Two Park Stop videos in one day and a new logo! What is this, Christmas?

I think that the IP selections for the different lands are pretty solid, but it is also refreshing to see them do something original with the hub. I remember Lost Continent at its peak and I wished that Universal would have continued with more original themed lands. However, the hub here seems to really seem to satisfy that desire. I'm hoping that as with Port of Entry, that there's an overarching story or narrative that ties all of these lands together through the hub itself.

Constantly with every new update, my excitement for this park go higher and higher. At this point, my excitement and hype are infinite! I cannot wait for 2025 and to experience this!

4 minutes into this video and I've already come to 2 conclusions: 1. This confirms where the best Disney Imagineers disappeared off to. 2. This park is going to make life extremely difficult for Disney starting in 2025.

Is it bad that I'm most excited for this central hub area? A park can often make it's best impression on it's entrance, and something grand like as being proposed here would leave a BIG impression. I LOVE that there are distinct iconic portals to enter the themed sections of the park. Very excited for what they do here. Often parks throw all their money and weight behind the themed sections but ignore having a grand, cohesive hub to tie it all together. I hope Universal is bucking that trend here.

Universal is about to take over Orlando. Love all your updates, making me very excited for this park!

The hype is real right now. The fact that this place is theorized to be in comparison to Tokyo Disney sea just boggles my mind. Universal is really going all out with this place. I'm also a big Jules Verne geek

I like how theyre doing what we've wanted Disney to do for a long time - creating rides that arent based off of a popular IP.

Alicia has just made the hub the part of the park I'm most excited for in just 13 minutes!

Wow, Alicia, this is the deep dive to end all deep dives. I think this seems to be such a beautifully thought-out park. Love the celestial theme, the portals and how the full service restaurants are arranged around the hub. I'm really excited for this.

Best video yet! So lucky to have someone deep dive into patents and site plans and present it in a clear way. The comparison to Tokyo Disney Sea's theming has me most excited, if it comes even close to that, its going to be so rich with detail and style that just walking through and around the hub will be its own attraction. We've been going off years old concept art this whole time too, we've yet to see what the final versions of all these restaurants and attractions will be!

I just got to say the Hub area at Epic universe it's probably going to be the most amazing and beautiful land at any of us will ever truly see!😊

The racing coast is going to be even more impressive than I expected. Due to sight lines they can't go too high but it looks that doesn't bother the two coasters and how exciting it all look. Awesome video, thank you.

The background music in this video is honestly what I want the music to be like in the actual hub, less adventurous and more mysterious and lighter tone. Sets the tone before embarking on the epic adventures that await in the 4 themed lands

You are THE standout epic universe coverage 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Thanks for awesome, exciting, and passionate work regarding this awesome, exciting project we ALL feel passionate about !!!

Wow that was a great simulation from Amusement Insider! My stomach actually dropped a few times lol

I feel that since they replaced much of the Lost Continent with Harry Potter, they are trying to recreate the mythical god theme here at the hub along with the dueling coasters that were removed. This is a welcoming idea to me because the Lost Continent was my favorite area in the early years of the park.

I’m so excited for this park. I hope it brings back the wonder and magic that I feel has sort of been slipping away from the general theme park experience.

If the dueling coaster has music or audio going along with the ride usually like all there other coasters in every universal park, then I can tell its going to be better than velocicoaster because of the signature element. Hands down so exiting

Mack rides has really been on a roll lately! What an incredible looking coaster!

i think the hub might be the part i’m most excited for, followed by universal monsters. it just looks so beautiful

They could open the hub for all after park close. Dining and retail exist there so it could be a money maker. Hub could stay open until like 2am or something.

Seriously, amazing video! I have so much to say, and so many questions. First, to your point about the hub being open to all, but the lands being closed: how would this affect getting on the hub’s two attractions? Surely, they won’t be free. Will we be paying per ride, or granted in the queue based on park/land admission? Second, I love how universal is going without IPs in the hub. Some of the best theme park lands and attractions are IP-free. I know the video compares it to DisneySea, but I would more think of the port of entry at IOA, which I adore. Third, I seriously think this might be the park that puts them on Disney’s “level.” Not just with us theme park nerds, but in terms of revenue. You don’t have to be a genius to realize Disney has made some questionable choices in the past 10 years, and they haven’t made many appreciable expansions. This park could level the playing field, especially for regular vacationers. I think a lot of targeted marketing from 2024-2026 could accomplish this. Overall, I am so excited for this park to open. I’m 25, so I’m just old enough to have enjoyed MGM Studios, but just young enough to have never truly experienced a new theme park opening. I am particularly excited for the monsters land. Alicia, great video and content, as always. I look forward to viewing the videos in this series that follow!

