Common Orlando has launched 2026 tickets for its Florida theme parks, which contains brand-new multi-day, unmarried day, and Park Hopper admission choices for Epic Universe, in addition to an extension of reductions for Annual Passholders. This covers prices and the stage of ‘harm’ with 2026 worth will increase, plus a heads up about bought out dates this vacation season and extra.
Previous to these days, Epic Universe tickets for January 2026 and past have been handiest to be had to buy as a part of holiday applications with lodge reservations. Those have been launched a couple of months in the past, and presented the choice to make a choice park-to-park tickets that handled Epic Universe like a typical park.
Common Orlando tickets for 2025 have incorporated Epic Universe as a separate entitlement as a substitute of permitting park hopping or opting for what number of days to talk over with the park as a part of a multi-day one park in keeping with day price tag. Which means that multi-day tickets for this 12 months have all presented just a unmarried day at Epic Universe, irrespective of period. You have to purchase a 14-day and nonetheless handiest get one talk over with to Epic Universe. (Probably the most excessive instance, for visitors from the UK.)
Beginning in January 2026, this ends. Unmarried day and multi-day tickets with periods of three days or longer will now not deal with Epic Universe as a separate entitlement, and as a substitute visitors to “transfer freely between Epic Universe, Common Studios Florida, and Islands of Journey.”
Which means that it’s essential to, in principle, acquire a 5-day price tag and spend all 5 days consuming your manner round Epic Universe, in the end “completing” Florida’s #1 meals theme park and writing the remainder of your eating place critiques. Purely theoretical, after all!
Previous to 2026, Common Orlando has been getting into choose visitors with holiday applications right into a park hopping check presently. We’ve handiest observed scattered studies of this on social media, however figured it was once value citing proactively in the event you’re fortunate sufficient to be decided on. Our recommendation can be hopping to Epic Universe after 4 pm. Do this in your first day and feature that be your preliminary Epic Universe enjoy. See the way it is going and resolve whether or not that’s an acceptable method for you on next days.
Right here’s a rundown of the brand new price tag choices simply launched by way of Common Orlando:
3-Day Price tag, 4-Parks Price tag (NEW for 2026 & Past)
Revel in 3 days to transport freely between Epic Universe, Common Studios Florida, Islands of Journey, and Volcano Bay.
- Transfer Freely Between:
- Common Epic Universe (NEW)
- Common Studios Florida
- Common Islands of Journey
- Common Volcano Bay
- Journey the Hogwarts Categorical – Trip between Hogsmeade in Common Islands of Journey and Diagon Alley in Common Studios Florida.
- Costs range by way of day, plus tax. Common Volcano Bay is closed on choose days.
- Grownup Price tag: Beginning From $153.34 In line with Day; Kid Price tag: Beginning From $150.00 In line with Day
3-Day Price tag, 3-Parks Price tag (NEW for 2026 & Past)
Revel in 3 days to transport freely between Epic Universe, Common Studios Florida, and Islands of Journey.
- Transfer Freely Between:
- Common Epic Universe (NEW)
- Common Studios Florida
- Common Islands of Journey
- Journey the Hogwarts Categorical – Trip between Hogsmeade in Common Islands of Journey and Diagon Alley in Common Studios Florida.
- Costs range by way of day, plus tax. Common Volcano Bay is closed on choose days.
- Grownup Price tag: Beginning From $138 In line with Day; Kid Price tag: Beginning From $135 In line with Day
3-Day Price tag, One Park In line with Day Price tag (NEW for 2026 & Past)
Revel in 3 separate days at 3 parks: Epic Universe, Common Studios Florida, and Islands of Journey.
- Talk over with One Park In line with Day
- Common Epic Universe (NEW)
- Common Studios Florida
- Common Islands of Journey
- Costs range by way of day, plus tax. Common Volcano Bay is closed on choose days.
- Grownup Price tag: Beginning From $118 In line with Day; Kid Price tag: Beginning From $115 In line with Day
Those identical choices additionally exist for 4-day and 5-day tickets, with decrease in keeping with day pricing as extra days are added. Costs for the 4-day Park Hopper tickets get started at $124 in keeping with day in 2026; 5-day Park Hoppers start at $105 subsequent 12 months.
