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

19 min ago by Buckeye86

Even Christmas week was showing like a 7

18 min ago by Buckeye86

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

20 min ago by Buckeye86

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.

22 min ago by Buckeye86

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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If you only have one day then yep pick your key rides & you'd get a lot done over both parks in one day

5:21am by hodg

Yep I think it's doable too. We didn't show up until 11 most days and could do both parks by 8. Not sure what you mean by main rides but IOA didn't have much we were interested in.

1:44pm by popupcamper

I hope u are right because we also have tix that day

9:35pm by clyde4242

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 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 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 by hodg

And stardust racers after dark is superb

9:17am 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 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 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 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 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 by popupcamper

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

I have never heard of this IP, movie, show, whatever it is. lol Is this good news?

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

You're being serious?

5:22am by hodg

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

UO TRIP REPORT FOR 5/17/26: On Saturday night I randomly checked out the prices at UO hotels while watching the fight from the couch... CBBR, $113/night AP rate, tomorrow (Sunday). "We can get a room just to pool hop to HRH..." I booked it.

5:32pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

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My boys and I headed over after church and checked in. Wife and DD at a school thing that morning. Line at CBBR was super long for checkin. Room was ready though, even though we had no plans to use it. (CBBR does not allow dogs.)

5:33pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

Went to CBBR slide pool, boys went on a few times. Grabbed sandwiches to eat on the way to the lazy river on the other side of CBBR. After that we got more food lol... turkey sandwich (not bad), chicken sandwich (old, kinda gross), pizza (also old, gross)

5:35pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

... no matter, I was looking forward to what was next and that was HRH. Got in car and drove over. CBBR room key works for parking at HRH! Didn't have to pay! Whoo! Went to desk to get "amenity key" with my CBBR room key. Ah... at pool finally. lol

5:35pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

Boys played all the games, we got smoothies. Wife/DD met up with us (incidentally, her room key for CBBR worked on the way out, she didn't have to pay either). NACHOS time... NOT AS GOOD AS PBH FYI. ALERT. NOT AS GOOD AS PBH. LOL Still good though. :)

5:37pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

Wings - AMAZING. Kids burgers were $14 each (WAYYYY cheaper than adult and not a small burger either)... SUPER GOOD BURGER. No fruit and yogurt on the menu, darn. What we got was great though.

5:37pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

The kids met some friends, played all the pool games, and there were baby ducks swimming. Wife/DD finally left and drove home. Boys and I went back to CBBR just to close out the night in the lazy river and pool there. :)

5:38pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

I ALMOST stayed the night in the room but since I had to be up early for work we went home at about 10:30-11pm. FUN DAY. WORTH THE $113. Funny story though... I told the waiter at HRH that I couldn't "just sneak in to the pool" like so many people do, and

5:39pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

...and I had to get a "cheap" room at CBBR and then pool hop. He looked at me like I was crazy and said "dude... just come in. Big deal. I mean you're spending money here buying food, I don't know why they don't at least let APs do that."

5:40pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

...but... I would feel bad and guilty doing that. LOL :) Anyway, fun time. I need to do that again if they have a good rate again. :) I was super tired the next day though. :D

5:41pm on 5/19/26 by browndalmatian

Sounds awesome!

7:24pm on 5/19/26 by WendyMarie

So funny @brown, we stayed three nights at PBR and on checkout day our room key did not work at the pool so we snuck in. I felt guilty! Even though I just spent hundred of dollars there!! Lol

7:50am on 5/20/26 by ladyortramp

@ladyortramp I 100% don't think you should feel guilty about that. You are supposed to have pool access on the day that you check out. I think that was just a case of the key not working. That happens regularly! So, don't feel bad!!

10:33am on 5/20/26 by browndalmatian

Pool access stops at 11am. I do not feel guilty tailgating in after that however

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

You should have pool access on departure day until pool closing. Same with parking

7:23am on 5/21/26 by clyde4242

A family member recently stayed at Stella Nova and told us the same thing: "we checked out but they said we can only use the pool until like 11." I was like "wait what?" I thought the rule was "all day!"

9:38am on 5/21/26 by browndalmatian

Not sure why they would have been told that. It is all day, although I'm sure most leave before 11 anyways

10:55am on 5/21/26 by clyde4242

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Well, @hodg just said it's 11am too. Maybe they changed the rule?

6:10pm on 5/21/26 by browndalmatian

It was 2022when we were told that for PBH. Was same there just recently- DH stayed at pool till around 2pm on checkout day but card stopped working on gate

1:14am on 5/22/26 by hodg

Well idk. Their website says all day and we haven't used the pool past 11 in several years, we do use the parking though.

9:26am on 5/22/26 by clyde4242

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