Universal Epic Universe (South Expansion Complex) - Opens May 22 2025

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Oct 15

Aerial photos of a service building near the portal of a Harry Potter related land in Epic Universe.
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Aerial look at domes in the center of Epic Universe. Believed to be for Celestial Carousel.Water feature construction at left side.Circulation and filtration of all the center of park water features is under the area at bottom right.
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Oct 15
An aerial photo of Epic Universe. A chain of water features is seen left to right, in front of the in-park resort tower.
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Aerial look at the in-park resort tower of Epic Universe. As seen from about a mile away.In foreground will be the resort's tropical pool.Also seen are the dual-racing roller coaster, and attractions in How To Train Your Dragon land. With an additional roller coaster.
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Very wide aerial look across Epic Universe, from about a mile away
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Aerial look at pools and recreation in development at Universal resort South of Epic Universe. Work on the colorful reflective tile mural has wrapped around the tower.
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Very wide aerial look across Epic Universe. As seen from about a mile away. Show building in foreground is the featured attraction in Dark Universe.
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Aerial look at water feature construction near the entrance of Epic Universe (top left).A restaurant will be in the octagonal building. Paint is nearly complete at top. Openings for windows are covered in scrims. Elaborate concrete forms at base of the windows.
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Aerial look at a recent change in traffic flow from Sand Lake Rd WB to Kirkman Rd NB, at the interchange redo.Team Member parking of Epic Universe seen top left. In use now by the construction team.
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DonniePeverley

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Rich Brownn said:
Right, because all Epic is is coasters. I thought you said they weren't building the park at all?
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I never said Epic was all coasters. I said there seems to be far too many coasters.

Coasters in my opinion are cheap attractions you find in your local theme park. Universal and Disney are so much more than that. See the innovation and ground breaking technology for attractions like Spiderman when it first came out.
 
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Oct 15

Aerial overview of the in-park resort at Epic Universe. The tower continues to grow, and the tropical pool area is taking shape at the arrow. Parking garage is exclusive to guests of the resort.
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Aerial look at current height of the in-park resort of Epic Universe.
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In this aerial of a restaurant in Epic Universe:1 In-park resort basement access2 Theming frame on the restaurant3 Seems like a bridge will be over top of a cascading water feature4 A few more Octagons like this are nearby5 Top of the portal to Dark Universe
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Aerial look at elaborate concrete forms in front of an Epic Universe restaurant. Scrims currently cover openings for large windows.
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Aerial look at a traffic flow change. Sand Lake Rd WB to Kirkman Rd NB.At left is the extension of Kirkman Rd to Epic Universe.
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Aerial look at work in progress for more paved parking at a Universal resort South of Epic Universe. A colorful pavement test is at arrow.
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An aerial look at Epic Universe.1 Park entrance.2 How To Train Your Dragon land.3 Restaurant. Elaborate concrete forms at base of what will be large windows.4 Portal of Super Nintendo World.5 Celestial Carousel.6 Excavation at front of the dual-racing roller coaster.
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Aerial look at a building under construction between the Epic Universe large circular fountain, and the portal to a Harry Potter related land.Arrows at recently added octagonal features.
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Aerial look at what will be a raised traffic circle near Epic Universe.1 Pilings staged2 Construction worker exit traffic3 Kirkman Rd4 Concrete forms for foundations5 Foundations ready for columns6 Pending hotel access road7 Donkey Kong roller coaster track
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A nearly straight-down aerial look at the in-park resort of Epic Universe. Pool area in development in lower right.
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An aerial photo of domes in the center of Epic Universe.1 A meandering chain of fountains in a water feature.2 Chain of fountains branches into a semicircle.3 Semicircle offset in a semicircle. Believed to be a splash pad.4 Pump room for all center of park water features.
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Aerial photo of the center of Epic Universe. Likely to be called Celestial Park. At top left is current height of the in-park resort.
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Aerial photo of water feature construction near the entrance of Epic Universe. Section at right has puddling from heavy rain.
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A nearly straight-down aerial photo of a Harry Potter related land and the Epic Universe in-park hotel tower.
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Aerial photo showing details of some of the viewing for the fountain show in center of Epic Universe. Note the size of the workers.
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Aerial look across Epic Universe. From How To Train Your Dragon land, to Super Nintendo World.
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Oct 14

Aerial look at a crane holding a section of brake run in the Epic Universe dual-racing roller coaster.Electrical wiring can be seen in progress under the track.
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Aerial overview of what might be called Celestial Park at the center of Epic Universe. With a chain of water features.
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A close up aerial look at construction of an in-park resort at Epic Universe.
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In this aerial photo of the Epic Universe dual-racing roller coaster:1 Guest entrance of the station2 Reach test device3 Scaffolding actively being raised for theming the central decorative element.
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trr1

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DonniePeverley said:
I never said Epic was all coasters. I said there seems to be far too many coasters.

Coasters in my opinion are cheap attractions you find in your local theme park. Universal and Disney are so much more than that. See the innovation and ground breaking technology for attractions like Spiderman when it first came out.
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DonniePeverley said:
I am seeing far too many lazy off the shelf coasters, slap of paint, make a nice queue and call it 'whatever IP you want'. Universal are doing this lazy nonsense far too much now.

Where is the innovation ? Or is it making things on the cheap ?
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so is Donkey Kong mine cart coaster a lazy off the shelf coaster?
 
DonniePeverley

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MisterPenguin said:
We all knew you made a mistake when you claimed it was never going to be built.

We knew we were rite.
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Never said it was never going to be built. My main point of concern was the delay should never have happened, and the longer it went on the longer the project seemed like it would never be complete. By not committing to it, and being wishy washy was very unlike Comcast in their usual aggressive approach to theme parks in Orlando which has seen them bring up Universal attendance massively.

Tourism can have the odd bleak period, but by in large it's figures goes up - as long as you have a good product for people to visit, and then to visit again.

Comcast admitted they shouldn't have delayed. By now Epic Unvierse would have been open.
 
DonniePeverley

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trr1 said:
so is Donkey Kong mine cart coaster a lazy off the shelf coaster?
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Let's see. But if you can remove the name Donkey Mine cart coaster, and replace it with Superman - will the attraction just be the same? If so, it's off the shelf and just branded - see Velocicoaster.
 
JoeCamel

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I really do love the celestial theme of this parks core, cant wait to visit in a couple years! Will it be as good as IoA?...maybe maybe not. I still may prefer IoA attractions more overall but this looks great regardless imo
 
JoeCamel

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J4546 said:
I really do love the celestial theme of this parks core, cant wait to visit in a couple years! Will it be as good as IoA?...maybe maybe not. I still may prefer IoA attractions more overall but this looks great regardless imo
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As a new build I think it will be much better, design is different now
 
WDWFREAK53

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JT3000 said:
What are you talking about? That's one of my favorite issues of Superman! It's right up there with the one where he rides a motorbike and gets a lesson in magical creatures.
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I love the argument, "If you remove all of the theming to make it unique, it's just an off-the-shelf attraction."

Doesn't that mean Rise of the Resistance is an off-the-shelf ride because Ratatouille exists?
 
UNCgolf

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WDWFREAK53 said:
I love the argument, "If you remove all of the theming to make it unique, it's just an off-the-shelf attraction."

Doesn't that mean Rise of the Resistance is an off-the-shelf ride because Ratatouille exists?
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I think the point is somewhat fair regarding Velocicoaster, which is very lightly themed (at least as far as the on-ride experience), but I agree with you in general.
 

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