With lands devoted to "Harry Potter" and "How to Train Your Dragon," the $7 billion park aims to expand Universal Orlando Resort to a weeklong destination The post Universal’s Epic Universe Is the First Major Theme Park to Open in the US in Almost 25 Years – It Was Worth the Wait appeared first on TheWrap.

After years of COVID-imposed delays and a month or so of previews, Universal Orlando finally opens the doors on its Epic Universe Thursday. The new theme park, which reportedly cost between $6 and $7 billion to build,

Universal opened its first Orlando theme park, Universal Studios Florida, in 1990, expanding the resort with a second one, Universal Islands of Adventure, in 1999, and a water park, Volcano Bay, in 2017. By adding Epic Universe, it will be hoping that it can keep its guests entertained—and away from the Magic Kingdom—for the duration of their trip.