The r/UniversalOrlando subreddit first highlighted the figures, and BlogMickey put Universal Orlando’s 2025 numbers in sharper focus: Epic Universe drew 4 million visitors in its partial first year, while Universal Studios Florida fell 2.1% and Islands of Adventure dropped 2.6%. Those figures come from the Themed Entertainment Association’s Global Experience Index, the annual attendance study that theme park operators and analysts use as a benchmark.

TEA describes the Global Experience Index as a calendar-year study of global attractions attendance. It ranks parks by attendance and identifies wider industry trends, which is why the Orlando result matters beyond a simple park-by-park tally. In practice, the 2025 report shows Epic Universe entering the picture alongside declines at Universal Orlando’s two older Florida parks, giving the resort a very different shape from the one it had in 2024.

What the 2025 figures show

Universal Studios Florida’s 2.1% drop and Islands of Adventure’s 2.6% fall were the weak spots in the resort’s established line-up. Epic Universe’s 4 million visitors came from only part of the year, but the new park was still large enough to make its mark on the 2025 attendance picture and to offset, in part, the softness at the older gates.

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That matters because Universal Orlando is now being read as a three-park resort rather than a two-park resort. The 2025 figures do not show the old parks holding their 2024 levels, but they do show that the new gate has already become central to the resort’s attendance story. For fans, that is the clearest sign yet that Epic Universe is not just an add-on to Universal Orlando; it is now part of the core comparison.

What happens next

The next TEA Global Experience Index will be the first to capture a full calendar year of Epic Universe, giving a cleaner test of whether the opening-year lift continues. For now, the 2025 index leaves Universal Orlando with a clear split: a big debut for Epic Universe, and softer numbers at the parks that carried the resort before it arrived.