Hollywood Bowl Shuttle – Pasadena

Awesome! Park in Pasadena, ride in luxury on a tour bus to the bowl. Don’t have to worry about traffic, navigating LA, parking, stuck in traffic trying to leave the lot.
Then we are trying to find our bus to go back to Pasadena. The staff direct us between departing busses. Dangerous. Our ride back was a flipping SCHOOL BUS!!! Are you kidding me? Uncomfortable, rattling, cramped school bus. Could be 5 stars, but the yellow bus killed it.

AND I ASK YOU, why would any sane person NOT choose such a convenient way to get to the Bowl? Especially when Bowl parking runs $ 23 – 50 and is STACKED?
I’ve taken this Park n’ Ride on numerous occasions, most recently for the Van Halen, Abba Tribute and Blur shows. For the most part (save for the Abba Tribute show which had lines backed up around the parking structure due to one of the buses breaking down), the buses have always been prompt and ready to go.
If you purchase ahead of time on the HB Park n’ Ride website, you’ll pay $ 7, plus fees. If you wait to buy there, you’ll fork over $ 9 – 12 for a ride & will have to wait in the standby line. Save yourself a headache and purchase in advance. It’s not a big deal to wait, but for the bigger shows the standby line can get pretty long.
The structured parking is free (3^rd floor), well lit and safe. The ride (depending on traffic), generally takes about 30 minutes, give or take and drops you off right in front of the Bowl. After the show, you’re allotted 25 minutes to get back to the bus. Upon arrival, you’ll be given instructions how to get back to the bus by an attendant…(bus #655) make sure you don’t lose the ticket they give you to get back on or else you’ll have to pay for another seat.
TIP: IF YOU GET CARSICK, don’t make the mistake I did and sit in the back row. If traffic is heavy, you’ll definitely want to hurl. Bring Dramamine! :)

After hearing on the radio «Kanye West is playing at the Hollywood Bowl tonight, so pretty much just stay away from that entire area», I decided that I would heed the DJ’s advice. So I looked up park-​and-​ride options, and found this shuttle would fit my needs. All in all, this is a very convenient option and I would highly recommend it.
I drove into the ramp, and the ramp attendant told me to drive up to level 3. There was plenty of spots up there, so that was easy. The ramp is well-​lit and felt very secure. I walked down the stairs to street level, and went over to the attendants near the bus. I had purchased and printed my bus pass beforehand, so when my bus pulled up, I just got in line, they took my pass, and I got on. It was a coach bus, which was very nice. We left on time, and got there in good time as well (maybe about 30 minutes through traffic).
When we arrived, an attendant came onto the bus and explained how to get back to the bus at the end of the show. I’d never been to this venue before, so I was a little concerned about getting lost, but those concerns turned out to be unfounded. She also said that we have 25 minutes after the end of the concert to get back to the bus, which kind of freaked me out, but again, it didn’t seem to be an issue. I presume that’s the kind of thing they say just to make sure people don’t dilly-​dally.
Getting back to the bus, as mentioned, was easy and fairly convenient. There were plenty of staff around directing people, so I was able to be pointed in the right direction easily. Took the bus back to Pasadena, my car was still there, unharmed, so I would consider that a success!

It is super easy to take the bus ride to the bowl instead of the hassle with parking. Highly recommending that you pre buy the tickets. Last time we didn’t and we stood in line for over 30 min. After we were on the bus ride was great.

This is a very convenient way to get to the bowl. The price was $ 12.50 from Pasadena (at the door price). The parking lot dedicated to the shuttle is free. You can get tickets online or pay at the bus (bring exact change). I think it is cheaper to buy them online. The buses are relatively clean and comfortable.

Not to lengthen this review into a book… HERE IS WHAT I DISCOVERED purely by accident and would like to share with other Mac owners. I needed to download Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, not just Adobe Reader, and that’s why I couldn’t print my tickets at a later date after saving them in the system. It would be helpful if they SAY that upfront. Hope this helps someone.

This shuttle to the Hollywood Bowl is awesome. It’s a more convenient way to get to the Bowl and now have to deal with the stacked parking.
Basically you just leave your car in a free covered parking garage and take a bus to the Hollywood Bowl. It drops you off right in front of the entrance and the entire trip takes about 30 – 40 minutes (depending on if it’s a weekday or weekend). On the way home, they have an area where all the buses wait and you just have to look for the Pasadena bus and hop on. It’s super low stress and bus tickets are like $ 7-​$ 10 round trip.
I would recommend buying your bus ticket in advance on Ticketmaster, especially if it’s a sold out show.

Not as organized as in the past. But still a much easier drive than driving into the bowl!

Great place to park and get a ride to the Hollywood bowl. Cost is 12.00 but you can buy them online for less. You boar king in a Parkin structure and you don’t have to pay for parking just let them know are going to the Hollywood bowl.
It takes like 30 minutes from this location.

This bus rocks… or should I say the Park and Ride Rocks!!!
Easy, Convenient, Fast… bus drops you off at the bowl’s entrance and takes you back from a staging area on Highland Ave… could not be easier.
Remember to buy your tickets in advance… If you don’t you will be standing in the cash line staring enviously at those who got their tickets in advance and get the well-​deserved priority on their drive over to the Bowl. You’ve been «warned»!!!
Enjoy your stress-​free commute to and from the Bowl on the Park and Ride Shuttle.

