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Epic Universe vs. Walt Disney World: What’s Actually Worth Your Summer Vacation?

Dis & Hers

April 22, 2026
31 min read

Is Universal’s Epic Universe still worth the hype a year later, or is Walt Disney World doing enough to win back families this summer? In this episode, Lauren and Eric Hersey compare costs, crowd levels, ride reliability, new Disney offerings, and what all of it means for travelers trying to decide where to spend their vacation time and money.

Epic Universe vs. Walt Disney World: What’s Actually Worth Your Summer Vacation? Transcript

Lauren Hersey: Welcome to Dis and Hers, the show about what’s happening in the Disney community from his hers in your perspective. I’m Lauren.

Eric Hersey: And I’m Eric and on today’s show we’re gonna actually take a look at Universal’s Epic Universe one year after our first visit and if this additional theme park has made Disney step up their game.

Lauren Hersey: But before we get started, wanted to remind you that Dis and Hers, it can be found on all your favorite podcast platforms and in video format on YouTube and Spotify. We’d love it if you take a quick second, head over to Apple and give us a review and let us know what you want us to talk about on upcoming episodes.

Lauren Hersey: All right, so Eric and I are talking all about Epic Universe because we were recently reflecting on a long drive about our first visit to Epic Universe. We were there right as it opened to the general public. It would have been just a couple days ago, like one year from a couple days ago. And that’s why we were kind of thinking about it.

Lauren Hersey: and how different the experience was compared to our last trip in July. So context, we went April and then we went back to experience it again in July. And now we’re planning this year’s July vacation and we’re asking ourselves the very real question, is Epic Universe actually worth the visit this summer?

Eric Hersey: Right, because when you kind of look at it, it’s a little different now. So last year, brand new park, July still relatively brand new park. We haven’t been there enough. The experience and the demand and even the pricing is all different now. So it’s forcing us to think, all right, when we go back down, is this something that we’re actually going to pursue? Are we going to head there? Now we are going to Universal because we just went ahead and bought our annual passes. There was a wonderful deal going on where, yeah.

Lauren Hersey: But why did we buy the annual passes?

Eric Hersey: Well, because there was a deal going on. was basically saying, hey, buy now and you get 15 months for the price of 12 months. So we’re like, well, we know we’re going to buy it. So why wait until July to get this? And they don’t activate until then. So that was a great deal. But Epic is not included. So it’s a matter of if we did not buy the annual pass and let’s just say we bought a three day pass, we’d probably go to Epic for sure. But now it’s a matter of like, all right, we just dropped some money to go to these theme parks. We can go to these other two without dropping any additional money.

Eric Hersey: but now Epic we actually have to. So I think that’s the big question a lot of people are having. This is a lot of the annual passes orders are like, when will we be able to get an Epic? And the question is, I wonder what that is doing to their attendance in terms of, or just general buzz. So times have changed. Hopefully a lot of our listeners have got a chance to.

Eric Hersey: experience epic or at least heard our reflections. I think we talked about it multiple times on the epic universal podcast. I do a gym. I know that the Disney dishes talked about it. I’m sure you’ve talked about it on an upcoming episode. We’re to talk to Chris Cox who just came back. So there’s a lot of epic talk in a Disney community. So what’s your general thoughts, Lauren? So to kick this off, what are your thoughts of epic then now and and oncoming?

Lauren Hersey: Yes.

Lauren Hersey: Okay, so I want to start with the July trip and something that is totally different this year versus last year. So we are going to Disney in July and we’re staying at the Contemporary for the first half of our trip and we’re going to Vero Beach. But we wanted to possibly book Universal for the back half of the trip.

Lauren Hersey: and I kept looking at room rates and they were extremely expensive. So to give you some context, Dockside, which would be the equivalent of their value, the cheapest was $3.50 a night and that was like rock bottom, know, talking more $400 $500 a night range. Well, last year when Epic was just opening,

Lauren Hersey: we were able to do the same thing in July, except where we were able to get Terra Luna, I think for around a hundred dollars a night. And so I think Universal is expecting a big demand on Epic. So all their room rates are going up where we’re seeing the opposite, which I’m sure we’re going to talk about kind in the back half of our show with the, what we’re seeing from Disney this summer.

