I remember a thousand posts decrying full-sized windows on the second floor of Disneyland‘s Club-33 (A justified criticism). Epic Universe is breaking many theme park norms with inconsistencies of scale being a big one. It’s probably best to not think of this as a full, cohesive theme park and instead recognize it as a gated retail corridor with themed mini lands attached.
Well now you're just being silly. There's probably no theme park in existence that keeps a consistent scale between all of its lands. Most fail to keep their scale completely consistent within a single land, no matter how hard they try, including Disney's. We don't refer to any of them as "gated retail corridors." And for that matter, what even is the scale of Celestial Park supposed to be? Do we have evidence of forced perspective in use? Because I don't think I've seen any, and they would have to be utilizing tricks along those lines in the first place in order for the hotel to technically be out-of-scale with the rest of the land. Just having an imposing building in a theme park doesn't mean the scale is wrong.
You clearly don’t understand what you are talking about. The windows (and other design elements) at Club 33 were criticized because they were immediately adjacent to other elements that they contradicted. In this case you are referencing elements used to force the perspective. Those big windows betrayed that the buildings were not as big as they looked.
5am? How early is this park opening? 6am? That sounds awesome.
You don’t find it hard to understand why the only new park in 25 years won’t have express pass?!
Summer ends September 22.Summer 2025 technically doesn't start until June 20th.
Summer 2025 technically doesn't start until June 20th.
May 28
We got a little confused here. Epic not having Express is not surprising. Helios not having Express, at all, is a little surprising.
I don’t think it’s surprising, the current parks can’t add yet more people with unlimited express pass without impacting the main queues or reducing the ability to sell express. The new park is unlikely to offer express for the foreseeable future. I would expect Helios to be priced accordingly, definitely more expensive than Sapphire Falls but likely lower than Portofino Bay due to no express pass.
Perhaps I’m crazy, but I’d be really shocked to see Helios below Portofino considering the way that Universal is marketing the product. Maybe if Helios doesn’t perform too well in the long-run.
It should be lower than all three Express resorts. If Sapphire is $300/night and Royal Pacific is $600, this should be $450. But I bet they’ll go higher.
Rumors are park view rooms will be in the $700 range. The rest around $500.
When would it be at that price point? Low season or high? If Royal Pacific starts at $900 at Christmas, I’ll be curious to see where this lands. The iridescent twins are $300 at that time.
If they do, I think it will make Sapphire more desirable. It’s a pretty easy walk to two parks with the same perks as Helios. Plus a slide!
They definitely will — but unlike the Disney resorts, guests will have a comparable amenity to consciously weigh against that convenience. A family of four is easily saving at least $300-400 by choosing an Express hotel, so they’ll have to ask if giving that up is worth the close proximity to Epic.
