VIP Experience at Universal Studios Hollywood

Los Angeles, United States of America

Be pampered like a Hollywood star with exclusive behind-the-scenes VIP privileges at Universal Studios Hollywood! You'll enjoy Skip the Line entry to all attractions and shows, and take an in-depth tour of the famous backlots.

You'll also tour the movie and production facilities where many of the most famous movies and television shows in the history of Hollywood have been, and continue to be filmed.

Plus, you'll get preferential treatment and special access to all attractions and shows at Universal Studios Hollywood, including the new Adventures of Curious George, the Simpsons Ride, Revenge of the Mummy, Shrek 4-D, Jurassic Park, Waterworld and the House of Horrors.

The unique VIP Experience offers:

• Admission and Front of Line pass to all Universal Studios Hollywood attractions and shows
• Valet parking on arrival
• Gourmet lunch
• In-depth Universal production backlot tour,  including sound stages and sound mixing rooms*
• Walk through a working sound stage*
• See legendary movie sets and award-winning production locations closed to the general public
• Tours of the Set Lighting Department, the Staff Shop, the Mill, the Metal Shop and the Sign Shop
• Visit to the functioning television studio Hillside House set

* Subject to availability and production restrictions.

The VIP Tour has limited availability, and reservations are required.

USD $248.99

Review by: Lach	April 2012
I enjoyed this tour, a little expensive but I thought it was worth it.

Review by: Sarah W	March 2012
Most efficient way to get around. Started at 925am and left at 6pm and just managed all the rides and shows. Very organized. Get there as early as possible.

Review by: Jo L	March 2012
Awesome experience, worth the extra $$. I would highly recommend this tour it gives you the best service and rides, best way to see the park with limited time.

Review by: Jacqueline C	March 2012
Excellent value for money. The experience is for 5 to 6 hours and takes you to areas of Universal Studios that you would not see unless on the VIP tour. The guide was excellent - you could feel his passion for this job. The buffet lunch was unbelievable - not your usual run of mill buffet. For example fresh shrimp cooked to order and the deserts were wonderful. I would definitely tell any of my friends that this tour is a must if in LA

Review by: cjggreen	January 2012
Brilliant tour guide (Lauren), fantastic day. Highly recommended. Thank you....

Review by: Kaseyjane	December 2011
Easy booking with Viator and good value. This was the second time we have done the VIP tour and found it a bit disappointing second time around. Maybe because nothing was new and exciting for us. However for a first time visitor it is good value and worth it.

Review by: sallyg	November 2011
Do not go to Universal Studios any other way than by doing this VIP experience!! Was SO worth the money as we got to see absolutely everything in the one day and we would never have been able to get around to see it all without Tony's (tour guide) expert guidance. He was wonderful and so full of knowledge, he is clearly passionate about his job and really made our day a fantastic one. Would do this tour again in a heartbeat, we had such a magic day!

Review by: Lewis N	November 2011
Must be the best way to visit Universal studios. The buffet meal was wonderful and the special VIP treatment throughout made the day memorable.

Review by: Aaron D	November 2011
The VIP Universal tour was well worth the money, we had a great day. The guide was great and the tour group small he ensured we saw everything possible in the day. Lunch was great and we really did feel like VIPs all day. We highly recommend this tour.

Review by: Mike C	November 2011
I would tell everyone to do the VIP trip its worth every penny. When you arrive you get well looked after and offered refreshments. The guides are great lunch was as much as you can eat and drink also having the guide ment at the rides and shows we where not just the front of the line but in front of those who had paid for front of the line tickets. You cant take food into the park so you save money there with the morning refreshments and lunch and have a flow free day thanks to the guides trust me its a great day and great value

Review by: sylv_chan	October 2011
An awesome experience! Highly recommended. Staffs were wonderful. Big thank you to our guide Chris who made the experience memorable and got us to the best seats for all the shows :-)

Review by: heather n	October 2011
An unforgetable experience.We were met at the front by a very cheerful guide who took us to the lounge to have coffee and snacks prior to commencing our tour which was well recieved by everyone. We went off in small groups to enjoy a day of fun and so many interesting sights.My husbands day was made when he saw Peter Falks car from Columbo! We stopped for a buffet lunch half way through the tour and it was first class, the food amazing with many choices. Our guide Bobby .made it a day we wont forget with his little snippets of cheeky information,which made us all laugh.. Well done Universal Studios and thankyou for a wonderful day.

Review by: dcr.rock	October 2011
Absolutely amazing! Tour guide, Will, was fantastic.

Review by: Marina H	September 2011
We were so well looked after, and would certainly do VIP again

Review by: KY	September 2011
Very enjoyable tour for myself and my 15 year old daughter. All the staff were excellent, the morning tea and lunch were fantastic and the Simpson's ride was simply brilliant. Only disappointment for me was the lack of any costume department access on the tour. We saw the props department, but no famous Hollywood glamour dresses on display at all.

