![]() I wanted the one experience you can’t get as a regular park guest. A VIP tour - which is a small group led by a Universal guide - will get you to the front of the express line at any ride or show in the park, but that’s not why I wanted to go. I couldn’t ride The Secret Life of Pets on a Friday a couple of weeks ago because the queue was full for the day, but I walked on this past Wednesday afternoon with no wait at all. ![]() The park’s newest ride, The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash, is so popular that busy days require a virtual queue that fills up quickly.ĭuring the week, though, it’s a different story. Weekends at Universal are just as busy as they are at Disneyland, and the wait times can easily top an hour for the most in-demand rides, like Jurassic World and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. The new Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash ride at Universal Hollywood. That day was my first VIP tour, but after doing the math, it won’t be my last. I’ve been to Universal Hollywood many times, but that day was different. I tried to spot Dracula, as he sometimes frequents the European section of the Upper Lot, but, well, I should have known better: It was the middle of the day. friends hanging out by their psychedelic van. On that particular day, which I was spending at Universal Studios Hollywood, I saw a lot of stars: Marilyn Monroe, sitting in her set chair between takes Beetlejuice, doing his “ghost with the most” thing Hello Kitty waving and blowing kisses to passersby and Scooby Doo’s Mystery Inc. Hogwarts Castle in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. (Tragically, he didn’t stop at my table so I could use the even-more-tragic response I had prepared - “1.21 gigawatts of food!” - if he asked me what I was having for lunch.) ![]() A few minutes earlier, Doc Brown from “Back to the Future” was conversing with some diners nearby. ![]() You might be surprised that a fictional character was talking to us, but I wasn’t. “Are we going to take one of those … what do you call them … do-it-yourselfies?” I stand up from the table with my phone in my hand. She’s a much bigger “I Love Lucy” fan than I am. “Not as big a mouthful as when you worked in that chocolate factory,” my lunch date responds. ![]()
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