Is there a change happening with the Universal annual passes right now? We’re planning on getting 1 annual pass for the benefits but have the rest of the family just get regular tickets. Both the Unofficial Guide for 2026 and the Universal website mention two types of annual passes. 2 park and 3 park. But when I click to try and buy a pass on the Universal site, it only gives the option to buy the 2 park pass. Even though it lets you compare 3 park versions, they aren’t available for sale.
This is making me wonder if there are changes coming and that there might soon be an option that also covers Epic Universe. But I don’t keep up with Universal info as much as I do Disney info so might have missed something. Should I be waiting a few weeks to see if new announcements are made? Our trip isn’t until Oct, but we were going to get the annual pass sometime in the next month so we’d be able to use it to get discounts on the hotel rooms.
I was also vaguely hoping that we could use the annual pass to get discounts on the regular tickets for the rest of the group. But there seems to be language in the details that says you can’t use an annual pass discount on tickets that include Epic Universe. When I look at multi-day tickets for Oct, most of the options are for 3 or 4 parks. Does that mean I can’t actually use the annual pass discount on any tickets? Or has that language not been updated for 2026 tickets that are now including all 4 parks as default?
The ideal situation would be if there were an annual pass that included all 4 parks and that got a slight discount on regular tickets (4 parks, 4 days) for the rest of the group. But it might still be worth it to get a 2 park annual pass, and use it’s discounts on 2day/2park tickets then buy EU and VB without the discount.