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[Minnie1222]

If you were there on opening day they gave a coin - I doubt you would toss it - its metal and says grand opening 2025.
Just because its on eBay for 250 does not mean someone will pay 250 - but they may offer some amount.
I see two listed currently.

I also see one from Earthquake opening day 1990 - and its only $248 with a nice case.

Oh good! I was not there for the Helios opening.

 

[MIChessGuy]

If someone buys a one-day Epic ticket but then later the AP upgrade process is announced, what happens? Is it likely the ticket will be applied to the cost of the upgrade? Will they even allow an upgrade to an existing AP?

 

[tony67]

If someone buys a one-day Epic ticket but then later the AP upgrade process is announced, what happens? Is it likely the ticket will be applied to the cost of the upgrade? Will they even allow an upgrade to an existing AP?

Id assume they would credit you towards the upgrade with a 1 day ticket - they have been good about refunds etc...

In the past you could pay the difference to upgrade - I would not expect that to change.. would really anger a lot of folks if they could not upgrade

 

[tony67]

55 Minutes to meet toothless - that is crazy - never saw it less than 90 minutes.

I guess they finally dumped Ministry queue - and the park is still empty.

Watching a stream from a former TM and she was saying the number of tickets sold was way less than people think and closer to the TM previews.

 

[GhostHost24]

If they want to increase capacity, please wait til next week

 

[tony67]

If they want to increase capacity, please wait til next week

It sounds like its the first 3 days - so you should be good.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

It sounds like its the first 3 days - so you should be good.

Long enough for people to book trips & commit.

 

[sherlockmiles]

55 Minutes to meet toothless - that is crazy - never saw it less than 90 minutes.

I guess they finally dumped Ministry queue - and the park is still empty.

Watching a stream from a former TM and she was saying the number of tickets sold was way less than people think and closer to the TM previews.

are they letting people walk through the queue?

 

[tony67]

Long enough for people to book trips & commit.

Yeah - kind of like me and the dang previews - they got me

 

[tony67]

are they letting people walk through the queue?

Yes they are.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Looks like Ministry is now open for the day. Posted 180 minute wait

 

[PrincessV]

If they want to increase capacity, please wait til next week

Better yet, please wait until JULY!
Signed,
Holder of an early June ticket

 

[marmentrout85]

Better yet, please wait until JULY!
Signed,
Holder of an early June ticket

Really hoping this is the case as I'm late June

Also, does anyone have an idea of what the average attendance was during AP/Public previews?

 

[GhostHost24]

Part of me wants to call to see if I can change my ticket to tomorrow lol (its sold out online so I doubt it)

 

[zavandor]

https://www.thrill-data.com/epic-universe-tickets

This is supposedly pretty accurate.. Scroll down and it shows how many tickets were available for each date

How do they know this? Is it official data, maybe only available to sellers?
If we can trust it, then it's a great tool to choose which day during a trip go to Epic.

 

[GhostHost24]

How do they know this? Is it official data, maybe only available to sellers?
If we can trust it, then it's a great tool to choose which day during a trip go to Epic.

It's not too hard to scrape data with code etc. I'm not in that field so I wouldn't be able to explain it.

 

[PrincessV]

Really hoping this is the case as I'm late June

Also, does anyone have an idea of what the average attendance was during AP/Public previews?

As I recall, Thrill Data had it between 7-8K at the low end of early AP previews and 10-13K at the high end when it went public

 

[fatmanatee]

Universal app wait times are insane right now. Ministry at 240 min, everything else 15 min or less (MK is down).

 

[GhostHost24]

No go in changing to tomorrow, oh well!

 

[Skywalker3]

FOMO for real here. We often go to Orlando this time of year, but hadn't planned to this year, although I did schedule leave at work. DS is graduating high school tonight, and we weren't sure of plans after that. All this excitement and wait times not so dreadful make me want to jump in the car and head down there.
I am hoping to get in a June or Aug trip before APs expire, and DS goes off to college....but if not, we'll try Oct. I'm so glad things seem to be running smoothly, rides working (except for Ministry,) so that's awesome!!