Universal Orlando Resort will open Universal Epic Universe in May 2025, forever changing the theme park map of Orlando, with millions expected to visit in the coming year.
Orlando is gearing up for a huge influx of visitors in 2025 as Universal Orlando Resort will open a brand new theme park, Epic Universe on May 22, 2025.
Epic Universe will be the first new theme park in Orlando since Disney's Animal Kingdom opened at Walt Disney World on April 22, 1998, and Universal Islands of Adventure opened at Universal Orlando on 28 May, 1999m and as the world's spotlight shines on Orlando, Frommer's has named Epic Universe on the best places to go in 2025.
Continuing the legacy of founder Arthur Frommer (1929–2024), Frommer's has revealed its list of the Best Places to Go in 2025.
Selected by an award-winning roster of travel experts, this annual feature highlights 21 remarkable destinations with the power to connect strangers and enlarge lives.
On 2025's list:
Universal Epic Universe, a game-changing new theme park from Universal Orlando
Nashville, Tennessee, celebrating the centennial of country music's iconic Grand Ole Opry
Bolivia, commemorating 200 years of independence with parades, carnivals, fireworks, and music
Bath and Hampshire, England, hometowns of cherished novelist Jane Austen, the subject of numerous events marking the 250th anniversary of her birth
Tucson, Arizona, turning 250 with Southwestern flair and culinary events coinciding with hitting a decade as the USA's first UNESCO City of Gastronomy
Greenland, a once hard-to-reach playground for Arctic adventure finally becoming accessible, thanks to an expanded airport and direct flights from the U.S.
Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park, a stretch of waterfalls, forests, and rivers getting a year's worth of celebratory events in honor of the park's 50thbirthday
Slovenia, the small Eastern European country of lakes and mountains, where the town of Nova Goricawill—in a first—share European Capital of Culture duties with a city across the border: Gorizia, Italy
plus: the Caribbean islands of Barbuda and Grand Cayman; Brixen, Italy; the Greek island of Crete; El Salvador; Ghent, Belgium; Hobart, Australia; Madagascar; the Marshall Islands; Mumbai, India; Osaka, Japan; Zambia; and a selection of worthy alternatives to overtouristed destinations
Filled with vivid photography and expert commentary, the entire list is available at frommers.com/bestplaces2025.
Universal Epic Universe will be a game changer for theme park entertainment, creating Universal's most ambitious theme park yet.
Epic Universe will present a level of theme park immersion and innovation that is unmatched – transporting guests to expansive worlds featuring more than 50 awe-inspiring attraction, entertainment, dining and shopping experiences that come together to create an unforgettable adventure that is nothing short of epic!
The addition of Universal Orlando’s fourth theme park will also transform the award-winning resort into a weeklong vacation destination filled with the most compelling experiences imaginable.
Universal Orlando guests will be able to take advantage of complimentary resort shuttle bus transportation to travel between Universal Epic Universe and Universal’s current theme parks (Universal Studios, Universal Islands of Adventure and Universal Volcano Bay), as well as all Universal Orlando’s hotels.
Epic Universe will transport guests to expansive, vivid worlds filled with awe-inspiring attractions, entertainment, hotels, dining and more. From ground-breaking technology to an innovative racing roller coaster, to five different worlds connected through mystical portals, Epic is transformational on so many levels.
Inspired by the exploration of unknown worlds, the theme park offers an entirely new level of experience by putting guests into five fully-themed worlds.
Epic Universe will have five worlds: Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk, and Dark Universe.
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