Shop Type
General
Status
Permanently Closed
Location
CityWalk
A heavy week of summer announcements at Universal: the Blockbuster Summer 2026 lineup with Spielberg, JAWS, and the Mega Movie Parade; Passholder Bonus Benefits launching today; the Hogwarts Castle scrim coming down; a VelociCoaster pre-launch evacuation; and demolition prep ramping at the Lost Continent.
Universal quietly reopened the Universal Legacy Store at CityWalk Orlando on Friday April 24, taking over the space the Epic Universe Preview Center vacated 11 days earlier. The new version leans even harder on the catalog: four life-size Tom Whalen photo ops (Jaws, Back to the Future, E.T., Universal Monsters), a Whalen Jaws art collab, plus the new UNIVRS collection. Here's the full tour.
Universal officially confirms facial recognition at Epic Universe portals, the CityWalk Burger King serves its final Whopper, Yoshi's Adventure reopens after a short refurb, Lost Continent demolition pushes forward at Islands of Adventure, and aerial photos reveal fresh Epic Universe expansion progress.
Pay-per-ride Express access debuts across all three parks, the Epic Universe Preview Center wraps up, Burger King Whopper Bar gets a closing date, Comic Strip Cafe refreshes its menu for the first time in 27 years, and Butterbeer Season returns to the Wizarding World.
