Universal's Epic Universe General News & Discussion

[Rhian]

I haven't seen anyone write about this here but I thought it a little odd the Chronos doesn't have its own LED tunnel like the other portals. During my first visit I didn't realize it until spending time going through the other ones and when leaving it felt lacking in that regard. Since then I wish it had it too.

More thoughts to come - but one issue I found across multiple rides today (Dragon Riders, Monsters, Ministry) was that the audio on the characters is too low for the action or movement of the vehicle. I couldn’t understand what was being said half the time on all of these rides. Anyone else come across this?

Yes, I've night the same thing. What Mummy says in Unchained I couldn't catch properly until I read what it's actually saying elsewhere.

 

[RFRees]

As of yesterday, 8:30 am seems to be when the parking gates open. At about that time, there's maybe a line of ten cars or so. (According to the info the Team Member at the parking gate gave me.)

9:30 is when ticket scanning begins, for general admission and early park entry. That line looks to be about 20 minutes. Rope drop at 11 inside Celestial Park.

Early park entry (for hotel guests) gives you access to SNW and Stardust. Everyone gets access to Starbucks and I think a shop or two (unsure about this). Also not sure about how much of Celestial Park is open before 11am, and where to line up if you want to rope drop Monsters.

 

[BigRed98]

As of yesterday, 8:30 am seems to be when the parking gates open. At about that time, there's maybe a line of ten cars or so. (According to the info the Team Member at the parking gate gave me.)

9:30 is when ticket scanning begins, for general admission and early park entry. That line looks to be about 20 minutes. Rope drop at 11 inside Celestial Park.

Early park entry (for hotel guests) gives you access to SNW and Stardust. Everyone gets access to Starbucks and I think a shop or two (unsure about this). Also not sure about how much of Celestial Park is open before 11am, and where to line up if you want to rope drop Monsters.

Do we know what time Universal starts running the buses for the resorts?

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Early park entry (for hotel guests) gives you access to SNW and Stardust. Everyone gets access to Starbucks and I think a shop or two (unsure about this). Also not sure about how much of Celestial Park is open before 11am, and where to line up if you want to rope drop Monsters.

If you want to rope drop monsters, there is a holding area right before the Super Nintendo World portal. They hold you there until a few minutes before EPA ends.

 

[HalfGlass]

Do we know what time Universal starts running the buses for the resorts?

Got on yesterday and left around 8:45am. We were the first bus from Cabana I think.

 

[Fidds]

As of yesterday, 8:30 am seems to be when the parking gates open. At about that time, there's maybe a line of ten cars or so. (According to the info the Team Member at the parking gate gave me.)

9:30 is when ticket scanning begins, for general admission and early park entry. That line looks to be about 20 minutes. Rope drop at 11 inside Celestial Park.

Early park entry (for hotel guests) gives you access to SNW and Stardust. Everyone gets access to Starbucks and I think a shop or two (unsure about this). Also not sure about how much of Celestial Park is open before 11am, and where to line up if you want to rope drop Monsters.

We dropped our car at Valet at 8:00am flat on 4/20. We were 4th in line at the gates and ended up being one of the first 10 on mario kart. Doing this strategy we were able to get through monsters, mario kart, and MoM before noon.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

We dropped our car at Valet at 8:00am flat on 4/20. We were 4th in line at the gates and ended up being one of the first 10 on mario kart. Doing this strategy we were able to get through monsters, mario kart, and MoM before noon.

Thanks for the info? Did you queue up for Dark Universe portal or was it already open after Mario? I'm thinking of Mine-cart and maybe Stardust prior to monsters.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Epic Universe is hot. It'll take a few years for the park's trees to grow in, but don't make the mistake of not taking the Florida sun/heat seriously. Wear sun screen and drink lots of water!

Epic Universe is far hotter than Toy Story Land! But, the biggest benefit of EU is that all of the quick service restaurants are large and in A/C.

 

[khelwig88]

Has anyone tried walking from Terra Nova yet? I like walking in the morning (bus after the park day LOL). I am concerned with the continuing construction, I'll get turned around or it'll take a longer route.

 

[Fidds]

Has anyone tried walking from Terra Nova yet? I like walking in the morning (bus after the park day LOL). I am concerned with the continuing construction, I'll get turned around or it'll take a longer route.

We were just at Terra Luna, you can SORTA walk via stella nova its just a bit far. You essentially have to walk over to stella nova first and then go from there.

 

[RFRees]

Epic Universe is hot. It'll take a few years for the park's trees to grow in, but don't make the mistake of not taking the Florida sun/heat seriously. Wear sun screen and drink lots of water!

Epic Universe is far hotter than Toy Story Land! But, the biggest benefit of EU is that all of the quick service restaurants are large and in A/C.

Thanks for the advice. I'll be bringing umbrellas for the shade, in addition to water and sunscreen.

 

[Bobharlem]

Thanks for the advice. I'll be bringing umbrellas for the shade, in addition to water and sunscreen.

Epic Universe is hot. It'll take a few years for the park's trees to grow in, but don't make the mistake of not taking the Florida sun/heat seriously. Wear sun screen and drink lots of water!

Epic Universe is far hotter than Toy Story Land! But, the biggest benefit of EU is that all of the quick service restaurants are large and in A/C.

They've added a lot of umbrellas around celestial park benches in the last few days I've noticed. And looks like trees are still being planted.

 

[Mad Dog]

Let's not panic on the sun in Celestial. I'm sure it'll turn out fine. Give it time.

 

[Alicia]

 

[JustLikeMe]

Is Blue Dragon open yet? I can’t remember seeing any photos or reading any reviews.

 

[Frank Drackman]

Is Blue Dragon open yet? I can’t remember seeing any photos or reading any reviews.

wasn't open yesterday. They recently opened the 2nd Starbucks and a few kiosk such that they now have popcorn, pretzels, churros, and BAO buns and such --- still haven't seen the Coke kiosk open though -- Blue Dragon looks ready on the outside and things change daily so I assume it will be open SOON.

 

[HalfGlass]

Is Blue Dragon open yet? I can’t remember seeing any photos or reading any reviews.

“what about the blue dragon?”

“UNDER CONSTRUCTION!”

Sorry trying to get my Supercharged quotes in before it goes bye bye

 

[Suchomimus]

wasn't open yesterday. They recently opened the 2nd Starbucks and a few kiosk such that they now have popcorn, pretzels, churros, and BAO buns and such --- still haven't seen the Coke kiosk open though -- Blue Dragon looks ready on the outside and things change daily so I assume it will be open SOON.

2nd Starbucks?

 

[Jake S]

2nd Starbucks?

Yeah, there’s one at the front of the park and another just north of the carousel.

 

[Suchomimus]

I only knew about the one near the carousel.