Following 5 months of promoting solely multi-day tickets and trip packages to most people, single day tickets are lastly out there for the brand new Epic Universe theme park at Common Orlando. Listed below are the small print concerning the new forms of 1-day and 2-day tickets anybody can now buy, adopted by our commentary.
Previous to right this moment, Epic Universe tickets have been solely out there to buy as a part of multi-day bundles and trip packages with lodge reservations for most people that emphasised days at Common Studios Florida and Islands of Journey. On this case, emphasised implies that these multi-day tickets all provided solely a single day at Epic Universe, no matter period. You could possibly purchase a 14-day and nonetheless solely get one go to to Epic Universe. (Essentially the most excessive instance, for company from the UK.)
The one single day tickets beforehand out there have been offered to Annual Passholders, which additionally went on sale shortly after the multi-day tickets and trip packages for most people. These proved fairly well-liked, and days round Memorial Day weekend and into early June shortly offered out. Though, for what it’s price, we now have seen dates turn into out there once more after opening weekend every now and then. So it’s price keeping track of the ticketing web page in the event you’re nonetheless trying to find availability within the first week or so.
That brings us to right this moment (March 13, 2025), when Common Orlando launched a brand new wave of ticket choices. Most notably, this newest launch consists of 1-day tickets that enable company to go to Common Epic Universe on a single day. There’s additionally a brand new 2-day choice that permits company to go to Common Epic Universe on at some point, after which one other at both Islands of Journey or Common Studios.
Single day tickets are presently out there for dates beginning June 1, 2025. Common Epic Universe opens on Could 22, that means that the primary 10 days are unavailable to buy through the 1-day tickets. Right here’s a take a look at the pricing & availability calendar:
Nevertheless, there are nonetheless Epic Universe trip packages out there for all of those dates, suggesting that Common Orlando has merely blocked out the primary 10 days to have stock to promote to lodge company. If these rooms don’t promote out, we’d count on the stock to shift over to single-day tickets in some unspecified time in the future. So preserve an eye fixed out in the event you actually need tickets for late Could!
Each single date on the calendar from June by way of December 2025 is accessible. Ticket costs within the first full month that Epic Universe is open are both $174 or $179 each single day, with weekends and later within the month being costlier. Costs enhance to $184/$189 for the Independence Day lengthy weekend, which can be the excessive water mark for Summer season 2025.
After that, costs start reducing all through August, dropping as little as $164 on weekdays within the second half of the month. They spike once more for Labor Day weekend, costing $179 to $189, earlier than plummeting on the Tuesday after to the 2025 low of $139. There are weekdays all through the month that value $139 to $149. Unsurprising, since September tends to be the slowest month in Central Florida.
October alerts one other shift, with costs rising to $164 to begin the month, and hitting $189 once more over the autumn break interval. That is just about the story of the ultimate three months of the 12 months, usually the busiest and most costly at each Common Orlando and Walt Disney World.
Just about each faculty break in the course of the vacation season hits at the very least $184, and even weekdays are elevated. Then there are the height season dates between Christmas Eve and New Yr’s Eve. Ticket costs peak at $199 on December 24, and keep at that stage by way of the top of 2025.
Our Commentary
Common Orlando introduced the opening date of Epic Universe, began promoting multi-day tickets, trip packages, Helios Grand Lodge reservations, and single day tickets for Annual Passholders all inside fast succession in late October of final 12 months. All of this–from announcement to launch–occurred within the span of a single week.
5 months later, Common Orlando is lastly now promoting 1-day Epic Universe tickets to most people, solely a pair weeks after beginning multi-day ticket gross sales to Florida residents. In the event you requested me again in late October when extra multi-day and single-day tickets can be launched, I might’ve guessed lengthy prior to now.
The truth that Epic Universe trip packages, lodge reservations, multi-day ticket bundles, and Annual Passholder tickets have all had loads of availability all through the summer time–together with in late Could after opening weekend–all known as into query Common’s resolution to withhold single day tickets for therefore lengthy.
As we’ve urged beforehand, it appeared that Common was taking part in a high-stakes recreation of hen. That Comcast has dumped tons of cash into the constructing of Epic Universe, together with billions greater than budgeted. That the mum or dad firm desires or wants Epic Universe to be an enormous hit proper out of the gate, particularly as its legacy companies wrestle. That the aim is to seize as a lot income as potential, as shortly as potential to begin recouping that large funding–particularly after a sluggish 12 months for its parks.
