How To Skip Long Lines And Experience Universal's New Epic Universe Theme Park Like A Vip

Changes coming to Disney's Florida parks in 2025

The theme park battle is ramping up. With Universal preparing to open its highly anticipated Epic Universe park, Disney is rolling out updates across all four of its Florida parks in 2025.

• Universal Orlando's new theme park, Epic Universe, will offer Express Passes for guests to skip lines at participating rides and attractions.
• The park will feature five themed lands: Celestial Park, How to Train Your Dragon - Isle of Berk, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic, Dark Universe, and Super Nintendo World.

Along with being among its first visitors, guests of Universal's new Epic Universe theme park can also bypass long-ride queues.

Express Passes are now available for Universal Orlando's new theme park, giving parkgoers the ability to skip the regular line at participating rides and attractions for an additional fee.

"These exciting upgrades will give guests the opportunity to maximize their fun and time at Universal Epic Universe, which promises to be one of the most immersive and innovative theme parks ever created," the theme park said in a press release, announcing other products guests can add on to their admission.

Epic Universe theme park will officially debut on Thursday, May 22. It will be located in Universal's new south campus, located about 15 minutes from its existing parks. The official address is 4700 E. Sand Lake Road in Orlando.

• Universal Express Pass: $129.99 and up
• Universal 3 Park Multi-Day Express Pass: $199.99 and up

You still will need a ticket to enter the theme park. To purchase a pass, visit Universal's website here.

• Celestial Park: Stardust Racers and Constellation Carousel
• Dark Universe: Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment and Curse of the Werewolf
• How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk: Hiccup’s Wing Gliders, Fyre Drill and The Untrainable Dragon show
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic: Le Cirque Arcanus show
• SUPER NINTENDO WORLD: Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge and Yoshi’s Adventure

Guests with tickets to Universal Epic Universe can now book a guided VIP Tour of the park, which comes with exclusive perks like priority access to all attractions and shows and more.

The tours start at $299.99 per person. That pricing does not include park admission.

Available VIP Experiences include:

• 1-Park, 1-Day VIP Experience (valid for Epic Universe, Universal Studios Florida or Universal Islands of Adventure; private and non-private tours)
• 3-Park, 2-Day VIP Experience (includes VIP Tour of Epic Universe on one day and VIP Tour of Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure on another day; private and non-private tour options are available)

Guests can channel their inner monster at the Darkmoor Monster Makeup Experience, located in Epic Universe's Dark Universe.

Skilled artisans will apply face makeup to "experiment or transform" guests into Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and more.

• Experiment Ticket (face makeup only): $45 plus tax per person
• Transformation Ticket (face makeup and accessories): $169 plus tax per adult; $109 plus tax per child (ages 3 – 9)

Universal also announced that, with My Universal Photos, guests will be able to receive images captured by professional photographers in the park and on participating attractions all in one place to access for download.

The service starts at $89.95 in addition on top of park tickets. Guests can also purchase prints as a keepsake for the adventures they experience during their visit.

As of March 2025, guests can purchase single-day admission or multi-day ticket packages to Epic Universe.

Single-day tickets are available for stays starting Sunday, June 1. Single-day tickets to Epic Universe start at $139 and can go up to $199 during peak periods. Annual pass holders can purchase single-day tickets at a discounted price.

May dates for the general public are only available with multi-day ticket packages that were announced last year. The packages all include one or more days at Universal's other parks and a single day admission to Epic Universe.

Like many theme parks, Universal Orlando has dynamic pricing. Additional pricing details are available on Universal’s website. 

There will be five new themed lands, called portals, within Epic Universe:

• Celestial Park – The first-world guests enter the park will feature relaxing gardens, a “wet play area,” a grand carousel, and a dual-launch racing roller coaster with 5,000 feet of track and speeds up to 62 mph. Celestial Park will also be the gateway to Epic Universe’s four other worlds, accessed by themed portals.
• How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk will give fans of the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise a chance to finally soar like Hiccup, Astrid and their fellow Dragon Riders do on screen.
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic will blend "1920s wizarding Paris from Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Fantastic Beasts’ films with the iconic British Ministry of Magic from the Harry Potter series,” according to Universal Orlando, which is already home to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley.
• Dark Universe – Guests can expect to “encounter everything from the experiments of Dr. Victoria Frankenstein to the shadowy landscape where monsters roam in a world of myth and mystery.”
• Super Nintendo World will bring guests into fan-favorite video game franchises for adventures with Mario, Princess Peach and more, like at Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as Donkey Kong, like at Universal Studios Japan.