UNIVERSE TO THE WORLD. ALL RIGHT. AFTER NEARLY A DECADE, UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. AND IT OPENED IN A TRULY EPIC WAY. THE MUSIC, THE CROWDS, AND OF COURSE, ALL THE PAGEANTRY. WE HAVE WATCHED THIS SPACE GROW FROM 750 ACRES OF OPEN LAND TO THIS, AND SO HAVE YOU THROUGH OUR PARK CENTRAL COVERAGE. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. OUR TEAM IS ALL OVER THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL. FROM CHOPPER TWO TO INSIDE THE PARK, WE START WITH JASON GUY ANCHORING OUR COVERAGE OUTSIDE EPIC UNIVERSE. JASON, THERE IS JUST SO MUCH EXCITEMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY FEEL IT AS YOU’RE HERE. HERE. CHOPPER TWO FLYING OVERHEAD AND WE’RE WAVING UP TO PAMELA COMME OVER THERE, WHO IS HIGH ABOVE WITH OUR CHOPPER PILOT, DAN. NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU ONE THING THAT WE HAVE NOTICED TODAY IN AND AROUND UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE ON THIS OPENING DAY. LOOK AT THAT. WE GOT A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT THERE, AND WE HAVE SEEN THEM ALL OVER. AS WE MADE OUR WAY OUT TO THE THEME PARK TODAY, I SPOTTED THOSE PATROLS ON THE 417. I’VE SEEN THEM ON THE 408, THE BEACH LINE AND SOME OF THE NEARBY ROADS. JUST KNOW, AS EPIC UNIVERSE OFFICIALS TOLD US, THERE WILL BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE OUT HERE. NOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN EPIC DAY, WITH THE THEME PARK OPENING UP. AND SO LET’S TAKE YOU TO WHERE EVERYTHING BEGAN DARK AND EARLY. CHOPPER TWO WAS FLYING AND WE HAD OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY UP IN THE AIR. SHE SAW THOSE PEOPLE POURING INTO THE PARKING LOT, AND THAT WAS WELL BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORNING. LOOK AT THAT LONG LINE OF CARS RIGHT THERE AT THE ENTRANCE. AS SOME PEOPLE WERE LINING UP AS EARLY AS 2 A.M. YES. YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT TO THIS MORNING. THEY WERE TRYING TO BE THE FIRST ONES THERE. AND WHEN THE CARS MADE IT IN, IT WAS TIME FOR THE CROWDS TO GATHER. THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE PARK ITSELF TO OPEN UP. AND AGAIN, WE HAD CHOPPER TWO FLYING OVER. AS WE SAW THOSE HUNDREDS OF EARLY RISERS TRYING TO GET IN THERE. THEN IT TURNED INTO THOUSANDS AS PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR CELESTIAL PARK TO OPEN UP AT 7 A.M., FANS MADE THEIR WAY AROUND TRYING TO GET A GOOD SPOT FOR THAT OPENING CEREMONY. WE’D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE. ARE THEN TO MAKE YOU WANT TO DO A LITTLE DANCE. THE PAGEANTRY THERE ON FULL DISPLAY WITH FIREWORKS AND A COORDINATED CEREMONY ACROSS THE THEME PARK. JUST A GREAT DAY THERE. NOW, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WE ALSO SAW IS ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE. THE CROWDS WERE IN FULL FORCE HERE AS EVERYBODY CAME OUT. THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE DAY WOULD HAVE FOR THEM, AND WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE FANS AND WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING BECAUSE WE HAD WESH 2’S CHRISTINA WATKINS INSIDE THE THEME PARK TODAY. SHE WAS TALKING TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE. SHE WAS LOOKING FOR THAT REACTION AS THEY GOT IN THERE ON THIS GRAND OPENING DAY. AND WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THAT. THIS IS CHRISTINA WATKINS A LITTLE EARLIER INSIDE UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE, AS SHE SPOKE TO THE FANS. EPIC EXCITEMENT. THE SUN IS SHINING ON THIS SPECIAL MOMENT HERE AT UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE. SO MANY PEOPLE STARTED LINING UP FIRST THING THIS MORNING. THEY ENJOYED A BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS CEREMONY AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO ENTER THE FIVE IMMERSIVE WORLDS. TWO NOT COME FORWARD. JUST BEFORE 630 THURSDAY MORNING, HUNDREDS OF THEME PARK FANS LINED UP OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE, WAITING FOR THAT SPECIAL MOMENT TO STEP INTO THE PORTALS. AFTER SIX YEARS OF ANTICIPATION AND WATCHING IT GROW FROM THE GROUND UP, PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS BRAZIL, IT’S AN EPIC DAY. IT’S AN EPIC DAY. AND ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OUR COUNTRY, EPIC. SO EPIC DID NOT WANT TO MISS OPENING DAY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA’S NEWEST THEME PARK. WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR OVER THREE YEARS FOR THIS TO OPEN. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING VIDEOS ONLINE, WATCHING ALL THE STREAMING ON YOUTUBE, AND WE COULDN’T BE ANY MORE THRILLED. WE ARE READY FOR AN EPIC DAY. