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UO TRIP REPORT, FRIDAY 3/13/26! Left the house earlier than usual (haha) and got to the park at about 4pm. Today was Studios only day! "Turned right" after the entrance, DD and I and went to get a fish n chips from the Ireland stand while DW and...

10:13am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

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Amazing night!! I was wondering how the food was at Mardi Gras this year! It's one of our favorite things to try :) not all a home run for sure but we've enjoyed making the rounds in the past

6:05pm on 3/16/26 by sneezy93

That sounds outstanding! Glad you had fun!

6:18am by TenMileMom

My kids love the "Clogger" burger at Simpsons too. I have had good and bad there

19 min ago by clyde4242

Hi :) what time do they open the express line for Hagrids ? Do they open it during EE or do they wait until normal park opening times

8:48am on 3/14/26 by galwayman81

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Is express itself open? Some rides they don't open express til park official opening. Good info to know. Thx

5:38pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

My experience has been that EP being open during EPA is based on anticipated crowd. I think they only open EP lines during EPA when they expect huge crowds. (Think New Year's Eve.) This answer is not Hagrid's specific.

6:24am by TenMileMom

They were open early October everyday. Same with velocicoaster. I noticed when Hagrids went express they also went at EE at that time. But I'm not there every day so it could be seasonal

22 min ago by clyde4242

Does anyone have any recommendations for a transfer from PFB to Port Canavral for DCL? Thanks

10:03am by aw44

When we were at UO last week I got to thinking I really should try to work from the parks more. I have a good laptop and I was gifted very nice Apple Airpods a couple years ago that I could use. Anyone have any suggestions for places to work? Somewhere...

10:26am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

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somewhere I could do calls if needed. I could go to a hotel for sure, and maybe there's a place or two at CW, but I was thinking about going with the kids and letting them go do their thing while I was also in the actual parks.

10:27am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

If it wasn't crowded I could go sit outside at Three Broomsticks maybe (?). Not sure if that would be too loud with VC there.

10:28am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

You can take a zoom call from about anywhere really. https://youtube.com/shorts/k08Ew0wFTPw?si=KeVIU7ejzSn90wfw

10:39am on 3/16/26 by Fatty McButterpants

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:25am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

I was expecting the skydiving clip :-) Harry did his homework sat outside Florian fortescues so there's precedent there

2:41pm on 3/16/26 by hodg

I'm no help with this one. I've worked a bunch from UO but always the hotel. Now I have taken multitudes of phone calls all over both parks but I strive to find the loudest place possible lol Doc be like can you find a quieter spot and I'm like ummm no I

6:00pm on 3/16/26 by sneezy93

cannot cuz I'm on vacation at a theme park now what do you want! But if I lived there I can see what you mean that would be awesome! I wonder how quiet it would be around the water in the Chez Alcatraz area? I love sitting there looking at the water!

6:01pm on 3/16/26 by sneezy93

Sometimes even if you're in an area that's not loud from people the music overhead can be noisy. Which you may not think much about it until you are needing a quiet spot.

6:06pm on 3/16/26 by sneezy93

DH suggested maybe the tables along the water below Duff's might be quiet enough? We've sat down there with drinks but haven't paid attention to noise much.

7:15pm on 3/16/26 by sneezy93

The old fear factor stage area or over where Poseidon's fury is/was is quieter. Think about the show areas that are closed. They rotten quieter. I think it was Sinbad's or something that now sits empty but was accessible last time we looked.

11:06pm on 3/16/26 by Buckeye86

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Sorry it should say Are often quieter

11:07pm on 3/16/26 by Buckeye86

I would think you could find benches on those paths behind Me Ship, The Olive. One of our favorite spots to relax. Not crowded, and I think maybe quiet.

6:16am by TenMileMom

Steer clear of areas too close to coasters as they can be super loud.

