Hollywood Ride Guide
One page per holiday, covering both resorts: what actually runs, what it costs, and whether the crowds are worth it.
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Universal's holiday content runs on regular park admission at both resorts, with no hard-ticket Christmas party anywhere in the company, which makes the date of your park ticket the only decision that changes what this season costs.
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Universal's entire Halloween offering is one separately ticketed adult horror event on each coast, which makes this the most straightforward Halloween season in the theme park business and the least suitable one for young children.
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Universal Orlando is the only one of the two resorts that sells a New Year's Eve product, and it is a ticketed CityWalk party rather than a park event, which makes the decision here unusually simple and unusually easy to get wrong.
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Spring break hits the two Universal resorts on completely different schedules, and knowing which one applies to your dates is worth more than every queue tactic combined: Orlando is busy for six weeks straight while Hollywood only really feels the Easter fortnight.
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Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood hit the same afternoon temperature in July and deliver completely different days, because one of them has 75 percent humidity and daily lightning and the other has neither.