How to Visit Universal Studios Hollywood

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Purchase your Universal Hollywood tickets online or over the phone before your arrival.

   This is especially important if you're visiting from outside the US.
   
   This will save you time when you arrive at the park
   - you won't have to wait in any queues at the ticket offices!
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   Step 2: Preview the attractions in the park before your visit.

   Try previewing each ride on YouTube, or take a peak at the ride through photos from others.
   
   Learn from what others see.
   
   This can help decide which rides and attractions will take priority during your visit. ,, You are usually allowed in through the barriers before opening; however you won't have access to most rides until opening.
   
   Getting through the barriers as early as possible will give you time to pick up a park map and plan your route to the first ride of the day. , The address to Universal Studios Hollywood is located at 100 Universal City Plaza, Los Angeles, Universal City, CA
   91602..
   
   Be on the lookout for the parking garage for the Universal Studios Hollywood resort, as the Jurassic Parking garage and Curious George parking garage and Woody Woodpecker lot are for CityWalk guests only.
   
   Parking rates vary by time of entry costing about $17 to park before 3PM and $10 after that time period up until park closing., This area with the theatre area gate with accompanying red carpet is what gives this park its memorable appearance. ,, This park is divided into two areas, based on whether or not the item is on the "Upper Lot" or the "Lower Lot".
   
   The Upper Lot hosts most of the rides, shopping and food establishments, while the backlot (Lower Lot) hosts the TV shows that are taped here.
   
   Each ride inside of the park makes up its own "land" and is placed in an almost circular pattern around a replica Universal Box Office tower.,, Although this show has changed over the years, this show may still be dazzling.
   
   Just beware that the show features loud noises and includes water and splashing. , Love the Shrek movie? Watch this interesting attraction's movie.
   
   Thanks to the "4D" elements, you'll feel like you really are there with Shrek and the crew right inside the movie. , You'll come across this as you walk towards the Studio Tour attraction as well as the Simpsons area all set off to the side.
   
   Take plenty of pictures here, as this is a popular spot for these types of family gatherings at the most central area of the Upper Lot of the park. , You'll find this across from the diorama for Springfield (Simpsons). , Whether Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa or Maggie is your favorite, you'll want to ride alongside them. , Although Universal Studios Orlando in Florida (2000 miles away) once had a tour like this, this park still has the Studio Tour which allows you to take a studio tram through all these different places, showing you just some of the backlot.
   
   The tour features many houses and cars from all different movies, and you may be able to see the house that the new "Home and Family" TV show (Hallmark Channel) uses to tape, so be prepared to look out for it. , Even if you are an adult, this funny and comical show gets everyone to have a great time. , This area is bound to let your kids run off all the excess energy that they may have, so the parents can wind down and ready themselves for the rest of their time in the park. , This motion simulator animated adventure will have your heart pumping, particularly if you like the movie Despicable Me. , The entrance to the Lower Lot is between the Universal Animal Actors and Super Silly Fun Land attractions.
   
   If you don't mind stairs, you can climb down several flights of escalators near there or near the Special Effects Stage, or there is a shuttle that can take you from one lot to the other; it is provided in an area marked "Lower Lot" that is in between the entrances of the Special Effects Stage and The Simpson's Ride areas of the park. , This daring raft ride is part raft ride and extreme log flume combined, so only those who are up to the challenge should take this ride.
   
   When this ride was built, it was the highest, steepest incline water flume in the park at 84 feet tall.,, Either take in this ride or pass on it and move on to Transformers:
   The Ride 3D. , Strap on a pair of 3D glasses the movie provides and you'll be in for a thrill of your life.
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   Step 3: Pack water

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   Step 4: snacks

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   Step 5: money and most importantly your park tickets before you leave for the park that day!

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   Step 6: Plan to arrive at the park before it opens.

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   Step 7: Drive and park at the parking garage located at Universal Studios Orlando.

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   Step 8: Look at the entry area.

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   Step 9: Enter through the turnstiles.

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    Step 10: Look at the set up of Universal Studios Hollywood.

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    Step 11: Turn right as you walk in through the gates and follow along.

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    Step 12: Watch the stunt show called WaterWorld.

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    Step 13: Take on the Shrek 4-D attraction theatre.

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    Step 14: Pass by Universal Plaza to take a vantage point of this central attraction.

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    Step 15: Watch a showing of how special effects are created for movies at the Special Effects Stage.

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    Step 16: Ride the Simpsons Ride

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    Step 17: if you love the Simpsons.

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    Step 18: Take a tour on the Studio Tour.

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    Step 19: Head back out to "center court" and head into the very funny Universal's Animal Actors show.

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    Step 20: Let the kids play in the Super Silly Fun Land area.

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    Step 21: Join up with the minions and Gru in the 3-D ride called "Despicable Me Minion Mayhem".

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    Step 22: Find the Lower Lot.

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    Step 23: Ride the Jurassic Park Ride

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    Step 24: which is one of the staple attractions of this park.

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    Step 25: See the makings of the ways that NBC does things in the NBCUniversal Experience attraction.

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    Step 26: Pass by the building Revenge of the Mummy at the very back of the park.

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    Step 27: Look for Transformers The Ride 3D.

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