For any theme park get there early and start all the way at the back, and make your way towards the entrance as your leaving, you'll be first out of the park/ lot and beat traffic
@@trevor5071 start with the rides and attractions at the very back of the park, usually people with kids go to the first rides they see near the entrance with longer wait times, If you start back to front wait times will be shorter and you'll make your way to the exit quicker since you start back to front.. Wife and I hit almost every ride and where out of island's of adventure in no time doing that method
What I think they mean is to get there before opening and at rope drop make your way to the attractions furthest from the front and work your way towards the front as the day progresses. For Epic Universe start at the monsters land and then Harry Potter and the celestial land and then HTTYD and finally mario. Essentially go against the crowd flow. Most people will go to the land closest to the entrance, so instead you go the furthest.
The maximum capacity is not the maximum number of people that can be inside, but the maximum that a specific park authorizes so guests can have an enjoyable experience and still enjoy plenty of extra space. Parks can have way more people
The entire first couple weeks are sold out, so day 10 will likely be equally as crowded as day 1. Like you said, going day 1 is just to be part of history, not to do all the rides. Luckily, it sounds like there will be AP previews before it opens, so that might spread out the crowds
hearing the 110k number filled me with dread lmaoo I went to Momocon 2024 in Atlanta, which takes place in the Georgia World Congress Center, a 4 million square foot venue in the heart of Atlanta. That convention had i believe around 150k people and you FELT it. Certain hallways were bottlenecked to hell and back, the human equivalent of bumper-to-bumper traffic, you were getting SMUSHED in that con center (on Saturday at least, the other 3 days were fine)
And this is just Standing capacity, as in you just walk around the paths and maybe visit a shop. If you take ride capacity into account, even the best ride I can find Pirate of the Caribbean with a capacity of 3000 people per hour, it would take almost 34 hours to cycle 100k guest. Basically even if you stood there all day, you might not even ride one ride.
A typical attraction would do around 2,000 people per hour and the operating day will max out around 16 hours. So a given attraction will only accommodate 1/3 of the guests if your roughly 100,000 guests projection is correct. That's a lot of disappointment and bad PR. I believe they will cap attendance at 35k to 40k. On an annualized basis that's just shy of 14 million, which seems about right for this park...halfway between Islands of Adventure and Magic Kingdom.
Yeah. I'm hoping capacity is locked at half for the first few months. It takes time to figure out crowd management. So locking it down to half capacity will let them work out kinks, and not leave first guests with sour opinions. And half capacity at a Universal Park is still a healthy 30-60K a day.
I will be there opening day i got lucky on that one but me and my friend already expect long waits, possibly weather delays, and sold out merchandise. It is what it is and as long as you set your mind on something and just expect to try for one thing then at least that helps me. I don't mind crowds as I just moved from Chicago and I go to lots of huge concerts and have been since I was younger and I don't mind getting around people but yes if you are not about that then please do yourself a favor and do not expect to ride every single ride in epic universe and buy everything you want and eat at every place on opening day. I think I'm going to aim for opening day merch first since that is what will sell out first. Then we plan to pick 1 of the huge rides to stand in a long line hopefully they stay open till like 10 or 11pm that will help and weather will be a big issue as it will most likely rain and shut down stuff or stuff will just won't work or be ready this is just stuff to be prepared for. There might also be preview for passholders and also my have a soft launch as well to ease that opening. It's going to be a mad house but this is a huge park and it's not like Harry potter where it was one little section or galaxy edge. People will be spread out and it won't really seem as bad. Super Nintendo World will be crowded as it's a smaller area and lots of people will be aiming for that first.
Wondering if the other Orlando parks will be lighter or heavier due to extra people in town for Epic Universe open. Thoughts? Good time to go to the "regular" Universal or will it be bonkers too?
It will be interesting as no park in Orlando previously has filled to capacity in its first month (In fact, they were worried the Magic Kingdom would be overwhelmed opening day -- because of all the gloom and doom predictioms, 10,000 showed up). Been to every park opening and the most crowded was EPCOT (Although no where near to capacity). USF opening was a disaster, of course, and IOA suffered from bad marketing.
Magic Kingdom has 12,000 sapces in its parking lot. Epic Universe will only have about 6,000. I know there eill be a substantial number of guests staying at Universal hotels, as well as those who are dropped off by provate vehicles and won't be parking a car. The relative lack of parking and hotel inventory compared to Disney will place a much lower ceiling on capcity. I would have a hard time seeing the capacity be above 50,000. Opening day capacity might be reduced due to how the ticket packages are structured. Universal has to allow for anyone holding a multi-day pass that includes May 22 actually visiting Epic on May 22. If the 11 rides average 1,200 guests per hour, and operate for 12 hours, it wold be possible to cycle through all 50,000 guests about three times. People will want to ride more than three rides which is why I think capacity will be closer to 30,000-35,000. Keep in mind the shows and interactive experiences will significantly reduce the number of people who would be in a queue at any given moment.
