Universal's Epic Universe General News & Discussion

[GAcoaster]

TMs were just issued even more tickets to visit Epic this week, and Lowes Hotel employees and operating participants can now visit as well.

Come on family members!!!

 

[Speed]

I don’t think the park is quite ready for family members, it’ll be interesting to see how it’s handled depending on how much construction Universal wants non TMs to see as Celestial Park is still getting a good amount of work (if they do plan on starting this month)

On top of that the ride reliability isn’t all too great yet. On both of my visits so far only 60% of the rides were operating, and check back in 20 minutes and that might’ve went down to 30%. Hiccup’s and Werewolf seem to be pretty reliable so far though

 

[OrlLover]

When do you think we will start to see actual photos and videos of the lands ?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

When do you think we will start to see actual photos and videos of the lands ?

As in from the ground? The earliest I see them lifting any filming is when they start Team Member family & friends preview. Just a guess, no info.

 

[OrlLover]

As in from the ground? The earliest I see them lifting any filming is when they start Team Member family & friends preview. Just a guess, no info.

So not anytime soon ?

 

[Floridaguy34]

Rumor has it that media day will be. End of March and then family member previews which is similar to what they did with DreamWorks land

 

[Lucky Planet]

i just wanna see a full vid of the monsters ride but who knows if that would ever be possible. maybe never

 

[Alicia]

i just wanna see a full vid of the monsters ride but who knows if that would ever be possible. maybe never

Nearly all rides at Universal Orlando now have warning signs saying no video or photos allowed on the ride... even ET recently added a safety spiel in audio that plays before dispatch saying it, and that was one of the last not to have the rule.

If Monsters ride has a no filming rule, I am sure lots of people will break it, but I would not want to be the friend or family who deems it worth risking their loved one's job over.

Once Passholder previews start I am sure people will get more bold.

For better or for worse.

 

[Lucky Planet]

Nearly all rides at Universal Orlando now have warning signs saying no video or photos allowed on the ride... even ET recently added a safety spiel in audio that plays before dispatch saying it, and that was one of the last not to have the rule.

If Monsters ride has a no filming rule, I am sure lots of people will break it, but I would not want to be the friend or family who deems it worth risking their loved one's job over.

Once Passholder previews start I am sure people will get more bold.

For better or for worse.

oh I didn't know. I never paid attention, but YouTube always has videos for all the rides, even newer ones like the Mario ride or hagrid's motorcycle ride,

I'm so used to being able to see clips of the rides on Instagram or tiktok or YouTube that I never noticed. I didn't know it wasn't allowed,

 

[Alicia]

oh I didn't know. I never paid attention, but YouTube always has videos for all the rides, even newer ones like the Mario ride or hagrid's motorcycle ride,

I'm so used to being able to see clips of the rides on Instagram or tiktok or YouTube that I never noticed. I didn't know it wasn't allowed,

No one pays attention to safety warnings signs.

 

[tyro]

Nearly all rides at Universal Orlando now have warning signs saying no video or photos allowed on the ride... even ET recently added a safety spiel in audio that plays before dispatch saying it, and that was one of the last not to have the rule.

If Monsters ride has a no filming rule, I am sure lots of people will break it, but I would not want to be the friend or family who deems it worth risking their loved one's job over.

Once Passholder previews start I am sure people will get more bold.

For better or for worse.

Honestly I’m surprised there hasn’t been any leaks yet (that I have seen at least) with meta bands making it so easy to record now there is not really a way for universal to stop someone.

On an unrelated note, have there been any reports on how wait times have been? I know it is limited capacity and potter is not up yet, but more curious about how the waits are in relation to eachother. So out of donkey Kong, star dust, monsters, werewolf, mario kart how are the wait times currently ranked?

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

Honestly I’m surprised there hasn’t been any leaks yet (that I have seen at least) with meta bands making it so easy to record now there is not really a way for universal to stop someone.

TBF, it's different when leaking anything from previews is directly traceable to employees who would be risking their jobs.

 

[Rhian]

As in from the ground? The earliest I see them lifting any filming is when they start Team Member family & friends preview. Just a guess, no info.

That was my impression as well. Currently they have in-park staff taking professional photos but are informing TMs they won't be available until the Family and Friends Preview.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Do we have any estimates on park hours yet?

This is the last big piece of info I'm waiting for. They're putting so much into lighting packages for this park, that they almost HAVE to be keeping Epic open later than the other parks.

 

[twebber55]

This is the last big piece of info I'm waiting for. They're putting so much into lighting packages for this park, that they almost HAVE to be keeping Epic open later than the other parks.

im hoping 8 am -10 pm

 

[saint.piss]

I'm still curious if APs with free parking can still have that benefit at Epic tbh. It would be a little sucky if not

 

[ssirin88]

I'm still curious if APs with free parking can still have that benefit at Epic tbh. It would be a little sucky if not

Yeah I guess we don’t really have an idea on what AP benefits apply to Epic. VB never had their own parking so can’t really go off history. Technically the free parking we do get applies to CityWalk

 

[TaylorMade]

Rumor has it that media day will be. End of March and then family member previews which is similar to what they did with DreamWorks land

One thing I am so curious about is will they have Battle at the Ministry up and running for the media preview?

 

[Floridaguy34]

They may do a separate media preview for ministry. I’ve heard they started running minstry with 5 vehicles

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

Do we know how many vehicles normally cycle in total? Or at least guesses from those who understand normal ride optics more?