8:39am by Buckeye86

UOQOTD: You have to spend the night in one area or in part of one ride or wherever, in Universal Studios. You will have a sleeping bag! Where do you pick? STUDIOS, not IoA and not a hotel! LOL! I'm picking somewhere in ET!

12:17pm on 3/12/26 by browndalmatian

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@sneezy oh yeah the Knight bus! Great idea! And yes MIB IS ALWAYS FREEZING (I love it lol). @wendy Knockturn Alley is a great idea, it's cold in there too! @sneezy I WOULD 100% get a room if they rented them out in HP!

11:10am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

I have often wish they would rent out a room in Hogwarts Castle, like the Disney castle does sometimes.

11:09pm on 3/16/26 by Buckeye86

If it's a pleasant night, I think under the stars in Central Park. If not I'd agree with ET queu.

6:11am by TenMileMom

UOQOTD: You have to spend the night in one area or in part of one ride or wherever, in Islands of Adventure. You will have a sleeping bag! Where do you pick? IoA, not Studios, and not a hotel! LOL! On this one I am picking Camp Jurassic at the top!

12:18pm on 3/12/26 by browndalmatian

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Castle!!

5:46pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

@sneezy I was going to say Seuss would be close to my #1 choice too except it just wouldn't be comfortable enough. Good call! I love that view too! @Wendy I love that idea too! I didn't even think about that. Fun!

10:35am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

@Wendy I wish UO would do some overnights like the Museum did! That sounds fun. @buckeye the Castle would be a great choice too!

10:36am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

We are going to epic with express pass. The highest crowd level if all week (Sunday was supposed to be the slowest so I picked months ago) we are annual passholders not using an annual pass discount. Should I call to try to switch days for epic ?

4:37pm on 3/14/26 by snelvis

Honestly, I would just stick with my plan. Weather and ride closures can unexpectedly impact any day.

11:17am on 3/15/26 by PrincipalTinker

Also the crowd calendar isn't always precise

5:36pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

Thanks guys I'll report back

10:07pm on 3/15/26 by snelvis

Agreed with PT and Buckeye here. I would just stick with it personally.

10:33am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

We're going in July and we want to go to epic universe for one day, maybe two. But we also want to have annual passes for the other two parks. If we go to epic on our first day with our epic ticket.. can also use our AP's to go to IOA on the same day?

8:45am on 3/16/26 by mmmartin

We're staying at hard rocks we have express passes for the other parks..

8:47am on 3/16/26 by mmmartin

Yes you can, as long as your AP isn't blocked out that day :) that happened to me in January because I only have power so there was one day I couldn't enter the parks and it was the last day of the Christmas parade :(

9:02am on 3/16/26 by sneezy93

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do that, of course as long as you aren't blocked out as sneezy93 said! That will be a fun day and you are going to have a great trip!! :)

10:31am on 3/16/26 by browndalmatian

Well be in Epic 2 days, where shoud we eat? Table service and Quick service recomendations please!

5:46pm on 3/15/26 by cpowers

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Oak star was good and if u time it right they have music, which is really fun. Three of the four of us really liked pizza Moon. My oldest did not like his margarita pizza. The rest of us like ours. The cafe in Harry Potter area is pretty, but there's

7:02pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

usually a wait. The butter beer crepe was good, but very, very sweet and probably should be shared. Goblet noir was decent if you like that kind of food. It always seems to be dead because I don't think people realize it's there. All the restaurants are

7:03pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

well themed but some have better food than others. It's sometimes fun just to get a snack from a couple of different places and share so you can try them out.

7:04pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

I think the only place we did not eat was meat Hall. We really just didn't like anything on the menu so we did not try it. Spit fire was decent but not a lot of food. I'd say that about many of the QS. Portions small. Pizza moon was the exception.Atlantic

7:07pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

was pretty but Tony's not worth price. Maybe just go for a drink or pop in and look. Same for Blue Dragon. Not better than our local Chinese and service was not best. Pretty tho. Kids liked Mac and cheese comes in isle of berk and also food at stand Star

7:10pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

Sui Bao. Places in dark universe themed well but I thought portions tiny for price and my Kids didn't like meals at Das Stakehaus tho mine was ok.

