Universal Orlando Resort™ App Reviews

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Not useful. This app allows the user to upload tickets but other than that it isn’t very useful. It doesn’t allow you to search for a certain ride with a search function. It allows the user to sort the map by type such as dining or rides, but you cannot make the map bigger to get a good idea of where you have to walk. It is basically an interactive PDF. The descriptions of the rides are short and lack detail. We had several people in our party which led us to have to find out about each ride to see who was going where. I had to search online and look at blogs to find out something as simple as whether or not Poseidon was a show or a ride. Not useful.

No Customer Service for Signature Drinks. I made the allegedly forbidden request to have no cream on my Butter Beer. If you know the drink it is a frozen drink with a cream topper. I love the drink but the cream is tough on my stomach. I ordered the drink and requested no cream. I paid with no problem. Then I was told by the drink server “it is a signature drink and changes can’t be made”. When I explained to the server that I have ordered with no cream several times over the years she shrugged her solders. I asked if I could please be accommodated and she said no. She told me to go back to where I paid and ask for a refund. The manager came out and spouted the same nonsense about no changes to signature drinks. I received my refund but... I just don’t understand why I could not receive customer service. The cream is added to top after the drink is dispensed. All they had to do was not put the cream. I am disappointed that I could not get the drink the way I wanted. More importantly, I am disappointed with the lack of customer service.

Wallet Error No One Can Fix - Updated due to 5 star response!. I’ve used the app for previous trips to Universal and it has been perfect! Everything in one place. However, I’ve got tickets to go in about a week and the wallet constantly gives the error: “Oops, something went wrong loading your tickets & passes. You may be looking at outdated information. Tap here to try again.” I’ve been “tapping here” for months since I ordered the tickets with no change. I’ve called and chatted and emailed customer support to no avail. No one can help me; they all claim no one has access to the app. They sent me round and round in circles and wound up telling me to just get my tickets printed when I get there. What is the point of having an app then? I’m VERY disappointed as this is my boyfriend’s first time ever going and I wanted this experience to be absolutely magical and perfect. Now we will have to wait in line for someone to send us round in circles just to print off paper tickets. I reached out as instructed via email and today it is fixed!!! Katie in guest communications is fantastic!! Thank you!

Not the best. This app does not allow for proper day planning when you are in the park, or even before you go. It doesn’t show the showtimes for all of the shows, in fact, you have to go to a special page to pull up the showtimes for any of the holiday shows. It also should show the menus for the restaurants in the park, both quick and full service. The Disney World app has this feature and it is very helpful. When you get hungry and want to figure out where to go to eat, it’s much more helpful to be able to pull out the app and find a place suitable for you. It’s a pain when you find a place on the app, walk over and look at the menu and find out there’s nothing there that you want. Also, it could help the lines at the food stands if the guest can look at the app and view the menu to decide what they want before they get to the counter. The only helpful thing with this app is wait times, which don’t always appear to be accurate.

The App ISN’T stable during rushes. Yeah so they are doubling down on app use no service and that would be fine if the app always loaded and didn’t have glitches when there is heavy use. Sadly, you can be sitting at a restaurant trying to use it and it won’t connect. Anyway—you can order at the cash stand. 30 minutes of app hades and a sweet hospitality cast member told me. When I went to order they really tried to make us use the app again but knowing it wasn’t saving my credit card and having tried for 30 minutes I insisted they take our order. I’m not paying $170 a day to debug an app or convince anyone they need better servers to run the app so it doesn’t glitch. I’m supposed to be eating junk, drinking butter beer and throwing up as we get off the motorbike ride. Anyway, keep a secondary payment handy and if you try twice and can’t get it to work, go to the cash stand and press for help.

Lost useful functionality. Not really happy with the latest version of the app. Overall it has been very useful to navigate the parks, provide helpful info, tickets, contactless payment. But the latest version seems to have eliminated the drop down menu that would provide access to hotels, Citywalk, and event info. Having the most common features on the Home Screen is great, but the extended drop down menu was invaluable for hotel or Citywalk dining reservations (without having to find it in the map or spend time filtering the dining list), event info, etc. it was only visible when you needed it, so not sure why it was removed. App is now less useful.

Sign in and mobile order issues. Our family bought year passes and all attempted to download and sign into the app. There were issues from the start with tickets linking then, once they were linked, half of us were logged out and unable to log back in. Eventually we gave up. I tried again a month later and was thankfully able to get back in. The app rarely operates smoothly either reloading pages while in the middle of reading them, then on my most recent trip mobile ordering refused to load. My other major complaint is how clunky the wait time filters feel. Why can’t I just look at one park’s wait times without clicking through 4 to 5 filter options? Sure, you can favorite specific rides, but that doesn’t help when I want to look at the whole park, or plan on riding most of the rides. Other parks do this better and when using both the differences are glaring.

Ann. So, I’m a super HP nerd on vacation. I only have limited days I can take vacation as I am in education. The buildings, decor, costumes and all the sites are extremely well-done. I really only have 2 issues: 1st- the signage is very poor- it is difficult to find attractions and food- even with a map. 2nd- in order to get the full HP experience, you have to purchase a 2-park ticket (so it’s a major cash grab for the park). I only came here for the HP worlds- I’m not interested in anything else. I probably would have bought souvenirs but every shop was packed and with only one day, there was little time for that. Also, several of the workers were less than friendly- but that may be indicative of the times.

Park is WORSE than a traveling circus. 🎪 🤡🤹. This is my first and LAST TIME going to Universal Studios Florida! Universal Studios has carnival ball throwing games, to take more of your money away!! Disgustingly cheap! - - - Haven’t been to the park since 2009. Came back on their deal of a 3 park visit for a low price. Currently my AP at DISNEY was set to expire. I gave universal a run for their money. IT WAS A FAILURE! The parks haven’t changed. There’s NO PAPER MAP! So if you don’t have the app downloaded. Or your phone dies. Your screwed. They have carnival rides that are DOUBLE THE PRICE then a traveling circus 🎪 🤡 - - - Universal/NBC/Comcast wants everyone who goes to their parks to look like a clown. 🤡- - - I am going to renew my AP with Disney. And I even added on the 1 year of waterparks for $100 a year. Not a bad deal!! When one trip is $70. They are building a new park… on new land. It will cost them BILLIONS! Disney laughs. They got the land ready to go. They will build a more action based park one day. It’s already on the drawing board. Let Universal do it, then Disney does it BETTER! 🐭🐭🐭

Too many roller coasters. For a kid, it’s fine. But every ride has warnings about motion sickness or heart conditions except for small childrens rides. How about just entertainment value without the so called “thrills” of turning upside down? And can’t more of Harry Potters shops have experiences rather than more things for sale? Can’t Universal Studios use some of their actors as guides and re-enactors in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade? I heard that used to be the case. Harry Potters World is so beautifully done, it would be enhanced by keeping up the magic instead of the merchandise. I will probably not be returning in years to come with my six other grandchildren. I’ll be taking them to Disney, where I can enjoy the rides as well.

Pretty decent.. This app is easy to use and right on track with the wait times for the rides and attractions. It would have been great if the app actually utilized the Notifications as we lost out on one evening in the parks because they closed 3 hours early. I checked notifications several times and even hunted down what event caused the closure, EVEN Universal’s website didn’t have a date noted for the event that we discovered was the reason. It would also be SUPER helpful if app users to post notifications - like tonight would have been great to know that the Spider Man ride was down and they didn’t know when it would be up and running. We discovered that it was a faulty car which was stuck on the track near the end (we saw it as we left without going on the ride). Other than that the app was great to use.

Mobile Ordering. I wish I could see the nutritional information on the app when ordering. Especially now that we aren’t ordering in person. Other than that I don’t have any complaints about the app. Edit: forgot to mention my experience with the virtual line. Maybe you could have instructions or a tutorial on how to do it for first timers. I didn’t struggle with it like others seem to have. I just noticed the the wait times aren’t always up to date so I have to click all the times until one works. Maybe you could take a page out of Disney’s book when it comes to their fast passes. Although I hate how you can sign up months in advance on their app. Please don’t ever do that. Keep it on property. That is all. :)

Such a helpful app. Is Apple was so helpful when my and my family stayed there it was so there we did it to check the times and it was just blessed. It bless his heart and if you guys have never gone to universal, I suggest strongly to do it because it was very cool there’s a lot of themes and yeah, but the app is just the best it tells you the times the food restaurants so I strongly strongly recommend going to universal and getting this app and if you have time but I did and I went to eat so do that if you any time it SeaWorld.

