{"id":141448,"date":"2026-02-03T01:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141448\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:42:09","slug":"fyre-drill-refurbishment-extended-by-another-week-at-universal-epic-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141448\/","title":{"rendered":"Fyre Drill Refurbishment Extended by Another Week at Universal Epic Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The refurbishment of Fyre Drill, a How to Train Your Dragon water ride at Epic Universe, has been extended from one week to two. The ride\u2019s closure began on February 1.<\/p>\n<p>Fyre Drill Refurbishment<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uor-ueu-httyd-isle-of-berk-fyre-drill-2813.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"The entrance to the Fyre Drill water ride in How to Train Your Dragon - Isle of Berk at Epic Universe\" class=\"wp-image-1361409 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uor-ueu-httyd-isle-of-berk-fyre-drill-2813.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"2560\" data-eio-rheight=\"1920\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uor-ueu-httyd-isle-of-berk-fyre-drill-2813.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the Fyre Drill water ride in How to Train Your Dragon - Isle of Berk at Epic Universe\" class=\"wp-image-1361409\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/01\/fyre-drill-attraction-refurbishment-epic-universe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">originally set to reopen<\/a> on February 8 but the Universal Orlando Resort calendar now states it will be closed through February 13, so it will reopen to guests on February 14.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s normal for water rides to close in the winter for maintenance. This is the first winter season for Epic Universe, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/01\/comcast-executives-confirm-universal-epic-universe-still-not-operating-full-capacity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">still not operating at full capacity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/fyre-drill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Fyre Drill<\/a> is an interactive boat ride run by the Viking twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Watch our ride POV from both teams\u2019 perspectives below:<\/p>\n<p>Have you been to Epic Universe? 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For Disney Parks news, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/category\/parks-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDWNT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The refurbishment of Fyre Drill, a How to Train Your Dragon water ride at Epic Universe, has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6113,68676,68677,30551,33502,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-141448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-epic-universe","tag-fyre-drill","tag-fyre-drill-refurbishment","tag-how-to-train-your-dragon","tag-how-to-train-your-dragon-isle-of-berk","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}