Comparing My Trip To Disney World

To compare and contrast two moments in my life is a difficult challenge for me. I have decided to choose my trips to Disney World and Universal. Yes, these are both located 8.5 miles from each other, but that makes them easier to compare and contrast.

Disneyworld, which is located in Florida, more precisely Kissimmee, Florida, but it’s a suburb of Orlando so most people just say it’s in Orlando. I’ve had five trips in my lifetime. I have only had two amazing trips to Universal. I don’t remember much about my trips to Disney, except little tiny pieces, excluding my last two trips. This was because I was so young. I do remember bits and pieces of the first trip to Universal. This is because I was only six years old. Most of what I remember is standing in line the opening day of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure. My second time I can remember very vividly because it was last year for Halloween Horror Nights.

Both are well-known amusement parks, but they have many differences. Universal’s Harry Potter exhibit has been ranked number one on the Trip Advisor ranking for things to do in Orlando. The entire park of Islands of Adventure was ranked number two and on the same list Disney’s Magic Kingdom was only ranked fourth. Disney’s entire resort was ranked fifth.

This is because Universal is mainly based on movies and cartoons. Universal hosts one of the scariest Halloween Horror Haunted Houses in the United States. (I got to experience it first-hand.) Universal does this for a selected month. Disney hosts their own, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party. This is where all the little kids dress up. While Universal’s are only at night, Disney hosts theirs from September 15 to November 1 and the times for it are from open to