If you make one transatlantic theme park pilgrimage, make it this: the Wizarding World of Harry Potter — riding the Hogwarts Express between the two parks, wand in hand — is the most convincing themed environment ever built, and the new Epic Universe park raises the bar again. Stay at a premier on-site hotel and the included Express Pass roughly doubles what you'll ride. Go outside American school holidays; September is quietest.
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