LOVE these EU deep dive videos! Looking forward to the individual lands' updated deep dives, of course, but I think I might be more excited about the Hub than any other land. It sounds like it's going to be breathtaking when we explore it for the first time. 🤩

This is the kind of video that I've wanted for Epic Universe. Now I'm feeling extra impatient for each following video😁

Another incredible update, including a great contribution from Austin with the coaster footage. Killing it!

So far it looks like this is going to be Universal's Magic Kingdom but with a celestial theme instead of fairytale. I cant wait to go, were def getting a room at the Helios. :)

i'm so excited for this park!! space is my special interest and i can't wait to geek out. also cassini was an italian astronomer so i love that they made an italian restaurant named after him

9:24 “Half a Dozen Different Dining locations” Thought that was a funny tongue twister you added 😂

Outstanding job as always TPS team!!!

If it weren’t for the pandemic, we could have had Epic Universe literally next year, at this time of writing.

Pricing was touched on at the end and it is one thing I have not heard anything about... how will Universal incorporate this park into its current passholder price structure? My fear is a 4 park pass (Volcano Bay included) might become very expensive. If we start seeing Disney pass prices that's going create some blowback. I suggest they create an upgrade path for passholders that won't create sticker shock. If they do that current passholders will flock to this park.

I don't like traveling much, I usually just stick to my own country, but this might just convince me to travel from Europe to America. It's that impressive.

Alicia Stella is the goddess of theme parks

Why can't 2025 get here any faster?!? 2 videos in one day is insane and I am always looking forward to these update videos.

👏🏽 1st video I seen from this channel, but definitely gonna subscribe cause of well detailed this video was.

I'm sad the burger quick service was cut, I was hoping for a food option that was a little meatier.

Yay a new video!!!!!! Wow! This video has so much! I'm so excited! I might have a damn panic attack before 2025 😅

I hope they expand the hub in the future to include more original attractions! Imagine a Universal Creative designed non-IP based dark ride!!!!

I'm getting so fracking excited!!! Ugh, I gotta go live my disappointing life until 2025 happens. Definitely feel the portals will be used to try to control overcrowding in areas, I feel like Universal Japan's Nintendo World was the trial run of how to manage the herds of people who inevitably crowd into parks creating a surge of want to visit for just "the new thing". I wanna ride that Mack Racer all day, I still miss Dueling Dragons ( I understand why but man it was cool). That roll element looks sweet

great update as usual 👍

I'd put stock in the central hub being open to all. Jeff Shell is reported saying "… the park is built so that you can come into one land and not the whole park." Which lines up well with stores being outside of lands and the hub being a "city walk" analog.

Re watching this video a month later just because it makes me so damn happy & excited

I wish someone could tell them to build a food truck park on the outside of the park like the one in Kissimmee. Most people go to the one there just think if we had one at Epic it would help support local food trucks and keep people over near Sand Lake. 😊

Fantastic in-depth analysis! Thank you, cannot wait for the lands!

I'm excited about the whole park. The Hub and lands all seem great. An open hub seems weird though. The lines for the lands would back up into it. Not only that, but there are rides inside the hub so I'd imagine you'd need to pay for those.

Wooooh! I am pumped! Edit to add: thank you so much for the video!

Whoo! Two theme park stop videos in the same day! Are you expecting AP or softs for Minion Blast? Love the updates on the park!

INCREDIBLE work, Alicia.

I was wondering about the rumor of the hub being open to all just before you brought it up in the video. Probably will start getting more details about things soon since they’re looking for about 17 network engineers to work an 18 month contract to help with the installation of their data infrastructure.

So excited to explore this amazing park in 2025! The hub seems beautiful and I can’t wait to just get lost in it 😌

Alicia is the GOAT of Universal coverage. Unbelievable details and her accuracy is unlike any other. Thanks for all the effort you put into these videos.

You are going crazy with putting out videos today lol

Having the stores and many of the restaurants outside the lands does lend credence to the "public hub access" idea. Especially the separate stores are a very odd design choice otherwise.

How long before the dueling coaster no longer duels?

The rumor I heard is Universal will use facial recognition instead of a paper ticket. You will be able to walk in only if your face matches what they have on file, kinda like Disney's magic band but without tapping anything.

I can’t wait until epic universe Open .🎉 🎄🎄

The Hub is the most important part of the Park!

Thanks for the great update! 2025 feels so far away, but it really isn't. I foolishly hold onto the idea that the space theme means a return of Trek to Universal. Yeah, I know it's not happening, but I'll keep dreaming until the concept art confirms something else.

They should host Halloween Horror Nights In All 3 Parks when this rad pad opens!

