Walk-through experiences like Universal Fan Fest are inherently more intimate — and therefore more emotionally powerful — than any ride.

Fans will get to go on the Enterprise-D bridge set that was used to film "Star Trek: Picard" and see beasts at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

To share some of that uplifting spirit with those who give so much to our communities, the Universal City theme park is just announced a new First Responder Heroes Ticket, which offers "eligible U.S.-based, active first responders" complimentary 1-Day General Admission to the attraction-filled destination.

The experiences are inspired by sci-fi, fantasy, gaming and anime franchises such as Star Trek, Back to the Future, Dungeons & Dragons and One Piece.

The new Universal Fan Fest Nights featuring Harry Potter, Star Trek, Back to the Future and Dungeons & Dragons will run on select nights between April 25 and May 18 at the Hollywood theme park. Fan Fest Nights tickets go on sale Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. for the after-hours, separate admission event at Universal Studios Hollywood.

I'm not usually into this sort of thing, but the event looks really cool. To be perfectly frank, theme parks aren’t generally my thing. I don’t have a ton of rich childhood memories attending them, which eliminates any kind of nostalgia factor;

With Epic Universe scheduled to open in Orlando this May, Universal Studios is eating Disney’s lunch in 2025. It’s impossible to overstate how highly anticipated the park’s third gate (which features themed lands based on How to Train Your Dragon,