Thrill rides are my favorite, so I like Islands of Adventure better. Hulk, Dueling Dragons, Spiderman, Jurassic Park, Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls and the Barges are my favorites. However, Islands is only good for about a half to 3/4 a day for me.
The advantage of Universal Studios is it is bigger with more to do! They have finally added a couple good coasters fairly recently, the Mummy and the newest, Rip Ride Rockit. Several older rides based on old movies but that are still fun. And a few good shows/live performances, too.
So just for quick thrills, Islands. For a full-day, more varied experience, Universal Studios. For very small kids, there’s much more to do at Universal Studios.
is there a way to install microsoft visual studios 2008 on a mac? im planning on getting a mac and i was wondering on how to install visual studios or any windows softwares on a mac?
Why use visual studio? If it is for visual basic then ok, but for any other languages use Xcode – it works much, much better and it comes free with every mac. Xcode is Apples application development suite. It supports many language but you can add more with plugins.
I’m going on a spring trip with the music department and we only purchased 1 ticket for Universal Studios. I’m just wondering if we have to stay in only one park (Islands of adventure of universal studios) or can we go to both parks?! I’m confused, are they seperate parks?!?!? please deliver me from my confusion lol
if you got a one day one park ticket then you have to choose either universal studios OR islands of adventure.
if you got a one day 2 park ticket then you can go back and forth between the 2 parks throughout the day.
if you got a two day one park ticket then you can go to one of the parks one day and the other park the other day.
if you got a two day 2 park ticket then you can go back and forth between both parks for both days.
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH…….
My school is doing a concert at Universal Studios theme park. In one of the songs we are playing, Harry Potter, most people playing are at rest due to a flute solo that lasts for about 30 measures. We were thinking at the time while all the flutes are playing, the non players could do something funny, like shooting wands at each other and such. Any ideas are open, as long it is appropriate.
-Take out wands and conduct, but then everyone goes berserk casting spells. Haha
- You could have one person, dressed as Harry Potter, run across the stage doing crazy things.
-Two people dueling
-Quiditch match
-Broom race
is it free to get into? or do you need a universal studios hollywood pass/ticket?
It’s completely free to walk but full of shops and restaurants so you will be tempted to spend some money. It’s really fun though even if you’re not going inside the park. Give it a go and have fun!!
I want to buy discount tickets from Costco but can I upgrade them at the park entrance to include fast pass?
Yes, you can purchase an Express Pass at any time. In the summer, they are usually around $30-40 per person. You can actually buy the Express Pass at many of the internal souvenir shops as well, so if you want you can see how long the lines are and then decide. The only problem with this is that they do give out only a limited number of passes per day. So they may be sold out if you wait too long. If you are going on a weekend in the summer, it will most likely be busy, so I would suggest you buy them beforehand online. Good luck!
I’m looking for a good priced (between $500-$700) one bedrrom studio/apartment in Korea Town in the Downtown Los Angeles area. I’m not looking for something fancy. Actually just something decent, and next to FIDM. Any suggestions or websites that provide pics AND prices? Or does anyone own a place that their renting out or looking for a roomie? Any help will be greatly appreciated. 
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Talk to the housing director at FIDM! They totally helped me look for affordable housing options! Another option is to talk to the FIDM Student Activities Office who makes available this student housing sheet with students advertising that they need roomies! I have looked at that a few times and found some great housing options too! FIDM also has a facebook account with students that might post that they are looking for a roomie…you could try that too!
There are two theme paks at Universal Studios. There’s Universal Studios Florida and Universals Islands of Adventure. Which theme park would you take a 2 and 4 year old? Whick one would they have more fun at?
A lot of the big rides with height restrictions are at Islands of Adventure. There won’t be much they can do. The Dr. Seuss area is very, very cute, but it also would not take up much of your day.
At Universal Studios there are several live shows that your kids could do. Especially there is one with real animals called Animal Actors on Location on also A Day In The Park With Barney show. Additionally, there is an area called Woody Woodpecker’s Kid Zone, where they could do everything. And there are a few other rides outside the Zone that they could ride, also. I think there would be more for them to do at Universal Studios.
http://www.parkpromos.com usually has them
Like Disneyland, there is Downtown Disney. So I’m wondering if there is something like that for Universal Studios? If so, does it cost anything or is it free like Disney?
Yeah, it’s City Walk. There’s all these stores and food places, a movie theatre, carts along the sidewalk and it’s pretty similar to Downtown Disney. It’s free to enter but you do have to pay for parking.