I’d presume there are likewise longer period (14-day) tickets for global visitors, however I haven’t observed the ones choices but. I’ll replace accordingly as soon as I’ve.
Epic Universe 2026 Unmarried Day Price tag Costs
As at all times, price tag costs for all admission sorts range by way of date. The simplest view into subsequent 12 months’s pricing at Common Orlando–and the kind about which you’re most probably maximum curious–are 2026 Epic Universe 1-day tickets.
Right here’s a take a look at the whole calendar from January via December 2026:
Common Orlando 2026 Price tag Worth Will increase
There also are a lot of pricing changes, maximum of which seem to be worth will increase. That’s of completely no wonder, as price tag costs normally move up on a year-over-year foundation. From my cursory overview, this seems to be kind of in keeping with what we simply noticed from Walt Disney International 2026 Price tag Worth Will increase.
This is smart for the reason that Common tries to take care of pricing parity with Disney on unmarried and multi-day product, with the purpose of demonstrating that the 2 are equals. Common does be offering decrease costs on its Annual Passes and different discounted tickets, no less than for now.
Epic Universe has additionally had probably the most perfect price tag costs we’ve observed for 1-day tickets, regularly in keeping with unmarried day pricing for Magic Kingdom. That is arguably noteworthy since extra visitors are in reality paying the ones costs than would usually be the case because of Epic Universe’s ticketing insurance policies.
As one anecdotal instance, I’ve spent extra–by way of orders of magnitude–on a in keeping with talk over with foundation to Epic Universe than I’ve for Walt Disney International or Common’s present gates. In fact, I’m an excessive instance; no longer everybody studying it is a theme park blogger (kudos on that call, by way of the way in which).
Much less excessive is that I’ve spent extra on visiting Epic Universe this 12 months than I’ve any unmarried different park if prorating my Annual Passes by way of park versus talk over with. (With out in reality going again and doing the mathematics, it’s most probably I’ve spent extra on admission for Common Orlando this 12 months than I’ve for Walt Disney International. That’s by no means came about ahead of.)
Then again, it’s arguably no longer noteworthy that Epic Universe 1-day tickets had been so expensive because it’s a brand-new theme park. Likewise, the case may well be made that the cost will increase for Common Orlando’s 2026 multi-day tickets are in reality very modest on a year-over-year foundation given the super value-add presented by way of transferring freely a few of the present gates and Epic Universe.
That is exactly the case I’d make, in truth. I’m somewhat shocked that costs didn’t move up much more on a year-over-year foundation on multi-day tickets. Most likely they did and I’m simply lacking it; once more, my overview was once relatively floor stage. However I’ve observed not anything stunning so far as worth will increase move. It’s about what you’d be expecting in a typical 12 months with out the addition of a brand spanking new park to the combo.
The secret’s that this will have to additional underscore the deceleration of pricing in a post-revenge shuttle setting. Neither the cost will increase to Walt Disney International tickets nor the ones for Common Orlando in 2026 are all that eye-catching, particularly after a number of years of pricing a long way outpacing inflation.
Or perhaps it speaks to softness in call for for Common’s present gates? Or in all probability the brand new scent dressed in off Epic Universe? My bet is sure to the previous and no to the latter. No less than, on multi-day tickets. I do suppose year-over-year research of Epic Universe unmarried day tickets is somewhat needless since there was once heightened call for amongst locals and theme park lovers for the brand-new park.
Bought Out Dates Build up & Lower
As a reminder, we’ve been observing price tag knowledge and gross sales for the general few months of the 12 months. There were a number of issues when dates round Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New 12 months’s Eve that have been bought out of single-day tickets.
On a couple of events, this availability has been magically replenished, just about around the board. The one exception to this has been the week of Christmas and New 12 months’s Eve, which has been beautiful persistently bought out.
That is overall as a result of, because it seems, we’ve got the information in from that first set of steadily bought out (and replenished dates). The identify tells the tale: Epic Universe’s Worst 2 Weeks Ever.
In reality, the identify may undersell the tale, and I’d extremely counsel studying that when you’re at the fence about visiting Epic Universe this 12 months round Veterans Day or any of the opposite top weeks discussed above.