Lauren Hersey: And another thing we’re taking into consideration is with the extra cost. So if we’re going to have Disney annual passes, Universal annual passes, and going in the summer, we’re also dealing with not just the cost, but heat, right?

Eric Hersey: Yeah, I mean that was a big difference for us. We were there in July and it was, I’m not gonna let everybody say there is no shade in Epic. I’m not gonna let everybody completely tear that down. There is plenty of shade in the portals, but if you are moving from one land to the other, there is a long stretch where there is no air conditioning and very little shade. So we unfortunately found ourselves midday going from I think Isle of Berk to I think it was Dark Universe and us walking over

Lauren Hersey: Hahaha

Eric Hersey: there was a, whew, like we were all kind of exhausted afterwards. So the heat is definitely a thing to consider, especially in July or August. And there, I mean, and that’s not going to change. mean, I don’t even think the trees in, you know, Celestia Park is going to affect that. That’s just a matter of like, we’re used to jumping in and out of.

Eric Hersey: restaurants or shops to get a quick breeze and that’s just not necessarily there. So I would definitely say, all right, load up with your fans or your umbrellas, do what you can. That is a tremendous difference, which is not, I don’t think it’s a hundred percent unique to just Epic. There are definitely lands and parks and places where you don’t get as much shade and other theme parks, but it’s definitely a real thing when you’re crossing through lands and portals.

Lauren Hersey: Yeah, and something I read yesterday, because I am in Epic Universe Facebook group, and somebody talked about how their initial trip was say $2,000. And when they added the express passes for Epic, it ended up adding, you know, thousands of extra dollars for a family of five. And they went to experience it. They could only do it one day with everybody’s schedules.

Lauren Hersey: and three of the main rides were down. So clearly a year later, they’re still not at their ideal peak run time. Is that fair?

Eric Hersey: I think it’s fair. mean, that’s the biggest problem right now with the theme park and that that did not necessarily happen to us in April day one. Firstly, there were not tremendous lines and weights. were there. was capped July. There were weights and we still got things done. didn’t buy the express pass, but I do feel right now that it’s almost a if you have one day and you are a checklist person, you have to get it all done. If you’re not considering the express pass, you’re not going to get everything done. The wait lines right now, Donkey Kong, mine, the

Lauren Hersey: No.

Eric Hersey: is still over 100. Ministry of Magic is still nearly 100 if not. There are some of the top rides that are still just super long waits and the only way you can guarantee, because there’s still not a long hours here. I mean, we’re still open until I think nine-ish or so. But if you’re stuck in line and you still have to eat and you do all these other things and experience some of the shows, there’s probably not a way that you’re gonna get them all done in a single day. So you have the options of, all right, adding a second day and hoping that they’re up and running.

Eric Hersey: or adding the express pass. So from a theme park, logistic standpoint and the, bean counters in the back, Disney and universal has made this to the point where they’re going to get your money one way the other. If you want to experience everything, it’s just a matter of, you want to do it in one day or two days? And, there’s a, mean, on the case for with, Jim, Chris and Len, they argued this last time and it was one of those things where it’s almost a consensus like, you know, pony up and get the express pass because at that point in time, you certainly don’t want to be in a line

Eric Hersey: for 120 minutes and then the ride goes down and then you still don’t get to do it. At least with Express Pass in this aspect, you’re like jumping up, you’re not stuck in line. it’s a tough pill to swallow, but that is honestly what you might wanna do if that is important to you. If you are going to this park, yeah.

Lauren Hersey: I need to ask you, I need to ask you your opinion. So something I saw in the Facebook group yesterday was a woman was asking about would it be worth it to buy a ghost room to get the extra hour in the morning? And it ended up working out to be like $25 per person for her party. Like, is that something that you would recommend?