If they were smart they would limit attendance capacity for the first few months so that "capacity" is 10-15% lower than what could be considered maximum and thus help foster the best experience for those early crowds. The word of mouth alone on those experiences would be worth more than any marketing dollars they could spend.
9:47 not so much nowadays. WDW Pro and That Park Place contributors have gone to Magic Kingdom themselves and the real number of guests during their "busy days" was a heck of a lot less.
Isnt the maximum number of people determined by the fire department? When disney want to increase capacity of a park it doesn't add more rides, it widens the footpaths for emergency egress.
Entertaining video but your predictions are way off lol. MK only sees about 50-60k guests a day on average and they have like 30+ attractions. EU will probably max out around 15-25k, its a considerably smaller park at least for now until they open the two planned land expansions and multiple ride expansions
-1 for how long this video took to get to the point (stopped watching at some point in the middle), but regardless, maximum capacity will be based on ride capacity. The reason why it will feel far worse than a normal day isn't the number of people, but because everyone who shows up the first couple of weeks will be a FAN. The crazy type of person who is willing to wait in the queues. There is a surprising number of non-fans that will go to parks and be happy with doing just 2 or 3 rides and just enjoying the park if it is busy. Those people however won't be there for opening.
imagine the traffic jams when everyone is trying to leave
For any theme park get there early and start all the way at the back, and make your way towards the entrance as your leaving, you'll be first out of the park/ lot and beat traffic
@@PaulieLauraXombie1331 appreciate the advice, mind clarifying?
@@trevor5071 start with the rides and attractions at the very back of the park, usually people with kids go to the first rides they see near the entrance with longer wait times, If you start back to front wait times will be shorter and you'll make your way to the exit quicker since you start back to front..
Wife and I hit almost every ride and where out of island's of adventure in no time doing that method
What I think they mean is to get there before opening and at rope drop make your way to the attractions furthest from the front and work your way towards the front as the day progresses. For Epic Universe start at the monsters land and then Harry Potter and the celestial land and then HTTYD and finally mario. Essentially go against the crowd flow. Most people will go to the land closest to the entrance, so instead you go the furthest.
@@titanghost8221 This! Thank you lol couldn't articulate that better
The maximum capacity is not the maximum number of people that can be inside, but the maximum that a specific park authorizes so guests can have an enjoyable experience and still enjoy plenty of extra space. Parks can have way more people
Isnt that number determined by the fire department?
The entire first couple weeks are sold out, so day 10 will likely be equally as crowded as day 1.
Like you said, going day 1 is just to be part of history, not to do all the rides. Luckily, it sounds like there will be AP previews before it opens, so that might spread out the crowds
Only AP allotments are sold out. Regular guest tickets have not yet gone on sale.
hearing the 110k number filled me with dread lmaoo
I went to Momocon 2024 in Atlanta, which takes place in the Georgia World Congress Center, a 4 million square foot venue in the heart of Atlanta. That convention had i believe around 150k people and you FELT it. Certain hallways were bottlenecked to hell and back, the human equivalent of bumper-to-bumper traffic, you were getting SMUSHED in that con center (on Saturday at least, the other 3 days were fine)
I’ve already written off being able to go this year. Gonna be a mad house
I'm not going until October and we chose a week where kids are still in school. Fingers crossed.
And this is just Standing capacity, as in you just walk around the paths and maybe visit a shop. If you take ride capacity into account, even the best ride I can find Pirate of the Caribbean with a capacity of 3000 people per hour, it would take almost 34 hours to cycle 100k guest. Basically even if you stood there all day, you might not even ride one ride.
A typical attraction would do around 2,000 people per hour and the operating day will max out around 16 hours. So a given attraction will only accommodate 1/3 of the guests if your roughly 100,000 guests projection is correct. That's a lot of disappointment and bad PR.
I believe they will cap attendance at 35k to 40k. On an annualized basis that's just shy of 14 million, which seems about right for this park...halfway between Islands of Adventure and Magic Kingdom.
Yeah. I'm hoping capacity is locked at half for the first few months. It takes time to figure out crowd management. So locking it down to half capacity will let them work out kinks, and not leave first guests with sour opinions.
And half capacity at a Universal Park is still a healthy 30-60K a day.
This guy feels underrated
How many people at the park doesnt matter if you have the unlimited express pass 😅😅
I’m pretty sure those lines are gonna full as well
The longer the regular line ,the longer express pass wait is. It also sucks just trying to walk around and get food as well.
