Universal Studio is not overwhelmingly too big, so it's perfect to come with kids or the elders. We…read morenormally do two day pass with express tickets, going back to the hotel napping and returning in the evening. You can return on the same day without purchasing another parking. Some information for you: Parking $40 general area. $10 after 5pm. If you come just for the cinema, you can get the movies tickets to deduct the cost. There are 2 Express passes: unlimited for all rides or one time each ride. But no matter which pass you get, it doesn't really help for the newly opened Fast and Furious ride. Even with the express pass, you still need to wait in line u see the sunlight to get to the entrance, from there, you can get express access. But the wait before that is hours. Our favorite rides: Harry Potter Transformers Jurassic Park Mario ride is shooting game on the cart, a bit boring but the whole entire Mario world is just so colorful, brilliant and fun to stay. You can get the souvenir cup which gives you all day free refills, even with slushy. But only one or two cafe has slushy. You can fill the drinks at the machines. Best dining option is the bbq at Harry Potter. And of course you can't skip the famous butter beer, according to the staff, the slushy butter beer is the best, and we agree with it. There's the show outside Harry Potter castle before the Park closes.

My family and I visited Universal Studios Hollywood while on vacation in late May. My husband…read morebought tickets for us when we got there. He got us a two day pass. It was a deal where you buy a day and get the second day free. We liked that you could choose the two days and it didn't have to be consecutive. The person at the booth that sold us the tickets was friendly and helpful. The theme park has several levels. You can ride the escalators to go up and down each level or walk the stairs. While in the theme park we spent time on each level enjoying the rides and the food. There were lines but the lines moved at a decent pace. The indoor rides were nice as they had air conditioning. The theming in each area was great. It was very immersive. It can be loud with all of the people but if you take ear plugs that can help with the sound. Most of the rides are family friendly but some are more intense rollercoasters. Overall spending time at Universal Studios was a lot of fun. The themes are bright and fun. The rides are family friendly with some being a little more intense. Everyone that worked there was friendly and it was easy to get around. It was a very positive and enjoyable experience.

It was a great experience. For kids of a certain age, it's perfect and very well thought-out. My…read morekids LOVED the experience and never got bored or disappointed. The staff was friendly and we had a great time. Little touches like the Fog Factory and the round-the-park train really made the experience better. It generally has the same energy and mood as Disneyland, just much smaller and easier to navigate. The closer your kids get to 10, the more uncertain I am that it would be the best choice, but for toddlers it's heaven and for a decent price. The only downside is that the rides were sometimes understaffed, especially toward closing when we were no longer able to make the most of the park because several rides were abandoned 30-50 minutes before closing. Food is also and . Water is ***$4.50 a bottle*** But it was great and we would come back.

Recently brought my goddaughter/ niece and SIL to Adventure City and we had so much fun. This place…read moreis truly toddler friendly and the staff all were friendly. The rides are definitely fit for my precious girl. She did not want to leave. The only negative I would say is that the arcade is waaay too loud. I recommend lowering the sounds of the machines if possible because even I found myself irritated inside but overall we had a great time. We'd come back again.

Background On Calico Railroad: Opened on January 12, 1952, it features genuine 1880s rolling stock…read moreacquired from the historic Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Rio Grande Southern Railroad in Colorado. Calico Railroad Experience: The scenic loop circles the park and is famous for its lively, interactive, and funny "bandit holdup" performances along the route. They'll come out of the caboose and ask passengers on the train carts if they have any valuables. Visitation Rights: Been on this ride couple of times. Location: Located inside Ghost Town. Ambiance/Decor: It's a nice train ride to re-calibrate your mind, body, and soul. It has train carts that are either closed coaches and open-air. Calico Railroad For Thought: Would love to take a ride on the train again.

Wait times for this ride go by super quickly as its super high capacity. Around 120 guests per ride…read moreand the ride goes around the park which is very nice. There's a really short interactive part where the train is "held up" by some gun touting robbers. They crack some jokes and are quite funny. It's a nice way to rest your feet a bit and enjoy the sights. There's a lot of views and props that you can't see unless you are on the train, such as some set pieces, a fancy parked train car, the Galloping Goose and much more. A must for people who enjoy the western theming of the park.

The Redondo beach is narrow and stretched along the coastal line, and the area is known for fishing…read moreactivities and seafood market. It depends on the time visiting, the sunsets could be beautiful here too. I've visited many times in the past, and always found something new here.

When you're able to start your day with such beautiful views with the sun, beaming down on the sand…read moremaking it warm so that every touch throughout your toes is comforting. You just can't ask for much more than that. We took a nice little stroll up and down the beach as I gave my honey opportunity to use his metal detector lol just the way of having a little bit of fun. Nothing too sentimental or extravagant or expensive was found in the sand. A lot of bottle caps and just random pieces of metal throughout. Many of things are coming up pretty deep so we decided not to really dig into the sand to disturb it anymore. Once we were finished with our stroll. There was a fun, cool little old school, historic wood panel a wagon that was turned into a small husband, wife gelato/coffee/pastry kiosk. We both had gelato which was really good and tasted really fresh. The one thing that they do not serve, which I overheard them. Tell a potential customer was that they do not offer decaf beverages. This was really such a great visit during our time in

