Recently, Universal Studios Japan announced the January 31, 2018 tickets from another price increase, adult tickets 1 7900 yen (about 458 yuan).
Although this 300 yen (about 17.4 yuan) price increase is not high, but after 9 consecutive price increases, the USJ's ticket prices have been more expensive than Tokyo Disneyland 500 yen (about 29 yuan.) From This Tokyo Disneyland and USJ price chart will be able to find that from 2010 USJ ticket prices have risen 1800 yen (about 104 yuan).
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Behind the frequent price increases, the USJ is constantly opening new Rides Investment in 2014 USJ invest 45 billion yen (about 2.6 billion) construction of the Harry Potter Park opened in 2016 and 2017 respectively 10 billion yen (about 579 million yuan) new roller coaster 'Flying Wing Dragon 'and small yellow man's park officially open.
In June, USJ and Nintendo's SUPER NINTENDO WORLD started construction, and a new park with an investment of 60 billion yen (about 3.47 billion yuan) is expected to add millions of tourists to the USJ every year. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games In summer, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD will officially open the door to welcome .In order to attract more tourists, the USJ even consider the admission of tourists carrying Nintendo Game console It also becomes part of the park project.
USJ's investment was not wasted, as the new rides always meet visitors, compared to Tokyo Disneyland, the USJ gives travelers a sense of what they want to do next 2016. The number of USJ visitors increased by 70 in 2016 over the previous year Wanda reached 14.6 million for the third consecutive year, hitting a new high. USJ US parent company Universal Studios previously released earnings report, the United States and Japan Universal Studios January-September sales increased 10%, if nothing else, 2017 The number of USJ visitors will refresh again.
Up to now, the number of overseas tourists visiting the USJ in 2017 has exceeded 2 million, accounting for more than 10% of the total number of tourists.But with Universal Studios Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood at $ 110-124, $ 105-116 tickets Compared to the price, USJ ticket prices are still cheaper, there may continue price increases.
The only uncertainty is the refurbishment of a series of popular rides, including 'Waterworld', starting from 2018. In the case of relatively infallible recreational facilities, the price hikes will make it impossible for tourists to pick up a question mark However, in order to increase the playability, the USJ has announced the implementation of a night game show in 2018, and the 'COOL JAPAN' event also features popular IP such as Sailor Moon and Detective Conan.
In recent years, Tokyo Disneyland has finally begun a large scale new construction of the park .2020 "Beauty and the Beast", "Captain America" new park will be officially opened to build the third theme of Tokyo Disney Resort The park's plan has also been put on the agenda, the competition between Japan's two theme parks is becoming more intense.