Eric Hersey: I don’t know if I would go that far. mean, the extra hour will get you one attraction. Well, they’re also teasing. Did you see that there’s the express pass now where there are three attractions that they’re teasing right now that you can just pay $25 flat rate and you can jump the line. So it’s basically the lightning lane. So it is for Hiccups wing glider, which could be a 60 minute wait, $25. I think Yoshi’s, which is 25 bucks, but.

Lauren Hersey: I’d be so mad if I made that.

Eric Hersey: Well, but the thing is the Yoshi’s rise actually getting a queue. It’s like getting longer. So that would probably look more at that because if you could do three, jump the lines and skip those lines real quick, that would probably be more beneficial from a pass. But I don’t know if the extra hour would be that much worth it. I think the express pass is probably the way I would go if I’m just going to spend the extra money. But that’s the thing is if you wanna do this, but I find it interesting, Lauren, that you went to the

Lauren Hersey: Yeah

Eric Hersey: internet and you were trying to find out what people were saying because this is our opinions alone you know we we are

Lauren Hersey: Yes. My gosh, these screen names are the best, but I have to, we’re going to shout out Spicy Milk Bags. He or she says, man, now my brain is in the gutter. Is Epic worth it currently?

Eric Hersey: I don’t even know. Go for it.

Lauren Hersey: So they said I’ve heard a lot somewhat negative things about Epic Universe, customer experience Is it worth going or should I wait until the issues are fixed? And then we got a nod as original guitar guy 971 And he went on to say my wife and I did a day there last week as a trial run before a planned trip with the family and that’s It says we were not up We’re now pushing the trip back

Eric Hersey: Mm-hmm.

Lauren Hersey: with the hopes that either the wait times come down a bit or express pass will become a bit more affordable. They just couldn’t justify $230 per person, the cost for express. So they waited in line a lot. Shade wasn’t a huge issue at the time. It didn’t feel that crowded walking around, but the lines themselves were exhausting. So.

Eric Hersey: Yeah.

Lauren Hersey: Any anything else?

Eric Hersey: Yeah, I mean, I can agree. Yeah, no, I could agree. I mean, that’s the thing. And this was this was a couple months ago than when it was posted, but it hasn’t changed much. I printed out the current wait time. There’s a really nice portal and it’s escaping my name right now, the name of the website. But there’s a way you can actually get all of the wait times for the whole year and print them out. And you can kind of see and they keep a real good job updating those. And they’re still just super long. That’s all there is to it.

Eric Hersey: If you’re a diva like myself and it’s like I’m not waiting more than 45 minutes for anything You’re gonna have a hard time. So The guvna which we we talked to he was on here. He or she was there on our last one so they’re very active on the reddit forums it looks like they said they read enough basically from all this thread and

Lauren Hersey: You

Eric Hersey: they’re gonna hold off. It’s basically a lot of luck involved if you don’t have Express. So if you’re, if you don’t have as much money as you have time, it’s, you know, they’re, they’re looking. But then we also had a couple other Agile pack, basically, it’s amazing. But in my opinion, it’s only worth it if you get the Express pass, right?

Lauren Hersey: Yeah, but pepperoni says that though Express is great. They had their second visit yesterday and both times with no express pass, no early entry and had amazing visits both times and, um, chrome 66. I went without it, had a fantastic time. Didn’t get to do every single bride, but there were some rides that, you know, they didn’t care about as much as others. So I think just having a game plan.

Lauren Hersey: When you’re going in but this is a this is a Disney show. So we’re talking epic versus Disney because I think that that is that is kind of a real question here. We’re talking the loved beloved rite of passage Disney World that hasn’t had a new theme park versus epic which is

Lauren Hersey: brand new. So I wanted to look at that as well. And this person’s screen name is decide this for me. So they really were leaving everything up to the universe. But they’re talking about how their family want to trip to Orlando. And it includes four park tickets for four people and they have kids aged seven and 10. They need to decide if they’re going to spend the time.

