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Planning a trip with a 20 and 15 year old. Better to start with early entry or tour later and stay til parks close? They've been to WDW a lot but this is our second trip to UOR for four touring days.

9:37pm on 4/14/26 by whenuwish

My preference is to rope drop and do as much as u can in the morning. Then go back to hotel for rest or swim midday when it's hot and crowded and return in evening. Keeps us from burning out and maximizes cooler temps and shorter lines.

10:26pm on 4/14/26 by Buckeye86

Is there support for the plans I create? Or a place in app to ask questions? I started a plan and enabled the early open for IOA on May 12. The plan shows 8am as park open time. I added ride in Suess Land and the plan lists ride arrival time as 9am.

5:58pm on 4/14/26 by sandimacd

It must be ride related. When i added Hagrids as the first ride it showed arrival time at 8:40

6:23pm on 4/14/26 by sandimacd

This link should bring you to the list of what will be open: https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/early-park-admission

7:01pm on 4/14/26 by PrincipalTinker

I am reading a lot of posts online about the new Universal Express Now https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/tickets-packages/express-passes This is what they were testing about 6 months ago? Available in park, at times, single attraction.

12:16pm on 4/14/26 by PrincipalTinker

"Guests can enjoy a shorter wait time by entering the Express queue...only at the selected participating attraction one time during a specific time window. This product is only offered sporadically depending on availability at the participating attract...

12:20pm on 4/14/26 by PrincipalTinker

Yep- it was only a matter of time. There's a similar system at DLP where you can buy their LL ride by ride. More ways to pay- looks like universal is learning from Disney

5:50pm on 4/14/26 by hodg

Ugh.

6:30pm on 4/14/26 by Buckeye86

Apparently, the Burger King whopper bar is closing this month to make room for five guys.. a little disappointed I was looking forward to trying it in July!

9:48am on 4/10/26 by mmmartin

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If you think that's terrible, wait til you hear about the Big Montana.

8:21pm on 4/12/26 by Fatty McButterpants

It is already like $25 for a meal at a "normal" 5 guys. Can't imagine what they will charge.

8:35pm on 4/12/26 by Buckeye86

RAX Rast Beef...

4:15pm on 4/14/26 by brerbeer

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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I believe that is true since they do not give you a separate ticket, they add it to your active AP.

10:23am on 3/28/26 by PrincipalTinker

Yep. We bought the same. We just got here. I'll update to tell if there's discounted epic passes

11:31am on 3/28/26 by snelvis

Thx!

11:44am on 3/28/26 by mmmartin

You might want to check the price of one day epic tickets compared to 3 park one park per day tickets depending on how many days you're wanting because the 3 park tix were cheaper for our 3 Epic days last January.

1:02pm on 3/28/26 by sneezy93

Then you wouldn't have to wait until they're activated to purchase :) just a thought.

1:02pm on 3/28/26 by sneezy93

There are discounted epic passes on Sunday when I had already bought them.

8:52pm on 3/28/26 by snelvis

No AP perks til u actually go and activate your pass in person.

8:35am on 3/31/26 by Buckeye86

I should clarify u can book the hotel with the AP rate before and then show it upon arrival after you activate it.

8:36am on 3/31/26 by Buckeye86

Thank you @snelvis! @buckeye, indeed!! Grabbed a great rate for HRH before I even bought the passes! ( former passholders from 2020 to 2022 )

1:25pm on 4/1/26 by mmmartin

@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

Does any one have info about how much the discount is on 1 day tickets?

3:05pm on 4/8/26 by twinmom2002

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Can anyone tell me what you paid for either epic only or the 3 park tickets?

1:59pm on 4/14/26 by twinmom2002

@twinmom, are you looking for AP single day price? I bought last December for next weekend. Next Saturday they were $156, Sunday$152.

2:39pm on 4/14/26 by PrincipalTinker

Yes. Thank you!

3:22pm on 4/14/26 by twinmom2002

Rookie mistake! Bought 3 single day AP Epic discount tix this week then realized today that 3 day, 3 park, one park per day tix would be some cheaper. Gonna try to exchange and will report back!

9:31pm on 10/24/25 by sneezy93

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Great!

7:45am on 10/26/25 by TenMileMom

Bump for Epic tix price difference. I paid $962 for two adults to enter epic for 3 days with single day passes at AP discount on 10/23 then realized by the next day it would save about $50 to get two 3 day tix one park per day and it was $911.

2:14pm on 4/14/26 by sneezy93

Our APs have expired now so I can't see pricing any longer. The price did continue to fluctuate until our trip after I bought ours.

2:15pm on 4/14/26 by sneezy93

Does anyone know when the Christmas parade starts? We are looking at the first or second week in November and want to make sure the Christmas stuff is going on.

3:10pm on 4/13/26 by twinmom2002

This states it starts on 11/14 https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/events/universals-holiday-parade

8:42pm on 4/13/26 by PrincipalTinker

Will our wand from 2024 work at epic universe in June? We've pretty much kept it in the wand box since that trip.

1:21pm on 4/11/26 by WildernessPixie

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spot and get different results. Also in epic some are more complicated and can be two player. I really liked the one where there are two stacks of kettles and u try to race to fill yours first.

8:37pm on 4/12/26 by Buckeye86

Thanks. I was just logging on to ask this exact question. Our wands are from 2021.

9:48pm on 4/12/26 by lonewolfOC

Thanks all. We'll bring DD11's Hermione wand and if we have problems we'll see if they can "fix" it or we'll buy a new one. :)

6:15pm on 4/13/26 by WildernessPixie

I'm looking for November pass holder deals and I'm not seeing the sapphire suite or king suite at royal pacific. They are both available in July. Is it just too early or do you think they are really booked?

2:47pm on 4/13/26 by twinmom2002

That is for any rate

2:47pm on 4/13/26 by twinmom2002

Have a description of hotels within universal Orlando?

4:50pm on 4/12/26 by emjnlz01

There is a lot of hotel info on the touring plans website: https://touringplans.com/universal-orlando/hotels Are you interested in any of our experiences at a particular hotel?

5:09pm on 4/12/26 by PrincipalTinker

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