Universal Studios’ Epic New Theme Park Finally Has an Opening Date

After years of excitement and anticipation, we yet cognize erstwhile Universal Studios volition unfastened its fourth Orlando taxable park, Epic Universe. The institution conscionable announced that the parkland volition unfastened May 22, 2025, with chiseled lands themed to How to Train Your Dragon, Harry Potter, Nintendo, Universal Monsters, and more.

That whitethorn look similar a agelong mode away, but not if you’re a taxable parkland fan. An opening day means it’s clip to marque question plans, and Universal besides announced that tickets for the park, and rooms astatine its caller Universal Helios Grand Hotel, each spell up for sale/reservation connected October 22. As antecedently rumored though, astir admittance to Epic Universe successful what Universal is calling its “First Phase” is lone disposable arsenic portion of a larger summons bundle that includes entranceway to the different taxable parks: Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, and Volcano Bay.

So what does that mean? Well, you tin click here for each the specifics but basically, if you privation to spell to Epic Universe starting May 22, 2025, you’ll request to bargain a multi-day summons that’ll springiness you conscionable 1 time astatine the park. Single-day tickets volition beryllium disposable connected their own, but lone to yearly walk holders astatine the commencement and those income statesman October 24. As for radical who whitethorn conscionable privation to popular into Epic Universe alone, “Additional summons options for Universal Epic Universe—including single-day tickets for the wide nationalist and more—will spell connected merchantability successful the months ahead.” Again, sojourn the official Epic Universe site for circumstantial details connected each that, arsenic good arsenic connected the caller hotel.

“This is specified a pivotal infinitesimal for our destination, and we’re thrilled to invited guests to Epic Universe adjacent year,” Karen Irwin, President and COO of Universal Orlando Resort, said successful a property release. “With the summation of this spectacular caller taxable park, our guests volition embark connected an unforgettable abrogation acquisition with a week’s worthy of thrills that volition beryllium thing abbreviated of epic! Our Universe volition ne'er beryllium the same.”

That past operation is key. Yes, it would beryllium awesome to beryllium among the archetypal to sojourn Epic Universe, thrust its rides, and observe its secrets. But it’s not going anywhere. It volition beryllium determination from May 2025 until everlastingly truthful if you privation to go, but can’t fathom paying admittance for 3 parks to sojourn one, conscionable beryllium tight. In the months and years up determination volition beryllium plentifulness of clip to sojourn Celestial Park, the Ministry of Magic, Super Nintendo World, How to Train Your Dragon‘s Isle of Berk, and Dark Universe.

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