Holly K.’s Epic Universe/WDW trip - PREP 463

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Shannon Albert from WDWPrepSchool.com, a Disney World planning site

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🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 123 minutes

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In episode 463 of WDW Prep To Go, Holly K. recounts her six-day adventure split between Universal’s newly opened Epic Universe and Disney World. She shares the ups and downs of her trip, including ride delays at Epic Universe, highlights from stays at multiple Disney resorts, and insightful comparisons between the two theme park giants.

Post trip begins: 24 minutes

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0:00.0	Today we'll have Holly's Epic Universe and Disney World combo trip that's coming up on this episode 463 of
0:06.0	of Debbie Dup to Go.
0:17.9	Hello and welcome to Debbie DerePrette Go, re-talk strategy and ideas and have lots and lots of trip reports for people planning their Disney World trips.
0:25.3	I am your host, Shannon Albert from WDW Prep School.com.
0:28.7	Thank you for being here for episode 463.
0:31.2	Today is another trip report, but this one starts with Epic Universe a few days there before moving on to Disney World. So I think this
0:40.0	will be our first taste at what that land is like. Now that it's fully open, Holly was there
0:45.9	just before the opening. So she got to be part of the preview. There were some highs and some
0:50.4	lows, but it was good to hear her thoughts and kind of first impressions as we're all
0:55.6	kind of learning this new park. I'll have that in just a minute. A reminder that if you want to be a
1:01.3	guest like Holly, the only way to do that is using the speak pipe information that is in the show
1:06.0	notes of every episode. Leave a little voicemail with the basic details about your ship.
1:11.8	And if it works out in our schedule, somebody on my team will reach out and get you scheduled for your pre-chip and
1:15.5	post-trip, just like I did with Holly. So without any further ado, let's hear how Holly's
1:21.8	epic universe and Disney World trip went. Welcome to podcast Holly. Hi. Hi. We're talking on Monday, May 12th. I understand
1:30.3	you're headed to Orlando soon. We are. Yeah, we're heading to Orlando the day after tomorrow.
1:36.3	So May 14th through what? The 19th. Okay. Who's we? I'm sorry, it's through the 20th. We ended up adding a day. Okay. Okay. He was sweet. I'm sorry. It's through the 20th. We ended up adding a day.
1:47.6	Okay. My son, Julian, is going. He is turning 21 while we are there and we're going to be celebrating his birthday there.
1:56.6	My husband, Brian, will be coming and then also a a very dear friend, Alex, is coming as well.
2:03.1	Okay.
2:04.1	And with the different demographics of your group, how are you traveling together?
2:11.7	Are you staying in the same hotel?
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