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Too good to be true? Just ran an IOA touring plan using EE and EXP and it has us finishing by the main rides by 10 am. Then we hike to UO at 10 and wrap up at 3, lunch included. Has that been anyone's real world experience?

11:45pm on 5/22/26 by jrayfarm

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DH and I have quite often done everything we cared to do in IOA by 11 then went over to CW for lunch or on into Studios for a crepe, including Hagrid before it had express and VC. We rarely do the water rides tho.

10:29am on 5/24/26 by sneezy93

It's doable with EXP Unlimited, depending on the crowd of course. I don't think it's doable if you want to really stop and take it all in, explore all there is to see and do, wands, Me Ship Olive, Bourne, hidden pathway at US, Camp Jurassic fun, etc.

4:26pm on 5/24/26 by browndalmatian

Suppose you could, depending on what "main rides" are for you. We tend to spend more time at IOA, then head to UO in the afternoon. 1st trip we spent a lot of time looking around Hogsmeade, trying all the fun snacks/foods, getting wands.

10:16pm on 5/24/26 by WendyMarie

Universal announced Sinners House at HHN. It feels like it has been a long wait for any news!

12:17pm on 5/21/26 by PrincipalTinker

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Yes I'm serious. Never saw or heard of it. *SHRUG* Should I watch it?

4:16pm on 5/24/26 by browndalmatian

Maybe if you like vampires.. know I had loads of clips on my Instagram feed around the Oscar's time. Don't know many people who went to see it tho.

6:06pm on 5/24/26 by hodg

We've gone to HHN twice and both times I tried to watch any movies I wasn't familiar with but barely made it through some of them lol

9:27pm on 5/24/26 by sneezy93

Does anyone know why the crowd calendar has such low numbers for basically the rest of 2026 compared to what it usually is?

11:16pm on 5/23/26 by Buckeye86

Even Christmas week was showing like a 7

11:17pm on 5/23/26 by Buckeye86

If you look at the details of each day, you will see that the overall 7 (Christmas week) is lower due to low Epic numbers. They have been adjusting Epic as more data is submitted.

10:06am on 5/24/26 by PrincipalTinker

This is interesting to me because my #1 excitement about Epic has always been "maybe it will make the crowds lower at US/IoA." :)

4:27pm on 5/24/26 by browndalmatian

IOA and US are 8s Christmas week. It has Epic as a 3. You know that will be corrected because it is based on 1 year's capped numbers (no multi park tickets including Epic in 2025).

6:00pm on 5/24/26 by PrincipalTinker

If Universal Studious opens at 10 and Leaky Cauldron services breakfast till 1030? Will they actually be serving breakfast for 30 minutes?

11:10am on 5/24/26 by ICONTROLWDW

We went in about 10.20 and got breakfast. But we cldnt mobile order as the app was transitioning to lunch. Had to go to counter & just got order in in time.

4:10pm on 5/24/26 by hodg

Actually- that was 3BS in ioa. Assume the same at LC

4:11pm on 5/24/26 by hodg

My concern is that the park opens at 10

4:52pm on 5/24/26 by ICONTROLWDW

Anyone have advice on grocery delivery options? I know u need to meet them to receive it but any suggestions on who to use and best way to do it? Thx

11:16pm on 5/23/26 by Buckeye86

I used magical vacation services. Scott was super nice and really easy to work with. I had him bring me more groceries on day four too. https://magicalvacationservices.com

11:31am on 5/24/26 by popupcamper

I know this is kinda silly, but how often do the buses run at Stella Nova? I'm in queue at Epic and I could have walked back twice in the time I've waited.

8:01pm on 5/19/26 by Redbeard25

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Not silly at all imo. We very often walk instead of taking the boats. Not sure about the busses but I bet I'd rather walk too.

10:32am on 5/20/26 by browndalmatian

SN/Tl are close enough we'd ususlly walk it- we did get bus this time w DH hip. Leaving after park close we let a packed bus go as he cldbt stand. Another empty one came by straight after as the 1st drove off

2:27pm on 5/20/26 by hodg

I always walk. At least i can control when I get there that way. While I appreciate the buses, I hate having to take them and waiting for them.

11:14pm on 5/23/26 by Buckeye86

We have Friday and Saturday 29 and 30 at epic with express pass for Friday. I see what looks like rain all day or is it just those Florida sun showers? Should I try to move one of them to the 31st? Really can't shift more than that could also do 28

4:33pm on 5/22/26 by Auralia

I'm so sorry but I really don't know. Hard to say. You really never know here. You could move it to the 31st, then it could be beautiful all day on 29/30 and storming on the 31st. :\ Hopefully someone here has better advice than me. :)

8:20pm on 5/22/26 by browndalmatian

Much too early to tell.

3:36pm on 5/23/26 by SneakyDayTripper

It's been a long time! 8 years since we've been to UO. We're DVC was planning to stay there and just get park tickets. My TA says I must get premier hotel for express pass. 3rd week in August for 2-3 days and if we don't do Epic it's ok. True or false?

