I don't find it surprising that most everyone who enjoys theme parks and visits Orlando will plan on going to Epic Universe at some point. A new theme park opening of this magnitude isn't something that happens often, and the different worlds look pretty cool.Small sample size, but it seems that Epic Universe could attract a significant number of visitors away from WDW parks and resorts. I'd guess that the number of non-DVC guests trying out Epic Universe and its new resorts will be even higher.
Is it really that great of a deal though? Is the savings of paying for a hotel room at UO and paying for UO tickets, but then getting free Express passes that much savings, compared to staying DVC for no cost (other than MF's, of course) and paying for UO tickets and paying for Express Passes?The universal express pass is an awesome perk of their deluxe hotels, and a couple of them are a super easy walk to both of the current parks. For us that's a lot of benefit. Plus the Helios will have a VGC style entrance directly into EU.
I'm pretty intrigued to see how the express pass perk will work at the new park, and what the transportation will look like.
EU looks very cool to us, will definitely be checking out! Not first year though. No way
I haven't done the exact math in a while, but we usually can get a pretty solid hotel and ticket package from Costco travel at Hard Rock or Royal Pacific.Is it really that great of a deal though? Is the savings of paying for a hotel room at UO and paying for UO tickets, but then getting free Express passes that much savings, compared to staying DVC for no cost (other than MF's, of course) and paying for UO tickets and paying for Express Passes?
I'm not being facetious, I'm seriously asking. Because when I looked (and it was admittedly years ago), the Express Pass wasn't that expensive to just buy outright. Then you save the cost of a whole 'nother lodging to pay for.
It’s been a few years, but the two times we did it we had parties of four or five adults, which affects the price of the hotel room. The price for EP varies by date, so whether the math works or not sometimes depends on the dates you choose for the hotel stay. But, as pointed out above, the EP is good from checkin day through checkout day, so a minimum of two days. And the resort parking fee is per night and allows in and out privileges, so again resort parking covers two days. I’ve always had to put together a spreadsheet comparing the costs of deluxe hotel reservation vs. not, and so far it has always been less expensive to book the hotel, although one time I did have to pay attention to the dates to make it work.Is it really that great of a deal though? Is the savings of paying for a hotel room at UO and paying for UO tickets, but then getting free Express passes that much savings, compared to staying DVC for no cost (other than MF's, of course) and paying for UO tickets and paying for Express Passes?
I'm not being facetious, I'm seriously asking. Because when I looked (and it was admittedly years ago), the Express Pass wasn't that expensive to just buy outright. Then you save the cost of a whole 'nother lodging to pay for.
I’m not measuring their success, I’m measuring how easy I’m getting standard studios…I don't find it surprising that most everyone who enjoys theme parks and visits Orlando will plan on going to Epic Universe at some point. A new theme park opening of this magnitude isn't something that happens often, and the different worlds look pretty cool.
The real metric of its success will be how often people go back year after year, not whether they plan on visiting once.
As well as their refusal to accommodate people on scooters. As a solo traveler, telling me to use a wheelchair in queues will not work for me.My problem with Universal in general is their lack of attention to people of size.