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Universal Orlando has had lots of ride closures lately, and this new closure might affect your spring break trip!
SUPER NINTENDO WORLD
Super Nintendo World is one of the most popular lands at Epic Universe, which is why you need to know about this!
Stardust Racers is one of Epic Universe’s most popular attractions. The dual-launch roller coaster has riders racing against the opposite track in one of Universal Orlando’s fastest rides.
Stardust Racers
The roller coaster closed for annual refurbishment on February 19th, but the closure has been extended from late February to mid-March, and now until April 5th!
Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry is a wildly popular attraction at Epic Universe. The ride takes you through the Ministry of Magic with magical, omnidirectional lifts that can propel you forwards, backwards, up, down, or sideways.
Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry
The ride is an engineering feat and received critical acclaim – but the guest experience tells a different story. It often breaks down, and guests have reported being stuck for hours or even being injured during these malfunctions.
Heads up to those of you heading to Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe soon, there’s a change coming you need to know about!
WELCOME to Epic Universe!
Early Entry is a great perk for those staying at a Universal Orlando hotel, or Premier Annual Passholders (Preferred Annual Passholders get Early Entry only on certain days and not at Epic Universe at this time), because it allows you to get into the park early to ride some of your favorite attractions with lower waits. In Epic Universe, you can get into the park a whole HOUR early, at 9 AM, but this is your heads up that starting in February, the rides that will be open during this extra hour will CHANGE!
There are many things we’ve seen for the FIRST time over in Epic Universe, and for the most part, we can’t get enough!
Dark Universe in Epic Universe
The immersion in these lands, especially ones like Isle of Berk and Dark Universe, is unlike anything we’ve seen in Universal parks before, and those rides? The way Stardust Racers twists and turns around each other, the seamless transition between screens and practical effects in Monsters Unchained and Battle at the Ministry, the list goes on and on. HOWEVER, there’s something really interesting you need to know about the lockers at these attractions, because believe it or not, it could totally throw you off.
Stardust Racers in Epic Universe is set to reopen after its closure for a death investigation. The attraction is supposed to reopen for the first time today, October 4th, but as of 11:15 AM, it remains closed.
Stardust Racers
However, a change has now been made in the verbiage for the attraction’s safety measures, found in the Guide for Safety and Accessibility for the park that is important to note if you’re visiting soon. Let’s break down what those changes are and how they may affect your upcoming vacation.
It’s certainly not news that people are LOVING Universal’s brand-new theme park, Epic Universe (it’s us, we’re “people”).
WELCOME to Epic Universe!
With five immersive lands, incredible theming, exciting entertainment, stellar attractions, and more, it’s no wonder this land is getting so much love. And, in a recent Comcast earnings call (the parent company of Universal), it was revealed that Epic Universe is responsible for more spending at Universal Orlando.
Epic Universe has been a hot topic of conversation for weeks now, ever since Team Members began being able to visit the parks back in March.
Celestial Park
Currently, Annual Passholder previews are ongoing before the park officially opens to the public on May 22nd, and many people are wondering how they can get into the park early to experience its magic BEFORE the park hits full capacity when it officially opens. Believe it or not, there are a few different ways you can get into this park early!
We’re getting closer and closer to the opening of Epic Universe at Universal Orlando Resort!
Stunning views from Celestial Park
This BRAND-NEW theme park will officially be opening on May 22nd, 2025, and will be home to five different themed lands: Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk, and Dark Universe. We’ve been keeping an eye out for any potential news ahead of the park’s opening, and now we’ve got an Annual Pass update!
We’ve been eagerly awaiting more news about Universal Orlando’s new park coming in 2025 — Epic Universe — and now that we’ve been able to enter Epic Universe (and take allll the pictures), we have so much to share.
WELCOME to EPIC UNIVERSE!
We’ve checked out the park’s preview center, kept track of the updates about the themed lands (including Dark Universe!), and been looking at the construction. We even finally got a chance to go INTO the park, where we got to explore everything for ourselves, and THIS was the standout experience.
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