Just wanted to pass along the information I just found out from a Universal Representative:
I am doing an 8 day trip to Universal in June 2026 with my 15 year old daughter.
I had originally booked the 5 day ticket for all 4 parks. I called to add a 1 day ticket for just Volcano Bay which would be approximately $190 more. When I called Universal, the representative said it would be cheaper to switch to a 14 day ticket for all 4 parks, which only totaled $27.70 more to my vacation package. This actually saved me about $160.
I didn’t realize this was an option when I originally booked and now it gives me the extra day at Volcano Bay that I wanted, plus a bonus day! This will allow us to pace ourselves more than we already were going to (we love enjoying atmosphere, so we are excited to enjoy more time at Epic for the details).
When I did my first trip (6 years ago now) I did a vacation package, and when I looked at my ticket options, the 14 day tickets were slightly less than the 5 day tickets. (Both were more than the 3 park seasonal passes, so I upgraded to a preferred pass and the rest of the party upgraded to power.)
I similarly bought 14 day/4 park hopper tickets for our June 2026 trip. We only have three full park days planned actually, but that type of ticket gives us the option of an evening in the parks on arrival day, and the morning in Volcano Bay on check-out day - and with the recent 20% Black Friday offer from Attraction Tickets, it was also only very marginally more expensive than the 4-day ticket I’d been eyeing to include VB.