Universal Beijing Resort is really a great travel destination for many tourists, especially for young people and children groups, we are very much looking forward to can come to a perfect parent-child travel plan, but the ticket price is still relatively expensive, is it worth going to play?
Universal Studios will be officially opened on September 20, 2021, *** with the same expectations, next, to give you an introduction to the play experience of the internal test, all the expectations, not to live up to the wait.
Because our family loves Shanghai Disneyland, the play experience will inevitably make comparisons, the feeling that Universal Studios from facilities to services are international quality, the future at least equal to Shanghai Disneyland, the difference in your play experience depends on the degree of your love for the theme IP.
Because Universal Studios is not officially open, and individual programs are still being tested, there is not enough time in the day to make an objective comparison.
Fantasy comes to life
I think you need a background knowledge of the movies to play at Universal, and the more you love the themes of Kung Fu Panda, Yellow Jacket, Transformers, Harry Potter, and Dinosaurs, the better your experience will be.
Harry Potter, in particular, is so culturally rich that I saw veteran Harry Potter fans who knew the names of the four wizarding colleges in the novels backwards and forwards, and the stores were stocked with souvenirs of the colleges' respective logos, costumes, props, and even the owls from the films were developed into hand puppets.
The Terrace Theater features performances by foreign actors dressed in Academy of Magic costumes, who are friendly enough to pose for photos with visitors.
Travel by car
Universal Resort matches a rich network of peripheral transportation roads and parking buildings, making it easy to drive by car.
Access to the resort's toll booths is 100 RMB for regular parking and 150 RMB for premium parking, both unlimited.
The preferred parking is on the second floor of the parking building, which is closer to the security checkpoints of the park and saves more time if there is a large flow of visitors.
Walking out of the parking garage, you'll find yourself walking more than 570 meters along City Avenue to the theme park's ticket gate.
Theme Park Layout
Following the visitor flow into the park, let's take a look at the general layout of Universal Studios.
Parking Building - City Avenue - Scenic Spot Gate (city gate style building, above the gate is the Universal Studios Hotel)
Entering the Scenic Spot Gate is a commercial street of about 200 meters, with stores on both sides focusing on all categories of souvenirs and IP derivatives.
The play area overall consists of seven themed areas, in counterclockwise order from right to left side after entering the park,
1. Hollywood
2. Little Yellow Man Land
3. Jurassic World
4. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
5. Future Water World
6. Kung Fu Panda Gaijin Land
7. Transformers Base.
Each themed area, equipped with 3-5 amusement programs, at least two specialty restaurants, souvenir stores and mobile beverage and snack kiosks.
Path of Play: Straight to the Theme Method
Universal Studios is a ring and an island road layout, overall seven themed areas, six arranged in the outer ring, the Jurassic Park theme is arranged in the center of the island area.
There are a lot of choices for routes around the ring, and I usually use the "straight to the theme method", which means that after entering the park, you go straight to the must-play items.
There are three main factors to consider when determining the path of play.
The first is the queuing time for the must-see items
1. First, you should download the "Beijing Universal Resort" app, learn about the content of the items in advance, and decide on your own must-see items.
2. On the day of entry, the APP will display the queuing time of the tour programs in real time. For the key programs, my strategy is "one morning, one night"
For example, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey is the most popular must-play program on the Internet, and it usually has the longest queuing time.
If I get in the morning and get in line first within a half hour, I can play it in 15 minutes.
If I queue up at 18:00 in the evening, I can get on in 20 minutes.
And at peak times, such as 10:00 a.m., the queue for this program is 150 minutes or more.
The second is the degree of love for different themes
For example, according to the degree of your love for Transformers and Harry Potter to sort, "Transformers' Battle for the Allspark"
and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey of the popular must-play items, if you are a Transformers fan, this theme in the front of the tour.
I generally break it down into three tiers:
Must plays, favorites, and entry priorities.
Should-play items, interested items, items where the queue time is affordable, such as 40 minutes or less.
Flexible programs, the system shows that the queue time is short, come to all come to experience.
Three is the distance between the project
This is a combination of several must-play project distance from each other, choose the distance near the centralized arrangement.
For example, the performance of the future water world starts at 15 o'clock in the afternoon, and you need to go over to line up around 14:30.
Then at 14:00 you can arrange to wait in the adjacent Kung Fu Panda theme area tour, will be more energy-saving.
Combining these factors, you can mark the items on the park tour map, then outline the route and go straight to the theme to save queuing time.
Overview of the tour programs
Everyone has their own preferences, and matching programs to each age group varies widely.
On top of that, there's the factor that the cost invested in each play program is different, and essentially, the programs that are heavily invested in should be the ones that have a better play experience.
Combined with the online recommendations and my personal experience, the screening is as follows:
Must play projects:
1. Harry Potter and the forbidden journey
2. Jurassic World Adventure
3. Transformers Sparks source of the war
4. Future Water World stunt show: real battle scene performance show, don't want to be wet. Remember not to sit in the front row, behind the red seats are safer.
5. Decepticons roller coaster
6. Flying through the Jurassic (test phase is not open)
Thrilling experience of the high project
1. Decepticons roller coaster, 360-degree surround, the game of bravery.
2. Jurassic World Adventure, realistic dinosaurs, strong sense of tension.
3. Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, ghosts, spiders and other scenes are not very friendly to under 7 years old.
The most kid-friendly themed areas
Little Yellow Man Land, comical and fun throughout.
Kung Fu Panda Gaijin Land, a man-made triumph, all laid out in enclosed buildings, is a great place to play, cool off and recuperate.
The two areas all programs are suitable for girls under 10 years old, younger boys.
Particularly recommended is the "Joyful Sound Tour" in Little Yellow Man Land, which is a small theater show that recreates the movie scenes with real cartoon characters, brilliant stage lighting and wonderful music.
In passing, I would like to recommend this movie, which has a rating of 9.2 on Douban.
If your child has seen the movie in advance, the experience will be better.
Dining Experience
We experienced a few meals and evaluated them in turn for your reference.
1. To King Restaurant
Lamb and rice set meal, the curry flavor is very strong, the taste is spicy.
Beef skewer set meal, the sauce sweet and sour flavor is heavy, not the Chinese meat skewer taste accustomed to.
Fish burger, American flavor, fries are very large, recommended for those who like burgers.
2. Chocolate Restaurant
Located on City Avenue, the restaurant's exterior is fantastic, with good Western food and desserts.
Pasta, the flavor is amazing, recommended to taste.
Don't recommend the Chinese stir-fry set, especially the teriyaki chicken children's set, three pieces of chicken + a portion of rice and a dish of sauce, without a dash of vegetables, not recommended.
3. Plaza snack kiosks:
Recommend the roast pork buns, which are stuffed with pork and mushrooms and have a hamburger-like crust. It is suitable for children to play hungry, temporary fill up the stomach.
4. Butterbeer
A popular drink, actually a non-alcoholic one, sold in the Harry Potter area.
The flavor is sweet, and the butter floating on top is rather cloying, so you can taste it, but buy it sparingly.
5. Signature Sandwich Ice Cream
Suitable for those who are not too greedy for cold, the sandwich crust is similar to the texture of Oreo, printed with the Universal Studios logo. The flavor is on the sweet side.
There are many restaurants on City Avenue, including chain restaurants such as Grandma's and Dong Lai Shun, to be experienced.
Finally, a suggestion for parents with children, if the child is under 10 years old, it is recommended to see Universal theme park related movies in advance, the tour experience will be greatly enhanced. For example, "God's Thief", "Joyful Sound", "Kung Fu Panda", "Harry Potter movie series" and so on.