This week on Today we are giving a once-in-a-lifetime prize to Universal Orlando Resort for you and 3 guests. We've teamed up Aer Lingus, Ireland's only 4-star airline, who wants to fly you and 3 guests to Orlando, Florida.
You could win a 7-night holiday to experience Universal Orlando Resort’s four amazing theme parks, including the brand-new Universal Epic Universe, now open! Here, you can become explorers on an astonishing journey that completely immerses you into 5 new worlds offering fantastic adventures. With four theme parks, Universal Orlando now offers a complete holiday of non-stop excitement. Plus, you’ll stay 7 nights at Universal Terra Luna Resort. Take a peek at what Universal Orlando has to offer at www.UniversalOrlando.co.uk
And to complete your holiday to Universal Orlando Resort RTÉ is throwing in a whopping $2,000 spending money too. That’s all for one lucky winner.
For great fares to Orlando and beyond visit http://www.aerlingus.com/
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For your chance to win this great prize to Universal Orlando Resort, answer this:
The flag of the United States of America features the colours red, white and which of these?
Green
Yellow
Blue
If you know the answer, call or text the competition line:
Call: 1517 71 71 44
text COMP followed by your answer and name to 57886 (ROI only).
Each text entry costs €2.50 (incl VAT). Calls from the eir network will cost €2.03. Calls from other networks and from mobiles will cost more.
Please note the person named in the entry must be aged 18 years or older as at date of entry.
Entry open to ROI residents only.
This competition will close at MIDDAY on Monday 27th October 2025. Please do not enter after this time as you will be charged for your entry, but your entry will not be included. If required, the entrant must be available to take a call from The Today Show on 28/10/25. If the entrant fails to take/answer the call or is deemed by RTÉ to have answered the question incorrectly, the entrant forfeits his/her opportunity to win. Winner details will also be posted here once they have been contacted and verified. Participation/entry denotes acceptance of all associated terms and conditions as listed below.
COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Service Provider: Fonix Tel: 01 5541999.
This competition is open to Republic of Ireland residents only.
Each text entry must contain no more than 160 characters including spaces, otherwise you may be charged an additional cost for every subsequent message. The use of emoji/smiley faces will also incur an additional charge and may vary with operators.
Please do not enter outside of the advertised competition open and close times and date(s) as you will be charged, but your entry will not be included in the draw. Competition may be closed if watching on catch-up services, please check dates and times.
Entrants must be aged 18 years or older as at date of entry and a resident of the Republic of Ireland. Promoter reserves the right to request proof of age, verifiable by birth cert or passport only, and proof of residency, verifiable by recent utility bill only (issued within 6 months of win).
The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative to non-cash prize elements.
In order to claim the prize, the winner will be required to sign any documentation as may be requested by the Promoter relating to acceptance of the competition prize, terms and conditions and including, but not limited to, waiver of liability release in favour of the Promoter and such other persons as may be determined by the Promoter. The individual(s) travelling as a guest of the winner will also be required to sign such documentation if requested by the Promoter in order to be permitted to travel.
The prize winner and his/her guest(s) will be required to adhere to any specific health and safety rules and recommendations in place at local establishment, national and worldwide levels in order to avail of the prize. Where the prize winner and/or guest(s) do not comply with local establishment and/or national health and safety rules and recommendations, the prize will be deemed to have been forfeited. The Promoter(s) accepts no responsibility for any health and safety issues arising as a result of availing of the prize.
Travel is valid until 01.10.26 subject to availability (limited dates during peak times), no extensions or alternative dates permitted. If travel is not completed on dates as agreed by the Promoter, the prize will be deemed to be forfeited. No changes are permitted once hotel/flights are booked. Prize must be booked through agent as specified by the Promoter. Travel is subject to advanced booking and availability, not all dates ranges will be catered for, may exclude some peak dates.
Holiday prize for 1 winner includes (a) return economy-class flights for the winner and 3 guests from Dublin to Orlando, Florida (Aer Lingus flights only, airport(s) and route(s) as specified by the Promoter, Aer Lingus is not responsible for any additional expenses relating to the prize however they are incurred. AerClub miles cannot be accrued when travelling on these tickets, child defined as under 12 years old at date of travel). (b) 7-nights standard hotel accommodation at Universal Terra Luna Resort at Universal Orlando Resort ™ (one room(s), family room occupancy, room and tax only, hotel (as determined by Universal Orlando in their sole discretion) A credit card may be required by the hotel as a guarantee for hotel incidentals and any costs incurred. (c) Universal Orlando 4-Park Explorer tickets (or equivalent ticket for 2026) for admission to Universal Studios Florida and Universal Islands of Adventure theme park and Universal's Volcano Bay water theme park and Universal EPIC Universe for Winner and (3) Guests (d) USD$2,000 spending money. Trips must be completed by October 1, 2026 or Prize will be forfeited. Travel dates and arrangements are subject to air travel, holiday, blackout dates, and other prize and travel restrictions. Travel dates are subject to Universal Orlando and Sponsor approval. Reservations are subject to availability. Trip must be booked at least sixty (60) days prior to intended departure date. If Winner elects to partake in any or all portions of his/her Prize with fewer than the allotted number of Guests or no Guests, the Prize will be awarded to Winner and each participating Guest and any remainder of the Prize will be forfeited and shall not be subject to further or alternative compensation. All elements of the Prize must be redeemed at the same time, and no changes will be permitted after confirmation of any redemption. If Winner is between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21), he/she must be accompanied by an adult of at least twenty-one (21) years of age in order to check into the hotel. Unless child or ward of Winner or one of the allotted Guests, each Guest must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of departure and must travel on the same itinerary and at the same time as the Winner. FMV of Prize may vary depending upon the points of departure, ground transportation, and/or airline fare fluctuations; any difference between stated FMV and final FMV of Prize will not be awarded. Prize consists only of the elements expressly set forth above; no other elements or expenses (including, without limitation, insurance, meals, unspecified ground transportation, phone calls, baggage, gratuities, incidentals, souvenirs, gasoline, etc.) are included in the Prize and all such expenses are the sole responsibility of Winner. Winner is responsible for any air travel taxes and/or expenses, including applicable departure taxes or fees, inspection charges, baggage fees, and security charges. Winner and Guests are responsible for obtaining, at their own expense, any necessary travel documentation (i.e. valid photo identification, visas, passports, etc.) prior to travel. Once issued, tickets are nontransferable and may not be reissued once travel has commenced. Open tickets may not be issued and stopovers are not permitted. Travel arrangements must be made through Universal Orlando.
