All the Ways to Skip the Lines at Florida Theme Parks This Summer
Don’t break a sweat over those eternal theme park queues. Here’s how to navigate the latest “fast pass” options at both Disney World and Universal.
Hagrids Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Universal Orlando Resort/
Photographer: Darren Walsh/Getty ImagesSkipping the line at Orlando’s biggest theme parks isn’t as hard as it used to be.
Take the recent experiences of Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based retail manager Allison George, who visited Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Florida with her family in 2022 and again this past April. “At Universal, Express Pass lines were almost as long as the standby lines,” she recalls about her 2022 trip—at the time it was company policy to dole out free line-skipping passes at numerous Universal-affiliated hotels. “Getting ‘FastPasses’ at Disney World,” meanwhile, “meant waking up at the crack of dawn each morning to fight over a very limited number of time slots.” She left both parks disappointed but willing to try again.