Easy! Highly recommended!
Easy to find parking, in a large lot. Buy your tickets in advance to go first before those who purchase at the time.
After doing this once, I will never park at the bowl again.

Ok have used the service before with no problems. This time they went overboard on their ticket holder first policy. They held up everybody paying cash waiting for people that had pre purchased to «arrive». A hundred cash paying customers waiting an hour, paying twice the price. Totally inept.

We take this bus for concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. Tickets are $ 6 in advance or $ 10 on the spot. It is totally worth it because the traffic and parking at the HB is a nightmare. It’s so nice to not get all stressed out getting to and from the venue.
Free parking at this structure — confirming that they open it up beyond the normal business hours for all HB events.
They drop you off at the top of the hill at HB’s doorstep, and then after the concert you walk down the hill, under the tunnel, and back on the bus. I see all the people stuck in their cars in the stacked parking lot, and don’t understand why anybody still drives there. This is the way to go!

Growing up as a kid we used to always leave anything we went to from baseball games to concerts a few minutes early. Why? To beat the never-​ending nightmare that is traffic trying to leave these events.
When our friends wanted to go to the Hollywood Bowl Simpsons concert I started looking into ways to avoid the hellish traffic I have heard so much about. Enter the shuttle.
Cheap and efficient, which are two words you always want to hear. We bought our tickets online (BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE, trust me), parked our car in the lot, and jumped on the shuttle. The shuttles have designated times, but they run pretty regularly once they fill up. If you buy your ticket ahead of time you get to jump right in before those who didn’t buy their tickets ahead of time.
A short drive later we were at the bowl. They gave us directions on how to find the shuttle when we wanted to leave and some tickets to get back on the shuttle (which you must have to get back on).
The only trouble we had with the shuttle was trying to find our way back to it. The directions back were somewhat clear but it was a zoo trying to leave.
We found the shuttles and we were off. They line the shuttles up end to end with your destination. As soon as one is filled up, off it goes, and the one behind it pulls up. Quick and efficient.
As we left we watched people trekking to their cars parked far away (Simpsons had a great cartoon about that) or people were locked in the grueling line of people trying to leave. We whisked by all of them in our wonderful shuttle.
Why would anyone ever drive!
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How do you buy tickets for the shuttle on line?

I love the Hollywood Bowl but hate the stack parking. Nothing like having ones vehicle blocked on all sides. You feel like a prisoner until someone leaves. But I’m a prisoner no more. The shuttle makes ones Bowl experience a whole lot more enjoyable. For $ 10 one gets to the bowl and back.

My husband and I recently went to 2 concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. The first time, we drove our own car to the venue… what a nightmare! We were stuck in traffic for 2 hours, the HB parking lot was full, and so were the parking lots surrounding the Bowl (not to mention that the lots were charging an average of $ 20 to park). Concert #2…WAY better experience because we took the shuttle from Pasadena to the Hollywood Bowl. $ 10 for a round-​trip ticket and you don’t need to deal with the stress of traffic and finding or paying outrageous prices for parking. From now on, we will save time and money by using this shuttle when we go to the Bowl!

If you’re going to the Hollywood Bowl, do yourself a favor and take advantage of the park-​and-​ride service closest to your neighborhood. It saves you the hassle and headache of dealing with traffic and parking at the Bowl, freeing you up to pre-​party before the show. You can purchase discounted passes online, but if not, you can pay $ 10 cash for the round-​trip ticket (be sure to arrive about 20 minutes early). Check the Bowl’s website for locations and times (the last shuttle at each stop leaves an hour before your concert’s start time).
From the Pasadena lot (Marengo and Ramona), the shuttle takes you straight to the Bowl, dropping you off right in the heart of the pre-​show festivities. You can head straight to the beer vendors or restrooms or you can find a spot to enjoy your picnic dinner and beverages while the rest of the general public sits in their cars trying not to succumb to road rage.
Highly recommended.

Easy and convenient way to get to the Hollywood Bowl! We’ve used it a few times this summer. We’ve found it to be a better alternative to the East L.A. Hollywood Bowl Shuttle, which we used previous summers. We happen to live between the two shuttle stops so both are options for us. However, there’s more Pasadena buses available, and as a result, the Pasadena buses leave for home earlier than the East L.A. shuttles.
As soon as the bus is full, it gets going. For the East L.A. Shuttle, the last bus usually waits a long time, maybe to wait for all passengers.
Definitely a good idea to prepurchase online. It’s cheaper, and people with tickets board the bus first. There’s a separate line for people buying tickets on site.

This is a great way to get to the Hollywood Bowl without all the stress and strain of traffic and parking. We usually buy tickets ahead of time, but procrastinated this time around, so we showed up without tickets. Not a problem! People with pre-​purchased tickets get on first, but there’s plenty of buses for everyone. Just bring cash/​exact change. Easy access parking structure (no charge) in a safe neighborhood.