This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Paying hundreds — even thousands — of dollars to wait in long lines for rides at a major theme park can seem kind of ridiculous. There are FastPasses, Express Passes and touring strategies to significantly reduce the ride wait time and maximize your time spent actually enjoying the attractions. But for travelers willing to increase their theme park budget, well, a lot, there ,uch another option behind a velvet-roped door. My original goal was to find a Universal Studios tour that was roughly the same price as the ones we had experienced at Disney World. These Universal Studios VIP group tours get you right on several rides, provide meals, valet parking and more — but most of the included rides have height-restrictions ray than the...