Common Orlando has lastly launched extra multi-day ticket add-ons for Epic Universe, in addition to trip packages. Though these are focused at Floridians and U.S. army members, UOR has additionally teased the discharge of standalone single-day Epic Universe tickets quickly. Let’s begin with the announcement and official particulars, adopted by our commentary.
Common Orlando Resort has launched the following part of tickets and trip packages for friends to go to its extremely anticipated fourth theme park – Common Epic Universe – opening on Might 22, 2025. Beginning right this moment, Florida residents can now buy specifically priced three-day tickets that embody in the future of entry to Common Epic Universe. Florida residents may also buy Common Epic Universe inclusive trip packages just like the “Create Your Personal Trip Bundle” or “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Trip Bundle” to bundle and save.
These new merchandise give friends extra choices to select from to plan their go to to the groundbreaking new theme park when it opens later this yr. With a complete of greater than 50 unbelievable experiences that vary from groundbreaking points of interest to breathtaking leisure to extremely themed eating and purchasing and a lot extra, Epic Universe might be Common Locations and Experiences most bold theme park but – presenting a stage of theme park immersion and innovation that’s unmatched throughout 5 themed worlds: Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD, Methods to Prepare Your Dragon – Isle of Berk and Darkish Universe.
See beneath for extra particulars concerning the newest Common Epic Universe-inclusive merchandise which are out there for buy now:
Three-Day Florida Resident Epic Universe-Inclusive Tickets
Consists of in the future admission to Common Epic Universe and one separate day admission to Common Studios Florida, Common Islands of Journey and/or Common Volcano Bay. Specifically priced tickets and availability will fluctuate by day of go to.
- 2-Park, 2-Day Florida Resident, Plus 1-Day Common Epic Universe Ticket: get pleasure from two days of entry to Common Studios Florida or Common Islands of Journey, plus one separate day admission to Common Epic Universe.
- 2-Park, 2-Day Park-to-Park Florida Resident, Plus 1-Day Common Epic Universe Ticket: get pleasure from two days of entry to Common Studios Florida and Common Islands of Journey, plus one separate day admission to Common Epic Universe.
- 3-Park, 2-Day Park-to-Park Florida Resident, Plus 1-Day Common Epic Universe Ticket: get pleasure from three days of entry to Common Studios Florida, Common Islands of Journey and Common Volcano Bay, plus one separate day admission to Common Epic Universe.
Epic Universe-Inclusive Florida Resident Trip Bundle
Florida residents can now create their very own trip bundle to expertise all that Common Orlando Resort has to supply, together with Common Epic Universe. The holiday bundle consists of:
- 4-Evening Resort Lodging
- 3-Park, 2-Day Park-to-Park Florida Resident, Plus 1-Day Common Epic Universe Ticket
- $25 Bundle and Save Low cost
- Early Park Admission to get pleasure from choose points of interest in one in every of Common Orlando’s theme parks as much as one hour earlier than park opening
Epic Universe-Inclusive Wizarding World of Harry Potter Florida Resident Trip Bundle
Florida residents can now create the last word trip bundle for Harry Potter followers with The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Unique Trip Bundle which incorporates:
- 4-Evening Resort Lodging
- 2-Park, 2-Day Park-to-Park Florida Resident, Plus 1-Day Common Epic Universe Ticket
- $25 Bundle and Save Low cost
- Early Park Admission to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter as much as an hour earlier than park opening
- Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Flight in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley, that includes 4 flavors of the friends’ selecting and one Honeydukes Cooler Tote
- Breakfast on the Leaky Cauldron in Common Studios Florida
- Breakfast at Café L’air De La Sirene in Common Epic Universe
- One Shutterbutton’s Pictures Studio session in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley
Epic Universe Army Freedom Move Add-On
Lively obligation and retired U.S. army members with an lively 2025 Army Freedom Move have the unique alternative to buy a 1-Park, 1-Day Universe Epic Universe Ticket, as an entitlement add-on to their Move.
Army Freedom Move Holders should purchase the 1-Park, 1-Day Universe Epic Universe Ticket by way of their Common Orlando account.
Talking of 1-day Epic Universe tickets, Common Orlando additionally teased this: “Extra ticket choices for Common Epic Universe – together with Single-Day Tickets for most of the people – will go on sale within the weeks forward. For extra data, go to www.UniversalOrlando.com/Epic”
Our Commentary
Common Orlando introduced the opening date of Epic Universe, began promoting multi-day tickets, trip packages, Helios Grand Resort reservations, and single day tickets for Annual Passholders all inside fast succession in late October of final yr. All of this–from announcement to launch–occurred within the span of a single week.
5 months later, Common Orlando has made its subsequent step–promoting Florida resident multi-day tickets and trip packages, together with single-day army ticket add-ons. In the event you requested me again on October 24–the final time new tickets have been offered–when extra multi-day and single-day tickets can be launched, I might’ve guessed lengthy prior to now.
There are one in every of two potentialities that designate the delay. The primary is that Epic Universe trip packages and Annual Passholder tickets have offered so nicely that Common has no incentive to hurry to promote single-day tickets. That it’s all upside in pushing the holiday packages with minimal draw back threat.