Unavoidable PIA. When the app works, hooray! It’s the necessary evil to theme parking — tracking your location, eating up battery power, but wait times and mobile food ordering at your fingertips. BUT…the app forgets your password every 24-30 hours. Or maybe it doesn’t, as we can’t view the password we put in. So we try again and again. If security measures encourage everyone to put in “qualified” passwords, it’s a normal expectation to be able to see the password the user enters since they’re long and complex. But the user can’t see them here. The password is always hidden. So, good luck and pray there’s no typo. Again. And again. So the app won’t accept the password…fine…after trying for 30 minutes, the user uses the “forgot password” option. Guess what. The APP doesn’t recognize the email either. And you can see what you’re typing, so the user KNOWS the app is acting up AGAIN. So you try. Again and again. I have a profile. I have purchased passes. I HAVE to get into MY account. So I have to keep trying. Again and again. Usually takes 2-3 hours entering/re-entering/coming out/shutting down, etc..etc…before this PIA finally works. THANK GOD I took a photo of my passes — relying on the app would have been disastrous many times.

Awful. I downloaded the app at the beginning of our 6 day trip with 6 adult-aged (according to Universal’s standards) people in order to streamline the process of paying for meals, etc. I was only able to sign in ONE time after setting up the account, then it logged me out and I haven’t been able to sign back in to my account again. It keeps giving me an error message and telling me to “try my action again.” It also only allowed me to scan 5 of our 6 passes into my account, then gave me an error message about too many bad scans (I only scanned each pass once!) and wouldn’t let me scan my son’s pass in at all. I have to be physically present for every food purchase, credit card in hand, running the risk of dropping it or losing it, or handing out cash to 4 different teenagers to run and get what they want to eat or refill their cups. The app is glitchy, the wait times are inaccurate, and I can’t even use the app for the purpose I intended. When I asked an employee about it, I just got a shoulder-shrug. (I definitely prefer the service, cleanliness, and streamlined processes at DW over Universal.) This app is a waste of phone space.

The experience is really good but it got dampened. We have a great time with family but got very disappointed when My phone died. I needed to charge and there’s no place to charge! For this big of a theme park, you should invest in things like this. Other parks have designated areas where you can charge and even have a choice of USB ports or real plug ins! I feel that it should be addressed the soonest and not just point us to buy portable power banks! For me, however fun it wAs at the start, got dampened because I couldnt use my phone to communicate thus limiting us with exploring the park we have to always be together since we have no way to communicate. To me that was a big real failure to deliver!

Lines for rides. Should have explained virtual thing at guest services when we checked in. Long long lines even with fast pass. This has not been very fun for my family and my boys. Wasted a lot of my first of two days here. 👎 ....Got universal app and used virtual pass system and only got offered jimmy fallon ride at 8:00 am each morning. I luckily checked at 6:45 the next morning and got Hagrid’s motorcycle ride. Otherwise I spent my entire time attached to my phone desperately hoping to get into a virtual line. I was hoping to detach from my electronics not be forced to sit on the curb with thousands of other parents trying to get their kids on the “good rides”. I Spent a lot of money on season passes and fast passes for 6 people and still couldn’t get on a number of rides. When we got to the virtual line at our appointed time, it was still a 2 hour wait in the line ......Need a better system 👎

Rides keep breaking down.. We’ve been in line for an unacceptably long time. The Minon ride keeps breaking down. They “fix” it and it breaks down again. Earlier we waited an exceptionally long time during breakdowns on the Harry Potter’s Forbidden Journey. We also avoided another ride because we received word that it was down for maintenance. I am not impressed. I realize that machinery breaks occasionally, but three rides in one afternoon that we encountered? Really! At this price?! Also, you are so tight on staffing that we had to stand in line ten minutes or more just to buy a bottle of water or soda each time. Absolutely ridiculous. I’ve brought my family to Disney World several times, and I feel that Disney is way ahead of Universal as far as taking care of the customer and providing a more quality product.

Poor App Experience. The app is extremely frustrating to use and appears to have bugs in every function. When updating my home address it says that it was updated successfully but it never actually makes the changes. I’m actually not able to update my address to make sure the correct one is file. I had a similar experience with updating my card payment info although after 5 attempts it finally went thru. I didn’t change any info each time I tried. It just didn’t want to accept the changes until the 5th try. The most frustrating part tho is I’m Florida resident purchasing tickets at the resident rate. My billing address IS a Florida address however every time I go to purchase the tickets it gives me an error that says my billing address must be a Florida address to qualify for the resident rate... I’ve now been on hold for 1 hour and still waiting just so I can buy tickets. I should have been able to do this in 5 minutes in the app. Please use more of your abundant resources to create a better user experience. It’s the least you can do.

Not cool. Not cool at all. This is a very nice app. However I did run into a major problem. I decided to buy two park to park tickets through this app. I paid for both together. My transaction went smoothly. No issues. I entered in everything currently. It even asked me to enter in my guest name for her ticket. I did so and received my confirmation number via email. However, one major problem happened. I paid for two tickets but only one ticket showed up 😱. I had to call Universal studios for help. After being on hold for 10 minutes. My issue was resolved. The customer service lady was not sure why this issue happened. But it was fixed. Not cool app. Not cool at all. This issue needs to be resolved. Other than that it’s still a great app that I do recommend.

This App is terrible. First off people, this is not the place to review the park. This is for reviews of the app. I would’ve assumed this app would have been up to par with Disney’s App. I don’t understand why you can’t pull up the maps of the parks and see the wait times. You have to push the ride icon to get that info which to me is a waste of time. They only allow you to sort the rides by thrill, water, 3D-4D, and kids. I want to be able to see all rides and wait times at the same time, on the same screen. Also, you cannot add or access hotel reservations. There are no hotel maps. The only thing this app is good for is buying tickets. We are Orlando residents and frequent both Disney and Universal. We’ve stayed at most the resorts because of our Florida discount. By far, Universal is our favorite park and we know it like the back of our hands. But for people who aren’t familiar with the park, they deserve better.

Dissatisfied with my Islands of Adventure experience. The Universal app for ordering food doesn’t work properly. I tried it several times and so did your staff. After 20 minutes I asked to pay cash. Most of your associates are rude and don’t pay attention when asked questions. We booked with Hilton a Universal partner hotel and were told we were entitled to EPA. After getting up extra early and finding a bus we arrived at 8:17am and were turned away from entry! We had to wait half an hour to get into the Marvel side of the park only to see select people allowed in and one person actually riding the Hulk by himself. We were first at the barricade but when it was opened the other guests pushed past us!! We finally made it to King Kong at 9 only to find it didn’t open till 9:30. We came from out of state and spent a lot of money for just one day in this park and it was not enjoyable and definitely not worth the price of the tickets to be pushed around by rude foreigners and people who constantly walked in front of us as we were trying to take pictures! The interactive wand experiences did not work either. I used to visit every year and was looking forward to the new Universal Experience, but I will have to think really hard about coming back here again. I definitely did not enjoy the aggravation and stress I was forced to endure today.

Back in the oven please. Great idea but incredibly difficult to use. First, every time you change screens it defaults to the title screen when you came back and have to wait. Second, if you’re going to use the app for payment or scanning into lockers, you have to go through numerous screens to pull up your data. Coupled with the default back to the title screen while it loads can make for some uncomfortable waits while people and waiting behind you. The maps are hard to navigate and really find anything. The virtual passes are a great concept but today 4/19 in the park only 2 rides are represented. One is Hagrids and unavailable from the moment we arrived at the parks opening. The second was Jimmy Fallons ride which worked great. No others available. Bottom line, you’re held captive to use this app and they just need to work on the UX and make it really usable. Put it back into the oven and finish what you started.

Consumerism. Very few rides in between multiple gift shops, dining facilities and more places you can spend spend spend. It’s taking consumerism to a new level. Pay a large sum to enter a park and then keep spending as you move alone while you wait hours and hours in long lines. It doesn’t stop there, you can buy an express pass for almost the price of the ticket to enter the park, which only prolongs the lines of ppl who could not afford to pay more for express. Unless the park is spending more money and investing in running a separate ride (portion) for express passers then why ask a regular person to wait longer in line because they need to make room for ppl who get to skip ahead?. Like I said, it’s the consistent distractions where one can spend spend spend. While the parks job is to also make profits, there needs to be a limit as to how far can you go as a business.

