Helios Grand Hotel is the new resort inside Epic Universe, and it offers a ton of room types from the most barebones of rooms with views of nothing to fancy ‘Celestial’ suites overlooking the park. This review covers the middle ground option, one of the cheaper family suites (that looks the part!), and whether it’s worth the cost to upgrade. As a whole, there’s a lot to love about Helios Grand…

Within the last year-plus, Walt Disney World changed the opening procedures at EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. This was either accomplished by moving the Early Entry checkpoints deeper into the park or eliminating secondary hold locations. Animal Kingdom was the last holdout using the “old” system, but that has now changed as of mid-2026. As basic background, we enjoy Early Entry in general, including at Animal Kingdom. In part, because…