As of December 25th 2024 we are projected to have 95,000 guest visiting epic universe that number has possibly changed since
I will be there opening day i got lucky on that one but me and my friend already expect long waits, possibly weather delays, and sold out merchandise. It is what it is and as long as you set your mind on something and just expect to try for one thing then at least that helps me. I don't mind crowds as I just moved from Chicago and I go to lots of huge concerts and have been since I was younger and I don't mind getting around people but yes if you are not about that then please do yourself a favor and do not expect to ride every single ride in epic universe and buy everything you want and eat at every place on opening day. I think I'm going to aim for opening day merch first since that is what will sell out first. Then we plan to pick 1 of the huge rides to stand in a long line hopefully they stay open till like 10 or 11pm that will help and weather will be a big issue as it will most likely rain and shut down stuff or stuff will just won't work or be ready this is just stuff to be prepared for. There might also be preview for passholders and also my have a soft launch as well to ease that opening. It's going to be a mad house but this is a huge park and it's not like Harry potter where it was one little section or galaxy edge. People will be spread out and it won't really seem as bad. Super Nintendo World will be crowded as it's a smaller area and lots of people will be aiming for that first.
My main motivation to get rich, fast passes
Wondering if the other Orlando parks will be lighter or heavier due to extra people in town for Epic Universe open. Thoughts? Good time to go to the "regular" Universal or will it be bonkers too?
Ill be waiting 5 minutes for velocicoaster while everybodys in nintendo world
I'm waiting until single day tickets for non ap holders will be available
It will be interesting as no park in Orlando previously has filled to capacity in its first month (In fact, they were worried the Magic Kingdom would be overwhelmed opening day -- because of all the gloom and doom predictioms, 10,000 showed up). Been to every park opening and the most crowded was EPCOT (Although no where near to capacity). USF opening was a disaster, of course, and IOA suffered from bad marketing.
I avoided day one when Disney opened and went on the second weekend. 😎🧐🤓. That's Disneyland Anihiem. 1955
I wouldn’t be able to handle these crowds here if I was going opening day it’s overwhelming
Magic Kingdom has 12,000 sapces in its parking lot. Epic Universe will only have about 6,000. I know there eill be a substantial number of guests staying at Universal hotels, as well as those who are dropped off by provate vehicles and won't be parking a car. The relative lack of parking and hotel inventory compared to Disney will place a much lower ceiling on capcity. I would have a hard time seeing the capacity be above 50,000.
Opening day capacity might be reduced due to how the ticket packages are structured. Universal has to allow for anyone holding a multi-day pass that includes May 22 actually visiting Epic on May 22.
If the 11 rides average 1,200 guests per hour, and operate for 12 hours, it wold be possible to cycle through all 50,000 guests about three times. People will want to ride more than three rides which is why I think capacity will be closer to 30,000-35,000.
Keep in mind the shows and interactive experiences will significantly reduce the number of people who would be in a queue at any given moment.
The Magic Kimgdom parking is rarely full nowdays as so many stay on property . Been there on packed days and only half the lot was used
I’m waiting until around 2027/2028 to go honestly. Also you could have just seen what the fire code would allow per sqft, then used that.
also to add it's probably going to be 80 to 100k people on day one
If they were smart they would limit attendance capacity for the first few months so that "capacity" is 10-15% lower than what could be considered maximum and thus help foster the best experience for those early crowds. The word of mouth alone on those experiences would be worth more than any marketing dollars they could spend.
Going to super Nintendo world here is still crowded 😅good luck they need to have early access
Hope everything is good when I visit two months afterwards
9:47 not so much nowadays. WDW Pro and That Park Place contributors have gone to Magic Kingdom themselves and the real number of guests during their "busy days" was a heck of a lot less.
LOL they are notorious anti WDW now who exaggerate everything
lol
Exactly wait. I'm waiting until end of July or August
Isnt the maximum number of people determined by the fire department? When disney want to increase capacity of a park it doesn't add more rides, it widens the footpaths for emergency egress.
I'm gonna be working at epic universe capacity is 220k
My guess is more than one person will go.
Disney better get their shit together!
Just for context to european viewers: Europapark in Germany has a max capacity of 40.000 people😂
But anyway...you should really avoid days like this 😅
Educated guess is 50,000 people to 75k.
Entertaining video but your predictions are way off lol. MK only sees about 50-60k guests a day on average and they have like 30+ attractions. EU will probably max out around 15-25k, its a considerably smaller park at least for now until they open the two planned land expansions and multiple ride expansions
Not enough attraction for the allowed capacity
People still go to Florida for the beaches bro.
40 billion people
I will be going in 2026
100k
-1 for how long this video took to get to the point (stopped watching at some point in the middle), but regardless, maximum capacity will be based on ride capacity. The reason why it will feel far worse than a normal day isn't the number of people, but because everyone who shows up the first couple of weeks will be a FAN. The crazy type of person who is willing to wait in the queues. There is a surprising number of non-fans that will go to parks and be happy with doing just 2 or 3 rides and just enjoying the park if it is busy. Those people however won't be there for opening.
lol wut
I was literally thinking “It’s going to be shit show” before I clicked😂 You get a follow sir👍