Along those similar lines. We had a trip scheduled/booked for Universal for D19 HS grad and D23 8th grade grad. Seemed like a good time to take a big trip. My Mom about a month before the trip surprised us with some $$$ for the trip. My wife got the idea of seeing how much it would be to make one of those days a VIP experience days. We did it. Let me tell you it was the best idea ever. We had a great day walking onto every ride with no lines. Seeing behind the scenes. It also made the rest of the trip relaxing because we had already done all the time consuming rides so we didn’t get up early and took our time the other days.
My girls still talk about that trip to this day.