In principle, this wasn’t a foul strategy to extend Common Orlando’s common size of keep, make company extra more likely to guide on-site accommodations, stop attendance cannibalization from Common’s current gates, and getting folks to spend their park days at Common Orlando slightly than Walt Disney World, and likewise doing lodge stays at UOR versus WDW.
We’ve additionally urged for some time that every one of that is in principle, and will backfire. Households plan their summer time holidays in the course of the vacation season and in direction of the beginning of the brand new 12 months, and single-day tickets weren’t out there throughout that window. Whereas some theme park tremendous followers may leap on the alternative to expertise Epic Universe as early as potential and leap over no matter hurdles Common throws their manner, they’re not the norm. Others could fear about opening season crowds, preliminary hiccups, or balk in any respect hoops they’ve to leap by way of.
Common Orlando already has misplaced at the very least a few of these potential company for the opening summer time of Epic Universe. Not everyone seems to be refreshing the Common Orlando web site on a each day or weekly foundation, ready for the subsequent spherical of tickets to go on sale. Some test as soon as, see choices to not their liking, and guide elsewhere.
I’ve zero doubts in anyway that Epic Universe will likely be busy throughout its opening weekend. It’s a model new theme park, in fact it’s going to! Tickets to Annual Passholders offered out quick and trip packages don’t use date-based tickets, that means that everybody staying in a lodge over opening weekend has a number of days of admission…however most likely desires to go to Epic Universe on Could 22. I wouldn’t be shocked if the park hits a phased closure these first few days. I’d additionally count on digital queues to be the norm for sure lands, and that can have a cascading impact on crowds elsewhere.
All of that is to say that Epic Universe will certainly not be “lifeless” or a “ghost city” throughout these first couple weeks, and even all through the opening summer time. That positively gained’t be the case. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless potential for the park to be busy and really feel overcrowded to company whereas falling wanting Common’s inner projections. It’s additionally believable for attendance to be decrease from June by way of September than the ultimate three months of the 12 months. That is what I think will occur. Extra on crowd predictions very quickly, particularly now that we now have a full calendar of date-based costs.
Finally, it’s comprehensible that Comcast desires to seize as a lot income as potential in the course of the opening season of Epic Universe, filling up its overbuilt lodge stock and never cannibalizing attendance at its current gates. It’s onerous to fault this strategy contemplating how a lot cash has been spent on Epic Universe. There’s rather a lot using on it. The third theme park should flip Common Orlando right into a bona fide vacation spot resort that may maintain its personal with Walt Disney World.
Nevertheless it’s additionally foolish to fake that there isn’t draw back danger to Common’s technique, and I’m truthfully shocked they didn’t begin promoting single-day tickets three months in the past. On the very least, Common ought to’ve launch them earlier than Walt Disney World began operating its 2025 resident specials. They may’ve blocked out dates and restricted stock to have sufficient for pricier trip packages–identical to they’re doing right this moment, anyway!
Epic Universe will likely be a smash success for Common Orlando within the long-term, however I’m skeptical that its opening season strategy goes to yield the anticipated dividends. I wouldn’t be in the slightest degree shocked if, after the preliminary fanfare the primary couple weeks, there’s a summer time lull because of this backfiring. We’ve been saying all alongside that they need to’ve tried to lock-in visits as shortly as potential or else danger lacking out on them–and with the current rise in financial uncertainty and drops in client confidence, this attitude has seemingly been additional vindicated. We will see, although–maybe that is all fallacious, Epic Universe will likely be packed all summer time, and exceed Comcast’s projections to buyers.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Have you ever bought single-day tickets for Epic Universe now that they’re out there? Or are you ready a bit longer, planning to go to after the preliminary fanfare and opening summer time? Is it potential pushing trip packages and multi-day bundles will backfire? Will odd vacationers who aren’t hardcore theme parks folks sit out opening summer time to keep away from all of this? Ideas on UOR’s strategy to ticketing for Epic Universe? Agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions? We love listening to from readers, so please share some other ideas or questions you’ve gotten within the feedback under.