- Dec 16, 2015
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This Just In - Current USH Happenings
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And suddenly, I quietly hear Karen Irwin and Mark Woodbury quietly greenlight multiple USH projects like SLoP and Parking expansions to accomodate more capacity.. 
Honestly, It's great to see Universal Hollywood get this type of crowds; as it means great things ahead for the resort of Universal Hollywood..but one question has always popped up.
Has Universal ever considered buying out the Sheraton and the Hilton? I would think, that out of anything, they could benefit off of purchasing those two hotels and converting it into resort property for Universal. Perhaps it's just me, but that's just a thing I've thought of in the past that I want to bring up..
Honestly, It's great to see Universal Hollywood get this type of crowds; as it means great things ahead for the resort of Universal Hollywood..but one question has always popped up.
Has Universal ever considered buying out the Sheraton and the Hilton? I would think, that out of anything, they could benefit off of purchasing those two hotels and converting it into resort property for Universal. Perhaps it's just me, but that's just a thing I've thought of in the past that I want to bring up..
- Dec 16, 2016
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The employees there were saying it was the first time it's ever reached capacity and had to turn people away at the gate. I don't know if it's true, but it's what they were saying.
- Jul 27, 2016
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I was there today also and left at around 2. They started turning people away from the gate at around the time I left and I think I saw somewhere that there were 45k people there.
Tomorrow won't be as bad, lots of folks had an extra day off of school/work since Jan 1 fell on a sunday.
The park was insane today. The traffic leading up to it was beyond awful. They managed the crowds really badly. Mummy and transformers singer riders were not open.
- Oct 28, 2014
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Jon Fu
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http://insideuniversal.net/2017/01/universal-studios-hollywood-closes-due-to-capacity-poised-to-set-a-new-attendance-record/
Surprisingly, yesterday did not set a new record. Yesterday featured 44,700 guests versus January 1’s total of 44,858.
Surprisingly, yesterday did not set a new record. Yesterday featured 44,700 guests versus January 1’s total of 44,858.
Can I ask where you get those numbers from? And what's the capacity cut off for Disney, DCA, and SFMM? Curious to see how it compares, especially to DCA, since that's a fairly compatible size (though I suppose it does have more attractions).
Jon Fu
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
SFMM's is 45K-50K. They close the parking lot before actually closing the gates. Happens from time to time during Fright Fest.
- Dec 16, 2015
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Today was definitely not the worst, but Potter still hit 250 a majority of the day. It dropped significantly closer to 8, but park hours got extended so it could be chalked up to people not realizing it was staying open later. Also, according to TM's, the "system went down park wide" so I definitely feel bad for them. It's been a wild week for them.
It's days like these where that E.T. Parking Structure finally comes in handy.
If they didn't use those Timed Entry Kiosks then, guess they're never going to be used, barring an unforeseen application later on.
- Jul 30, 2016
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Yeah, you would think that the day they have to literally deny entry to guests out of fear of going over capacity would be the ideal time to use the timed entry kiosks. Oh well.
New York Times released that in fact January 2nd was the most crowded day and not the 1st.
