Epic Universe Ticketing Info, Advice, & Speculation

[OLSinFLA]

Opening day is really only 25k? Wow, I really would have thought more

It's much higher than that. IOA has done 40,000+ days when I worked there - can'r imagine EU being less

 

[Brian G.]

Prob related to Opening Day Pomp & Circumstance

 

[nikem3]

I feel like soft opening will be the secret time to go. If they are capping opening week numbers, soft open will DEFINITELY have a cap.

 

[Captain Spaulding]

I'm currently waiting on said tickets to be released, so I get it - but as soon as they are released, this will all be for naught.

Easy to say as a local and not having to worry about plane tickets and hotel rooms for a family of 4 or 5.

 

[saint.piss]

I just feel bad for the people who plan out their vacations way in advance. It sucks. Even for my family who live basically an hour away from the park, I've been wanting to plan something with them but we can't since no GP tickets are on sale yet. We have multiple days planned to stay at Stella Nova but no park tickets. It's really ridiculous.

 

[Brian G.]

Easy to say as a local and not having to worry about plane tickets and hotel rooms for a family of 4 or 5.

Again - I'm not defending Universal here. I totally understand the frustration. I was merely pointing out that some of the takes were a little too hot.

 

[HandsomePete]

It's much higher than that. IOA has done 40,000+ days when I worked there - can'r imagine EU being less

The thing about that 25K though is that they will all be showing up at 9am… or 6am… or 4am.

Everyone is going to be trying to “get their money’s worth” but the park could also be pretty empty by closing time after the first week or so if people feel like they’ve been on everything and are having to hang around through a rain storm to see some fireworks.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I just feel bad for the people who plan out their vacations way in advance. It sucks. Even for my family who live basically an hour away from the park, I've been wanting to plan something with them but we can't since no GP tickets are on sale yet. We have multiple days planned to stay at Stella Nova but no park tickets. It's really ridiculous.

Yeah we're a 2.5 hour flight away and we typically at least have a flight or hotel booked by this point- but we have nothing. It's slightly infuriating lol

Also from the previous page - I don't know that it's worth comparing how Disney would handle this. Disney would have announced a new park a decade before it opened lmao

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

I just feel bad for the people who plan out their vacations way in advance. It sucks. Even for my family who live basically an hour away from the park, I've been wanting to plan something with them but we can't since no GP tickets are on sale yet. We have multiple days planned to stay at Stella Nova but no park tickets. It's really ridiculous.

I completely agree with this to be fair.

I wonder if their studies show most people are waiting post opening. Summers are slow, HHN and Christmas will surely bring in crowds. 2026 is when I will visit, and I feel many other vacationers will plan. It makes more sense to release single day tickets for those days when locals have been, but tourism isn’t at its peak time frame yet.

This is all fascinating though how they’re releasing tickets.