The plot of land in between the monsters and Mario land universal should bring back their backlot tours, like in Hollywood. They don’t have anything like on the east coast it also really isn’t in their two parks such as universal studios Orlando and islands of adventure. And now their new park in Texas, the backlot is a classic!

Looks like the coaster will be European sized...not fluffy American. And it does resemble Tokyo Disney Sea!

Happy New Year Alicia!! Can't believe all this amazing EPIC stuff. 🙂

You know what, Cassini was a NASA spacecraft that plunged into Saturn back in 2017. This restaurant could honor Cassini when she went down into Saturn and never seen again. I wonder if Epic Universe will have another restaurant that honor's Voyager 1 and 2.

It’s amazing how much you know about this already!! Great vid

I can't wait for this place to open! One side note: I dig the idea of most of the dining establishments being right there in the center.

5:25 this is a dogfighting munuver where two planes barrel roll at the same time known as a "rolling scissor" first dueling coaster to my knowledge to transfer this munuver to rollercoaster form

here it go

Outstanding video! Can't wait for the other hub videos. It's just amazing to see, that original land(s) are more than just wishful thinking. 🤩

U are spoiling us with 2 videos in 1day! I love it

Wow! I can't wait to see the gardens!

Really enjoy watching your videos! This park is going to be AMAZING!

Another fantastic video...thanks for the incredible research and quality you put into these!

Very beautiful

Great video, thank you for all the updates, unrivalled 👏

If Disney's defense to the Epic Universe is a massive Ford Versus Ferrari dueling coaster it would be the greatest coaster that ever was produced if they do it right. A RMC 4 track would do well and it should be outdoors and out to theme it to the 24 hour race in the story. With a feeling of change in the company maybe it is possible... (hopefully)

It looks like the park layout will utilize walls and "land" separation like what is used at Phantasialand. Kudos to Universal for utilizing this style for immersion.

Thanks.

Those ex disney imagineers really said full send for this park

Theme Park Stop: “water, air, fire, earth” Me: I mean, the order is wrong but those are the 4 elements! #ATLA

awesome update. thank you

I'm really impressed I think it all sounds amazing I'm mainly a roller coaster fan but I'm more excited about the classic monsters land

I think this flat ride will be called Constellation Spin.

So basically, the hub area is like the City Walk if they allow people without ticket to dine and shop there. This way, they don’t have to build a Main Street inside the park and a city walk outside the park thus saves money, I guess.

The more I think about it the more I think the central hub being open to anyone could work. They would need to use something similar to magic bands but it could cut down on lines at park open (everyone lining up for different lands as opposed to one big line for the whole park) and with a quick scan option like magic bands getting from land to land won't be hard. You already need your park ticket for things like lockers in the other parks. I don't see this being any more frustrating for guest than the locker situation

Okay, hear me out on this. Obviously Harry Potter's land/area will be at epic universe, but will we be able to get from park to park like Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios? Riding the train longer, to get farther into the Harry Potter areas will be struggle for all. First, Universal's "imagineers" need a longer scene package, younger children which are usually inpatient to ride favorite rides, budgeting problems and path issues. Simply if they make a train, opening will be postponed (guessing!), but if there isn't a train would this clearly make sense?? Typically getting park to park was simple thanks to the train, but how will we get to Epic Universe? Some people, off property, or Florida citizens having to leave the area, and pay for more parking which isn't the best idea and taking more time up, traffic (doubted) instead of getting to ride there rides ASAP. Including this, we will have to pay for parking again, take that whole (long usually) bag checking process, especially on opening day! what do you think?

Just can't wait!!!

The theming is perfect

I'm excited to see Epic Universe, but nothing you discussed seems to be at the level of Tokyo Sea Disney--seems to be a bit of a reach. I'm most interested in how they will bring the rest of Universal Orlando resort up to the level of Epic Universe. I just visited Universal Studios and though there are a couple fun rides it looks crazy basic compared to this.

This is So Exciting!! 😃🕺🏽👏🏾👌🏾💜

I'm still not sold on an ENTIRE land dedicated to How to Train Your Dragon. I think making a Dreamworks land would've opened things up to more variety, especially considering Dragons is basically finished as a franchise as opposed to Shrek and Kung Fu Panda which have future movies coming out soon or on the horizon.

This is certainly one epic universe

This is going to be sick

Ngl them opening the hub like that would be imo messy, yeah the only good thing to that is they can limit how many guests enter the sections. This could be just rumors, we would have to wait and see how it plays out.

I feel like this park may eat up 3, 4 or 5+ days to explore.

I have a feeling that the hotel will probably be in its own category, like a premier plus.

Great video like always

GREAT Work !

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this but I've thought from the first look at the map the building in the 'space' section looks like the USS Enterprise.

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