Virtual Line is Awful. The Universal Virtual line system is one of the most broken, frustrating systems I've ever had to deal with. If you want to ride any of the popular rides or attractions you're screwed unless you get in the parks at the time the gates open. It punishes you for not getting up at the crack of dawn to be in the parks. I am an annual passholder. I love going to Universal. And I understand with the pandemic going on things need to change to ensure people don't get sick or spread the virus. But this virtual line system is deeply flawed in its execution. Universal needs to stagger its release of tickets and be clear about when they release them at the very bare minimum. It's getting deeply frustrating to go all the way to the parks, and for those without a pass to pay for parking and admission, to come and not even be able to do the things you wanted to do because the virtual tickets were all snapped up by the first people in the park.

Doesn’t work since the update. Ever since the update, the app does not load past the initial loading screen. Just stays on “universal Orlando resort”. Turned phone off and on, uninstalled and reinstalled, would never load past the first screen. With the app being the only way to order at mobile only locations and all maps being digital, you are restricted in what you can do. Brought this concern to the islands of adventure guest service desk and apparently all physical maps have “disappeared from existence so that we can save the planet” (his words) and we were told to wait in line at places like minions cafe to “hopefully get helped” (again, his words). He then pulled his phone out, said his phone app worked and told me it must just be a problem with my phone. Don’t expect help or solutions if you experience this same issue as I and my entire party experienced.

Amanda. We were on the Harry Potter escape from the gringott- the ride had maintenance issues and stopped working. We were sitting in the ride when this occurred. My daughter pulled the lap bar down to tight on her legs. The ride had not even started yet and there was no emergency release to let us off the ride, she was in tears bc her legs were being squeeze. We were told they had no control over that and we just had to wait. My concern is if someone had a medical emergency they would be stuck in that ride. The people working the ride did not try to help or give us any help. We sat in the ride for > then 10 mins and then let off the ride. My daughter has marks in her legs and pain after she got off the ride. An evaluation of emergency procedures and training is needed for your employees for this ride and probably more rides.

Getting into the park was painful.. Since opening, my wife and I have enjoyed coming to universal at least once a year from our cold weather state. Understanding that the world has changed in that time, getting though ticketing and the the primary gate of the studio continues to take more and more effort on every visit. Today took over a hour from getting in line to buy tickets and then final passing through the entrance. The fact that the que line for tickets was less than 100 total souls in it makes it even more disconcerting. I know we can get tickets on line that might help some but like today we are sitting at breakfast and it was a last minute decision. 20 minutes or even 30 would be acceptable on a busy day but an hour plus is not. In an era where speed of execution is paramount, I feel like universal has failed at their initial point of contact with its guests.

Bad experience. I have a prosthetic leg above the knee. When entering the park I stood in line for 40 minutes while one guest service rep assisted the whole line. He told me to go to guest services in the park to get disability access passes. He said to go to customer service by the Superman ride. I first preceded to wait in line for the next 30 minutes to rent a wheelchair. Then went to customer service line. While waiting in line a rep ask me if I was waiting for disability access passes. If so I should sit down until it is my Turn in line. I waited 40 minutes to be told there is no special access passes. So I needed to take wheelchair on all lines. On the Popeyes paradise cruise. Ride shut down for weather when we did not even get rain or lightning alert. I am stuck in the middle of the line on a wheelchair because I can Neither go forward or back due to line congestion.

Accessibility. My husband and I really used to like this park. I no longer do. I looked at the ride guide online and saw that many of the rides showed a wheelchair and did not picture a wheelchair going to walking. (Meaning you have to get out of the wheelchair) My son has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and fell and broke his leg in May. He did this by standing and attempting to go to the bathroom. That leg is 50% healed. Also after getting off the train to go to Islands of adventure when we got to the elevator the employee motioned for us to keep walking. We did only to come to a STAIR case. How was my son suppose to get DOWN? We go back to the elevator line to be told there are 2 people ahead of us. When we had just been there a couple of minutes ago. I told the lady you sent us down to the end. I was upset! She said I wish there were signs. Then a couple of minutes later she came up to us to say if you go to guest services you could tell them we need signs. REALLY. I was beyond angry. I couldn’t even talk to her because it would not have ended well. We will not be coming back and I would not recommend this app ark to anyone in a motorized wheelchair. The labeling on the rides is misleading.

App broken. The reason for a low rating is the two major flaws… often the app is just plain broken in that when you open the map part of the app it will turn the brightness of your phone all the way down … turn it back up and it goes right back down… not sure why the app wants to change my brightness at all, but super impossible to see in the bright Florida sun… that is the broken part, have to restart app every time that happens Second problem is the wallet. If you add a three broomsticks meal to your wallet you may be tempted to leave your printed ticket back at the room thinking oh yay it’s in here and I can just have them scan it on. My phone… no go, they have no way to scan it, will send you wandering the park to find a place to print it out… found myself asking park janitors how to get my breakfast… if broomsticks can’t scan it, don’t allow me to add it onto my wallet

Frustrated season pass holder. Have season passes but our favorite rides always have too long wait time or don’t have fast pass. I feel like I’m throwing money out the window and thinking twice about keeping the passes. I feel your season pass holders are your greatest asset because it is residual monthly profit for your company and there should be better benefits for us. There really should be some solution for the long wait times. After standing in line for one-two hours for a less than five minute ride is outrageous we’re tired after that and don’t even feel like walking around to enjoy the rest of the park. I am considering getting passes to a different park possibly Disney.

Annoying to Navigate. Excellent graphic performance, excellent graphics. Quick response. Never freezes. BUT, it’s annoying to navigate. You can only surf through one park at a time; if you want to switch parks you have to exit and then choose the other park. They should let you surf multiple parks at one time to help you decide where to go next. Also, instead of showing the wait times on the little attraction icons they show an icon for what type of attraction it is (3D, thrill, etc.) So you have to waste time by clicking on the icon to find the wait time, then to go back to the map it’s even more clicks and navigation. They should make the map configurable to show wait times on the map or attraction type.

I purchased a Florida resident annual pass. I called a few times with questions about the premier package, and was told I would receive one ticket per year to Halloween Horror Nights. I was also told that with purchasing the most expensive plan, there would be no black out dates. As I called today to see if I needed to reserve the date for my HHN ticket, I was then informed, after 3 calls of questions, that I could not use it on Thursday, October 11th. I am very disappointed that this was not disclosed to me in earlier calls. I was told No black out dates! I already booked my hotel, and was going to do islands of adventure the 12th. I will no longer be doing that, and I will no longer visit universal studios in the future. I am very disappointed in your customer service representatives giving me false information. Signed, Ex Universal Studios customer from Florida

App glitch. The first time I attempted to make the purchase my account was charged then the transaction was reversed. When I called to get assistance to find out why I was told that it is impossible to find out the decline reason on universals end(I had already contacted my bank to find out if it was on their end). I was told that it is impossible to find out the decline reason because the people who can do that research do not speak with customers and the employee manager(Mike) could not take my care number to provide them with to look the decline reason up. He also said that they(the department that can look up decline reasons that does not speak with customers) could not look up the profile attached to the card to look up the card number find out why my card declined. Their only solution was to a different way of purchasing the tickets or re-download the app. I am lucky that I was able to purchase the tickets after I re-downloaded since they could offer me no help if it hadn’t. I understand that the people who assist with the transactions themselves do not speak with customers but their must be a way for the customer service center to put in a research request.

Would like to see…. Great app, informative while on the go in the park; a vital tool! But as a go too for set ups and planning while at the hotel or home, I’d like to see an iPad version (bigger screen when planning with the family). It’s hard to go back and forth on a small screen when planning your day and settings things up. Also the virtual line is missing for now, having to log in to a separate site makes it hard to manage and track. An all-in-one app would be great! As is, this app has come a long way and I’m sure it will only get better! See you again soon as a UOAP holder.