7:12pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

I didn't like meteor astropub but everywhere else was at least pretty decent. The portions just seemed smaller at almost of Epic than IOA and Studios for same price.

7:15pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

Wherever you go, I highly advise that you eat early. We went to Pizza Moon at about 11 and walked right in and got a table Within 15 minutes there was a line out the door.

7:15pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

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The best part is really the theme. If you have the time or the patience, I would highly suggest just try a little bit at different places so you get to taste more places. Of all of them I think our favorites were Oak star and Pizza Moon.

7:17pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

We enjoyed a lot of the food in Epic after six nights pvee two trips at Helios. Agree about Oak Star and Pizza Moon being great. We enjoyed Blue Dragon because our food was good and waitress was great. We enjoyed AstroPub twice.

11:27pm on 3/15/26 by sneezy93

Pvee should be with lol autocorrect!

11:35pm on 3/15/26 by sneezy93

2-fold question, what can you tell me about Royal Pacific? Staying 1st time. What cool queues would be missed with EP?

11:01am on 3/14/26 by urbyq

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Hmm, I'm not sure where to begin. I can say this: YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN! :) RPR is a great hotel, stayed there on my honeymoon and a couple of other times. :) Not my favorite hotel for food or pool BUT UO ENCOURAGES pool hopping! :) And...

11:41am on 3/14/26 by browndalmatian

...the other hotels have great food options. :) There's definitely some cool queues you'll miss with your EP BUT tbh it's not a big deal. I'd MUCH rather have EP and skip the queues that are cool. :) Off the top of my head...

11:42am on 3/14/26 by browndalmatian

... the F&F queue is pretty cool (single rider anyway, we tried it not long ago). I think there are a few others. Oh, Mummy is a good one. :) Again though I wouldn't worry about this. EP is AWESOME!

11:42am on 3/14/26 by browndalmatian

My kids never cared about the missed queues But all the Harry Potter ones are amazing.

4:35pm on 3/14/26 by snelvis

I actually like Royal Pacific's QS restaurant, especially in the morning. I love that easy walk to City Walk and no wait for security. I agree, I have never missed queues by using express. Enjoy!

5:09pm on 3/15/26 by PrincipalTinker

Saving time is worth what miss IMO. I will say skipping some queues means u might not totally get the whole storyline prep for the ride like with the mummy or MIB but u can always YouTube or google the ahead to get the storyline. The HP ties have great

5:30pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

queues but u see the best of them in the EP line anyway. The best part of F&F is actually the queue but u get to still see much of it in EP line. I'd look up story line for Mummy, MIB and maybe spiderman. If EP line is short, u wont have time to watch the

5:32pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

TV's and get the background info. Still great without it but it was years before we finally walked mummy and understood the "punchline" coffee comment at end of Mummy or knew why the mummy at start had a red hat.

5:34pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

Oh, if u like it there is all I can eat WOK Experience there. Was only on Fr/Sat so check 1st. The whole hotel smells wonderful. Odd to say but true. HR has a great scent they pipe in somehow as well. Pool there has great splash pad for kids with a boat

5:50pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

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theme. The sushi place is pretty and my husband says good. I only eat non-seafood sushi so I'm. If help. Pricey tho. It's actually a bar too so u can just get drinks. Jadesfire used to rave about their poolside nachos at RP. It's a pretty hotel. The luau

5:52pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

is also fun but pricey and takes up an evening so I'd skip if it's your first visit. My only complaint is we are folks who RD and I wish there were a better shortcut out of hotel to path and also while pretty, the path takes a lovely curve around water.

5:54pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

Very pretty, but with all the walking, I wish I could just go straight. ;) lol

5:55pm on 3/15/26 by Buckeye86

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