Big bucks for VIP treatment at Universal and Busch
If you have enough money, I guess anything is possible! I contributed this to news.
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Can we change the name of Top Gun to your mom so no one wants to ride your mom?
This has been debated and discussed around here countless times and since it seems to be coming up again, I'll restate my point of view:
I don't see the problem.
These parks have been doing this for quite a while. Universal hotel guests use their room card for express line access too.
Why don't people complain about the "pay more, better experience" thing in other walks of life. Examples:
You pay $30 for a peanut heaven seat to your favorite musician's concert. Why did those people who paid $100 get front row seats? Because they paid for a better experience.
Your hotel room has just a simple bed, TV, and bathroom for $69. Why do others get a jacuzzi, refrigerator, balcony, extra space and more? Because they paid $199 for a better experience.
You paid $50 at Universal Studios and stand in line for an hour at a time. Why do others get to avoid this waiting time? Because they paid $130 for a better experience.
Seems pretty logical to me.
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My two favorite coasters are named Superman.
Like any of these systems, you are going to have people standing in a long line who are ticked off that people are being allowed to "cut" in. It seems that most of these systems "trickle" people in from another queue, which isn't nearly as offensive.
But with this system, it seems that an entire group is ushered onto a train. I would imagine that would make it much more obvious to those standing in line.
Of course, the older I get, the less I want to stand in long lines in heat and humidity. Also, being older and having a regular job make paying for a "tour" option where I can walk on to every ride is very do-able. I'm certainly not well off enough (or CRAZY enough) to spend $3K for two days of personalized service. But $200? Possibly. Depends on the weather and crowds.
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Whoa, whoa... What happened to the Universal Express pass? It briefly mentions the ability to cut 'without having to pay extra' (the Express pass) but it does not mention the fact that you can use your hotel room key (if you stay on sight) to cut.
I've used this, I see no problem with it (probably because I got to ride Hulk 30-some odd times a DAY) as it is now, because even on the busiest of days, not many people utilize this system.
Of course, I see the contraversy, and don't buy SF's pass because of it.
We went to BGT last summer and had the best time of our lives. We paid the extra $60/person for the personally guided tour. There could have been up to 15 I believe in our group. But to our surprize, the three of us in my family were the only ones in the group.
All day long, no lines for us of any kind and front row seats for every coaster or ride we wanted to go on and good seats for the shows at the last minute. We got to go inside the animal nursury and hold the animals and take shortcuts behind the scenes everywhere. We also got food and merchandise discounts. IMO the money paid was WELL WORTH IT.
THIS HAS T BE THE ONLY WAY TO DO A PARK!!!
I guess we could afford the $60 a person because we had free tickets given to us. I wish everyone could get to do this at least once.
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Face it, call ourselves what we want, but to the parks we are all "GP".
Closed topic.
