Islands of Adventure
Sister park reached on foot through CityWalk or by the Hogwarts Express.
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Universal Studios Florida
Score6.6
🇺🇸United StatesTheme parkNorth America (USA)
Orlando, Florida, United States
A movie-making park in Orlando, with rides based on film and TV.
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Opened
1990
Size
108 acres (44 ha)
Rides
23 attractions
Avg. visit
8 hours
Ticket range
$109–$189 USD
Universal Studios Florida overview
Universal Studios Florida at a glance
A movie-making park in Orlando, with rides based on film and TV.
Universal Studios Florida is the screen-based half of the Orlando resort, home to Diagon Alley — the most detailed Wizarding World build anywhere — plus Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and Revenge of the Mummy. The Hogwarts Express linking it to Islands of Adventure makes a two-park ticket almost mandatory.
Our editor's recommendation
Worth a day, but build it into a wider trip rather than flying in for it. It ranks #46 of the 50 parks we score, at 6.6/10 with 23 rides and attractions and a typical visit of about 8 hours. Tickets run $109–$189 a day. The strongest reasons to go are its all-round consistency. The honest catch: tickets are expensive for what you get. Best time to visit: Fall.
Universal Studios Florida highlights
Rides & attractions at Universal Studios Florida
These are the top attractions at Universal Studios Florida — 10 rides and experiences hand-picked and verified by our editorial team, including 6 signature rides you shouldn't miss. Use the filter bar below to narrow the line-up by rider height, zone, category or thrill level.
- SIGNATURE
- SIGNATURE
107 cm min- 40 km/h
- 9 m
- 0
- 2014
IndoorSingle rider lineSkip-the-line eligible - SIGNATURE
No height requirement - SIGNATURE
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
EXTREME132 cm min- 104.6 km/h
- 50.9 m
- 1120 m
- 0
- 2009
Single rider lineSkip-the-line eligible - SIGNATURE
122 cm min- 2m 57s
- 64.4 km/h
- 13.5 m
- 671 m
- 0
- 2004
IndoorSingle rider lineSkip-the-line eligible - SIGNATURE
Plan your visit to Universal Studios Florida
- Operating hours
- Typically 9am-6pm, later on peak days and during Halloween Horror Nights
- Typical gate times
- Usually 10:00 to 21:00.
- Operating calendar
- Open daily year-round; hours published day by day.
- Extended hours
- Early Park Admission on select days for Universal hotel guests.
- Seasonal closures
- Open year-round
- Queue-skip pass
- Universal Express Pass, roughly $80-$300 per person per day depending on date and tier. From about $90 USD.
- How long to stay
- Full day
- Multi-day tickets
- Multi-day and multi-park tickets covering Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure and Epic Universe; park-to-park needed for the Hogwarts Express.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $449 USD.
Universal Studios Florida map
Official park mapUniversal Studios Florida events & shows
Halloween Horror Nights
The flagship Halloween event: haunted houses, scare zones and live shows after dark, separately ticketed.
Universal Holidays / Macy's Holiday Parade
Holiday season featuring balloons and floats from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Universal Mardi Gras
Spring festival with a beaded parade, international food booths and live concerts.
Universal Studios Florida reviews & ratings
Amusement Park Ranker overall score
6.6
An aggregate of 3 public review platforms, each normalized to a 0–10 scale and weighted by review volume.
Universal Studios Florida wait times
- Typical day
22
- Crowd & wait score
7.0
Attractions near Universal Studios Florida
ICON Park & The Wheel
400-foot observation wheel and attraction complex on International Drive.
SeaWorld Orlando
Marine life park with Mako, Manta and killer whale habitats.
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