Lauren Hersey: four days at Disney parks or Universal slash Epic or Split. The hotel will be selected based on the choice that they make. they said that they don’t want to spend the trip just driving around. So they want to pick a hotel based on the parks that they’re going to visit. So they’ve been to Disneyland three days at Disney, one day at Epic. I mean, what are what are people saying?

Eric Hersey: Well, I mean, I can tell you we have Chidwick says age seven and 10, you can definitely enjoy everything at Universal. So, you know, at this point, it depends on if your kids like roller coasters or not. If they’re not big on coasters, Disney’s probably better. They love coasters. Universal’s where it’s at. I mean, yes and no. I would generally say that. mean, granted, this is seven and 10. I mean, also, let’s see what the parents are going to do. If the parents don’t like coasters, there’s a problem there. Oh, man, for four four days, you’re going to I would honestly just pick

Lauren Hersey: Yeah, I would too.

Eric Hersey: I hate to say it. I’d pick Disney or I’d pick Universal and you’re gonna because the trip we we know that the trip was paid for but tickets

Lauren Hersey: Yeah

Eric Hersey: And that’s the thing is you don’t see a cost break until you get to that like day four, day five. So you’re essentially, if you do two and two, your minds will be paying, you’re almost paying the same as if it would be like four and four. It’s just ridiculous how they have that. And they want to keep you in their bubble. And there’s not a single hotel that you’re going to stay at that’s not going to require you to drive somewhere. So in my opinion, I would just pick what it is and just assume that you’ll come back. Me, I’d pick Disney.

Eric Hersey: right now just because seven and 10 that is definitely going to be more Disney vibe. You can do all four parks and get a little bit there. And then when you, if you’re a once every five years, now you’re talking kids that are 12 and 15. That sounds universal adjacent. That means Epic will probably have their stuff figured out. Hopefully there’ll be a little bit more going on. So in my opinion, I would just stick to Disney world for this personal trip. Save yourself some money, save yourself some aggravation and just say, Hey, next time around we’re going to do a universe.

Eric Hersey: That’s my opinion. What’s your thoughts?

Lauren Hersey: Yeah. Yeah, I also think that I’d like to know what the seven and 10 year olds interests are. Like, are they big Harry Potter kids? Do they like Jurassic Park? Do they like, you know, coasters? Could they think are the boys girls? Do they think that Disney’s, you know, a little younger? So just playing devil’s advocate, unless they are big, you know, Harry Potter.

Lauren Hersey: fans. Say this is like a once in a lifetime situation, that would be really cool to see if they were Harry Potter fans. But I’m with Eric at that point for four days, I would pick one and go full force, go in. And also, I think that it also depends on what else you’re planning to

Lauren Hersey: to try to accomplish while you’re in the area. And they also have, you know, water park if that’s a particular jam. But we’re curious to know if you’re planning a trip this summer, is Epic worth it to you?

Eric Hersey: Right, and are you taking advantage of some of the Disney deals? Are you waiting for some of the hype to settle down? We want to know, but that’s kind of what we’re going to talk about a little bit more after this break. Lots of stuff going on at Disney. They really want you there for this summer. They don’t necessarily want you crossing the road and hanging out at Universal. So we’re going to talk about all the fun stuff that’s coming to Disney this summer, right after this break.

Lauren Hersey: Yeah.

Lauren Hersey: Okay. And we’re back. That’s okay. And we’re back. So as Eric alluded, we want to know, you know, is Disney doing enough this summer to compete with Epic Universe? So quickly, I will share a, our, our particular situation. Like I said, at the top of the show, we were looking for, you know, three days at the back side of our trip.

Eric Hersey: Bring us back. Do it again. Sorry, I cut you off.

Lauren Hersey: and we were trying to decide, we stay at Disney? Do we hop over to Universal and truly like split the trip? Well, Disney came out with $99 a night room rates. And at that point, I mean, I don’t think Lynn had done an analysis maybe back in January when they dropped some of these summer deals.