Wait times not working. Today was the first time we’ve used the app. As a method of making your way around the park and locating everything, it was great. However, we primarily were concerned with knowing the wait times for rides so that we could plan accordingly and that feature was not working all day. I tried refreshing multiple times throughout the day and made sure it had nothing to do with my WiFi connection. Occasionally, it would give a wait time for a ride or two, but for most of the day, it kept saying that the rides would open at 9:00a or would not give a wait time at all. We have annual passes, so we’ll be coming back soon and hopefully will find that this feature of the app is working as the developers intended. I will be sure to update my review at that time.

App Crash and bugs. Several times while entering the park with 2D barcode tickets open, the app would suddenly crash and kick you off the app just as you were next in line. This happened to our family on 3 separate occasions. It taught me to have the paper tickets in hand and not trust the app would work. Second item is bathroom amenities. I’ve noticed the feature is shown at the bottom left, but while at the parks and on the map, the button would disappear and I’d have to dig into the amenities tab in the menu. Why couldn’t this be a feature alongside the dining and rides buttons in the top ribbon? Overall the app is decent, just frustrating when it’s your turn to go through the turnstiles or you need to go #1 while bumping elbows with the crowd.

All Rides Need To Be Open And Working‼️. For the expensive park price, all rides need to be working and none need to be shut down. And the park is too expensive for any rides to be shut down, unless weather related. But to just shut the rides down and or open up the park at 12noon when the park should be open up at 9 am. It is a huge problem. I am visiting in January the second week of January 2022 and I expect for the price I pay for all rides to be running and open. And or I will be suing the park for stress, and loss time . I am catching a plane so I am of course out of town and this will be my son 10 year old birthday celebration and I need all rides open the second week of January 2022.

Not good for finding dining plan food locations. On our last day without a park pass, my group was looking to have a brunch before heading over to the airport. The app lets you filter dining options. I chose that I wanted the quick service meal type, and the filter that says it takes the Universal Dining plan. After these filters, the app shows 25 options to us. I was happy that Panda Express came up and decided to eat there when they open. We get there and they say they don’t take the dining plan and show us a list of places that do take it, which is much shorter than the list in the app, with only 5 places listed. What’s the point of having the app have filters that have the restaurant info saved or filtered incorrectly!??

Not happy and never returning.. Not happy with our experience. It started with the purchase of 1 park tickets with express passes. Our intention was to go to Universal Studios but we mistakenly entered island of adventure. After a lengthy discussion with guest services we decided to stay in island of adventure. When we attempted to get back n our 2nd ride and use our express pass we were informed that our express pass was only for universal. We have wasted our day. We are now on our third ride and it had a 10 minute wait 30 minutes ago, due to a technical difficulty. We entered the park at 9:30 it’s now 11:55 and we are stuck on a line for a broken ride, and have go to guest services after to follow x my express pass situation, more time wasted. Never coming back.

Quaid. Good morning I just wanted to let you know that I am going to be in the office today to get my car fixed and I will be in the car for a little bit and then I will be in the house to pick up the car and then I will be home I will be there in about an hour and a half to get the car and then I will be back to the office and I will be in the office for a little while I will be in the office I love you and I hope you have a great day and I hope all your day and I hope you’re having a good day and I hope to see you soon bye love you bye see you bye love you bye love you see you guys bye love you bye love mom bye love you bye love dad eeeweeee bye love you bye love grandma bye love you bye love to you have a good day bye love you bye love and miss you bye love you bye talk

Unable to sign in. I downloaded the app and haven’t been able to sign into my account. It worked once, then just stopped. Did a reinstall, still nothing, just an error of “something went wrong”. That cryptic message is it. On top of it there isn’t any way to request tech support from within the app. Edit: after multiple tried, I was able to sign in; however, now that we are on our vacation anytime we try to do a mobile order the error “oops something went wrong, please try again”. To add insult to injury, the app does charge my credit card so now I have to fight those charges as well. Edit: I was finally able to sign in after multiple days of trying. My internet at work and home isn’t filtered, and runs at atleast 1gbs, and the other parks in the area don’t have this problem with their app. However, not that we are at the parks, the mobile ordering just says “oops there was a problem, please try again”. To add insult to injury, my credit card was charged for the orders, but no confirmation or anything in the app. So now I have to fight those charges as well.

App review. Worst app ever! Been in Disney for many years. First time at Universal and this app is such a disappointment. 1. Gps didn’t work. Try setting it up in the configuration and at the app level. Even allowed all the time. Didn’t get it to work. My husband did and we installed the app at the same time the same way. 2. Even with gps on (my husband) you always have to select the park. It should default to where you are all the time and then allow you to switch if you want to. Many clicks through the day to get to where you want to go. 3. Main menu options constantly change for some reason. Sometimes I am able to see wait times as an icon. Then open the app again 5mins later and it’s gone.

No Mobile Order Shortcut On Homescreen. Throughout the Universal website, and on the app itself, it says to click on “the side menu” to go to mobile ordering. The side menu is still pictured here in the app description but the side menu is gone. Selections have been moved to the bottom. Shortcut to mobile order has been removed. If a change this big is being made it needs to be updated in the app directions. It is not. It appears you have to search through all of the restaurants and click on them individually to see if there is a mobile ordering option within the restaurant description, then start your order.

So Much Fun!. This was our first visit to Universal and Islands of Adventure in Florida and we had a blast! We didn’t want to leave and we can’t wait to visit again! The Express Pass is so worth it! We didn’t have to wait in line a long time and in some instances at all:)! The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is amazing even if you are not a fan! I will miss the butter beer so much, frozen and regular:). The two best rides in my seven year old daughter’s opinion and mine is The Forbidden Journey in Hogwarts Castle and The Jurassic River Adventure! So much fun!! I can’t count how many times we rode those two! I recommend staying at a resort on site as you get free shuttle services to and from the parks! We stayed at Cabana Bay in one of their tower rooms and it was great and not as expensive as some of the other on site hotels! We will be back!

Worst Park App - Biggest Scam Artists. The app is functional. It does show users where rides are located as well as shopping, eating, shows and other services. There are many flaws. The zoom feature on the maps is inconsistent in usability. Ticket purchasing is extremely clunky and basically takes the user to a mobile version of Universal's web pages. Overall, Universal is full of slight of hand scam artists. While picking up express passes purchased for a specific day, I realized that I failed to purchase enough for my whole party. Universal charged me Double per express pass and didn't disclose the individual price for that same day. Price gauging and lack of pricing disclosure is shady and demonstrates the extent to which Universal is trying to take your money!! Buyer beware. Universal's ticketing process is not user friendly to begin with. This creates lack of transparency and thus leads to no trust.

IMO FALSE ADVERTISING. This app should not advertise its “virtual line” feature – or make it more explicitly clear that it is only currently available on a few not in demand rides. I would have not purchased tickets if I knew the truth about this feature. Otherwise, the app has practically no useful features that would not be available in a brochure or map, other than the ability to buy add-ons, see wait times and to order food, which is useful enough for an app in development. However, in my opinion, Universal should not deceive its guests by advertising this feature prominently on their website (no matter how many stars or fine print) until it is at least rolled out to a majority of rides – or at least those with the longest wait times... I wonder is universal reluctant to roll out this feature because of possible lost revenue from fast-pass sales? Fine. But at least don’t advertise it on the website.

Overall love it but Virtual?!?!?. Overall love the app. Used it many times prior to the COVID pandemic and a few times during the pandemic. The Virtual Line worker best in July but in December, the availability is nearly unavailable. One thing I’ve noticed after reserving a late evening ride to the Mummy, upon entering the queue—it was nearly empty—the ride was a n immediate walk on and empty rides were being sent. Getting a reservation for Hagrid & Jimmy Fallon is a job in itself. Fallon was the same experience as the Mummy. Very disappointing to have Virtual queues and literally no wait. Hagrid in line queue moved at approximately 15 mins in the queue line. So the reservation system does work for this ride however the app needs more availability. What I would like to see: -The ability to add a default number of guest to the Virtual Line. By adding this, it reduces the time it takes to reserve a ride and heartache of losing it due to how fast the reservation time is gone. -More times added for higher capacity rides and rides with low wait times. Or simply remove the reservation altogether unless the ride wait times exceed 1 hour. -Food customization options are also a needed option. As a previous reviewer mentioned, usually I ask for certain items to be put on the side or removed. With the pandemic, I had one experience where everything by default was on the sandwich (ribwhich).

