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EPIC UNIVERSE IS ALMOST HERE! We are so close to the grand opening (May 22, 2025)! To ensure that you have the BEST time here, we made a guide of all the rides, character meet & greets, live entertainment, dining, shopping and more!

Celestial Park

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Rides

• Constellation Carousel
• Stardust Racers (roller coaster)

Live entertainment

• The Time Tellers storytelling troupe at Hemisphere Stage

Dining

• Bars
  • Aquaria Bar
  • Bar Zenith
  • CelesTiki
  • The Plastered Owl
  • The Tiger Bar
• Full-service restaurants
  • Atlantic
  • The Blue Dragon Pan-Asian Restaurant
• Quick-service restaurants
  • Meteor Astropub
  • The Oak & Star Tavern
  • Pizza Moon
• Snack stands
  • Comet Dogs
  • Frosty Moon
  • Starbucks Coffee
  • Star Sui Bao

Retail

• Lens Flare
• Moonship Chocolates & Celestial Sweets
• Nintendo Super Star Store
• North Star Wintry Wonders
• Other Worlds Mercantile
• Sensorium Emporium

Play area

• Astronomica (splash pad)

Super Nintendo World

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Rides

• Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge (dark ride)
• Mine-Cart Madness (roller coaster)
• Yoshi’s Adventure (slow-moving elevated ride)

Live entertainment

• Meet & greets with Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong

Dining

• Quick-service restaurant
  • Toadstool Café
• Snack stands
  • The Bubbly Barrel
  • Turbo Boost Treats
  • Yoshi’s Snack Island

Retail

• 1-Up Factory
• Funky’s Fly ‘n’ Buy
• Mario Motors

Activity

• Key Challenges with Power-Up Bands or the Universal Orlando app

Dark Universe

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Rides

• Curse of the Werewolf (roller coaster)
• Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment (dark ride / thrill ride)

Live entertainment

• Character meet & greets (Frankenstein’s Monster, Bride of Frankenstein, Ygor, The Invisible Man)
• Violin musician

Dining

• Quick-service restaurants
  • The Burning Blade Tavern
  • Das Stakehaus
• Snack stand
  • De Lacey’s Cottage

Retail

• The Guild of Mystics
• Pretorius’ Scientific Oddities

Activity (extra cost)

• Darkmoor Monster Makeup Experience

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic

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Ride

• Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry (dark ride)

Live entertainment

• “Le Cirque Arcanus” (indoor show)
• Roaming characters: an Auror, Hogwarts students, Ilvermorny students
• Live musician trio with a Pygmy Puff

Dining

• Bar
  • Bar Moonshine
• Quick-service restaurants
  • Café L’Air De La Sirène
  • Le Gobelet Noir
• Snack stand
  • Bièraubeurre Cart (Butterbeer cart)

Retail

• Cosme Acajor Baguettes Magique (wand shop)
• K. Rammelle (confectionery)
• Le Galeries Mirifiques
• Tour En Floo

Activity

• Interactive wands

How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk

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Rides

• Dragon Racer’s Rally (spinning flat ride)
• Fyre Drill (water battle ride)
• Hiccup’s Wing Gliders (roller coaster)

Live entertainment

• Haddock Paddock (meet & greet)
• “The Untrainable Dragon” (indoor show)

Dining

• Quick-service restaurants
  • Mead Hall
  • Spit Fyre Grill
• Snack stand
  • Hooligan’s Grog & Gruel

Retail

• Hiccup’s Work Shop
• How to Treat Your Dragon
• Toothless’ Treasures
• Viking Traders

Play area

• Viking Training Camp

Universal’s EPIC UNIVERSE is almost here! Take a peek inside some of the new worlds that await guests this May when the park officially opens! Do you have your EPIC adventure booked yet? We can help you with that! Get started HERE!