Universal Studios

The Universal Orlando Resort, commonly known as Universal Orlando, is a theme park resort in Orlando, Florida. It is wholly owned by NBC Universal and its affiliates.
Address: 6000 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819
Opened: June 7, 1990
Customer service: 1 (407) 363-8000

Universal Studios is part of Islands Of Adventure across from Universal Studios.

Universal Orlando, recently raised the price to $105 for one-day ticket passes.

Park Hours
Universal Studios Florida
Hours vary:
09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
09:00 AM – 07:00 PM
09:00 AM – 08:00 PM
Tickets prices, or costs vary based packages or coupons.

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Roller coasters at Universal Orlando
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
Revenge of the Mummy
Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster

Simulator rides at Universal Orlando
Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
The Simpsons Ride
Transformers: The Ride

3D and 4D films at Universal Orlando
Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
Shrek 4-D
Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time
Transformers: The Ride – 3D

More Events Thing to do
Halloween Horror Nights
On select evenings nights, Universal Studios Florida theme park is transformed into a Halloween event. Halloween Horror Nights is one of the largest Halloween events in the U.S., presented annually at Universal Orlando. From 1991–2001, the event was held at Universal Studios Florida. Halloween Horror Nights was moved to Islands of Adventure in 2002, and the 2004 event featured sections of both parks, but the event was moved back to Universal Studios Florida in 2006. The event celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2010, and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2015. It is a separately ticketed event.

Rock the Universe
Rock the Universe is an annual Christian rock music festival that is located within Universal Studios Florida. It began in 1998, and has been running ever since. The event typically occurs in early September, and lasts for two days. Many Christian rock artists play throughout the event both nights. The resort offers special tickets, packages, and church partnerships for that weekend. Select attractions are also opened throughout the evenings.

Summer Concert Series
Summer Concert Series occurs annually, on select Saturday nights, and features a variety of popular music acts performing live at The Universal Music Plaza Stage in the Production Central section of Universal Studios Florida; adjacent to the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster. This event is included with a regular park admission, and occurs during normal park operating hours.

Grad Bash and Gradventure
Grad Bash and Gradventure are two separate events held in April and May at the parks. Grad Bash is an event for graduating high school senior classes who can gather for an exclusive, all-night party at Universal Orlando. This event features live performances by some of the most popular artists, dance parties with DJs, and pre-parties at The Universal Music Plaza Stage in the Production Central section of Universal Studios Florida.[9] Gradventure is very similar but is designed for middle school graduating students. Both events are sponsored by Coca-Cola.

Macy’s Holiday Parade
Macy’s Holiday Parade brings some authentic balloons from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to Orlando in a month-long event in December that highlights the Christmas celebrations within Universal Studios Florida.

Mardi Gras
Generally in February through to April, a parade and concert series inspired by New Orleans’ Fat Tuesday party is held within Universal Studios Florida. The event features merchandise especially for the celebration and is held usually on Friday and Saturday nights. Every event night guests will hear some of Louisiana’s bands performing blues, Zydeco and more. An after party occurs in the French Quarter at Universal CityWalk. It is included with park admission.

A Celebration of Harry Potter
A Celebration of Harry Potter is an annual three-day weekend event held on the last week of January at both Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure, celebrating the fandom of the Harry Potter books authored by J. K. Rowling and the film series based on the books. The event, introduced on the weekend of January 24–26, 2014, features film talent Q&A sessions, panels, special demonstrations, photo-ops, exhibitions from Pottermore, Scholastic, graphic designer company MinaLima and film props and costumes brought in from the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London in Leavesden and the touring Harry Potter exhibition. During the event’s debut in 2014, the Diagon Alley expansion of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Florida was still under construction at the time, raising an expectation among the celebration’s attendees at what to expect of the new area of the theme park, which was set to open that same year. Since the event’s debut, many actors from the films have attended the celebration, including: Matthew Lewis, James and Oliver Phelps, Evana Lynch, Devon Murray, Mark Williams, Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung.

More Services
Universal’s Express Pass
Many attractions in Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure allow guests to utilize Express Pass. This pass admits users to a separate line for the attraction, which is given priority status when boarding. Express Pass is not a virtual queuing service. Instead, passholders may enter the “Universal Express” line whenever they wish. This pass is not included with park admission.

Universal Meal Deal
The Universal Meal Deal is somewhat of a ticketed Meal Plan for park visitors. It allows visitors of either theme park to eat all day long from Lunch through dinner at select restaurants These include Mel’s Drive-In, and Louie’s Italian Restaurant at Universal Studios Florida and Circus McGurkus Cafe Stoo-pendous, Comic Strip Cafe, and The Burger Digs at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. The selection food is limited, and drinks are not included. Beverages can be purchased through a Universal Souvenir Cup. For additional costs, visitors may add park-to-park Meal Deal Access allowing he or she to eat meals in both parks.
Universal Meal Deal was replaced on November 3, 2013 with Universal Dining Plan – Quick Service.

Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group Sharp Aquos Theatre
Walkway entrance to the Theatre from CityWalk, shown prior to the construction of the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster.
On November 9, 2006, Universal Orlando announced that Blue Man Group would occupy soundstage 18 in a new, unnamed theatre, which in May 2007 was named the Sharp Aquos Theatre.

Character Dining
Universal Orlando features a large group of characters varying from Woody Woodpecker to Spider-Man. Visitors have three ways of dining with characters. On select mornings, visitors can have breakfast at Universal Studios Florida’s Superstar Breakfast at Cafe La Bomba where they can consume breakfast with Spider-Man, The Cat in the Hat, Thing One and Two, and other characters. At Loews Royal Pacific Resort, guests can eat breakfast with Universal Characters on select days also. Throughout the day characters have meet and greets within the parks and make appearances during lunchtime at several theme park restaurants. During dinner, on select nights, guests can have dinner with Universal Characters at Trattoria del Porto, The Kitchen, and Islands Dining Room. The Marvel Super Heroes also appear in the Meet the Marvel Super Heroes attraction where the characters ride on motorcycles down the street of Marvel Super Hero Island.