Universal Orlando News & Planning Thread

A new Horror Make-Up show is coming in 2026 and the old show’s last day is Jan 4, 2026.

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I’ve only seen the horror makeup show once, and it was just last year. Is it the same show every time or do they have a little bit of variety?

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I was recently thinking will they ever change the show up somehow. Good to hear.

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I think the jokes change with the times some but the werewolf and Tom Cruise horror movie parts are the same. I will say it had my teens in fits of laughter last we did it.

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Bit late to this party, but . . .

I always book AP rates at the hotels and sometimes I have been an AP holder and sometimes I have not. I have never been asked to prove I have an AP, either when booking or at check-in. As I understand it, the two systems (Universal’s and Loew’s) are completely separate.

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DD10 would love a Wicked themed land!

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Universal Britain has gotten the Official green light to start construction from the government!!

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Some have probably already heard. Universal filed permits for an Intamin attraction in the Lost Continent of IOA.

That manufacturer built Hagrid’s and VelociCoaster. And are currently building the replacement coaster at the former RRR in USF.

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Well that’s promising!

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I saw this news and I’m super excited! I’m kind of surprised they’re going for another coaster attraction so close to the others, but I guess in a way it kind of makes sense to have a concentration of coasters to make it a sort of destination for enthusiasts. Which will be me. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

What is the thinking – Zelda? Pokemon? Something else?

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Pokémon.

Zelda potential has moved to Epic U.

An original concept for a Pokémon land had a family friendly indoor/outdoor inverted coaster.

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My son will be thrilled!

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G’day all - I’m trying to book a 5-night signature (Portofino cheapest) resort stay with 4-day park tickets, then a 3-night Stella Nova stay with 2-day Epic park tickets + 1 day Epic express pass for October 2026.

The only way I can figure this out is to book the accommodation itself in two parts via Universal website, then use Attraction Tickets for the 14-day 3 park Adventure Ticket plus the 1 day Epic Express pass ticket. I can’t seem to wrangle the whole booking into the Universal system.

All up it comes to just over US$10k :grimacing:

Any ideas on how I can get it lower? I tried getting AP as part of the Signature hotel booking, but they only cover the two legacy parks, and then I couldn’t add Epic only tickets into the Stella Nova stay. It kept wanting me to get 3 day all park tickets.

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Update: permit is for the F&F work, not Lost Continent.

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Wow. Thats interesting…

Thanks for the update

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It’s another round of UOR AP Appreciation Days. Now through the end of January you get a Shrek lanyard along with the usual exclusive menu items and passholder entrances to the parks. Enjoy!

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333 days until my next trip. Counting down the days. Hopefully UOR will include Epic in Annual Passes in some way, because I am not looking forward to the amount I’ll be shelling out for 3 trips that include EPIC if they don’t.

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I’m trying to make some TPs for April to get a feel of how our park days could go. TP has the parks closing at 6pm but last year (at least) parks were open till 9pm.
How do I get TP to address this so I can make plans after 6pm for US and IoA? They have Epic open till 9pm.
ETA: Len is on a cruise so I don’t want to tag him in on this

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Funny, this email went out the other day

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