Diss appointed and not scared stole our flashlight. We were very excited to go to Halloween Horror Nights fue the first time. Our expectations where high and we very disappointed. To begin with they confiscated my husbands brand new tact flashlight. No remorse and would not work on returning it to us after the evening was over. The wait to get in was horrible. We had the fast passes and still had to wait minimum of 40 minutes to get in. We were not scared at all. The haunted houses had so many things hanging and touching us and again we were never scared. The money we paid between entry tickets and fast passes where definitely not worth the experience. Very dissatisfied and would not go it again. Oh abc the prices for the beverages and food was ridiculously over priced. They owe us a flashlight we paid $20 for. Won’t do it again.

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Useless. All times are "averages" and wrong. Waste of data and space on your phone. If you have come from Disney do NOT expect the same experience from this app.

Universal studios Florida. A user friendly easy to navigate website for people who are not American or Canidaian citizens

Loved it but.... Loved Universal Florida, the rides were awesome especially the Harry Potter (and I’m not a Harry Potter fan) and The Hulk if you like fast rides. The simulated Harry Potter one was awesome because you move, not sit in a room that vibrates. Food was great, more healthier options than Disney for those health and weight conscious. Queues were long and paying to skip the queues seems unfair. Fast pass option like Disney has doesn’t discriminate wealth from those on a budget. Biggest thing to note is you get TOTALLY soaked on the water rides, to the point we had to go buy new clothes and shoes!!! They have dryers you pay for but they didn’t do barely anything. They need to change these rides so you get a bit wet but not to the point where your boots fill with water, need to wring out socks, and you have to go buy clothing. I’m staying in a motel from overseas and hung my clothes out overnight and they are still wet!!!!!! Also photo option is much cheaper than Disney, $100 a day but the nice guy made it so we can use it both days so it was $50 a day for all photos sent to an App and you get to pick a few to print at the end

Metric system. It would be more user friendly for those not from the US to be able to see height requirements for rides in cm.

Terrible Ap. It’s not accurate or helpful and doesn’t give you the information you need.

Buying express. Very easy, great website, can’t wait to get on the rides

Completely unhelpful and understaffed and not well equip for non American guests. This place operates only for American or individuals speaking Spanish. Not ONE sign on Asian or any other language. Not one person at front of gate to help with where we go to get our prepaid tickets. Not one person appreciate the fact we are not American and can’t use apps and put our usa address in if we don’t live here to pre order food etc Everything regarding customer service is terribly slow and no where near the standard other major countries around the world have it is slack and clearly only set up for your usa citizens. It comes across racist.

Missing wait times?. This app does not show wait times at all! I downloaded this app so I could research how long wait times are, hence see if I should purchase express pass. I'll be visiting from Australia at the end of this year. But whenever I click the ride icon for a specific ride, there is no wait time information available anywhere.

Karren - Australia. Am loving Universal Studios, it is so well organised & easy to get around Have also been to Volcano Bay which is fabulous the kids & hubby & I are having a ball

Crashes. Can't open using iPhone 6

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Annual pass holder. Universal is myself and my families happy place, even though we’re 2000 miles away we maintain our annual passes and visit as often as possible. Can’t wait to get back, see you in March for Mardis Gras!!

Can’t add credit card or passes. IPhone 13 - can’t add passes other than 1 and no credit card into our wallet. App is useless then.

Can’t log in, time-out. I had to create my account online, because I can’t on the app. Then logging in also time out

Prefer the Disney app. Needs more dynamic maps

Can’t create an account. I tried to create an account to bypass food order lineup and getting an error - can’t create an account. Not impressed UO!

App & on-site. The app is hard to use, not clear and you cannot zoom in on map. Onsite experience is horrible after spending a perfect 3 days at Disney. Universal has great rides but customer service is horrible, staff is not always attentive and courteous and the park is to compact. The Harry Potter section on island side is confusing, locker area is a mess, dark and staff are overwhelmed. It’s not Disney perfection, it’s a money grab!

Needs work. Shows you where you are...until you click on something, then you disappear from map. Have to close and reopen to reset. Doesn’t give any type of directions from your location to where you want to go. Easier to use free paper map they give you.

Will not up load. I can’t up load my tickets it keeps loading

Poorer from Canada. Sadly, not worth the money. My husband is too tall for most of the rides. Way too many gift shops/food vendors. We’re from Canada & our Wonderland is cheaper with a lot more thrill rides. Harry Potter section was cool.

Mrs. I had a very difficult time with finalizing my purchase but I finally did it. I couldn’t get to checkout! Karen

Wow!. I agree with “App & On-Site”. We have been at the resort for less than 4 hours and am already not impressed! My wife went to the resort front desk and they told her that they didn’t have any park maps for the park…….😳🤨…seriously….!?!?!.

AMAZING. THIS APP HELPED ME SO MUCH

Disappointed. Can’t find a phone number to call, can’t find the rules on how to use the express pass, can’t find wait times, can’t figure out how to link my reservation/hotel with the app... not an auspicious beginning!

TERRIBLE APP. PUT MORE MONEY TOWARDS A BETTER APP.. Forced to order food through app And rhe app SUCKS.

Poorly designed app. mostly points to the website with broken links

Super star. I loved the fact of the App and ordering tickets was so easy

5 stars. It helps you get around the park faster it’s really cool

Great👌. This is a great and very ᕼEᒪᑭᖴᑌᒪ app!

Quick Way to buy tickets. Great fast experience

Horrible experience with guy who works at minions. Got kicked out of the park for holding a vape in my hand when there is literally a million other people vaping. What a joke!!!

Feedback. Got stuck on 3 rides 2 back to back after waiting in line for over 45 minutes due to breakdowns cost us most of our afternoon

Me on you tube. Well YouTube is magic made me I should go for the super Mario 64 boundary break episode oh well boundary break made a remake boy that sounds really good One video later goddamnit universal you made a very bad move what were you thinking 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Love!. I love the wait time alert!

Great app. Very helpful app

Amazing!. This is a great app for universal studios and islands of adventure. I would definitely recommend this app if you are going to Orlando.

lost GPS guiding frequently. As soon as I or my iPhone turned off and I turned back on, the app became so slow and the GPS guiding stopped working. So each time my phone is off by itself every minute, I have to force close and relaunch the app. This is pretty inconvenient.

Awful app. Extremely difficult to find ANYTHING on here

What is this?. MI am unable to book a vacation pancake on here

Can't login. I love this app and before they updated it, it worked like Magic. Now I try to login throughthe app and it wont let me, because my email has a "-" in it and for some reason the app wont accept those characters. Please fix and I will add the 2 stars back. Thanks!

Ticket sales. The ticket booth at Loews sapphire falls hotel ... the communication is poor or maybe they work on commission.. clearly it must be a sales/commission base job! I paid 800 dollars for two tickets and express pass! On my second day I found out the park closes at 6pm because they rented it out to schools so my day of use was cut short !! Also not knowing that I paid to use the volcano bay park so really I paid for 3 parks + express and only got a 1 day and half and did not use Volcano bay because I did not know that’s part of the deal !! Maybe if LeighAnne would explain each detail because I’m sure it’s part of her job description .... I would give a better rating also after speaking to the concierge at the hotel she clearly stated this happens all the time .... where they rip of the hotel customers and clearly the hotel has nothing to do with it ! So I’m hear to say ... post a price list and let people choose what they want and get rid of unless staff who only care about putting money in their pockets and ripping off customers !!

Unimpressed. What Disney is to pleasant organization, universal is to crass. Pushing the overpriced express at every step this app does not serve the user, it funnels the meat thru the park.

No signs. Very confusing to get around. Only learned about the cash grab express pass when we arrived. Should has three speed pass rides like Disney app.

Cannot log in. What is more to say when you install the app for the first time, you already have an account and you cannot login. Looks like Universal needs go from students type programming to professional one in order to keep up with the market

Not worth it. Universal and islands of adventure are not worth the money a person basically pays to stand in line all day

Wonderful visit to Universal Studios. We visited Universal Studios and Island of Adventure yesterday and had the most wonderful time. In addition to the great rides, all the staff we met along the way were so courteous and helpful. Lunch at Mythos was excellent… the ambiance and food was amazing and our server Tiffany was the best! Thank you for a wonderful day!!

