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Pass Member Park Takeover Event - June 9

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  • Start date Start date May 18, 2022
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BriefCasey

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It's open right now. Not sure about the event
 
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I’m at the event and panda is open
 
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I figured it would be, by shows I think they mean live shows with actors
 
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I’m on the tram and someone pulled the cord
Not a medical thing someone lost something
 
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Jerroddragon said:
I’m on the tram and someone pulled the cord
Not a medical thing someone lost something
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This has literally never happened to me lol

Maybe I should pull it next time I'm next to Falls Lake and get a better look at that attraction progress ;)
 
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We had a good time last night! I hope they do more events like this.
 
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I learned to wait til you're done with your butterbeer foam to put in your shot of alcohol last night.
 
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I did enjoy the event, and it was good for a first time event. Felt quite a bit like Eve, but with smaller crowds. Energy was good with the crowds. Lines were generally pretty reasonable all night, not much got past a 30 min wait, and a lot were walk ons--with the exception of the 70 min tram wait at 9pm (when the tram closed at 9:15), and the fact they seemed very understaffed with trams, as maybe only two trams loaded in about 20 minutes of waiting. But when we finally got on the tram, the crowd was super enthusiastic and really into everything.

I do hope they can add even more to do for future events. I'd love to see any of the following:
  • More specialty entertainment/characters (think of the rare characters Disney puts out for Disney After Dark events)
  • Encourage fan costumes for Universal movies, maybe have a costume contest
  • Small museum/exhibit with old Universal attractions, facts, trivia
  • More specialty food/drink items
  • Additional bars, lines for alcohol were quite long... like how HHN has additional bars, like the one on the second level of Jurassic Cafe
  • Opportunities to access backstage areas (would love to see the second floor balconly above Guest Relations), backlot
  • Giveaways (like a pin/button), specialized merch
  • Play any of the Castle light shows
  • Mummy with the lights on
 
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Rideguy70 said:
  • More specialty entertainment/characters (think of the rare characters Disney puts out for Disney After Dark events)
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They name-dropped Scooby-Doo and I thought he had appeared, but the DJs were apparently messing with us because he was nowhere to be found at the event. Way to play with my emotions like that!
 
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For a free event I had a great time

the main thing I think they could have easily done is a Mario meet and greet or at least photo op

also no dinosaur meet and greets when the film is out

not complaint just weird you’d think they want to promote the movie more
 
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Rideguy70 said:
I did enjoy the event, and it was good for a first time event. Felt quite a bit like Eve, but with smaller crowds. Energy was good with the crowds. Lines were generally pretty reasonable all night, not much got past a 30 min wait, and a lot were walk ons--with the exception of the 70 min tram wait at 9pm (when the tram closed at 9:15), and the fact they seemed very understaffed with trams, as maybe only two trams loaded in about 20 minutes of waiting. But when we finally got on the tram, the crowd was super enthusiastic and really into everything.

I do hope they can add even more to do for future events. I'd love to see any of the following:
  • More specialty entertainment/characters (think of the rare characters Disney puts out for Disney After Dark events)
  • Encourage fan costumes for Universal movies, maybe have a costume contest
  • Small museum/exhibit with old Universal attractions, facts, trivia
  • More specialty food/drink items
  • Additional bars, lines for alcohol were quite long... like how HHN has additional bars, like the one on the second level of Jurassic Cafe
  • Opportunities to access backstage areas (would love to see the second floor balconly above Guest Relations), backlot
  • Giveaways (like a pin/button), specialized merch
  • Play any of the Castle light shows
  • Mummy with the lights on
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These are all great suggestions and I think if they even did half of this list it would be a major improvement.

Did anyone see if Frankenstein’s monster and the Bride were out at all? I only saw Beetlejuice throughout the night. I was hoping to see the Bride!
 
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I was looking for them too, and never saw them. Hardly saw any characters at all. I still haven't run into the Bride at all.

I know they used to have a Mummy costume... remember when they had a costumed mummy character to scare guests at the exit of Mummy? And I also agree a Mario character preview would have been great.

I noticed they did basically "reuse" all the Grad Nite stages, but really, I didn't mind that... not that I get to Grad Nite anyway, so it was all new to me, and honestly, from an operations point of view, is a great way to get extra use from their Grad Nite set ups. It's sort of a win-win for the park.

What I also like about some of my suggestions is that most of them wouldn't really cost the park much money to do at all, so they'd be pretty attainable. The lower lot needed more to do... aside from the lone DJ and some light effects, nothing was really any different. A lights on Mummy would be a fun take on the ride for APs, and probably really easy for USH to pull off.
 
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“REVIEW: Universal Studios Hollywood Pass Member Takeover Disappoints”

Literally don’t know how a free event that advertised what it was could disappoint but guess they have to get clicks somehow

(not saying you can’t hate the event but most people online seemed to like it or love it, so feels like click bait to me)
 
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Ironic considering everyone who had both an AP to USH and Magic Key loved the USH event
 
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