Review by: Paul D	September 2011
It was a great day at Universal Studios. tony our tour leader has worked there for 22 years and was really informative and helpfull.

Review by: Cynthia D	September 2011
Overall liked it. Not sure if it was worth the price. Lunch was excellent.

Review by: Roger N	September 2011
Great experience. This is the way to see and do everything at Universal Studios. There is a lot of walking and a lot of stairs but as a senior and also with artifical knees I was able to follow the tour. Mark, our guide, was very thoughtful and as it was a very hot day the pace was not to bad. The buffett lunch was excellent and very well enjoyed by all. I had great fun on all the rides and didn't mind getting drenched. Rather a long day but would do it again.

Review by: Chantal M	August 2011
We had a blast! Definitely a highlight of our stay in LA!! Our wonderful guide (Yomary) spent the entire day with us - she was super nice and informative. There was a lovely breakfast when we arrived in the morning. Next we proceeded to experience virtually all the rides and shows at the studio. Our guide always by our side, we did not need to stand in lines, and got great seats at each venue. An AMAZING buffet lunch followed.in a "French" restaurant. Finally the official tour began. Much of the VIP tour is the same as for the regular guests, but we also got to go and see the sound effects rooms,, the dubbing room, an active set (Parenthood), as well as Wisteria Lane (Desperate Housewives). Most interesting also was the crazy props building! We loved the VIP Experience. It was on the pricey side, but we don't go to LA often!! TOTALLY worth it!

Review by: Richard A	August 2011
this was the best day ever from start to finish we felt like royality if u want to got to universal studios this is the way to go we did not miss anything and got into lines 1st our tour guide, will, was fantastic even holding all our bags when we went on rides the lunch was beautiful and we went into the house on paretnhood the other behind the scenes does not even let u off the bus no fiddling with maps or tryig to work out what time the shows were on will did it all for us highly recommed this tour 10 out of 10

Review by: rivaldok	August 2011
best way to see universal.great lunch great guide.overall perfect

Review by: eryxx	August 2011
An absolute must! Great value for money even though a little on the expensive side.

Review by: Rolf P	August 2011
A very nice experience. Our guide, Will, was excelent.

Review by: Warren D	August 2011
By far the best things we have ever done. Paying the extra money to do this was worth every cent. The front of the line passes, the knowledgable guides, going into the sections that the general tours dont get to do, the behind the scenes information, the buffet lunch and endless supply of drinks all day..I could go on forever. Will be certainly doing this again without a doubt!

Review by: Steven F	June 2011
This was a wonderful once-in-a-lifetime experience that me and my wife were able to enjoy for her 50th birthday. The tour was a great way to learn about the studio from our tour guide who stayed with us the whole day and made sure we got into all of the shows and rides. After a continental breakfast were able to go on a private tram with 11 other guests and the excellent tour guide "Ira". We also had a tram driver as well. We visited the costume and props dept where we were able to walk around and see so much while our guide walked backwards most of the time pointing out very interesting things and answering the many questions we had. We did stop at a sound recording room and the set for one of the houses in the series "Parenthood". We were only able to dirve through Wysteria lane (since it was a closed set now as filming was going to resume soon) but did stop at the Psycho house and took pictures in front of it. We also walked through the War of the Worlds set which was fantastic. We were able to also get out near some of the city building sets and walk through many famous ones. We had a well-made catered lunch where everything on the buffet was fantastic. We even received extra water in the afternoon when we were being escorted between one of many shows and rides we were able to enjoy and get in without waiting in line all the way until the park closed. Thanks Ira! You were a great tour guide. Viator made it real easy to book this trip. Definitely recommend this trip if you are able to do it.

Review by: ldevet	May 2011
This was phenomenal! The VIP experience provides immediate access to all rides! No waiting, and VIP entry is BEFORE Front of Line passholders!_br/_ The tour guide (Donna) was amazing! The VIP experience offers guided VIP entry to all rides, and VIP seating at all shows. It certainly leaves you feeling like a VIP!_br/_ The tour was incredible also. It was a tour of less than 3 hours, but was well worth it!!! What we saw in that 3 hours was superb!

Review by: Madalyn L	May 2011
Great tour, went backstage on the set of Parenthood, got to skip all the queues on the ride. I think the best was that that we got to go to the props department and everything. The only thing that would have made it better was the if we got to see some filming.

Review by: Erik D	May 2011
We did the VIP tour with 3 kids (6 and up). Booking through Viator saved some money and we didn't have to wait in any lines + had VIP valet parking. All in all, I rate the VIP tour pretty high but think it is best for those 10 and over - you get to see a lot of interesting stuff (prop, round room, stage sets, etc.) but it is of much less interest to smaller kids. If you are in it for the rides I'd skip it - as most rides are theatre style and can take large groups - if you time it right you won't have much of a wait. Lunch was fine. The only issue I had was that the guide seemed a bit jaded.

Review by: David B	April 2011
a really EXCELLENT trip and well worth while.

Review by: vicki l	April 2011
The best way to get the most out your visit. I recommend anyone with limited time to take this opportunity.