I think. I think it doesn’t have enough rides and there is only one roller coaster

Unusable app. The auto-brightness turns on as soon as you open the app putting the brightness all the way low. You can’t see anything even in the shade during the day and there’s no way to disable. I can’t use the map or my park ticket. Terrible function.

Why I like the app. It lets me know how many minutes or hours it takes to go on the ride

Meh. Good but the map needs to be more clear

Don’t bother with the digital map. Not even close to useful or intuitive. The paper map is much easier to navigate. I hate using paper but had no choice. Map doesn’t follow where you are in the park so unless you know where you are, the map is not helpful.

I love it so much. I can’t forget it

Needs more work!!. After spending the day at magic kingdom and using that app I thought the universal app would be similar. The app crashes so often and if I lock my phone and then open it back the app starts over from the beginning. It’s great to have the wait times but I found the app very inconvenient. Also love how the Disney app actually tells you which way to go. This app just shows you as a dot and another dot for where you want to go. We got lost so many times.

Technology too far. NOT impressed with no paper map. The APP is useless as a map. Having to order food on the app is constraining. Please change back!

Doesn't work. Loads but crashes when you hit any button.

Great!. So easy to use

Express. If you have express at one park it should work both ways on the train!

Mobile Ordering Impossible. Our family of 4 went to eat at Cafe 4. We were told we can only order through the mobile ordering app, unfortunately the mobile ordering portion of the app does not work properly. We tried for 10 minutes and could never place our order. We were told we were “lucky” to be able to place our order with an actual cashier. We tried again later in the day at Blondies but had the same issue. All for of my family members tried and nobody could successfully order through the app.

All roller coasters shut down. Horrible experience. Terrible

Too many people!. The rides are great. The lines are way too long, even for Express. $14 for a hot dog, $5 for a bottle of Coke.

Artist’s going. It’s so much easier than to go to the map.

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Gift card!!. We love going to Universal as a family vacation,BUT we recently got tons of gift card from universal and we cant upload the gift card to your app to conviently do mobile order for food! We have to manually do it the old fashion way to pay for our food. The app allow to put our credit card info and park pass and NOT GIFT CARD. Other then that this app is good. Please provide your guest with the ability to upload our gift card credit so we dont have to carry our gift cards around the park. Go fully cardless please!

Stupefied!. From the process of buying the base pass and express access, this app aims to deceive. In addition to the usual trick of listing prices as “Starting From” that are wildly different from the price one actually has to pay, the base pass tickets are listed in daily prices per person while others show up as the package price for the number of individual pre-selected. (But, hey, I appreciated the whopping discount on the 2 days + 2 days free FL resident pass that I presumably won’t use.) Even the process of entering credit card info was difficult—the scan card function didn’t work and the address interface invites you to “add” information that should already be stored if you’re a registered user of the app. Stupefied!

Halloween Horror Not What I Expected. When I go to Halloween events I expect to actually enjoy what I am seeing instead some individuals at the gates entering and entering the house were so unprofessional and right out rude. The houses we were rushed through them. Paying extra to enter early also a waste of money. The food and drinks well now some where good others nasty but the prices were highway robbery. There was never enough ice in the machines or drinks like someone forgot to refill them And not all parks in universal have family bathroom or handicap bathroom that are not occupied by individuals who not handicap and no enforces it. Ridiculous. We only went to universal to see and do the things we did not do last year and to experience Halloween horror night. I only got scared once but most houses were so dark you could not see in front of your hand.

Bug detected!! Squash ASAP!!. I made a mobile order for The Broomstick and it crashed the app. After closing and restarting the app, I see my order had gone through. I arrived at the restaurant clicked arrived, and there was no option to put a table number in. And one of the waitresses helped me out and got our table information so our food would be delivered. please fix this issue ASAP! Also, please fix the auto zoom out when you click out of a wait time or restaurant or show. It’s very annoying.

Great and simple to use. I love this application and all of the features it brings. It really helps me see my entire vacation from a birds eye view. The only thing I could recommend is the ability to link your on property stay to the app. Also, the ability to do early check ins, unlock the door, etc. I will be staying on property soon and would love to see that as part of “My Plans” on the app.

Wallet Error customer service phone & email cannot fix. When I try to view my tickets in My Wallet in the Universal app, the following message shows, “ERROR Oops, something went wrong loading your tickets & passes. You may be looking at outdated information. Tap here to try again.” I have tried this many times for weeks, uninstalled and reinstalled the app, shut down and restarted my device, and nothing resolves this issue. I emailed customer service which told me to create another account, but when I did, I received a message that my tickets were attached to another account. I called customer service and after waiting for more than 40 minutes, no one helped. Could you please advise how to fix this?

Good but not as user friendly as it could be. I enjoy the app and it’s really helpful! I love that you can set wait time alerts that’s wonderful. A few things that I think would be helpful is adding a gps feature where you can get directions to the ride or dinning option you are looking for. I also wish I could zoom in more on the app and things were better labeled without having to tap on each thing. Being a first timer those are some things that would be helpful. Overall the app is great compared to a paper map!

Universal parks app. The app works overall ok however there is no navigation system with it to be able to click on to help you navigate from one spot to the next. Also the virtual sign up to ride rides is a joke. We had my entire family trying to get us tickets for a ride multiple times and we were still unable to get tickets.

Universal Studios is great, the app is garbage.. Every single time you open the app it forgets what screen you were using last, so if you want to use the included map to navigate through the park, you have to start over every single time. The map doesn’t zoom in far enough, so it’s impossible to navigate within the various section of the park. Speaking of different sections of the park, the map in the app provides no guidance where these are located. To find out where the Harry Potter section of the park is, you simply tap randomly on the ride icons until you find the ride associated with the section you want. Speaking of tapping on icons, because you can’t zoom in far enough on the map, some icons are on top of one another, and can’t be tapped. Finally, there is no search feature in either the map or the app and when you list the attractions instead of show them on the map, the attractions are listed alphabetically rather than by distance to your location. There was too much wrong with the app to list, it was trash.

Great visit @ Universal studios Resort. My family & lives in Palm Coast down here fr NY , working hard & for so long since being here 13 years. Not knowing how much we where missing being together enjoying ourselves as a family, We give the employees kudos for the outstanding job for the hospitality, ur cleaning & sanitizing & re-enforcing the mask policy & showing their professionalism & courtesy, again Thank you !! Look forward to visiting again, The LaManna Family🎉

App is decent but needs some improvement. Seems like there’s a lot of info in the app, and didn’t dive deep into everything that’s there. We mostly need to use the map to figure out where to go. The wait times are nice to see, but there are no wait times shown for the express lanes, which would be helpful to see. The map was helpful, except that the dot showing my location does not indicate direction, so when the landmarks and signage were unclear, I needed to start walking long enough to finally see I’m not going the direction I wanted.

Delays. Last year we tried to go on King King, but they shut it down after we waited 90 mins. We never got to go on. This year we tried it again, we got to the same spot as last year and they called a delay...after 45 mins!? Then we waited an additional 30 mins more after that delay announcement. We did finally get to go in, but it wasn’t that great. All this hype for not much... very disappointing. We waited about 30 mins for Jurassic Ride today, but it shut down due to storm... that never came.

Terrible app. After doing Disney and Universal back to back this week, one thing is super clear: Universal has a lot of work to do if they want to catch up with Disney. The Disney app was so easy to use and every function worked. Universal is the exact opposite. The maps are a joke. I couldn’t zoom in enough to orient myself to my surroundings and the map shows you where you are…but not what direction you’re facing. Mobile ordering our food worked 1 time out of the 5 times we tried it. Wait times were about double what the app said. Spend some time in the Disney app…try your best to copy them. They have it right.

Will not be returning. It is unethical to expect guests to be masked all day. We need to breathe occasionally. Every time you remove the mask, even if you are far from other individuals, you get reprimanded. Supposedly there are areas where you can be mask-free, but I did not notice any in my entire three days visiting both parks. You are forced to put on hand sanitizer for every ride. You are not allowed to object unless you want to be pulled aside and miss out on going on the ride. By the end of my time there, my hands were dry, split, cracking and very painful. My young daughter’s hands were peeling and red. The lines were long. The staff was often rude. Universal is one amusement park that I will not be returning to.

