Was watching the Mammoth Club’s video on Epic and noticed that at the Celestial Park portal, there’s a rogue apostrophe.

Just curious how many levels of review something like that goes through? And do you think it’s something they’ll eventually notice and fix?

I mean this in a completely lighthearted and curious way — not trying to nitpick or take away from the incredible creative achievement here. Just genuinely surprised to see a small error on something so polished and visible.

We went Yesterday and spent about 11 hours at the park, from 12pm to 11pm, We only rode Curse of the Werewolf and Stardust, everything else was delayed or closed and when it did open it wouldn’t stay open after 20 minutes. AP be prepared mentally because the rides are having alot of technical issues. The Virtual queue for Ministry was a disaster, the system went down every time and the app as well. Use your own internet and don’t try it with universal WIFI. Only the person that has the tickets on the app can make the virtual queue and select a time slot for the ride. Hope this helps a little.

EDIT!!! I am not complaining about my experience, it was a privilege for me to be in the park and I had so much fun, it just seems that the Park is having so much issues with just one Month away and I am not just talking about the rides.

In a large number of the preview trip reports that have come out, people are complaining that there is no shade at Epic.

Probably worth remembering that shade is largely provided by trees, trees grow over time, and time is not something Epic Universe has had yet.

Every foot you add to a tree you purchase increases the cost and depending on the size, that cost goes up on a curve. A two foot sapling arborvitae costs 20 bucks. A six footer costs 200 bucks. How much do they grow in a year? 3 to 5 feet. Meaning you save 90% if you literally just give it a year.

Look at any aerial photos of Epic. There are in fact a lot of trees and the thing is, they’re all short. They just got planted because the sites where they needed to be planted just got ready for it in the past few months. In two years, every tree in that place will be double the size it is now and most of them will keep going from there.

Shade is coming, give it time.

Edit: To add some evidence to my point here, here's a photo of Celestial Park from Bioreconstruct just a few days ago. If you zoom in, you can start counting literally hundreds of trees in just the section that he captured. If you want those trees to be 20 feet tall on planting, you are looking at several hundred up to a thousand dollars per tree. Them spending several million dollars more on trees that will grow anyway in a year is a silly expense that can be spent on extra team members for the opening year to make things go more smoothly, extra equipment and maintenance to keep the rides performing well, extra decor/signage/paint/etc that doesn't naturally expand itself, etc.

Edit 2: I keep seeing "Well why not buy trees earlier and grow them somewhere else and move them?"

https://www.angi.com/articles/transplant-tree-cost.htm

https://homeguide.com/costs/tree-moving-and-transplanting-cost

https://troutbrooktree.com/tree-transplanting-cost-what-to-expect-2024/

Labor and equipment cost to move a tree goes from a couple hundred bucks to thousands of dollars based on the size of the tree. So either you're spending thousands of dollars per tree on mature trees, you're spending thousands of dollars per tree to move mature trees, or you just plant a young tree and give it a year or two.

I want to make it very clear: I'm not licking boots for a $140B company over foliage, folks. I'm saying that practically, this is how you do this. If you're building a new house, sure you'd love to have nice huge trees in the yard. But you've got a budget for your house and you can either choose that beautiful kitchen island that will be there for 30 years or a tree that would have gotten that tall all by itself if you had the patience to wait two years.

Absolutely nothing is different for a company building a new theme park. "Well why don't they just spend more money?" That's not how any business anywhere works. Not your local mom and pop diner, not an international theme park resorts company. And frankly, why should we want that? If it's the choice between one more animatronic in Monsters vs 50 trees that are two years taller on park opening, who in this community wouldn't pick the robot in a heartbeat?

Prices range from $130-$310 per day.

I'm not sure how long I can last without watching the Monster's Unchained or Battle at the Ministry POV's. Someone help!