Review by: JennyC	April 2011
Absolutely worth the money! I loved the fact I got to walk on the set of Parenthood and War of the Worlds as well as walking through the props department and some of the backlot. The guide was full of knowledge and the lunch was a really pleasant surprise - really good food, not 'theme park' style at all! Having front of line access to the rides and shows was great. We had a group of 11, so it was no problem staying together and we didn't get separated, even on a weekend when it was crowded.

Review by: Garyth G	December 2010
It was excellent. Donna was a star

Review by: Elizabeth C	November 2010
An excellent tour if you're a fan of films and tv! As a wheelchair user, they also went out of their way to ensure the tour was accessible to me. Expensive but good.

Review by: kaydeejay	November 2010
The tour was exceptional - the tour guide Ira was great and this is a must for us next time we come to LA. We would not do Universal any other way - guided tour was great and the buffet lunch was also good. The extended backstage tour was excellent and the tour guide was very considerate of my mother who due to health problems was not able to do some of the activities. Would thoroughly recommend this tour to anyone, the only thing that would make it better would be included transfers from LA hotels as the taxi ride from our hotel was very expensive.

Review by: Mary G	October 2010
Best thing I've ever booked. if you are really interested in a background view of what goes on behind the scenes, then book this tour. Prop Warehouse was amazing, i could have spent all day in there. unfortunately they was filming quite a lot on the day we went, so a lot of our tour was of bounds, however, our tour Guide, took us to other places. Also the rides are great, and there is no queuing with the VIP pass. Really recommend this..

Review by: Michael D	September 2010
Great tour. You really feel like a VIP, and see exclusive behind the scenes things. We went on the set of csi and desperate housewives

Review by: Kirsty K	September 2010
Excellent well worth the money really good guide!

Review by: Brendan D	September 2010
this was great host had a great knowledge of movies we had access to parts of park others didn't lunch was excellent and no waiting in line and a great way to make new friends jack sydney

Review by: Anonymous	August 2010
I usually don't write reviews unless my experience is really bad...but, this particular tour was absolutely fantastic. I am already thinking about going to Universal Studios in Florida next. I highly recommend this tour, it is the only way to go.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	July 2010
Wonderful. A great day was made even better.

Review by: Marc H	July 2010
This tour is the best thing we did in LA. You skip ALL the lines, have lunch in an ac buffet bistro and the studio tour after lunch is probably one of the best things we have ever seen. It was very hot and the wait time for the general public for the studio tours was over 1 hour. We went straight past then went onto sound stages, the props dept, saw some actors. We then walked onto the set of Parenthood and got a behind the scenes tour, we walked the set of Desperate Housewives, the other tour trolleys don't stop plus we also walked the set of War of the Worlds. The tour guide, Ira, was fantastic. Worth doing if you have teenagers as they get a lot out of it. I would highly recommend it to anybody. You also get special front row seating at all the shows they take you too as well as 25 off at the gift shops.

Review by: Mario M, Australia	June 2010
Fantastic , we were looked after by the staff of Universal , and I would recommend this tyrip tp anyone

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	April 2010
Great, well worth the expense as it was very busy on the first saturday of the Easter holidays. The backlot tour was brilliant, especially being able to walk around the sets, which the standard tour doesn't get.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	December 2009
It was a wonderful experience. My 13 year old son loved every minute of the tour. From the VIP waiting lounge in the morning to the all you can eat lunch to front of line rides, not to mention the back of the scene tour, we had the best day during our 2 week visit to USA. highly recommended.

Review by: Ivan C, Kazakhstan	October 2009
Very good!

Review by: Thomas R, United Kingdom	August 2009
First, I am not a film buff and I am not rich enough not to think twice about spending this kind of money on a visit to Universal. However, I'm very glad that I did. We visited in August when the queues were horrific - at least an hour for every attraction - but we went straight through and got the best seats. We also saw some interesting things that others don't get to see. For example, we saw a tour of the props warehouse, a walk around the sets and a visit to the 'Tonight' studio. Free valet parking and a very nice free buffet lunch offset some of the cost. We were booked in for 10:30am but arrived early and joined the 10am tour. This gave us time to revisit our favorite rides after the tour finished at about 4pm. The VIP pass acts as a front of line pass after the tour. A fantastic experience and well worth the money.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	August 2009
Absolutely fantastic. Would definitely recommend the VIP experience. I hate queuing and jumping to the front of the line was worth every cent.

Review by: Sonny S, United States of America	July 2009
It was well worth the VIP experience at Universal Studios Hollywood. 5 stars!

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	July 2009
This was well worth the funds. The VIP tour lasted most of the day and our tour guide made the experience fun and flexible.

Review by: Debra S, Australia	May 2009
I debated spending the money, and I am glad I did. Had a wonderful time - front line passes to rides and shows. The lunch was exceptional, lots of food choices, great venue. Our guide was knowledgeable and organised, so we saw and did everything. This is an experience I will never forget.