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@Buckeye posted on my Hagrid's thread that he found express pass waits were about 1/3 of standby. Does anyone have experience with express at Epic? Approximately how much time it saves over standby?

10:51am on 4/1/26 by PrincipalTinker

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I'm not sure it was that busy when we were there on March 29th and we didn't use it on Battle. But saved us way more then 1/3 on mine cart, Mario cart, curse, hiccups. Didn't use express on Yoshis, Frye drill, carousel or battle(wish we had). Dragons.....

11:54am on 4/1/26 by clyde4242

Racer doesn't have express and wasn't needed on stardust or monsters. It saves a lot of time on those 4 rides and I'm sure it does battle as well but they are very expensive

11:57am on 4/1/26 by clyde4242

Guess I don't really directly answer ur question. Saved probably an hour on mine cart and Mario kart. Probably 40 minutes on werewolf and hiccups. Have fun

1:24pm on 4/1/26 by clyde4242

Thanks!

2:53pm on 4/1/26 by PrincipalTinker

We've had expressed there a couple of times and it really is extremely helpful. Some of the rides aren't as bad like monsters moves pretty quickly, but it really helps for ministry of magic. Mine cart and Mario are pretty much any of the long wait rides.

8:22pm on 4/1/26 by Buckeye86

Or pretty

8:23pm on 4/1/26 by Buckeye86

We still find mine cart to be probably one of the most painful weights. It feels like the line never moves even with express. It is definitely the one ride I would not try single rider for. I don't know why, but that line doesn't look like it ever moves a

8:23pm on 4/1/26 by Buckeye86

Waits

8:23pm on 4/1/26 by Buckeye86

@clyde why not use it in Battle? Is there a portion of the queue you miss with express? Or were you saving it for a second ride?

9:55pm on 4/1/26 by SusannaBee

@SusannaBee..... Ministry opened delayed, we finished Nintendo world and it had just opened to a 45 minute wait. I thought we have all day and I didn't want to miss any of the queue, so we took our chances it would t be too long. It was only 75 minutes...

3:52pm on 4/2/26 by clyde4242

But we never went back so saving it backfired. And I will say towards the end of the day the wait came way down. Park closed at 9 and probably from 7 on it was 30 minutes or less.

3:53pm on 4/2/26 by clyde4242

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This might help. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUXMyGibQH/?igsh=cjFyc2tpZGxqNzBo

5:14pm on 4/2/26 by Buckeye86

You may miss a part of the queue using EP depending how they have it routed but the part u miss is worth an extra 2 hour wait. The last time we went u didn't miss it but a different time it was a slightly different route.

5:15pm on 4/2/26 by Buckeye86

It should say the part you miss is NOT worth an extra two hour wait

54 min ago by Buckeye86

Heading to UOR next week. New to Epic, have a 3-day ticket with Early park admission. I know this has been probably asked a lot so I apologize. In your opinion, what is currently the best strategy to do Battle of the Ministry and Minecart? TIA

10:42am by PaulaSmi

If you plan all day minecart. It never goes down in wait. MOM line is shorter last 2 hours of park time.

1:10pm by snelvis

Mine cart breaks down a lot.

55 min ago by Buckeye86

Hi! We're staying on property at Universal and want to get a steak one night for dinner. Which place has the best steak?

7:43am by ahlott86

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How about The Kitchen at Hard Rock?

12:01pm by PrincipalTinker

I really want to give BF another shot but after the third trip it was a vastly different than the first visit. When it opened (2019?) it was one of the best values on property if not both WDW and UOR. Still smells good though!

3:13pm by brerbeer

We finally tried the Palm our last visit and found it to be one of our all time favorite meals. It's at the Hard Rock hotel.

56 min ago by Buckeye86

Does anyone know what times the buses from PFB to Epic start running and how frequent they are? Thanks

2:17pm by aw44

We were at epic gate one hour prior to opening. Walked from SL. Buses pulled in as we approached gate so im saying 90 minutes prior to park open.

4:49pm by snelvis

Once I'm passed the room with the dragon eggs, how long does the wait take to get on Hagrid's mythical creatures? We've been in this line since early entry and it feels like it barely moves.

9:37am by Browne10018@gmail.com

Sadly, depending on the express line, you still have at least an hour probably thru the caves. Make sure you keep a little distance between your party and the party in front of you cause it's about to get claustrophobic

9:46am by clyde4242

We have universal attraction assistance pass how can we include that info as we are planning our day at epic?

