{"id":17827,"date":"2025-10-23T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/17827\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:03:09","slug":"epic-universe-park-hopping-in-2026-at-universal-orlando-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/17827\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Universe park-hopping in 2026 at Universal Orlando prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Park-hopping at Epic Universe!<\/p>\n<p>Universal Orlando park-to-park tickets for three days or more will include the option to park-hop to and from Universal Epic Universe beginning Jan. 1, 2026. Guests with park-to-park tickets can come and go freely among Epic Universe and Universal Orlando\u2019s other two theme parks \u2014 Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure \u2014\u00a0as often as they\u2019d like, on any day of their vacation. An upper tier adds the Universal Volcano Bay water park into the mix.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"350392\" alt=\"Monsters Unchained, Epic Universe\" class=\"wp-image-350392 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dracula-Monsters-Unchained-The-Frankenstein-Experiment-Dark-Universe-Epic-Universe-courtesy-of-Unive.jpeg\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"350392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dracula-Monsters-Unchained-The-Frankenstein-Experiment-Dark-Universe-Epic-Universe-courtesy-of-Unive.jpeg\" alt=\"Monsters Unchained, Epic Universe\" class=\"wp-image-350392\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"350648\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350648 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hagrids-Magical-Creatures-Motorbike-Adventure.jpg\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"350648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hagrids-Magical-Creatures-Motorbike-Adventure.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350648\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"333890\" alt=\"E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Florida\" class=\"wp-image-333890 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/E.T.-Adventure-courtesy-of-Universal.png\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"333890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/E.T.-Adventure-courtesy-of-Universal.png\" alt=\"E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Florida\" class=\"wp-image-333890\"  \/><br \/>\nAnimatronic legends at all three Universal Orlando parks: Dracula in Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment at Universal Epic Universe, Hagrid in Hagrid\u2019s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Universal Islands of Adventure, and E.T. in E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Florida.<br \/>Photos courtesy of Universal<\/p>\n<p>Some important notes:<\/p>\n<p>Park hopping to and from Epic Universe will only be available with 3-, 4-, and 5-day park-to-park tickets. Guests with a 2- or 1-day park-to-park ticket can still only park-hop between Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure.<\/p>\n<p>There is still no annual pass option that includes Epic Universe.<\/p>\n<p>Florida residents receive a discount on 3-day park-to-park tickets, but pay full-price for 4-day and 5-day park-to-park tickets (see pricing below).<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, <a href=\"https:\/\/attractionsmagazine.com\/epic-universe-tickets-2026-pricing-annual-pass-discount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">single-day Epic Universe tickets<\/a> for 2026 are also now available.<\/p>\n<p>2026 ticket sales launched on Oct. 23, 2025. Epic Universe opened on May 22, 2025, and until now, Epic Universe admission was always in a separate category, not allowing park-hopping with Epic Universe and Universal\u2019s other parks. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, that\u2019s no longer the case.<\/p>\n<p>Want to visit all three versions of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in one day? Now you can. Want to watch \u201cUniversal Orlando\u2019s Horror Makeup Show\u201d at Universal Studios Florida, then roam the streets of Darkmoor at Epic Universe? Now you can. Want to ride every roller coaster at Universal Orlando in a single day? Now you can. Want to meet Shrek and Toothless in the same day?! Now you can!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"364239\" alt=\"Hogwarts castle, VelociCoaster\" class=\"wp-image-364239 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hogwarts-castle-Jurassic-World-VelociCoaster-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-photo-by-Blake-Taylor.jp.jpeg\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"364239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hogwarts-castle-Jurassic-World-VelociCoaster-Universal-Islands-of-Adventure-photo-by-Blake-Taylor.jp.jpeg\" alt=\"Hogwarts castle, VelociCoaster\" class=\"wp-image-364239\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"356587\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-356587 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stardust-Racers-01-Celestial-Park-Epic-Universe-construction-March-2025-photo-by-bioreconstruct.png\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"356587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stardust-Racers-01-Celestial-Park-Epic-Universe-construction-March-2025-photo-by-bioreconstruct.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-356587\"  \/><br \/>\nLeft: Hogwarts Castle with Jurassic World VelociCoaster at Universal Islands of Adventure<br \/>Right: Stardust Racers at Universal Epic Universe<br \/>Left photo by Blake Taylor; right photo by @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bioreconstruct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">bioreconstruct<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Park-hopping at Epic Universe! 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