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Universal Destinations

Step into incredible worlds, experience some of the biggest thrills in entertainment, and discover the many ways to vacation with Universal. From immersive theme park destinations to resort stays and experiences around the world, there’s more than one way to make Universal part of your travels.

Small World BIG FUN advisors bring firsthand experience and Universal knowledge to help you decide where to go, where to stay, what you need, and how to make the most of your time. From choosing and booking your vacation to navigating the details before you travel and supporting you along the way, we’re here to make experiencing Universal easier.

Universal has grown well past a single resort, and the options keep expanding. Whether you’re headed to Florida for four parks and a full resort vacation, California for a compact trip you can pair with everything else the state offers, or Texas for something built entirely around younger families, our advisors can help you sort out which one fits.

Four parks, multiple resort hotels, different ticket and Express Pass options, and countless ways to put a Universal Orlando vacation together. Your Small World BIG FUN advisor can help you understand how the pieces work together and build a vacation around your travel party, priorities, and time.

Universal’s newest park is built around stepping through a portal into somewhere completely different. Each world has its own atmosphere, its own scale, and its own reason to spend time there. It’s the most ambitious thing Universal has built, and it changes how you plan an Orlando trip.

This is the park built on stepping past the screen. Streets you recognize from films, attractions that put you inside the story, and characters you grew up with. It’s also where Universal’s biggest seasonal events happen, which can shape when you decide to go.

Every island here is its own world, which is what makes this park different from anywhere else at the resort. You cross a bridge and the whole atmosphere changes. Some of Universal’s most talked-about attractions live here, alongside gentler adventures for families traveling with a mix of ages.

Volcano Bay is the change of pace in the middle of a park-heavy trip. Three villages, each with its own personality, sitting beneath Krakatau. Plenty of adventure if you want it and plenty of shoreline if you don’t, which makes it useful for travel parties who want different things from the same day.

Hollywood is more compact than Orlando, which makes it a different kind of vacation. It works as a shorter trip on its own, and it works even better as one piece of a larger California itinerary. The working studio backlot is something you won’t find anywhere else.

Your advisor can help you figure out how many days you need, where to stay, and what else to build around it.

Universal is building a park in Frisco designed specifically for younger families, with attractions scaled for kids rather than thrill seekers. A different proposition from the bigger resorts and worth watching if you’re traveling with little ones.

As details continue to come out, our advisors are following along so we can help you plan once it’s ready.

Our Universal knowledge doesn’t come only from training. Small World BIG FUN advisors experience Universal destinations ourselves. We visit the parks, stay at the resorts, try what’s new, travel with our families, and bring those experiences back to our agency.

And that knowledge is shared. When you work with a Small World BIG FUN advisor, you have the benefit of an entire agency exchanging firsthand experiences, feedback, recommendations, and updates to help us plan better Universal vacations for our clients.

Every Universal destination offers something a little different, and the right one depends on who’s traveling, how much time you have, and what you’re hoping to get out of it. Here’s a starting point, though this is exactly the kind of thing our advisors are good at helping you figure out.