Orlando, Florida (AP) – From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros. At the Frankenstein monster, Universal Orlando Resort draws all pop culture stops at its most recent and larger Themed park in Florida.
With five sections on the theme distinctly and a hotel with 500 rooms, the universal epic universe of several billion dollars should open its doors to the public on May 22, just in time for the start of summer, when the theme parks in the Orlando region are generally blocked with families and young fresh park parks.
It is the first large traditional theme park to open in Florida since 1999, when Universal Islands of Adventure made its debut, although Universal opened an Orlando theme water park, Volcano Bay, in 2017. The addition of epic universes brings the total number of parks to Florida Resort at four years, including Universal Studios.
The opening also increases the challenges of universal competition with the rival of Crosstown Walt Disney World for a larger part of the annual orlando influx of 74 million tourists.
Universal officials also describe the epic universe as the most advanced technological theme park of the company. For example, it uses a facial recognition system for RIDE Express lines.
The owner of Universal, Comcast Nbcuniversal, also announced this month for his First universal brand theme park and seaside resort in Europeto a location north of London. An experience of horror entertainment all year round in Las Vegas is expected to open its doors later this year and a theme park focused on the family should open its doors next year in a suburb of Dallas.
Epic Universe makes its Big Bang, with a day tickets from $ 139 for adults and going to $ 199 during peak periods, as is the Trump administration arouses economic uncertainty.
WE Price ads threaten to limit the desire of certain Americans to spend on vacation. And the rough treatment that some American visitors have lived on arrival, as well as A boycott from the United States By some Canadians, raising fears that international tourists will remain away.
Tax revenues show that Orlando’s tourism economy was booming last year, Orange County receiving a record of $ 359 million in tourist taxes.
Here is an overview of the different sections of the Epic universe.
Celestial park
Celestial Park is the center of the conception of the epic universe in the shape of a radius, connecting the other “worlds”.
The section on the astronomical theme is the only one with original characters not based on preexisting intellectual property. Center around a fountain of water the size of a football field and filled with abundant and colorful flowers, it is an oasis of calm between the sensory overload of the four sections.
This does not mean that the excitement cannot be found in Celestial Park, which houses roller coasters with double launch of 133 feet (40.5 meters), stardust runners and a huge carousel.
Super Nintendo World
Super Nintendo World is the definition of sensory overload, its bright primary colors that cry out “look at me!” The intensity of Calypso’s music syncopated with steel drum.
It has two levels – rare for themed parks – and creates a completely immersive experience because nothing from the outside of Super Nintendo World can be seen beyond the imposing walls of the Château de Peach and Mont Beanpole. There is a dark ride of augmented reality, an omni-motor ride slowed down and adapted to children and a coatter on the theme of the Kong Donkey. The artists of characters disguised as Mario and Luigi welcome the members of the crowd in a string area.
Dark universe
Dark Universe is a return to Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula and the invisible MAN films that launched Universal’s career in horror franchises.
Visitors enter a recreated village from Central Europe which has a scenario on the vampires living in the ground below. There is a dark race through the castle of Frankenstein, a family coatter based on the legend of the Loup-Garou and a tavern garnished with a blades windmill engulfed by flames every few minutes.
The sorcerer world of Harry Potter-Mindiry of Magic
This is the third episode of the wizarding world of the Harry Potter attractions which killed Florida’s resort in a real challenger of Disney World’s domination.
The arched doors, the wrought iron balconies and the cobbled streets give visitors that visitors have parachuted in the fantastic animals of animals which take place in Paris in the 1920s. The culmination of the field is the battle during the omnidirectional lifting conduct of the ministry, including the atrium in false-gold-Gold-Gold is on a scale York.
How to train your dragon – Isle de Berke
New generation animatronic dragons are the stars of this section, based on the franchise “How to train your Dragon”.
Anchored by a lagoon in its center with Viking statues, the land inspired by Viking has a coast, a boat trip and meetings with surprisingly agile dragons, it is not your father’s animatronics.
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