Lauren Hersey: And he was saying that the rates haven’t been this low, I think since pre 2008 to get a $99 room. Yes, yes. So this is a big, big deal. However, we’re going again. So if Epic Universe is the big shiny new thing this summer, mean, besides the cheap room rates, what is Disney actually offering right now to compete?

Eric Hersey: Yeah, I think it was like before the market collapse. Yeah.

Eric Hersey: Yeah, I mean, they’re definitely pushing items out there. So I think right now, obviously, the $99 All-Stars, All-Stars, baby, this is like 2014 for me. So I’m pretty pumped about that. So it was an easy decision from a room rate standpoint. And then we’ll still end up over in Universal, but we’re just going to drive. that’s fortunate for us because we have a car. It might be different for other people. But when it comes to what’s going to make us decide, should we do more Disney Park days, which means if we’re in the park,

Lauren Hersey: Hahaha!

Eric Hersey: We’re buying their food. We’re buying their merch and so forth if they want to keep us in that bubble There are a couple things that I’m intrigued by but I don’t know if they’re necessarily going to move the needle per se for me But you tell us new Buzz Lightyear I heard great things about this, but it is still just the Buzz Lightyear ride, right?

Lauren Hersey: Yeah, we were at baseball last night talking to another Disney family who just got back and I was like, Oh, did you get to ride the, um, Buzz Lightyear now that it’s reopened being refurbished? And, she was like, Oh yeah, like, you know, the guns are you removable now you have to hit like the target like specifically, but it is easier to see. I asked a follow-up question and she’s like, you know, I really didn’t know. All I know is I’m just tripped on the cord. Like,

Lauren Hersey: coming off of the ride. So based on what I’ve heard on the interwebs and from people that have experienced it, would I plan my trip just to experience that? No. But Eric, would you plan your trip to get your butt back on Big Thunder Mountain?

Eric Hersey: No, no, I mean, I’m not I’m not planning my trip for either one of these. I think it’s more than just one attraction. A new land probably would do it. A new attraction. What the real question is, is because we’re going to experience this. We’re doing the first half of our trip is Disney. The second half. It’s a matter of, hey, what I want to give up going to Universal on one of those days to do these things more or extra. And I don’t think either one. And that goes to say we haven’t been there for Zootopia since it’s opened. There’s a couple of lounges that we haven’t been there for. So like there are other things that are new to us.

Lauren Hersey: Hahaha

Eric Hersey: that we haven’t we haven’t gone since August so it’s almost been a year which is record breaking for us considering that we’re trying to go quarterly but we had a Disneyland trip involved in there and lots of other sporadic things so I don’t know if either one of those is going to move it

Lauren Hersey: Yes, we were trying to plan Paris and then we just missed Florida too much. So we’re going to take good, you know, take advantage of our annual passes. So, so far Disney’s big additions this summer, they’ve already been done, been there, done that just improved. But they have done some IP refreshes and add ons.

Lauren Hersey: So going over to Hollywood Studios with the new Mandalorian Grogu movie, they’re adding that mission to Smuggler’s Run. Are we excited about that?

Eric Hersey: Mmm. Yeah, I don’t know. I’m underwhelmed right now by mandolin Mandalorian and Grogu like the movie’s coming out. So I’m gonna go see it in the theater It’s one of the you know, if it’s a Star Wars or Marvel, I see it in the theater But I was having this conversation with my brother this morning and it’s just like man They you know, they didn’t really hit while the iron was hot Like I understand it’s this Mandalorian Grogu were was hot years ago But then there’s been like three four five years since they’ve done anything So maybe I’ll get more excited smugglers run is a fine enough ride, but I don’t

Lauren Hersey: Same.

