Universal and the Minions retain a huge advantage over Disney’s icons among younger fans in that the Minions are movie stars, and Mickey Mouse isn’t anymore.

Travelers sure want to know. Meanwhile, minions are multiplying at Universal Studios Florida, Super Nintendo World is opening at Universal Hollywood and the holidays are in full swing in theme parks.

Five years after the last “Despicable Me” movie and a dozen years since the first, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” extends the animated franchise without exactly rising to the occasion ...