In connection with any visit to Universal Orlando Resort, please be advised that Universal’s policies, CDC guidelines, and the recommendations of health officials must be followed. In addition, guests should be aware of and comply with government guidelines regarding travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines before visiting any Universal destination. Please note that any public location where people are present provides an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19, and Universal cannot guarantee that any person will not be exposed during a visit.
All parts of the prize selected are subject to availability and blackout dates, and subject to change without written notice or warning. Should an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities, epidemics, pandemics and the spread of infectious diseases, including without limitation COVID-19 (as defined by the World Health Organization and any of the strains, variants or mutations thereof), and any related governmental or judicial actions taken in connection with, or as a response to, any such event, or any other event beyond the reasonable control of a party, whether or not existing, known, foreseen or foreseeable at the time this promotion occurs, render the redemption or fulfilment of some or all of the prize delayed, hindered, adversely affected, impracticable, or impossible, Universal in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to evaluate and make modifications to the redemption and fulfilment processes and timelines for any prize or portion of the prize that Universal Orlando is responsible for, which may include but is not limited to providing additional time for redemption and/ or fulfilment. Should the prize become unavailable, experiences and items of a similar nature and value may be offered.
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando Resort ("Universal Orlando") is a prize supplier only in this promotion, is not a sponsor of this promotion and is not responsible for the administration of the promotion, the collection of entries, or the selection of any winner. Any disputes, claims, and causes of action against Universal Orlando arising out of or relating to any person’s use of or participation in any prize provided by Universal Orlando shall be resolved by applying the laws of Florida, without regard to conflict of laws provisions therein, and shall be solely and exclusively brought in state or federal courts within Orange County, Florida. Such claims shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and all such claims shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event to include attorneys’ fees
USD$2,000 spending money will be paid to winner by euro cheque (issued to the winner, allow 28 working days for delivery, subject to delays due to the internal process).
Travel insurance and transfers to/from Dublin airport/abroad are not included.
Holiday prize cannot be split, is valid for one travel period only, any holiday prize elements not availed of within the agreed travel dates will be deemed to have been forfeited.
Winner and guest(s) must hold valid appropriate travel insurance (as determined by the Promoter) for the holiday duration and the Promoter may require winner and guest(s) to show evidence of valid appropriate travel insurance prior to travel.
Any costs incurred additional to the prize package elements listed (e.g. telephone charges, additional meals, room service, transfers, additional nights etc.) will be at the winner’s own expense.
Any requested or permitted upgrades or changes to the stated holiday prize will be at the winner’s own expense.
Failure to attend for any reason whatsoever on the travel dates agreed and booked does not entitle the winner to an alternative holiday and the prize will be deemed to have been forfeited.
The Promoter reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value if a prize element becomes unavailable for any reason whatsoever.
Employees of RTÉ, Fonix, Aer Lingus, Universal Orlando Resort ™ and their associated promotional partners, companies or suppliers and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter/win.
In the event that a call to a finalist(s) cannot be completed on-air due to technical issues on the part of RTÉ or time restrictions, RTÉ reserves the right to announce the winner(s) on-air on next week's show, in which case the finalist(s) will not be required to take Patrick’s call in order to be deemed the winner(s).
RTÉ's decision in relation to selection of winner is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Any personal data relating to competition entrants will be used in accordance with current Irish data protection legislation and best practice. Please see RTÉ Privacy Policy for further details. Data relating to entrants will be retained by RTÉ for a reasonable period after the competition closes to assist RTÉ to operate competitions in a consistent manner and to deal with any queries.
For the purposes of administration of the competition prize, it is a contractual necessity that RTÉ shares the winning entrant(s) personal data with the competition promotional partners.
Where you have provided RTÉ with your personal data you have a right to be given a copy of your personal data subject to certain exceptions. To exercise your rights in respect of your personal data please see RTÉ’s Data Subject Rights Guide
RTÉ standard competition terms and conditions also apply.
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd. d/b/a Universal Orlando Resort ("Universal Orlando") is a prize supplier only in this competition. Universal is not a promoter of this competition, and is not responsible for the administration of the competition, the collection of the entries or the conduct of the draws. Except in the case of death or personal injury arising from its negligence or in respect of fraud and so far as is permitted by law, Universal Orlando and their associated companies and agents exclude responsibility and all liabilities arising from any postponement, cancellation, delay or changes to the prize details beyond Universal Orlando’s control and for any act or default of any third party supplier. Any disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or relating to any person’s use of or participation in any portion of the prize provided by Universal Orlando shall be resolved by applying the laws of Florida, without regard to conflict of laws provisions therein, and shall be solely and exclusively brought in state or federal courts within Orange County, Florida. Such claims shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and all such claims shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event to include attorneys’ fees.