Universal Orlando Experience. We went to Universal Studios recently. We had an outstanding experience in the park, but the app slightly confused us. One of the rides, Dudley Do-right’s Ripsaw Falls, had a short wait time (5 mins), so we decided to ride it. It turned out that the ride’s wait time was 25 minutes and we got frustrated waiting. This was the same with E.T adventure. The app said about 20 minutes but it took more than one hour and we almost fell asleep waiting. Most rides had a longer wait time than what the app said, and we want this to get fixed. Thank you!

User interface changes worse. I don’t usually write reviews, but I regularly use to universal app and the new changes are mostly good. From the ease of us, I hope the developers change the size of the wait times in the app to be larger and easier to take a quick glance at. The small size of the font choice in the update is too small and I feel like my eyes are hunting for the information I am looking for in the app. It used to be much better and easier to see quickly how long of a wait for my favorite ride. Please change it back in some form!

Universal Studios Orlando, FL.. Harry Potter World exceeded our wildest expectations. When you walk into Hogsmeade’s train station, you are submerged into an alternate reality. Before I arrived at Universal I had been afraid that I would be meeting “Harry Potter” walking around... someone in a costume. Instead, they created the world in which you expect to see Harry, Hermione, and Ron to come into the “Leaky Cauldron for Butter Beers. My grandchildren were thrilled beyond words seeing the “Grinch” and riding the “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Well done, Universal Studios!

Ride waits. You should be able to sign up for more than one ride at a time while you wait 220 minutes for some of them. Also, you sell the express pass and that isn’t good enough for kids/families with special needs. Both of my kids have disabilities and it isn’t right that people can pay and we have to wait for an additional hour because universal wants more profit. It’s definitely an area that Disney is much better about. You need to do much more for people with special needs

Oh What a BLAST!. This must be what heaven feels like, because it’s the best feeling in the world! The amount of fun & how well they treat you & your loved ones &/or friends in your group is amazing to say the least! The safety involved with regard to COVID-19 & constant reminders to keep your masks on & workers actually looking out for your well-being is phenomenal! We just moved here & got the annual passes online for the best price & deal with the additional 3 months free for a total of 15 months instead of the 12 months! Woohoo 🙌🏼 how cool is that?!?!

So much fun!. January 14th, 2024. Wait times were much shorter than normal! A few lines only 10 minutes, and the longest line we waited in was 45 minutes! We were able to do everything we wanted fortunately! Rides were great!! Skip the Krusty Burger one hour line and instead share a giant turkey leg at a kiosk or hot pretzel and wait only 5 minutes or less. Harry Potter world was totally amazing! Plan to spend a lot of time exploring here! Awesome day even though it was a little chilly and overcast.

Island of adventure and universal. It was it so busy in both areas that you could not hardly ride anything due to the extremely long waiting times. Forget about Harry Potter in doing the interaction spells due to not being able to move due to the overcrowded there was even long lines at every restaurant and quick service we went to. Yes they have the universal express that you can buy yet with the amount of money you pay for the tickets, it is liken to Disney, give us more and more of your money. For the amount of money I had to pay for this vacation this was beyond major disappointment. The only good thing out of this vacation was the Mardi Gras parade and the concerts.

5-5. This app really helped me when I was trying to plan what rides we would go on. If I didn’t want to walk all the way to the ride to see the wait time, all I had to do was pull up the app and open the ride and there was the wait time. And if your trying to find bathrooms, places to eat, rides, etc. just open the map and select what your trying to find -Elsie Payne

Better than Disney World. Decided to bring the family to both Parks. While Disney has some of its most beloved rides such as Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan, Pirates of the Caribbean I must say Universal Studios has blown me away with the entire experience as you walk in you can see many cool building and rides all around. The Harry Potter them Park areas including the rides were well worth the wait. You just get more for your money at Universal Studios….

The Negative Reviews Are Outdated. Was hesitant to download after looking at the 2-star average rating and all the problems with "the app closing itself." Glad I went with my gut. It works wonderfully as of Sep 17 (as well or even better than the Walt Disney World app) in or out of park, and it hasn't closed out on its own after an hour of use, so I will definitely be using it on the upcoming trip! Highly recommend for anyone going to Universal Orlando soon.

Digital Wallet (IOS). The only thing that’s bothering me is that we can’t have our Tickets/Annual passes on the digital wallet (IOS), therefore, i need to have my annual pass on my pocket/wallet and having to constantly taking it in and out for the rides or to have my discount at the shops, or have it hanging from my neck (where i run the risk of losing it). I tried on the app itself to scan my Annual Pass but it pops out an error saying that it has already been linked. So neither one or the other options i have.

Locks up at launch/login. The app worked on my iPhone 15 Pro UNTIL the night before our trip, when it started locking up at the initial Universal splash screen. I deleted and redownloaded the app and power cycled my phone several times, no change. I did not install any iOS updates in the interim. When I tried two other devices, the app worked until I tried to log in with my account, at which point it locked up there — although I was at least still able to quit and relaunch the app while staying logged out on those. But in the park I only had my phone, where the app was utterly useless.

Some issues. There is a great amount of uses for the Universal app. Wait times and ride updates are great to have at the touch of a button. But currently I tried to buy 2 annual passes through my phone app, on the website, and on a desktop and I was not able to. My card was apparently incorrect after several tries and I’m never able to type my birthday on my phone. It keeps closing out on me. Thankfully I live close to universal so I’ll be buying it in person but as far as the online experience…. Not exactly easy.

Not at universal studios or islands of adventure. I don’t believe your company understands it’s capacity. Rides at capacity,rides not working and virtual lines. I’m my opinion this is a mess. I think it worked much better when you showed up for a ride and waited or you didn’t. Just move on and come back later. You are letting to many people into the park. Who would believe you would have to make a reservation at a restaurant in an amusement park a day or more in advance. I won’t be returning and I will recommend anyone who planning to come to these parks to make other plans.

Virtual Line NEEDS to be improved. App overall is ok, but the Virtual Line doesn’t seem to work right. Today I have been trying since 9am to get access to Hagrid’s and Fallon’s ride and it has been imposible. I could get to the “enter the number of people in your party” 5 times, and in all of them once I hit “continue” it shows a message saying there that the time I chose is not available, when I click “refresh” all the times disappear (in no more than 2 seconds). I would like to understand how is that possible and how a park this big can have a Virtual Line that doesn’t really allow the people to schedule a ride, is not fair for the money we spend coming here and I really hope it gets solved.

App works pretty good but has a few issues. It’s a great way to see times, explore the map and figure out a more efficient way to do more; However, some times the app logs me out and I cannot sign in until 10-15 minutes later (no more than that though) and the app dims itself to the lowest when browsing which makes it harder to use (especially when trying to use digital tickets) Please address this soon!

Lots of issues. I can’t create an account, it continuously says “Sorry, we were unable to complete your account creation request at this time. Please try your request again.” Then when I try to sign in with the account I already have on the website, it says “oops, something went wrong. Please attempt your action again.” This is very frustrating as I can’t do much on the app without an account to sign into. when I chatted with the customer service they told me to clear my cache and cookies but they didn’t really provide much help. Please fix this app.

App login issues. When you attempt to create an account on the app you get an error message that states, “oops something went wrong please try again.” The problem with that is, it actually is creating you an account. So, step 2 - attempted to login with account that it didn’t tell me I created. Gives me another error message to try again later. I am app updated, software updated, powered phone on and off, tried with cellular, tried with wireless. Also, I have an iphone13, so can’t go any newer. Also, had someone else try with a different wireless service, that did not work. Nothing will work. What you can do is reset your password on a browser, it will let you in that way - but not on the app even if you do that. I was only trying to help my mother out who bought tickets and we wanted to use the app on connection with the tickets today, but does the same thing to her. Appears to be a no-go. Sad day..😩

Universal is the best!!!!. Okay, let’s start with the rides. Shrek 4D, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, despicable me minion mayem,⭐️⭐️⭐️, race through New York, ⭐️⭐️⭐️, revenge of the mummy,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, fast & furious supercharged, ⭐️⭐️, escape from gringots , ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, fear factor live,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, men in black allen attack, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, simpsons ride, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, 👽 adventure,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, day in the park with barney,⭐️⭐️, wood y wood pecker, ⭐️⭐️⭐️, animal actors on location ( animal actors stage) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, Hollywood rip ride 🚀, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, and blues brothers in Chicago bound,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Thank you 😊 and if you are going on a trip to Universal Studios Florida, this review is a really good guide. Goodbye, and have blockbuster day!

