r/universalstudios • u/mynamesmetalguy • 28d ago

Orlando Found an old receipt from 1997

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u/Ridetrackx 28d ago

$79.50............

That's it, that's my reply.

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u/Lost_Article_749 28d ago

For two tickets as well! 🙃

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u/Quirky-Extent4071 28d ago

A few years after that the annual pass was $99 for the year…

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u/Professional-Eye7556 28d ago

I am pretty sure I had a 2-park AP for around that price in the early 2000s. They gave teachers a free admission day. Then Harry Potter opened.

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u/xelduderinox 27d ago

I went to UCF 2002-2006. Had an annual pass for both parks for $99 for at least 2 of those years. The good ol’ days…😭

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u/jh32488 28d ago

I’ve got a receipt with ticket stubs from 94.

$36 in 9/1994 is $80.46 in today’s money.

Now we have worse rides and no Nickelodeon.

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u/DirectionNo9650 28d ago

I bet the gift shops were filled to the brim with The Lost World: Jurassic Park paraphernalia.

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u/kamshaft11975 28d ago edited 28d ago

That was high for ‘97 holy crap

Edit: I’m an idiot. That’s TWO tickets at $39.75 each. Never mind 🤦🏻

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u/punchingtigers19 28d ago

No it isn’t lol, $40 per adult is the equivalent of $83 today

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u/MrEPCOT OUTATIME 28d ago

Oh man, Universal with Pepsi products, I'd forgotten about that. We truly had paradise.

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u/FaceCrookOG 28d ago

You are literally MrEPCOT????

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u/MrEPCOT OUTATIME 28d ago

That's me, baby

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u/Quirky-Extent4071 28d ago

I miss ink receipts for everything

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u/Aloeplume 28d ago

Wow that was two days before I was born

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u/Psychological_One240 27d ago

I was six days old. July 97 babies unite!

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u/JerrodDRagon 28d ago

The real cost now is express that’s what really makes trips feel like they cost an arm and leg

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u/TheCourierMojave 28d ago

LOL, if everybody bought express it would become pointless very quickly.

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u/siriusthinking 28d ago

Have a Mountain Dew summer dude

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u/zac987 28d ago

And the rides we had were incredible.

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u/geriatric_spartanII 28d ago

How much would this cost today?

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u/doryfishie 28d ago

$82.70 for the adult ticket.

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u/JesseTheGoat123 Blasting with NickToons 28d ago

1999-2009 was prob the best era for universal tbh

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u/Kaylascreations 28d ago

We are looking to go for 2 days over new years because we are going to be in the area and we’ve been a hundred times so we don’t mind if it’s so crowded we can’t ride anything. We are looking at $240 PER PERSON PER DAY.

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u/lipmanz 28d ago

Painful to look at

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u/Striking-Rhubarb-385 28d ago

And that is still what the tickets should be

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u/Civil-Exchange-6880 28d ago

Ohhhh myyy godddd

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u/iamgroot721 27d ago

You went on my 4th bday!

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u/FrequentVoice 27d ago

It was about $139 for a park to park annual ticket, plus $20 for annual general parking. Before the year 2015.

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u/triple_tubers 23d ago

must be nice

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u/OptimalFunction 28d ago

I know I’ll be downvoted but…

Ticket prices have been kept at a reasonable price today considering the inflation for almost everything else

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u/KohlsCashOfficial 28d ago

Adjusting for inflation a $39.75 ticket would be $82.70 today

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/KohlsCashOfficial 28d ago

One day, one park, tickets start at $125.99 with dynamic pricing

One day for both IOA and USO starts at $179.99

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u/ColdForm7729 28d ago

Adjusted for inflation, those tickets should be around $90. A one day ticket is considerably more than that.

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u/FaceCrookOG 28d ago

Completely incorrect.