Although I am a seasoned UOR visitor, I haven’t been since Epic arrived… so I am hoping all you pros can help me answer a few questions
Me (41) and my daughter (16) are staying onsite at the Terra Luna from 8/19-8/26/26 (I know… I am JUST barely missing HHN, but I did that on purpose - we are wimps and scare easily).
Now that Epic has 8 am early entry, does anyone have advice on meeting Toothless? I was planning on Rope Dropping this, but if he doesn’t come out until 10 AM… seems like that isn’t a good idea anymore. Maybe I’m wrong and he comes out earlier now that Epic has early entry?
Volcano Bay Nights - I got tickets for 8/20/26. Does anyone know if the free refillable cups they give you are eligible for purchasing additional day refills at the parks? I assume so, but I know a few years back VB cups did not work in parks…
Volcano Bay Nights - Any recommendations on where we should find a seat? Considering it is a lower capacity, is right in front of the wave pool a good spot (seems like that is central to a lot of the characters and interactive things they offer)? We are rapid river fans, so typically we sit over there…
Epic Universe - I plan on spending almost all of my evenings here, as I hear it is better at night. Thoughts on rides/lands/experiences to do for rope drop?
Epic Universe - any suggestions on when to do the Super Mario Brother’s power up band experiences? I hear it gets wild during the daytime with all the kiddos.
Darkmoor is best at night, and so is Celestial Park. I didn’t ride any rides at Epic, but definitely would wait to ride anything in Darkmoor until evening.
Sorta, you can do the monsters unchained anytime since it’s indoors but the first time you visit this land should be after dark and you should def see the house after dark. It has a whole other vibe and only ride werewolf at night. Makes it sooo much better. All the roller coasters are better at night as is the carousel. Do the shows and indoor rides during the day, wands and Nintendo bands. But see all the lands at night too. We did the bands on Christmas day and there were lines but they moved fast. We did them during the day no problem. Nothing was more than a 15/20 min wait tops and most of them 5-10. I think even playing Bowser Jr was posted at 25/30 but was more like 20/25.
We had two days and we basically flipped it and reversed it (I quote Missy whenever I can). We did two lands during the day one day and the other two at night (First day we did Nintendo and Dragons during day and Wizards and Monsters at night), then we flipped the order the next day. So we got daytime and nighttime rides on all the coasters. Similar with Celestial Park. We rode the coaster at nigtht first day on the way to HP and in the day on day 2.