Eric Hersey: don’t think them overlaying. I’m kind of…

Eric Hersey: I, in all honesty, I think they’re going to botch this. That’s just my opinion. They haven’t done very much in smugglers run that gets me excited. I just feel like they’re still the issues with that ride is still going to be the issues with the ride, whether we’re trying to get coaxium or we’re chasing a bounty hunter. It’s still going to be like, all right, the guy driving is crashing into the wall and I have to these flashy buttons. It’s cool and all, but I don’t know the next one on the other hand, I am excited about, and I would possibly say this could be enough to make me say, all right, I want to go see this. And that’s the Muppets in the rock and roller coaster.

Lauren Hersey: Yeah, but I think Disney like I don’t they have their finger on the pulse with the fan base and I think that they feel the things that we were just saying because if you look at how they released the the tracks for this ride, they made a big announcement about it. They didn’t just release the playlist. They had done some social videos about it. They were dropping a track.

Eric Hersey: We now have a soundtrack and we also have cameos and we have a good understanding of what’s going on. All this stuff is super fun and although we hate to see the Rock and Roller Coaster, the old Aerosmith because of nostalgia go away, I’m honestly more jazzed about this and I’m like, I think this might be an upgrade, right?

Lauren Hersey: every day leading up to April 16th really trying to capitalize on the excitement versus just like here it is. to me it looked like or felt like they were they were trying to milk this excitement for as much as possible and on I Want That Too we had talked about how

Lauren Hersey: They dropped a line of Muppet plush on TikTok before they dropped it on their own website. I think it was a four day pre-sale and there hadn’t been Muppet plush for a decade or so from the Disney store. I’m just seeing so much Muppets merch and chatter right now. So

Lauren Hersey: I think they’re trying to really lean into that one. So let’s look at some of the soft new, I’m gonna use my air quotes, there are soft new experiences that are coming. I know people have mixed emotions about animation courtyard and the character meet and greet and the drawing experience with Olaf. I don’t know.

Eric Hersey: Are they gonna be done? I don’t even know if that’s gonna be done for summer. Did they make an announcement? I mean, they’re working hard on it. We got a blue hat up.

Lauren Hersey: I feel like they were teasing. Yeah, I felt like they were teasing hard summer because with the promotion, I mean, we got multiple mailers about Cool Kids Summer that’s coming back. A part of that is where you get water park access for free the first day of check-in. And then they have lots of kids experiences because they’re trying to get families back with younger children.

Eric Hersey: Yeah.

Lauren Hersey: So it does not surprise me that that area was getting a little facelift that targeted children. And then we’ve got Bluey coming to Animal Kingdom this summer. And so I think Bluey would be something that could move the needle for families, especially with young kids too.

Lauren Hersey: come to Disney opposed to going and seeing Mario and Luigi and dragons.

Eric Hersey: I think

Eric Hersey: I think that moves people to Animal Kingdom. I think it gets people to go to Animal Kingdom as possibly their third park as opposed to the fourth park. I don’t know if it’s necessarily going to drive people. mean, I’m happy with like I would actually if they got the animation courtyard done, that’s enough to say, all right, that’s an extra day to go over there and explore because I would like to explore. I don’t know what they’re necessarily how deep that’s going to be. I know we have a drawing experience and there’s character meat and grief and stuff, but I would like to explore that if that gets done in time. I think Bluey will certainly move

Eric Hersey: needle for some, especially maybe even locals, like if you live three hours away, think making an extra trip to go see Bluey for the first time, especially if your kids are big into it. So I think some of these soft experiences are nice add-ons. I don’t know if they’re necessarily doing anything to say, hey, I need to go this summer. So I mean, like they’re not not doing things. There are things going on to make you say, all right, but at this point in time, if money wasn’t an object, but you had time to choose these attractions,

Eric Hersey: and spread across the different parks versus going to try Epic for the first time. Money not an option. I would certainly still do Epic. Like I don’t think there’s anything here that’s just like rivals a brand new theme park.