9:45pm on 4/1/26 by pbjbylund

I think treat it as if you had express pass? Welcome btw!

8:55am by brerbeer

Hello at Toadstool Cafe is that correct that reservations open up day of and you have to have a reservation, even though it is quick service?

8:31pm on 4/1/26 by ICONTROLWDW

I think I figured it out that's Hollywood but please verify.

8:45pm on 4/1/26 by ICONTROLWDW

I have been watching dining videos and none have said anything about reservations for Toadstool.

7:36am on 4/2/26 by PrincipalTinker

If Forbidden Journey makes one ill, is Battle of the Ministry off the table?

11:57am on 3/27/26 by cpowers

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Ok with Hagrids and Velisicoaster, but Forbidden does me in!

12:00pm on 3/27/26 by cpowers

Felt less sick with Ministry than Forbidden Journey. Can just barely do sim rides. Thankfully the ride is over before bad things happen. Monsters Unchained is the best & least queasy for me.

4:24pm on 3/27/26 by urbyq

I'm hoping to get dmil/fil on Battle. They can do SpiderMan - once- prob won't do FJ again. Def not big coasters but we'll make them try hagrids...

5:13pm on 3/27/26 by hodg

And how is monsters unchained on the same scale?

5:28pm on 3/27/26 by hodg

FJ is by far the worst for motion sickness of the HP rides IMO. Ministry is not as bad but I had to shut my eyes for some bc of the moving elevator zooming around on the screen. It definitely can make a person sick. Monsters was less so. For me it is way

9:31pm on 3/27/26 by Buckeye86

Better for motion. The difference is that while arm/car you ride in is very similar, Monsters does not have a bunch of virtual screens. It's mostly "real" things to look at so u don't get that VR motion which does me in. I'd take monsters over the other

9:33pm on 3/27/26 by Buckeye86

2 any day for motion.

9:33pm on 3/27/26 by Buckeye86

Maybe we shld save MoM for day 2 so dfil doesn't reduce to ride it. Not that he ever opens his eyes on these things.

9:33am on 3/28/26 by hodg

Refuse

9:33am on 3/28/26 by hodg

Even if u don't find it you can walk a good portion of the queue. You miss a bit of it but it is worth seeing what you can and there hasn't been a wait to just walk it. The queue is better than the ride IMO.

8:37am on 3/31/26 by Buckeye86

For some rides I just wait with my family and bail when it's time to board. You could do that as well sometime ride and some don't but everyone is together and sees the whole thing.

8:38am on 3/31/26 by Buckeye86

*Some ride and some don't

8:38am on 3/31/26 by Buckeye86

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I cannot do FJ, with or without motion sickness meds. I had a touch of the queasiness on MoM. No queasiness on MU at all. I can ride everything else in all parks with motion sickness meds.

5:11am on 4/1/26 by ladyortramp

My husband rode MOM no problem cannot ride FJ

10:22am on 4/1/26 by snelvis

Now that's what I call a close-knit family!

11:47pm on 4/1/26 by Fatty McButterpants

We just purchased our annual passes online (paid in full) for a trip in July. Is it correct that I cannot get a discounted epic ticket until they are activated?

9:40am on 3/28/26 by mmmartin

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@sneezy, thank you for the suggestion, but three months added onto the annual pass couldn't be passed up! So we decided to just go with a one day ticket.

1:27pm on 4/1/26 by mmmartin

Oh I meant we had APs but wanted Epic. I bought three 1 day AP discounted tix to epic but then realized I could save about $50-75 to switch to a 3 park 1 park per day ticket instead :) they let me do that!

6:46pm on 4/1/26 by sneezy93

Ours was a 3 day ticket so if the 3 park ticket was cheaper for your dates you would be able to purchase that now and it can be used for Epic every day.

6:49pm on 4/1/26 by sneezy93

Also, just for information sake not complaining but the annual passholder lounge at Universal Islands of adventure just seems to be a horrified gift shop. There's no snacks, sodas, etc. there are seats and honestly, I didn't even see places for charging.

2:52pm on 3/31/26 by snelvis

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I didn't know they got rid of them. We walked the entire way around the park because with construction Jurassic Park from hogmede is closed. I told my kids we are getting this.

6:08pm on 3/31/26 by snelvis

Also replying so people know that way is closed. I think that's why hogsmede seems so packed. Only one way in and out

6:44pm on 3/31/26 by snelvis

You know there is a walkway and a gate by the FJ lockers that brings you out right by Jurassic snack stand

5:05pm on 4/1/26 by clyde4242

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