I doubt this. In perusing ticket availability, multi-day tickets aren’t offered out for any dates this summer time–together with Epic Universe’s opening day. Now, it’s totally doable that Common is overselling admission and plans on reaching phased capability at Epic Universe on Might 22, however we’re skeptical of that.
Extra to the purpose, there are nonetheless lodges out there opening evening and opening weekend of Epic Universe, from the ~$200 evening worth resorts to $1,000+ signature lodges. Push the journey dates to the primary week of June 2025 and actually each resort is obtainable. And a few aren’t even that costly!
One other chance is that Common is enjoying a high-stakes recreation of rooster. That Comcast has dumped tons of cash into the constructing of Epic Universe, together with billions (plural) greater than budgeted. That the mum or dad firm desires or wants Epic Universe to be an enormous hit proper out of the gate, particularly as its legacy companies wrestle. That the objective is to seize as a lot income as doable, as rapidly as doable to start out recouping that large funding–particularly after a gradual yr for its parks.
There are a number of objectives to this strategy. In concept, it ought to improve Common Orlando’s common size of keep, make friends extra more likely to ebook on-site lodges, stop attendance cannibalization from Common’s present gates, and getting individuals to spend their park days at Common Orlando fairly than Walt Disney World, and likewise doing lodge stays at UOR versus WDW.
It additionally controls crowds at Epic Universe and pushes individuals to the prevailing gates. It means attendance may very well be greater at Common Studios Florida and Islands of Journey than Epic Universe, as there might be extra park ticket days in circulation for the prevailing gates than there are for Epic Universe. Particularly when you issue within the excellent Annual Passes that don’t cowl Epic Universe. Once more, in concept.
In apply, this might backfire.
American households largely plan their summer time holidays between Christmas and the Tremendous Bowl, and single-day tickets weren’t out there throughout that window. Whereas some theme park tremendous followers (disproportionately the demo of a weblog like this) may soar on the alternative to expertise Epic Universe as early as doable, they’re not essentially the norm. Others might fear about opening season crowds, preliminary hiccups, or balk in any respect hoops they’ve to leap via.
These trip planners may see Epic Universe soft-locked behind bundles with Islands of Journey and Common Studios Florida, and discover these undesirable for his or her holidays. That they wish to spend a few days at Epic Universe, and maybe solely a single day (mixed) on the two present gates.
One other chance is that informal trip planners may see these ticket packages and conclude that that is being accomplished on account of considerations about excessive attendance. That crowds are going to be so dangerous at Epic Universe that that is Common Orlando’s solely choice to rigorously handle large numbers of individuals pouring into its new gate.
In each instances, Common Orlando may merely lose these potential friends. Not everyone seems to be refreshing the Common Orlando web site on a day by day or weekly foundation, ready for the following spherical of tickets to go on sale. Some verify as soon as, see choices to not their liking, and ebook elsewhere.
The notion that tons of individuals will soar over no matter hurdles Common throws their means as a result of Epic Universe is so thrilling is a fan fantasy. That’s not how regular shoppers work. As we’ve talked about on numerous events (often when it pertains to Disney’s dangerous tech infrastructure), there’s a purpose Amazon invests tons of cash to eradicating all friction from the order move. As a result of many individuals will solely take the trail of least resistance.
In the end, it’s comprehensible that Comcast desires to seize as a lot income as doable throughout the opening season of Epic Universe, filling up its overbuilt lodge stock and never cannibalizing attendance at its present gates. It’s exhausting to fault this strategy contemplating how a lot cash has been spent on Epic Universe. There’s quite a bit driving on it. The third theme park should flip Common Orlando right into a bona fide vacation spot resort that may maintain its personal with Walt Disney World.
Nevertheless it’s additionally foolish to fake that there isn’t draw back threat to Common’s technique, and I’m truthfully shocked they didn’t begin promoting single-day tickets two months in the past. (On the very least, launch them for Floridians earlier than Walt Disney World began operating its 2025 resident specials.) Epic Universe might be a smash success for Common Orlando within the long-term, however I’m skeptical that its opening season strategy goes to yield the anticipated dividends. I wouldn’t be in the slightest degree shocked if, after the preliminary fanfare the primary couple weeks, there’s a summer time lull on account of this backfiring. What do I do know, although. Guess we will see!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
What do you assume? Is it doable pushing trip packages and multi-day bundles will backfire? Will odd vacationers who aren’t hardcore theme parks individuals sit out opening summer time to keep away from all of this? Ideas on UOR’s strategy to ticketing for Epic Universe? Excited for Tremendous Nintendo World, Harry Potter’s Ministry of Magic, Darkish Universe/Traditional Monsters, or the Methods to Prepare Your Dragon lands and/or points of interest? Suppose Epic Universe might be a 3rd gate that’s a worthy addition to Common Orlando Resort…and doubtlessly on par with Disney’s finest lands? Any questions? We love listening to from readers, so please share another ideas or questions you could have within the feedback beneath.
