I have been counting down to Epic Universe at Universal Orlando for what feels like forever, but nothing could have prepared me for how it actually felt to step inside. Between my visits in April, May, and again in August, I experienced the park in a few different ways. First, as a travel advisor seeing it through a professional lens, and later as a mom exploring with my family. Each visit left me more amazed than the last.

One of the main reasons my family wanted to visit Hollywood during our Spring 2022 trip to California was to visit Universal Hollywood –...