We love Universal!!!. This is our 2nd trip to Universal Florida. We went to Universal Studios in Los Angeles a few times. Last year my husband wasn’t feeling well so he couldn’t attend so my sister and her husband took our places. My husband promised our son that we would go this year. He passed away a few months ago. I didn’t think I could do it but with prayer and great friends, we are on our way! It’s pricey, but hopefully we can get some great food deals!

No User Friendly. I just downloaded this app today to use while I’m in the park. Bought my tickets yesterday and had them sent to my phone. Unfortunately I could not open an log in because it kept saying “oops something went wrong. Please try your request again later”. It has been doing this all day. I was not even able to order my food online. They tell you you have to order your food online through the app, but then the app tells you to sign in and that’s where the trouble is. I tried resetting my password twice, and it still doesn’t work. Honestly, I’m at a loss. I can’t recommend this app to anybody.

Dietary Options filter doesn’t work. For a family with dietary restrictions, being able to sort restaurants that can accommodate us is crucial, so I was super excited that the app offered that feature. Of course when you select any of the options (Vegan, Kosher, Gluten Free, Peanut Free, Dairy Free) you get no results. Vegetarian returns 2 restaurants, but just a quick look around reveals that there are plenty more that say “vegetarian options available.” I suppose it’s possible that Universal is just completely oblivious to the need for dining options (Disney was pretty on top of it), but my guess is that the app is just not working properly.

Some basic functions missing. The app overall works well but I found a couple of features severely lacking. 1. There is no way to search (attractions, rides, shows) within the app. You have to literally scroll through hundreds of listings to find what you are looking for. 2. Direction and navigation is missing. For parks the size of universal, there is no easy way to find your way. App doesn’t provide navigation and street signage within the parks is severely lacking.

Has great potential.. Anytime I’m using my map and I put my phone up to ride or whatever the reason I get my phone back out and open the app again it starts over and makes me pick which park again. It use to not do that so that bug needs fixin. Also if they’d make your blue dot with an arrow pointing the direction you’re facing that would be super helpful. Universal take notes from SeaWorld’s app.

Adult Review. Extremely impressed with the development of Universal Orlando! I went as a teenager every few years and loved it. My wife and I (28 years old) decided to make a trip to Orlando for a couple of days and stayed at one of the on-site hotels. It was amazing, having both the relaxed, hang by the pool & drink resort style vacation with the adventure & entertainment style vacation. City walk had all the great restaurants and bars we enjoy. The entire experience only gets better every time we go, and they continue to add attractions in entertainment.

Problems. Neither my wife or I could get this app to be helpful on our trip. It wouldn’t let us connect any cards and do we were unable to eat at a restaurant that only took mobile orders. Wasted 30 minutes in line before an employee told us we had to mobile order at that spot, which we were ultimately unable to do. The app isn’t very intuitive or fluid enough to be something I want to use while I’m here. It also would not scan my tickets and locked me out after a few tries so I couldn’t do anything on the app after that. Really disappointed that this park doesn’t try as hard as Disney to make things easy on us

Hard to use until you understand parks. Using the app is way more complicated than it should be. When I was trying to find the directions on the map you have to be able to pick whether it’s the thrill ride, a 3-D ride, or a children’s ride. Some are mislabeled and you have to know that the Simpson’s Ride is a children’s ride and not a 3D ride. The Horror Make Up Show is comedy, etc. Makes sense once you’ve been to the show, but not before. Similarly you have to look up restaurants by category when all you want to know is what is close to you. Good for estimated wait times and finding a bathroom though.

Beware. The app was useless unless you already knew what you were looking for. It was good at showing you where you already were, but not so much at telling you how to find things. After using the app at the park, my phone rapidly lost charge. After I left and charged my phone back up, I found numerous “burst” photos of up to 25 shots and at least a dozen videos that I had not taken. They were all dark, so obviously had been taken from inside my bag. I also found that the timer on my phone kept being mysteriously set, even after I had turned it off. No wonder my phone died so quickly. Maybe it’s a coincidence, but my phone had never behaved in this way before. I deleted the app and if I ever return to Universal, I will be using a paper map.

Love Universal Orlando! The app.... The app has a lot of good info, maps, wait times, etc. However its wallet only works at Volcano Bay, not City Walk, Islands of Adventure, or the Studios. Also, would be awesome if you could load your annual passes to the iPhone Wallet. They're not something I generally carry around all the time. As a local that would make the spontaneous evening and weekend trips a little easier. As far as I can tell you can't associate your account to your passes at all.

Great but Minor Flaws.... Universal is great for all ages. While the little kids are in the Dr Seuss world, adults can be riding Hollywood Rip-Ride Rocket! I witnessed a little flaw though. I was riding Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey while suddenly at the end the screen froze completely. When I got off they didn’t mention anything. The Hungarian Horntail was cool. I love the interactive wands. The Shrek ride kinda sucked. I recommend the following: Hollywood Rip-Ride Rocket, The Simpson’s Ride, The Hulk, Harry Potter Escape Gringots, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, and E.T., MIB Alien Attack. Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley were both outstanding and incredibly well made.

So amazing and convenient!!. I went to universal studios not to long ago and I am going again today!!! This app was very helpful and I was able to see the lines times without having to walk all the way to the ride! It also tracks your location while your in the park! It’s even better then a map because you know better where your going!!! Love this park and app!! Here’s some suggestions- - For the restaurant where you need to scan a qr to look at the menu, maybe provide a link to the menu in the app (ex. Mythos Greek Restaurant) - Maybe add a description for the ride when you click on it for the time! Like you know when you get up to the ride, on the sign right under the wait time is a description, maybe you could add a description in the app!!

Virtual Queue Coding. You all have done a horrific job to reopen the parks with the technology you possess. Your virtual queue technology only works for those arriving at 8:00 AM and screws over the rest of the guests. It does not update in real time providing false times for guests to select adding to the stress this situation has caused. You have not considered that larger groups get to experience more than smaller groups because each person can have two virtual queues so parties of five can have up to 10 virtual queues at once while parties of two can only have 4. What a pathetic excuse for a company and an opening plan for COVID-19. You all will be responsible for so many deaths because of your greasiness.

Functional but not efficient. I like the convenience of having a map and my tickets on my phone, but it’s unfortunate that the app resets each time you tab away from it. I have to re-find my tickets each time I open the app, even if I never quit out of it fully. The filters do not save either, so any time you’re checking the map for a specific thing you have to redo all of the filters. It also doesn’t show where restrooms are. Would be nice to also have directions to points of interest and to be able to see a list of rides that include express pass eligibility. The My Disney Experience app sets the benchmark for theme parks IMO.

Complicated purchasing process and uninformed phone operators. To buy our nephew, who IS a Florida resident, a ticket to the park was so convoluted and complicated! Couldn’t purchase as a Florida resident because albeit that he is one, we, who are out of state passholders would be paying with a NY billing address and we could not avail ourselves of the Wendy’s promo after sending his mother to get the cup. THEN, I couldn’t even use my wife’s CC to purchase the ticket as we wanted to for some unknown reason, as I received errors. Finally, after hours, we used my CC on file to purchase a non resident one day ticket. Not what we wanted, but all we could do. Universal is getting as bad as Six Flags these days.

Good but needs some work. The app overall is great to see the times for rides and where you can find them but i feel it needs to be more accurate since when you look on the app you expect to see the wait times for rides but i noticed that on the app it might say the hulk is 20 minutes but when you get there it’s 40 but tbh e app still says 20 so the workers need to work harder to make this error never happen again but overall great app and worth it

app has many glitches. last time I went to universal was about 3 weeks ago and I had the hardest time on the app. Couldn’t purchase tickets on the app, couldn’t update my address, my contact information, or my card information. Wouldn’t work at allll. I had to do it on the computer and it would glitch there too when it came to saving my info. I’m trying to buy tickets for HHN for the 17th of this month and I was like let me try again. Same errors. I cant do anything. It’s really frustrating. It tells me that there was an error saving my info try again and trust me I tried like 10 times lol. These bugs need to be fixed pleaseeeee