Lauren Hersey: No, but I do feel like Disney is trying to pull out all the stops for summer to get people in their parks, to get people on property. mean, what we’ve been seeing has just been crazy as far as their deals and the way that they’re marketing and promoting this, you know, like even promoting on a Nelson’s new faces and frozen ever after, like things that wouldn’t normally get a marketing push are now.

Lauren Hersey: So looking at the people’s internet, this is a familiar croissant. I just love your screen names. Kudos to you. So they asked specifically, is a summer 2026 trip going to be worth it? And this is looking at Disney World specifically. And they go on to say, I’m booked for a week in August 2026 with all the upcoming ride closures and.

Lauren Hersey: current right closures has me wondering if I should just push my trip for a few years because we’ve talked about last week, you know, how much it costs to have a Disney vacation and you know, our TikTok followers have spoken and you know, thousand to $1,200 a day. And if the thing that you want to do is not open or you’re excited about upcoming things, would it be worth it to save your money and

Lauren Hersey: you know, go in a couple years.

Eric Hersey: Right, right. Well, I mean, that’s the thing is there’s this SB 5038 says there’s always levels of construction. You shouldn’t plan your trip around individual ride. It’s an overall experience. And I agree to that. But if it is just the wall of, you know, go away green and animal kingdom and a magic kingdom and at Hollywood Studios. Ah, and I mean, we did deal with that at Epic or Epcot for years. I don’t know. is. Yes. I mean, if you are only going to take a trip, it’s like, well, 26 or 27. Well, maybe 27.

Lauren Hersey: Yes, yes.

Eric Hersey: would get you a little bit more. There’s still plenty to do. mean, unless you’re trying to go for 10 days. I mean, if you go for five days, even these walls being up is still not going to make it to the point where you’re going to get everything done. I mean, this is a huge freaking property. So I agree, but there are still probably better times to go maybe.

Lauren Hersey: Yeah. And I mean, you work and it’s the, you know, it’s summer August. You’re probably going to have a pool day, like for some relaxation. So I, I’m with you on that. Then we have high West 48. I’ll go with this. If you’ve been recently, I could see waiting some of this out. If you haven’t been in a while, then there are other new attractions running full time. You haven’t seen yet. You’ll still have a wonderful time. Have you done Tron yet? Tiana, Guardians, Ratatouille. I’m thinking about in the nighttime parade. So there, that is a very, very valid point. Like if it’s been three years, five years since you’ve been

Lauren Hersey: I could totally see experiencing those new attractions.

Eric Hersey: Well, think and then the last comment here is I’m not even going try to pronounce it, but it says enjoy what it is. Hopefully a slightly less busy few years where people aren’t going because there’s still a, I’ll go when the land opens. So if we’re all asking this saying, Hey, we’re not going to go until the inconto land or the Indiana Jones opens, or we get the new piston peak. So if there’s a lot of people that are pushing those vacations, hopefully then the people that do go. So we zig while they zag, we go there and we get lower wait times. Although I’m not confident that Disney wants that to happen. So that’s

Eric Hersey: why they’re throwing all this little things in there. So at the end of the day, just go when you have time. You’re going to wait. You’re to have to spend money. If you want to go to Disney or you want to go to Universal, just go. It’s just, you know, there is no perfect time anymore. Yeah.

Lauren Hersey: I mean, YOLO, right? Like, don’t ask us, though. Don’t ever ask us if you should plan a trip to Disney or Universal, because we’ll always say yes, even if it’s irresponsible. But anyway, so with this, feels like summer Disney’s improving what they have. Universal still has a shiny, fresh, brand new.

Eric Hersey: The answer is yes.

Lauren Hersey: Theme park and they’re really trying to capitalize on that So if you want to stay up to date with what’s going on at epic universe and universal check out Eric’s podcast the epic universal podcast with Jim Hill But that does it for this week’s episode of dis and hers for more make sure you head up dis and hers calm there You’ll find articles episodes and updates and if Disney is your vibe hit subscribe

Eric Hersey: And remember, watch what you post. You might end up in next week’s episode. Thanks for listening.