Universal Orlando Guests Can Now Get Up to $1,000 in Food and Beverage Credit — Here’s How
There are lots of reasons we love visiting Universal Orlando Resort with our families. From the recently-opened DreamWorks Land at Universal Studios Florida to seasonal events like Halloween Horror Nights, there’s something for all ages inside Universal’s parks and hotels.
There’s also really good food like giant, pink-sprinkle donuts, pizza-topped tater tots, and a Minion-themed cafe menu. And that’s just inside Universal’s theme parks. There are also tasty delights all around Universal CityWalk and inside Universal’s hotels and resorts.
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How to save money on food at Universal Orlando
Now, families who vacation at Universal Orlando can book their trip to include a dining package in the form of a Universal dining gift card. With Universal’s new Dining Card Vacation Package, guests who stay at a Universal resort and visit its theme parks can get a gift card valued at up to $1,000 to spend on food during their vacation.
Planning a trip to Universal Orlando Resort in the future? Here’s what you need to know about how to take advantage of this amazing food and beverage deal.
What to know about the Universal Orlando Dining Card Vacation Package
- The Universal Orlando Dining Card Vacation Package is bookable now for select travel dates between November 7, 2024 and April 10, 2025.
- Blockout dates for this event are December 20, 2024 through January 4, 2025.
- A minimum of a four-night stay and four-day, two-park ticket are required to receive this deal.
- Universal Orlando dining cards can be used at more than 200 venues across Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure, Universal’s Volcano Bay, Universal CityWalk, and all of Universal’s hotels and resorts.
Universal dining cards are good at most sit-down and quick-service restaurants, as well as at snack kiosks and many other food service locations throughout the property.
Universal Orlando’s current hotels are: Loews Portofino Bay, Hard Rock Hotel, Loews Royal Pacific, Lowes Sapphire Falls, Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, Universal’s Aventura Hotel, and the two Universal’s Endless Summer Resorts, Surfside and Dockside Inn and Suites.
In 2025, Universal is slated to open three additional hotels: Universal Helios Grand Hotel , Universal Stella Nova Resort, and Universal Terra Luna Resort.
Park tickets for this promotion do not include admission to Halloween Horror Nights, but can be used for both the Universal Holidays celebration and Universal’s Mardi Gras.
This offer can be booked online at Universal’s website.
Universal Orlando’s Savor Your Stay and Ride More Often package
There are two tiers to Universal’s dining card promotion. With the Savor Your Stay and Ride More Often option, guests must stay at either Portofino Bay, Hard Rock, or Royal Pacific for either four or five, or more nights. Here’s what comes with each length of stay.
Five-or-more nights at Portofino Bay, Hard Rock, or Royal Pacific
- $1000 food and beverage card
- Skip the regular ride lines with free Universal Express Unlimited passes
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Get free transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, five-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
Four nights at Portifino Bay, Hard Rock, or Royal Pacific
- $800 food and beverage card
- Skip the regular ride lines with free Universal Express Unlimited passes
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Get free and easy transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, four-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
Universal’s Savor Your Stay Package
The second tier of this promotion, Universal’s Savor Your Stay Package, varies from hotel-to-hotel and includes the following perks.
Five-or-more nights at Sapphire Falls or Cabana Bay
- $600 food and beverage card
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Free and easy transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, five-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
Four nights at Sapphire Falls or Cabana Bay
- $500 food and beverage card
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Free and easy transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, four-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
Five-or-more nights at Aventura, Terra Nova, or Stella Luna
- $500 food and beverage card
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Free and easy transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, five-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
Four nights at Aventura, Terra Nova, or Stella Luna
- $400 food and beverage card
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Free and easy transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, four-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
Five-or-more nights at Endless Summer Dockside or Surfside
- $400 food and beverage card
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Free and easy transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, five-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
Four-or-more nights at Endless Summer Dockside or Surfside
- $300 food and beverage card
- Enter the theme parks before they open with early park admission
- Free and easy transportation to and from the parks
- Two-park, four-day park-to-park tickets to experience Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure
- Three-park packages, which include Volcano Bay, are also available to purchase
More to know about Universal’s Dining Card Vacation Package
- Purchase of both a hotel stay and park ticket (for each person in your travel party) is required to receive a dining card.
- There is a limit of one dining card earned per room.
- This offer is open to U.S. and Canada residents only.
- This offer excludes all suites except for two-bedroom suites at Endless Summer and family suites at Cabana Bay.
Important info and exclusions
- Your dining card must be picked up and activated at the Universal Vacation Planning Center at your selected hotel during arrival through departure dates only.
- Per the Universal website, “dining cards cannot be used for mobile food and beverage orders, online purchases, at merchandise locations, front gate pass sales or guest service locations throughout the resort, at resort hotel front desks or for hotel room service or in-hotel pizza delivery purchases, for other gift cards, tickets or Universal Express Passes, merchandise, or for purchases via phone sales.”
- Also per the Universal website, dining cards “cannot be uploaded to the in-app wallet (Universal Pay) on the Universal Orlando Resort App, nor are they compatible with the TapuTapu wearable at Universal Volcano Bay.”
- The Palm Orlando (Hard Rock), Bice Ristorante Orlando (Portofino Bay), and Blondie’s (Islands of Adventure) are excluded from the dining card promotion.
