Orlando Sentinel

Deal adds 3 free visits to 2-day tickets

- By Dewayne Bevil Email me at dbevil@ orlandosen­tinel.com.

Universal Orlando is introducin­g a deal that tacks on three free themepark days onto a two-day, two-park ticket for a total of five days.

The base offer, available to U.S. and Canadian residents, includes Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure theme parks, but visits to Volcano Bay water park can be added for a fee. All five days of the visits must occur within an eight-day span. The ticket must be used by the same person on all days.

The price varies according to the date of first visit and with the option to travel between the parks on the same day.

A two-park version for 5 days with park-to-park powers is listed as low as $275.99 or as high as $359.99. The overall price can vary by $1 on backto-back days. Universal’s website lists Thanksgivi­ng week (and the weekend before) as “unavailabl­e” and currently lists no prices after Dec. 7.

Adding Volcano Bay to the mix with park-topark privileges sets the least expensive option as $315.99. That goes as high as $417.99, according to the website.

Picking a ticket where a visitor stays in the same park all day without switching makes the ticket prices start at $215.99 ($255.99 if Volcano Bay is added).

Park-to-park tickets are required to visit both sides of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which is split over the two theme parks and connected by the Hogwarts Express train.

The resort plans to debut Villain-Con Minion Blast, an interactiv­e blaster game experience, at Universal Studios theme park this summer. It will be part of a new section dubbed Minion Land.

For tickets, precise pricing and other informatio­n, go to universalo­rlando.com.

 ?? PATRICK CONNOLLY/ORLANDO SENTINEL ?? Islands of Adventure visitors brave Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, a roller coaster at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
PATRICK CONNOLLY/ORLANDO SENTINEL Islands of Adventure visitors brave Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, a roller coaster at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

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