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Universal Stella Nova Resort: Your Gateway to Epic Universe

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/ September 18, 2026

Universal Stella Nova Resort is a 750-room, space-themed hotel operated by Loews Hotels & Co that opened in January 2025 directly adjacent to Universal’s Epic Universe theme park in Orlando. It sits in Universal Orlando’s “Prime Value” tier alongside sister property Terra Luna Resort, offering…

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Disneyland Resort: Parks, Hotels & Planning Guide

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/ September 18, 2026

Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California is the original Disney theme park complex: two theme parks, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, three on-site hotels, and the Downtown Disney shopping and dining district, all packed into a compact, walkable footprint just off Interstate 5. Disneyland opened in…

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Universal Orlando Resort: Parks, Hotels & Planning Guide

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/ September 18, 2026

Universal Orlando Resort is a 1,291-acre complex in Orlando, Florida built around three theme parks — Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure, and the new Universal Epic Universe — plus the Volcano Bay water park and eleven on-site hotels. It opened in 1990 with…

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Surfside Inn and Suites: Universal Orlando’s Budget Pick

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/ September 17, 2026

Universal’s Endless Summer Resort – Surfside Inn and Suites is Universal Orlando Resort’s budget-tier hotel, opened June 27, 2019, at 7000 Universal Blvd. It shares a 1960s surf-culture theme with its sister property, Dockside Inn and Suites, right down to a surfboard-shaped main pool and…

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Loews Portofino Bay Hotel: Italian Luxury at Universal

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/ September 17, 2026

Loews Portofino Bay Hotel was Universal Orlando Resort’s first on-site hotel, opening in September 1999 as a recreation of the Italian fishing village of Portofino, right down to a cobblestone piazza, a replica clock tower, and a man-made harbor the resort calls Portofino Bay. It…

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Disney’s All-Star Music Resort: A Budget WDW Home Base

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/ September 17, 2026

Disney’s All-Star Music Resort is one of Walt Disney World’s original Value Resorts, opened November 22, 1994, on the southern end of the property near Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Its 1,412 rooms and 192 family suites are split across five music-themed sections — Broadway, Calypso, Country…

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Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort: Budget Stay, Big Icons

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/ September 17, 2026

Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort is one of Walt Disney World’s five value-category hotels, sitting in the Animal Kingdom Resort Area on the southern end of property. It opened January 15, 1999, and packs 1,920 rooms into five movie-themed sections — 101 Dalmatians, The Mighty Ducks…

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Disney’s Riviera Resort: The Skyliner Hotel Near Epcot

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/ September 17, 2026

Disney’s Riviera Resort is a Disney Vacation Club hotel that opened December 16, 2019, on Buena Vista Drive between Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. It was the first entirely new DVC property built since Aulani in Hawaii, and its Mediterranean-inspired design…

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