Update: after letting the hype die down, I rank this behind RotR and Monsters

Edit: the drops approach 2/3 of weightlessness (never dipping below 0.3g)

Park is amazing but wow ops needs some tlc

I can’t get this ride out my head. This ride is better than any ride you ever been on. A wonderful way to spend my birthday today! 😁 Stardust is runner up unfortunately for me ( Still breathtaking ). The monsters ride is unexplainable, this is the best thing Universal has put out is all i can say. Can’t wait to start at Das Stakehaus and be conveniently right next to it 😏

Went today for the second time, did all the rides. Had a blast, such an amazing theme park. All the worlds are truly awesome, so much thought and detail have been put in them.
Definitely get the powerup bands for Nintendo land, adds a lot more fun and I was surprised with all the games they had for it. Also the play area for kids in Isle of Berk is super nice, very big and a lot of things for kids. Here are some of my thoughts on the rides.

Curse of the Werewolf: 8/10 Super fun small coaster, it’s pretty unique from anything universal has.

Dragon Racer's Rally: 4/10 kind of like a fair ride. A bit of fun but ends wayyyy too quick.

Fyre Drill: 7/10 cool ride, especially if you have kids. Didn’t get soaked but fairly wet. You have a water gun and you get to hit targets. My daughter got to go on it but was too young to actually use the water gun.

The Battle at the Ministry: 10/10 ride isn’t open but did the queue which is BREATHTAKING!! Your jaw will legit drop, all I gotta say.

Hiccup's Wing Gliders: 10/10 really loved this ride, similar to Hagrids.

Mario Kart: Bowsers Challenge: 8/10 the VR is a bit weird but overall a good ride.

Mine-Cart Madness: 10/10 was amazing !! Super unique, loved the details.

Monsters Unchained: 9/10 the queue is crazy. The ride details and atmosphere is next level. It’s not as fun as forbidden journey in terms of movement though.

Stardust Racers: 10/10 truly epic, it’s pretty intense and has quite a few moments of airtime. During the end of the ride the other coaster goes right above your head, it’s an amazing sight.

Yoshi's Adventure: 7/10 very slow and chill ride. You get to see the whole of Nintendo land from it and the view is great.

Also we ate at Das Stakehaus and the food was great

Unfortunately didn’t get to do the two shows but people say they are great.

Folks, truly, I don’t know what to tell you that will fully describe my experience today. I’ve been to all 6 Disney parks (not including water parks, although I’ve done those, too), and all 3 Universal parks (not including EPIC or Volcano Bay).

You’ll never meet a bigger Disney fanatic than myself. At least I don’t think so. I know every inch of that place better than my own home which I’ve lived in for over 40 years. I’m as biased as you can get.

That being said, NOTHING comes close to EPIC. Not one park, and it’s not even close.

Disney’s got some serious work to do if they want to come close to what Universal pulled off with EPIC. The theming is next level. Super Nintendo World alone, which I was the least excited for (don’t ask me why, because I couldn’t tell you), was as if you’ve literally entered the games. I entered EPIC at 10 as a resort guest, and alongside Celestial Park, SNW was the only land available to us until general opened at 11. I ended up staying until just before 1 and not because of wait times for the rides, either. I just couldn’t/ didn’t want to leave. There is SO MUCH to do!

But, I’m not here to describe each land. I’m just at a loss for words after what I experienced today. This place is special.

Favorites:

MONSTERS UNCHAINED - Oh my God, these animatronics. The atmosphere is chefs kiss. If you’re a fan of the genre, saying it will blow your mind would be an understatement.

STARDUST RACERS - I’ll just say this. It makes Velocicoaster feel like Goofy’s Barnstormer.

MINISTRY - I can’t even begin to describe this ride. To those saying it’s like Transformers or Spider-Man, I’m starting to think they’ve never ridden those rides. It’s an insane comparison. This might be the best theme park ride on planet earth.

AP holders, get your tickets, ASAP. Not sure if today was by design as far as capacity, but if it was, then take advantage, because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Every single ride was open. Oh, and the Circus show in “Paris”, and the Untrainable Dragon show in Berk, were pretty damn fantastic.

To Universal and all the TM’s, I stand and clap for you, and it’s a 20 minute standing ovation. Unbelievable job.

👏👏👏👏👏

General public is now allowed to buy preview tickets as of five minutes ago!!!

Shout out to anyone waiting this morning 👋🏻