Epic Universe Ticketing Info, Advice, & Speculation

[GAcoaster]

I'm guessing that there will still be tickets available for sale at the gate on any given day.

 

[TaylorMade]

I'm guessing that there will still be tickets available for sale at the gate on any given day.

Yep! Its actually pretty rare that a full sized theme park hits capacity for a day not around a holiday. Also, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they sell single day tickets for May starting in late April or something.

 

[OLSinFLA]

Early? I think it's pretty late in the season. I was expecting tickets as early as Dec of last year.

Without any form of announcement? Seems weird to me. (Its also no secret the Universal hotels are below expectations for 2025 so far)

Yep! Its actually pretty rare that a full sized theme park hits capacity for a day not around a holiday. Also, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they sell single day tickets for May starting in late April or something.

I've pointed out not one theme park in Orlando hit capacity within its first month of opening. If Epic does it will only because they cap it at a lower availability than the actual capacity

 

[sparky]

Yeah there's definitely multiple glitches now - our tickets are no longer showing on the app!

I was shocked to be able to get in twice to secure 2 days in December within minutes at about 9am Texas time.

I've pointed out not one theme park in Orlando hit capacity within its first month of opening. If Epic does it will only because they cap it at a lower availability than the actual capacity

I hope they cap it low. Operationally it would be best for everyone

 

[Jake S]

please avoid double posting by using the multiquote feature. thanks.

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

This.... This is my nightmare.
No one told agents. No one told anyone i know in the industry or talk to.
Our first heads up from Universal was 12:30PM.
OF COURSE, IT'S THE DAY I HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT BEFORE WORK AND SHOW UP LATE.

 

[Carah]

I've tried on both my phone and laptop to book tickets but it's only showing May and June on the calender and there's no where to scroll across to later months? Anyone else had this? And now all of June is also showing as sold out to me lol

 

[Stonecoldfreak1]

Is anyone else not seeing passholder tickets available for June 8th? Just wanted to make sure the site wasn't glitching on me before I paid for non-discounted tickets.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

It seems like it’s glitching. For how slow and bad the queueing portal is, it seems to not be helping too much with the website.

 

[Carah]

Yeah I think I'm going to wait til tomorrow lol, I'm in the paused line now but might just leave it overnight and hopefully it'll be sorted by then, not going til October anyway so hopefully tickets won't have sold out by then!

 

[JonsMovies]

I was in and almost able to secure my July tix after refreshing many times where it would show no or only one month available randomly. The site then crashed and now it says ticket sales are paused.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

Without any form of announcement? Seems weird to me. (Its also no secret the Universal hotels are below expectations for 2025 so far)

I don't know about expected occupancy, but my SF room is $40 cheaper per night than last year at the same time for HHN. Although the EP hotels are much more expensive and there seems to be huge discounts for staying at least a week for certain hotels/rooms.

 

[Brian G.]

Without any form of announcement? Seems weird to me. (Its also no secret the Universal hotels are below expectations for 2025 so far)


I've pointed out not one theme park in Orlando hit capacity within its first month of opening. If Epic does it will only because they cap it at a lower availability than the actual capacity

Source?

 

[belloq87]

“We plan to manage attendance [...] to ensure we’re providing the best possible experience for our guests” has the unmistakable ring of Chapek-era “We’re restricting your options for your own good!” Disney-speak.

I’m going to wait to see what express costs …before deciding on another day ticket.

I suppose Express could be a consideration for my group in the absence of a multi-day ticket with two days at Epic arriving in a timely fashion, if it ends up being less than the price of two single-day tickets.

But I’d also want assurances that the Express lines won’t involve skipping what are (reportedly) some impressive pre-shows (especially at Monsters Unchained). I wonder where the various mix points of the various queues are.

Bought two days worth of one-day tickets for late September. Paid more than I wanted to, but such is life. Decided to spend the rest of our vacation at Disney World rather than wait around for a Universal package that may not materialize.

I'm sorry you felt compelled to do that, but I get it! Obviously, I respect everybody here enough to support us all making our own decisions and calculations.

But I can't reward Universal for a practice that I feel is kind of trying to rip me off (at this point), even for a new park I'm dying to see.

(But also it looks like you can’t get tickets for January yet anyway, even if I wanted them!)

 

[TheCodeMan95]

But I’d also want assurances that the Express lines won’t involve skipping what are (reportedly) some impressive pre-shows (especially at Monsters Unchained). I wonder where the various mix points of the various queues are.

This is my concern - I'm wondering how much we would miss with Express.

 

[Jake S]

I'm sorry you felt compelled to do that, but I get it! Obviously, I respect everybody here enough to support us all making our own decisions and calculations.

But I can't reward Universal for a practice that I feel is kind of trying to rip me off (at this point), even for a new park I'm dying to see.

All good, we're giving them less money than we would have had there been a package we wanted. We'll also be going with a seven-month old, so the existing parks have less appeal for us than they did a year ago. That, in addition to suboptimal ticket offerings, make it easy to spend more time at Disney World this go around.