4:45pm on 5/20/26 by babyruth

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Epic is a must do and preferably with express if you can swing it. 1 night at a premier will get you 2 days express at US and IOA. That way if you want to stay offsite just get a premier for 1 night

5:31pm on 5/20/26 by clyde4242

You don't HAVE to get a premier hotel for express passes, but buying express passes outright is MUCH more expensive. I always urge people strongly to consider the premier hotel, especially if it's 2 people staying. :)

6:16pm on 5/20/26 by browndalmatian

Also, I respectfully disagree with clyde. :) I don't think Epic is a must-do. I DO think it's great! But I think the other two parks are much better, and with potentially only 2 days (even with EPs) it makes Epic even less of a must-do. JMO!!! :)

6:17pm on 5/20/26 by browndalmatian

However this is based on MY/OUR likes/dislikes. If you really love Nintendo, Fantastic Beasts, and maybe also Universal Monsters, then Epic might very well be a lot more fun for you than US/IoA. :)

6:18pm on 5/20/26 by browndalmatian

@babyruth, I too am a DVC owner. You can stay at Disney and drive (you pay for parking) buy multi day/ multi park tickets and multi park 1 time per day per attraction express. Although DVC, I always stay at Universal.

6:10am on 5/21/26 by PrincipalTinker

I would price out all options. I wanted to not like Epic, and I will usually just go to US/IOA but I strongly disagree with your TA. Have they ever been to Epic? Disney freak here- but Epic beats Disney in theming at Epic.

6:13am on 5/21/26 by PrincipalTinker

I would definitely do one night at premier to get two days of express passes. It's totally worth it. You can check in and leave your bags with hotel and head over early. Second day they will hold them for you. Your trip will be 100 times less stressful.

6:27am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

And you will see so much more. I have been to epic several times. My family does not think it is a must do at alll we are going to uni with family soon and are not doing epic. It's a beautiful park by rides are not reliable. Without express it is really h

6:29am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

it is very hard if it's busy and it usually is. Express there is crazy expensive. My sister didn't want to spend an hour crew $1600 on express there. I don't blame her. It is my boys least favorite of the 3 parks.

6:30am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

Should say my sister didn't want to spend an extra $1600 on express there.

7:05am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

Also, if it rains, almost the whole park shuts down because other than the two shows, Ministry of magic, and monsters everything closed when we were there and it rained

7:06am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

Although it's a nice park, if u r on a budget, it wouldn't be my first pick. Also to do the activities in Mario u have to buy a special wristband.

7:09am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

And in the Harry Potter portion, it's not really Harry Potter, it is fantastic beasts. Again, you have to buy a wand to do the wand spots and the that is the only thing to do there other than the Ministry of Magic ride and the one show. It's pretty, bu...

7:11am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

Not nearly as immersive as HP in the other 2 parks.

7:12am on 5/21/26 by Buckeye86

The Paris area has been built with a lot more space & is very true to Paris. Loved the cafe du sirene sat on the street. For 2 days maybe skip epic. For 3 I'd want to go even if just go pm/evening & see selective bits. We found waits lower later on.

9:15am on 5/23/26 by hodg

I'd put monsters & HTTYD as priorities, then Paris. Wld skip Nintendo unless has more time or that's your obsession.

9:16am on 5/23/26 by hodg

And stardust racers after dark is superb

9:17am on 5/23/26 by hodg

Just got back from 6 nights at uni and I'm a DVC owner too. I would definitely recommend staying at a premier hotel for express AND to be able to walk to IOA/US. It helps keep the bubble feel. Epic was our least favorite. It's beautiful but...

1:34pm on 5/23/26 by popupcamper

....there's not much to do. We had express and finished the park in about 4 hours. We had 2 days at epic with express but there was nothing we wanted to do again so we watched shows and did the wristband games at Nintendo world.

1:35pm on 5/23/26 by popupcamper

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Our last time at uni had been maybe 10 years ago so my history sounds similar to yours. We kept the kids old wands and brought them back. They worked fine.

1:37pm on 5/23/26 by popupcamper

We probably spent about three hours our second day at epic then went to IOA again. Our tickets were stupidly complicated but my amazing TA (@tumblemonkeys) figured out for me the best way to do it since we had a lot of factors. Also I hadn't realized....

1:39pm on 5/23/26 by popupcamper

....there's a USF app and you need to set it up with a credit card so you can mobile order and I was also able to put our tickets in. I couldn't do the tickets until I picked them up at the hotel. It's more complicated and less intuitive than Disney.

1:41pm on 5/23/26 by popupcamper

Anyone know how long the King Kong ride stays down? It's been down for 20 min so far.

11:01am on 5/22/26 by kdiddy

Nvm- just resumed after roughly 25 min.

11:03am on 5/22/26 by kdiddy

Glad it came back up! Did you guys get on it? FUN?

8:19pm on 5/22/26 by browndalmatian

We are coming to Universal in a few weeks. Are Express Now passes something that is currently available in parks?

4:53pm on 5/22/26 by Flyer14

I don't think I've seen them in person yet! You're going to have so much fun!!!

8:18pm on 5/22/26 by browndalmatian

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