Orlando, Universal Studios

My last visit to Universal Studios Florida was in September of 2009. This being my third visit overall with a future visit planned for May 2010.

This park is the most versatile out of the two Universal parks in terms of what is available for both adults and children. Entering the park you will now see the new Rip Ride Rockit ride that opened in September of 2009. The park is very clean, tidy and has a good all round feel to it. My recommendations for this park would be:

Ride Rip Ride Rockit early - the queue for this builds up very quickly plus (and this may have changed since my visit) the fact that it is sometimes unavailable during the day means you should ride it whilst you can.

Take advantage of the free lockers situated around the park - the time limits with regards to the free lockers usually work around the queue times but if you are willing to look around you can sometimes use one of the lockers for another ride with a longer queue time and have more time before you need to return.

If you visit in October go to the Halloween fright nights - you will not experience anything like it and Universal top anywhere else for the themeing and atmosphere. One recommendation would be to stay in the park after normal closing hours to the general public rather than turn up to the fright nights later, you will get to do more of the houses and then you can soak up the atmosphere outside later on in the evening.

The simpsons ride - do not eat before you go on this. a sickly simulator that will leave your lunch on the floor if your not carful but a must do and the kids will love it.

You should not have any problems getting round all the rides you want to in a couple of days maximum but I would suggest keeping an extra day spare for those of which you may want to ride again. If you do have a couple of days to spend at this park be selective with regards to queue times as sometimes having a bit of a wander round and making the most of the shorter queue times and then going back to the more busier rides normally pays off as people tend to work their way clockwise around the park.

The cheesecake shop on the corner on the right as you walk in is a must for all you true cheesecake fans and surprisingly they are not that expensive and I guarantee you will feel full after one slice.

Take advantage of the free water fountains situated around the parks as

drinks can bump up the price of your visit. Some of these can produce warm water so try the ones at the toilets near the mummy ride or just round the corner from the Simpsons ride where the fan water sprays are as they were generally the ones that gave ice cold water.

Hope this helps!

Good for whole family, unique rides that are great, not long queuing times. Sometimes a couple of the "BIG" rides like revenge of the mummy are not working. What did I like about universal studios? Everything

Universal is a great place for people who enjoy fast-paced rides, and the adrenaline rush! It's manageable in a day visit, but the park closes much too early....6pm! There was no time to stop in between, so make sure you get to the park as soon as it opens in the morning! While visiting from PA with my husband in September, 2008, we went on the ride "Disaster", at the end of the day, and were stuck inside the "subway-like" car for over an hour due to a malfunction. We were not permitted to leave the ride on our own, and were not told what was going on. It was 90 degrees, no air was running, the light was dim, and we were only given a free pass to the same ride for the next day! I am a diabetic, I was in there for over an hour, without water, no air was circulating, and I was faint. We went straight to the Guest Services office and complained that we were owed more than what was offered to us for our aggravation. We lost an entire hour in the park, and went through a very traumatic event! They were not willing to give us anything at first, and not until we, and maybe twenty other people that suffered along with us, fought them to reimburse us for our days ticket, which is not inexpensive, and would not be asking too much, since they bring in a ton of money each day without incident! The one thing I would stress to Universal, is to train customer service people to listen to the customer and the situation, each one is different and more serious than others, and give their money back, or reimburse without question! This incident has turned me off to Universal, and has made me realize that Disney is much more customer-friendly, and much more accomodating! Very adventureous atmosphere, clean park with everything in manageable walking distance.......

Absolutely amazing all the family enjoyed everything about Universal, the staff where wonderful the rides where cool and even the waiting time was made to feel like part of the rides. I loved this place, We went in November and didn't have to queue for any rides. However walking through the queueing area the set up is like part of the ride, wonderful cant wait to go back!

I really liked the fact that all the rides at Universal Studios are within reasonable walking distance from each other, unlike Disney. Also the atmosphere was very festive, and uplifting. There was something for every member of our family including grandma and grandpa that traveled with us this time around. They really enjoyed the Shrek 4-D ride!

We went to Universal Studios with Universal Action Travel. This travel company arranged our stay in the Orlando area, and we had an amazing time. They are actually located in Tampa, FL but with their 800 number they assisted us every time we had a question. They were very helpful with the reservations process, and even got us the passes FEDEX to our house, so that we could rest assure we would have them before getting there. THANKS!!

Great family day out. The smaller children may enjoy all the characters like Spiderman etc. and there is brilliant rides for older children and adults. The park is also very clean.

If you have boys, Universal Studios is the place to go in Orlando.

Universal Studios park is great. Wait times for rides a short. If you don't have an express pass for Jaws or Revenge of the Mummy you will wait at least 30 minutes. ROTM also breaks down a lot.

The rides at Universal Studios are fantastic not fast just unusual, Men in Black, Jaws, Back To The Future, there all really good and realistic. The new shrek ride is fantastic as well. The shows are very good especially Beatle juice show very funny. This is a park where all ages can enjoy the rides together. You also have shrek, Flintstones, Beatle juice, frankistine, woody wood pecker, etc all walking around the parks all day long and they got all the big restaurants here e.g. hard rock cafe