While waiting in theme park lines, you can’t help but ponder just how much you are willing to pay to skip to the front. With that in mind, three Orlando Sentinel reporters headed to Universal Orlando to experience the parks and their ride queues to see if it is worth it to pay for the Express Pass.

Express Pass vs. single rider vs. regular line (1:57)

Single-rider crap shoot (5:34)

Waiting in standard queues (8:59)

How many rides per person? (11:44)

3 theories on when to use Express pass (16:41)