By any metric, Epic Universe has been a huge hit. The newest American theme park has added a third gate to Universal Orlando Resort, and it includes some of the most advanced theme park attractions you’ll find anywhere in the world. Of course, the park’s popularity means that you’ll have to deal with crowds, and it appears that over the next several months, those crowds are going to get subtly worse.
Comcast held its Q3 2025 Earnings Call this morning, and during the Q&A period, Comcast President and soon-to-be Co-CEO Mike Cavenaugh revealed that revenue for the theme park division of Universal was up 19% for the quarter. It was Epic Universe’s first full quarter of operation since it opened in May, and Cavenaugh indicated that he expected revenues to only increase, in part because they have been keeping the capacity of Epic Universe artificially low. But he expects to begin ramping that up over the next several months. He said…
