u/TraderIggysTikiBar

Hi all,

Going on my first trip to Universal next year (May of 2027 and I know tickets aren’t out yet) and staying at Portofino for 5 nights & 6 days. Hotel is booked and paid for. Planning 2 days at Epic. 1 day each at US and IoA. 1 day relaxing at the resort.

We’re just 2 older adults and budget isn’t an issue for us. With our hotel, I know we get unlimited express pass for US & IoA but my understanding is Epic isn’t included in that.

We would prefer shorter wait times at least one of the Epic days and don’t mind paying to get the express pass. I’m trying to get some sense of idea as to how far in advance we’ll need to book that.

I noticed when I looked on the Universal app to see what prices for it look like for *this* year, the 3 park multi day express passes—which seem like the only option that includes Epic—are booked solid already for the rest of this month and most of next.

I just don’t want to end up missing out.

I am currently on a small subro team that handles triage, and clear liability claims. We also send the initial demands out for our more complex liability team. If the OC accepts liability within 6 weeks, we get to take the more complex claims back since there’s no dispute on liability.

I’ve always been the lowest recoverer on my team. Lowest by a lot. I don’t know why. I’m also op to date on my work, I frequently ask for more work. But I almost never recover more than $60K a week while the rest of my team regularly recovers well over $100K.

It’s been made clear that layoffs are imminent. I saw this because management has suddenly started shifting 3 major tasks from us to a vendor and begun cross training two teammates with other departments.

I’m sad because I love my job and the company I work for. No other department will take me because my last performance review was awful due to too many absences from Intermittent FMLA leave. I stopped a psych med that was giving me awful side effects and finally started feeling well this past month and haven’t had to take a day off since late April.

But now it’s too late, isn’t it? My only hope is finding a different company and starting all over again from scratch. Kissing goodbye my amazing benefits and months worth of PTO.

Does anyone have any advice on how to navigate this not yet officially announced but all signs point to its coming awful situation?