Universal Orlando News & Planning Thread

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Any idea on when it opens again?

Not sure. I think the last bridge refurb was a few months.

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I’ve used that path when they’re funneling fireworks viewers out of Hogsmeade so they can’t backtrack. It is a very hidden path!

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Touring Plans UOR Lines app has some competition :face_with_monocle:

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I see posts started showing up by this company less than 3 weeks ago. Do you have any info?

I am curious about a crowd calendar filled with 10s. I don’t see a definition or where this AI is pulling the data from.

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The guy, Kevin Schneider, started posting in a FB group in December. He’s a data nerd and created the app to help others.

Not sure about the data, haven’t looked into it much yet.

Oh, just saw a post that he spent a whole day at Epic tracking posted wait times and real wait times.

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This is the Epic April calendar:

Epic still has reduced capacity and spring break crowds should be gone by 4/12? It could pick up on the 17th, but it seems high.

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Yes, but where does the crowd calendar data come from? I also can’t find the “premium” cost.

I have not downloaded the app. Did you?

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I did not

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Do you know if many people are signing up? It looks like the pricing is similar to Standby Skipper and WaitMagic without any automatic bookings or systems that allow for express pass access?

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I definatlely like to find a review / vlogger YT doing a video with it. I don’t know if I’d pay $20 per month though. (Annually = probably)

The parks have a natural flow and crowd levels. If you are a local / AP you don’t really need this kind of monthly service. You plan your time at the parks by what interests you that day or special event you are attending.

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If it was priced similar to TP I might look at it just to play around.

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Could be a while…

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From TouringPlans:

“The crowd levels on our Crowd Calendar reflect our wait time forecasts for each date and park. Those forecasts are based on 14 million wait times we have collected over the past 15 years. We account for special events, holidays, and other factors that bring people to the parks, and we rank each date from least-crowded (1) to most-crowded (10) based on wait times.”

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TouringPlans is $12 for a year. I think that’s a better deal than $240. I wonder if they test their touring plans like we do.

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Alicia Stella reports that the Cosmos Fountain is not operating (retired??). And it’s drained and likely getting maintenance and new lighting in preparation for a future show.

@david @joelbruick

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Oh man, I really hope that maintenance is done by the time I go in June!

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