Myself, even when things at Epic settle down, I doubt I'd stay at the Epic hotels. The thing I enjoy most about Universal is that everything is within walking distance at the main resort. I love the fact I only need to spend 5,6 or 7 hours at the parks and also enjoy the stuff at CityWalk and the hotels. Everything is so close that it really accentuates a relaxing and leisurely vacation. It's so easy to go back and forth between the venues, stuff like an afternoon at the pool in the Orlando uncomfortable heat/humidity. I love the Disney parks as much, if not more than Universal parks. But WDW is not a relaxing vacation. With it being so spread out, and not much to do at the hotels, we do long days at the parks....So, we'll probably do Epic the same way as WDW with long days at that park. Sure, it's a short bus ride away from the main resort hotels, but so are the WDW parks from their hotels. The compact nature of the Universal main resort is it's strength. That's probably the main reason we stay at Universal regardless of my disdain for much of their park operational issues/decisions. We love the overall feel of a vacation at the Orlando Resort. It's beyond just a theme park thing.