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Is the Express Pass worth it for Epic? We're going for a 5 day trip, with one day at Epic. The phone operator convinced me to get the Express Pass for Epic, but I just realized the pass costs more than our ticket! Our plan is to focus on Dark Universe, Berk, and Ministry of Magic, seeing/riding anything else would be a bonus. Did I just waste a bunch of money? Can anyone direct me to info about the Express Pass in Epic?
 
It may have just been a glitch. It happens a lot with UO. I've been waiting for a buddy who's coming to buy theirs and been keeping an eye. Never saw dates on sept sold out.
experienced it after deciding to
revisit in early September. multiple, random AP dates sold out

thot maybe a glitch, until no change after over a week of watching

wound up calling in, long hold and 2 tix were found. It was described as being near capacity issues

strongly think since many dates now available again, they have since opened the flood gates a bit & bumped up to a higher guest capacity level

IMO they have to stress test with higher guest numbers before they consider selling even limited APs to the park
 
I'd like to offer a few comments about Epic after my visit today.

I went to the Dockside bus stop pretty early and boarded the bus around 7:30am for today's early entry official start time of 9:00am. This bus was one of those articulated buses, of which I have not seen many at Universal Orlando.

I made it to the security queues shortly before 8:00am--failed to note the exact time, maybe 7:50 or thereabouts. There were a total of 16 walk-through metal detectors, starting from 1 at the far right. I went all the way over to the far left and there were about 14 people in front of me. A few minutes later, a security TM told us to split our queue in half, between stations 15 and 16, so that sped things up when security opened up around 8:15 am. I forget the wait at the ticket scanners, perhaps another 10-15 minutes. All guests were allowed into the front plaza of Celestial Park when the scanners got going, whether or not they had early entry. The Super Nintendo people went to a rope barrier on the left, and the people interested in BatM and/or Stardust Racers went to a rope barrier on the right. (Early entry is not really worthwhile for MU or Yoshi or the carousel, in my opinion, although Yoshi might be a close call.) I believe some people gambled and lost by queueing up for Mine Cart, which had operational problems and did not open until later in the morning, and when it did open it was 125 minutes or something....d'oh. Note that Mine Cart is not an early entry ride, but people seem to queue there anyway, same as BatM. Speaking of...

After waiting at the right-hand rope barrier until a little before 9:00am, TMs walked us up to MoM. Some guests split away to Stardust Racers. My plan to do BatM first thing went perfecto. We went straight through the MoM portal and into Battle at the Ministry and essentially walked all the way through to the boarding area. So far as I could tell, everything was working fine, and I was off the ride by about 9:40 am. Ultimately I ended up doing BatM twice and MU three times. The other stuff wasn't that important to me, but I did go on Yoshi, the carousel, and Mario Kart. This approach to early entry could easily have been a crash-and-burn if BatM had been delayed at beginning of day, but it all came together nicely.

A few quick tips--
(1) The invisible man razzes people in Darkmoor, so make sure to talk to him and take a picture. Also saw the roaming violinist in the evening; I think she also does pictures.
(2) The shortcut that used to be available just inside the Super Nintendo portal, to the right before the escalators, now has TMs stationed there pretty much all the time. I think they are limiting that alternate route to exit-only unless you obviously cannot use escalators.
(3) Saw meet-and-greets in Super Nintendo for both Princess Peach and Luigi/Mario. Not sure what the schedule was, probably some way to look it up or you can ask a TM when you get there.
(4) At the Cosme Acajor wand shop in the Wizarding World, I did see the proprietor herself appear and talk to people about her wand offerings. Again, not sure if she appears on any set schedule, but anyone (esp. kids) in the market for a wand might want to look into it.
 

You truly are only paying for the view, and you can get that same view for free if you go up to the bar area. I did a theme park view room at Tokyo Disney Sea Miracosta and felt it was worth the money. The windows opened slightly, which allowed you to truly soak in the park atmosphere. You can't do that at Helios, so it is literally just the view. That may sound like a trivial difference, but it really did make a difference. We took more breaks in our room there and I think it was because we could still enjoy the park atmosphere while taking a break.
Yes - I can see the value of that no doubt - really just making sure folks truly understand it so they are not disappointed.
Taking a break, even at the other two Epic hotels is just not as convenient.
In most cases I will pay the extra for a view, its nice no doubt, but I just don't see myself doing that for Helios.
 











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