About this episode

Wendy Fox interviews Margita about her recent trip to Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World, highlighting experiences at the new Stella Nova Resort and Epic Universe.

This week, Wendy Fox steps in as special guest host to interview Margita about our May trip that started with one very Disney Geek reason — expiring Southwest airfare credits — and turned into a fun split stay between Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World. Margita shares what it was like staying at Universal’s brand-new Stella Nova Resort, walking into Epic Universe for the first time, and comparing Universal’s easy-flowing park experience with the planning-heavy world of Disney. From Dark Universe and How to Train Your Dragon to Harry Potter’s Ministry of Magic and Celestial Park, this episode has plenty of fresh reactions from a Disney travel planner seeing Universal’s newest park up close. Then we head back “home” to Disney with a stay at Port Orleans Riverside in one of the newly refreshed royal rooms, some Flower and Garden Festival time, Magic Kingdom favorites, Big Thunder fun, and a little experimenting with Wait Magic to grab hard-to-find Lightning Lane times. In this episode, we talk about: How a short-notice trip came together from expiring airfare credits Margita’s first impressions of Stella Nova Resort The excitement of walking into Epic Universe for the first…

People in this episode

Host: Wendy Fox

Guest: Margita

Topics covered

• Disney World trip report
• Universal Orlando experience
• Epic Universe
• Stella Nova Resort
• Port Orleans Riverside
• Flower and Garden Festival
• Disney vs Universal comparison

Keywords

• Disney World
• Universal Orlando
• Epic Universe
• Stella Nova Resort
• Port Orleans Riverside
• Flower and Garden Festival
• Lightning Lane
• Universal Express Pass
• travel planning
• Disney travel planner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southwest

Books & works: Dark Universe, How to Train Your Dragon, Harry Potter’s Ministry of Magic, Celestial Park

Places: Universal Orlando, Walt Disney World, Epic Universe, Stella Nova Resort, Port Orleans Riverside

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