Disney recently announced a potential expansion to add new lands to Magic Kingdom, but a different Orlando theme park has a more concrete plan in place for expansion.
Universal Studios Orlando is currently building the Epic Universe theme park, which will include a Super Nintendo World and other themed lands with content from Illumination and DreamWorks Animation. This park is expected to open in the summer of 2025. We’ve been tracking the construction progress so far, and now we have a NEW update for you!
We’ve already taken a look at some of the new lands and attractions that may be coming to Epic Universe, but thanks to Twitter user bioreconstruct, now we can see more details about how the construction is coming along. In this picture, you can see several different parts of the park, including water features, the in-park hotel, and entrances to various lands.
At left in this aerial is How To Train Your Dragon land in Epic Universe
1,2,3 chain of water features
4 in-park hotel
5 Harry Potter land entrance
6 Classic Monsters entrance
7 Super Nintendo World entrance plaza
8 High-speed dual-racing coaster, next to HTTYD land pic.twitter.com/HSQdZO8CVA— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 17, 2022
Aerial overview of Universal's Epic Universe property.
1 Hotel site at Kirkman Rd and Universal Blvd
2 Ministry of Magic show building. Largest park building.
3 Warehouses supporting all of UOR
4 Day guest parking, partly paved for use now as construction parking. pic.twitter.com/YwwrllaGfA— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 17, 2022
Overlay and analysis of current work on Ministry of Magic in the new Harry Potter land in Epic Universe. https://t.co/yMTLneKP7y
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 17, 2022
Aerial look at a new Harry Potter land in Epic Universe.
1 Park's center fountain basin
2 Land entrance
3 Numerous concrete forms for buildings of a city
4 Likely Ministry of Magic entrance
5 In-park hotel construction pic.twitter.com/m3zGdciuxP— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 16, 2022
Aerial overview of How To Train Your Dragon land. At center are columns of The Great Hall. Lower right the outline of a theater is seen. In Epic Universe. pic.twitter.com/KossMlzAh4
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 17, 2022
Aerial look at work so far on a high-speed dual-racing coaster in Epic Universe. There's flooding due to recent strong storms. pic.twitter.com/UiXi41SM4j
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 17, 2022
Aerial overview of Super Nintendo World in Universal's Epic Universe. pic.twitter.com/Igga5fo0n3
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) September 16, 2022
We can’t wait to learn more about Epic Universe. For now, most of the lands that bioreconstruct named are just rumors — Universal hasn’t officially announced the Harry Potter or How to Train Your Dragon lands. But we’ll be on the lookout for more updates.
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I spent 5 days in Universal parks this July (3 days with park to park at Universal and Islands of Adventure, then 2 days at Volcano Bay). Five days was a little long even if we did get to ride our favorites numerous times. Epic Universe is finally going to make Universal a week-long destination that will rival the Disney Resort. I think the attendance gap is going to close significantly in 2025 when Epic Universe opens.