Pass (and more than one day).
Big Thanks to @ruthies12 This is so helpful!
I do have a question, though. Would it be a bad idea to switch Escape to Gringotts to whenever we got back to Diagon Alley? I just feel like it is later in the books, so we should do it later? We will have Express Pass (and more than one day).
This thread is so helpful! We're planning to do a one day trip 2 Fridays before Easter so spring break time but not THE weekend. Based on the feedback above, am I right in summarizing that if we DO have EP, the best bet would be to....
- On a USF EE day:
If we wanted to do a mid-day break, where would that best fit in if we would only likely last to 7:30 or so at night on the trip back over? If we have EP is it better to save it Gringots for when we head back to USF after IOA so that we maximize time to enjoy DA at the start?
- Start with Gringots through EP line
- Ollivanders
- DA and spells
- Take HE (or even walk actually??) to IOA for park open
- FJ through the regular queue due to it being neat to see the castle
- do the other rides in WWHP at IOA
- do a few other rides (3 maybe?) via EP at IOA to hit highlights
- Back to USF via HE to hang out in DA more.