Honestly, the Halloween season is by far more interesting and I had a better time, but that's a…read morepersonal preference and I guess the general populus are more Christmas than spooky seasoned pilled. It's worth going to just to kill time and if you're not paying the full ticket price. Lots of decorations all over the park (unlike Disney where some parts are the same throughout the year) and there are way more shows and forms of entertainment than during the spooky season. I've never seen the theater being used before, but there was a massive line that was upstairs and downstairs and also stretching out towards the Boardwalk for Snoopy on Ice. There are people waiting over an hour for the outdoor stage shows and for the Bird Cage Theater and rides that generally are walk on or have quick turn around times were at least 2 hours when we were there. Insane that I don't think they cap the park attendance like Disney. With that in mind, there's definitely more going on. We got to see and walk past a couple stage performances and I love that the Peanuts gang have holiday fits for photo opportunities. You can see Santa in his cabin up until the 24th, but afterwards, Snoopy takes over. There's holiday market items from local vendors there, Camp Snoopy has a small candy cane valley you can peer into and the Woodstock rubber duckies are on presents this time around. I went on actual Halloween Day during the spooky season and had no issues getting on rides and watching shows (even without fast passes), but other than eating and wandering around, couldn't do anything for Merry Farm and we were still several days before Christmas. Seasonal food options are more limited and less interesting than what was offered during Spooky/Scary Farm, think normal fast food with cranberry sauce or gravy or something, so this was just okay. Fine for when you're not paying full price and are fine with just walking around and looking at things, but if you're paying full price for an entire family that would rather be on their iPads, this is not the play.

We were at Knott's Merry Farm on the first day of the year, so I found it would be fitting for them…read moreto be my first review of 2026. Knott's during the holidays is a must. Everything is decorated for the season all over the entire park, with garlands, lights, candy canes, bows, a huge Christmas tree, holiday music, holiday performances, holiday items for purchase, foods, drinks, etc. Note that after the holidays, items with Knott's Merry Farm are sold at 50% off, which includes shirts, sweaters, drink ware, backpacks, however it does exclude ornaments. My favorite part of the holidays at Knott's sounds silly, but it's the "snow" that lasts about 2 minutes in Ghost Town directly across from the Ghost Rider entrance. Lights are turned down, a storyteller's voice comes on, "snow" falls, and the music of John Williams', Somewhere In My Memory plays. I literally just stand there, looking up with hands out, in awe and loving the moment. It brings me back to my younger years when life was simpler, transports me to the North East as if I'm having a truly white Christmas, the kind we all dreamed of as kids. It brings warmth and love, peace and quiet, a childhood full of hopes and dreams, wonderful magic, and time just moves in slow motion. Silly right? It truly happens to me when I am there. These "snow" times start at about 5:30 pm or 6:30 pm and occurs hourly with the last one at 9:30. If you haven't already been to Knott's Merry Farm, you should plan on it, especially if you spent your childhood and young adult years walking the grounds of this park. You'll thank yourself for going and who knows...maybe you'll feel the magic of the holidays again like you once did as a child.

I absolutely had a fantastic time exploring the farm. You need to make an appointment to go. It…read morecost $10 per person, all proceeds go to the animals food. We had a tour and we're able to pet and feed mostly all the animals. I am planning on having an event here in a few months so I'm very excited. They have beautiful well behaved animals. A lovely, very clean location. I can't wait to come back. I was to excited that I didn't take many pictures so apologies.

I visited this petting farm with my 2 grandchildren (one 7 yr. Old and 1 two year old) and my…read moredaughter in July 2024, Dave the owner greeted us and said $40.00 please, I said $30.00 right? My youngest granddaughter is 2 yrs. Old and then he said ok. He had indicated before $10.00 each adult and children over 3 years. If I hadn't said anything he would have over charged me. Our appt. Time was 11:45 am and we were on-time. It was a very hot day, 7/18/'24, 93 degrees. David walked us over to the small petting farm where we saw bunny rabbits, 1, 2, 3 and 4 year turtles. The mama turtles were in front yard and we didn't see any on our way in or way out, but discouraging. Also saw piggies here and lots of ducks. We did go to the back where horses, donkeys, wild turkeys, baby donkey & mama, lama, and sheep (at a far distance). A bit disappointed that the only water we saw for the beautiful horse was all dark brown and did not have clean water. Also, discouraged the horsey was on bare sun, how would you like to be in the sun all day like that David? I don't think you would enjoy it. We forgot our carrots that we prepared the previous night and David didn't offer any. We were done in 15 minutes and that was it. It would be nice to provide carrot for us to feed the animals when forgotten accidentally, even if we have to pay. Anyway we paid $30.00 and we didn't feel it was worth it for that amount for 15 minutes and horsey with dirty water...that's a no no. I have to rate this business a 2 One thing I did enjoy was the Communication with David. If I had a question he would respond within 5-10 minutes-that I give him props for.

Súper fun ride where you aren't on a track but you feel like you are moving because it does move…read moreside to side and rumble and all that as you watch the screen of the ride you are on Lines can be long as many of the rides there are It's funny and a good time for all ages

Fun simulation ride. Well done. Kid friendly. Recommend for families…read more I like these simulation rides, and I have mixed feelings about the fact that a lot of the attractions are moving in this direction, but this one was good for kids and they got a lot of fun. The nice thing is that they have access accessibility to people with disability or people who may are limited in their ability to participate in the ride fully, which is really nice. Just a heads up the introduction prior to entering the ride or attraction does have a lot of stimulation, including smells and lights. Mostly recommend. Simulation ride

Nice park in downtown Long Beach, close to the water. They also have swan boats you can rent. They…read moreadvise to book online, but the day I went, no one was renting (before noon), even if it was a nice day. So, easy to rent one. $13/adult. You can also walk around the park, even if it's close to a road, it's still relaxing with nice lawns and greenery, pretty cute. Cool spot if you want to get away a bit and feel on vacation while still in the city!

Right next to the hotel and across from the LB Pier & Shoreline Village. It had a lagoon where you…read morecan rent the swan boat to paddle on the lagoon around the hotel building. The park is big with green grass and palm trees where you can pave picnic or just hangout on a nice days. They do have different festivals throughout the year here at the park, the next festival will be BBQ during the Memorial Weekend. Check the city website for up coming events.