🎡 Universal Kids Resort Opens in JUST 32 Days

Mark it in your calendar. The 20-acre park officially opens July 1, and tickets are on sale right now at universalkidsresort.com.

Here's what you're getting: seven themed lands, including Shrek's Swamp, Jurassic World Adventure Camp, SpongeBob's Bikini Bottom, Minions, TrollsFest, Puss in Boots Del Mar, and Gabby's Dollhouse. That lineup is basically a greatest hits album of every show my girls have demanded on repeat this year.

Ticket options include:

The hotel is also taking bookings starting June 30, with rooms that sleep up to 6. Located off the Dallas North Tollway inside the Fields development, the same area I pass on my commute roughly five days a week.

I've been saying "soon" for two years every time my 4-year-old asks about the theme park she's seen under construction. July 1 is not "soon" anymore. It's basically here.

If you haven't driven past the Firefly Park site off the Dallas North Tollway near PGA Parkway recently, it's moving fast. A formal groundbreaking ceremony happened Wednesday, and the energy around this project is real.

Phase 1 alone includes:

Phase 1 is expected to wrap by late 2027. The hotel and townhomes break ground in August. Office construction starts later this year.

At full build-out, Firefly Park is looking at 3 million sq ft of office space, 400,000 sq ft of retail and dining, 1,200 hotel rooms, and nearly 2,000 residential units. First retail tenants confirmed: Tyler's, Frenchie, Woodhouse Spa, and Second Rodeo Brewing.

Developer Kyle Wilks had a great line at the ceremony: "We're building a bench where a grandmother is going to come out with her grandkids and watch them play." That's the vision… not just square footage, but a place that actually becomes part of daily life in Frisco.

If you've been sleeping on the Rail District while construction has been ongoing on Main Street, now is genuinely a good time to jump back in.

Starting Sunday, June 1, you can grab BOGO gift cards through the Yiftee app. Buy a $50 card, get a $50 bonus card. The Frisco Community Development Corp. covers the bonus, so it's actual free money for local restaurants and shops.

Since the program launched last October, over $950,000 in gift cards have been redeemed. The FCDC has put more than $1.1 million into supporting the Rail District's 130+ businesses through the construction disruption.

A few things to know:

FCDC President Chad Brubaker framed it well: "Downtown Frisco is becoming more walkable, connected and family-friendly than ever before." Emily and I have been wanting to get back down there on a weekend… this feels like the right nudge.

Here's the Frisco market in one sentence: prices are softer, but out-of-state buyers are still showing up with big budgets and zero local context.

The numbers (Redfin/Zillow, April 2026):

That sounds rough. Here's the twist: Los Angeles is still the #1 source of Frisco inbound buyers. Seattle is #2. DC is #3. These are people relocating with real budgets who have no idea what your street is actually worth. That's not a problem; that's leverage. If your agent knows how to use it.

Most sellers aren't losing on price because of the market. They're losing because their agent doesn't know what sold two blocks over last month.

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