Epic Universe Opening Day Tickets Sold Out for Annual Passholders Hours After Going on Sale

1-Day tickets for the grand opening day of Epic Universe are sold out for Annual Passholders after going on sale on Thursday morning.

Ticket sales opened at 5 a.m. ET. By 6:30 a.m., Passholders attempting to buy 1-Day tickets were greeted with a message saying 1-Day tickets for the opening day of May 22, 2025, are currently unavailable.

A calendar showing room rates for May and June 2025. Prices vary each day, ranging from $146 to $164 in May and from $151 to $156 in June.

Tickets for the grand opening day were $156, the same price as several other days in May and June. The Friday – Monday after opening are $164 each.

A loading screen for Universal's Epic Universe shows a queue message with an estimated wait time of over an hour and an expected arrival time at 3:08 PM.

Universal also warned Passholders that they were experiencing “longer than anticipated wait times” due to high demand. At 8 a.m., our estimated wait time was “more than an hour,” with an expected arrival time on the website of 3:08 p.m.

2025 Epic Universe tickets went on sale to the general public on October 22, but only as part of multi-day Universal Orlando Resort tickets. Passholders are currently the only guests who can purchase 1-Day Epic Universe tickets. Universal stated they do intend to introduce Annual Pass options that include Epic Universe at a later date. There will also be soft openings for Passholders but details haven’t been announced. Reservations are also open for Universal Helios Grand Hotel, the in-park Epic Universe hotel.

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