In all chance, the bought date dates magically changing into to be had once more is the results of Common Orlando reallocating price tag capability. Again once we wrote a put up detailing the former soar in capability from ~15,000 to ~45,000 that we (principally) referred to as not anything to fret about, we added one asterisk.
That it may well be meaningless if it have been laying the groundwork for long run adjustments and more uncomplicated reallocations of capability a few of the quite a lot of buckets of park tickets. Particularly: “If 45,000 single-day Epic Universe tickets have been unexpectedly made to be had for every day with every week or two realize, our research of the have an effect on on crowd ranges can be very other.“
Sadly, we don’t know precisely what came about with the allocation throughout ‘buckets’ for the reason that price tag knowledge loophole has been closed. However we will be able to surmise from the instances that: 1) tickets had been reallocated from much less fascinating buckets to extra fascinating ones, and; 2) in the past bought out dates are actually promoting extra tickets.
Which means that is now not a not anything to fret about state of affairs, and those upper caps completely do subject. At minimal, dates throughout the vacation season are going to promote extra tickets than ahead of and exceed the former 22,000 excessive water mark.
I’m truly curious as to what number of tickets ended up promoting in keeping with day throughout the ones high-water marks over Fall Destroy. I’d bet the ones dates simply eclipsed 25,000. Sadly, we now not have visibility into gross sales numbers. (I’d additionally bet that regardless of the quantity over Fall Destroy, it’ll simply be upper round Thanksgiving, Christmas, and NYE.)
For no matter it’s value, the explanation I’ve stalked the single-day price tag web page on Common Orlando is no longer so I may just purchase tickets to dates that have been in the past bought out. It’s just about the complete opposite. I would like to concentrate on which dates and days of the week are promoting out maximum steadily so I will be able to keep away from them. My view isn’t that it’s a “excellent factor” that tickets are again on sale. This isn’t like a widget that sells out and is restocked.
If tickets develop into to be had after promoting out, that capability is coming from someplace. I’ve 0 want to talk over with Epic Universe on any date that sells out, and I’d implore you to rethink visits throughout the ones top weeks. If I have been fascinated about visiting Epic Universe any date in November or December, I’d merely wait and buy tickets the day upfront. In the event that they’re to be had, nice! If no longer, take it as an indication. (That is exactly what I’m doing.)
Epic Universe 2026 Cut price Tickets for APs
For plenty of locals, probably the most noteworthy perspective of the once a year product unlock is that discounted tickets are to be had for Annual Passholders. Come what may, I doubt this might be perceived as excellent information. Maximum lovers we all know are frightened for APs that come with Epic Universe.
Frankly, there was once completely no explanation why to be expecting this to occur in early 2026. Despite the fact that we’d love with the intention to acquire an Annual Cross for Epic Universe (and a great deal scale back in keeping with talk over with prices!), it will be a mistake for Common to supply APs at this level.
Common ticketing insurance policies are being at ease in January 2026, which might additional exacerbate Epic Universe crowds. Common Orlando must do the whole thing to maintain the visitor enjoy for informal vacationers, and that most probably method no Annual Passes for every other 12 months until primary strides can also be made to fortify operational capability.
We’ll shut by way of all over again creating a plug for our rundown of Why You Will have to Skip Epic Universe. That was once written throughout paid previews, however it has elderly like a positive wine–for probably the most section. We lately returned with a refresh to that put up, as our recommendation for almost all of visitors is to stick at the sidelines and wait till Epic Universe improves its operations and potency.
Amongst different issues, two of the opposite primary issues raised in that article are “Unpredictable Attendance & Crowds” and “Journey Breakdowns & Downtime.” Those proceed to be the overriding problems with Epic Universe, as the brand new park remains to be a veritable curler coaster of day-to-day crowd ranges and reasonable wait instances since its legit opening 3 months in the past.
That’s kind of the explanation why it will be downright irresponsible for Common to supply Annual Passes to Epic Universe in early 2026. It’s additionally why it’s possible you’ll need to (proceed to) sit down at the sidelines and notice how crowd dynamics proceed to shake out. We’d be expecting to peer an build up in reasonable crowd ranges in Iciness 2026 at Epic Universe relative to the previous few months.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
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