Boosted by the opening of the Epic Universe theme park, Orange County’s tourist tax collections hit an all-time high in fiscal year 2024-25, shattering the previous 12-month best, set last year, by $25.1 million, according to a comptroller report released this morning.

Comptroller Phil Diamond, whose office tracks collections and spending of the bed tax, cautiously celebrated the new record of $384.5 million amid worries over air travel that could hamstring Central Florida’s tourism-focused economy.

He cited recent flight cancellations blamed on a shortage of air-traffic controllers and the shutdown of the federal government .

“These are very unique but very real concerns which just haven’t been concerns until this month,” Diamond said in a phone interview. “While a great many people

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