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS PARK WAS ANNOUNCED. I REMEMBER LEARNING THAT NINTENDO WAS GOING TO BE A PART OF IT, SO THAT’S DEFINITELY THE PORTAL THAT I’M MOST EXCITED ABOUT CROSSING INTO. FOR ONE FLORIDIAN WHO TRAVELED FROM TAMPA, IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY INTO THOSE FIVE IMMERSIVE WORLDS, ESPECIALLY INTO HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, ISLE OF BERK. UNFORTUNATELY, MY MOM HAS AN INCURABLE CANCER, SO YEAH, MULTIPLE MYELOMA. SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN’T WAIT TO BRING HER HERE. AND YOU KNOW, SORRY. GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. GOD. OH LORD. AND SHE’S SHE’S JUST GOING TO LOVE IT. OH, LORD. I’M SORRY, BUT THROUGH THE TEARS, THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF JOY. EVERYONE’S REASON FOR VISITING EPIC UNIVERSE ON OPENING DAY SERVED A SPECIAL PURPOSE WITH ONE COMMON GOAL TO GO BE EPIC. IT’S EXCITING TO BE HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST DAY, FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF A BRAND NEW PARK LIKE THIS, COVERING ORANGE COUNTY AT UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE CHRISTINA WATKINS WESH TWO NEWS. OH, DON’T YOU LOVE JUST THAT EMOTION? AND WE’RE FEELING IT FROM REAL JOY TO JUST GETTING ALL THE FEELS AND PEOPLE ARE FEELING THAT. AND WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT SHOW IN A LITTLE BIT. AND SOME OF THESE HOTELS BEHIND ME. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU’LL NEED IS THIS EPIC APP. IT’S REALLY HARD TO SEE BECAUSE IT’S SO BRIGHT HERE TODAY. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE THEME PARK IS SOLD OUT RIGHT NOW, AND WE’VE GOT TICKETS SOLD OUT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY, AND THAT UNIVERSAL APP IS GOING TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE PURCHASING TICKETS. IT’S ALSO GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THE TIMES THAT THE PARKS WILL BE OPEN, LIKE TONIGHT UNTIL 10:00. YOU CAN SEE THE PARK MAP. YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU CAN DO A LITTLE SHOPPING AND EVEN USE UNIVERSAL PAY. IF YOU LINK A CREDIT CARD THERE, YOU CAN ORDER FOOD AND DRINK ON THE GO. AND I’M GOING TO BE TALKING MORE ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS YOU PLAN OUT YOUR DAY AND THINGS FLUCTUATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO RIDES. THE APP IS GOING TO HELP YOU OUT WITH THOSE TIMES. NOW, FANS HAVE BEEN OUT IN FULL FORCE. THEY’RE EXPERIENCING IT ALL, AND WESH TWO SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS IS LIVE WITH ME HERE NEAR THAT THEME PARK. AND TONIGHT YOU’VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE AS THEY’RE LEAVING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE TODAY AT UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE. YEAH. JASON YOU KNOW, I’VE JUST BEEN LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH EVERYONE WHO’S BEEN INSIDE, AND THEY TELL US TODAY COULDN’T BE ANY MORE PERFECT. THE WAIT TIMES ARE SHORT, THE CROWDS ARE SMALL, AND THE VIEWS, THEY ARE STUNNING. THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER AND FINALLY WE’RE HERE. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU? I AM SO EXCITED. UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT HAS OFFICIALLY OPENED THE PORTALS TO EPIC UNIVERSE. OH MY GOSH, IT’S. I THINK IT’S THE BEST THEME PARK HERE IN ORLANDO NOW. IT’S AMAZING. I AM REALLY PLEASED WITH HOW NOT BUSY IT IS. HEATHER COLLINS FROM FORT MYERS TELLS US THE DAY HAS BEEN SEAMLESS. I CHECKED IN MY ROOM WAS READY. THANK YOU. STELLA NOVA AND I HOPPED ON THE BUS AND I WENT STRAIGHT THERE AND I WALKED IN THE GATE A MOMENT. THIS FAMILY WHO TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FROM COLOMBIA CANNOT WAIT TO EXPERIENCE THE FIRST TIME OF EPIC. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. I LIKE A BUNCH OF THINGS FROM THIS PARK LIKE HARRY POTTER. OH, THE DRAGONS PART THERE. AND WHITE’S. A LOCAL THEME PARK EXPERT, GAVE US A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IT’S LIKE INSIDE THE NEWEST THEME PARK. AND I GOT TO SAY, FOR A GRAND OPENING DAY, WHEN YOU EXPECT CROWDS AND, YOU KNOW, EXPECT SOME STUFF CAN GO WRONG, IT REALLY HASN’T. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE WALKING THROUGH WITH NOT A TON OF CROWDS WITH SHORT WAIT TIMES AND THE HAPPIEST GUESTS AND TEAM MEMBERS I’VE SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME. AND HE TELLS US THE ONLY RIDE THAT’S HAD SOME ISSUES SO FAR IS HARRY POTTER AND THE BATTLE AT THE MINISTRY. BUT WE’VE BEEN CHECKING THE UNIVERSAL APP THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THE WAIT TIMES HAVE BEEN SHORT, BUT I JUST CHECKED THAT RIDE I MENTIONED THE HARRY POTTER AND THE BATTLE AT THE MINISTRY. IT’S 240 MINUTES OF A WAIT TIME JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET BUSY HERE, ESPECIALLY AS SCHOOL IS LET OUT LATER THIS SUMMER. WE’RE LIVE FROM UNIVERSAL EPIC UNIVERSE SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, TALKING ABOUT FOUR HOURS AND I THINK PEOPLE GO, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAIT FOR THAT. WELL, LET ME JUST TELL YOU. YEAH, THE RIDES ARE A BIG DEAL. BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE ARE SOME SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING US ARE THINGS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS WHEN YOU’RE HERE. NOW, IF YOU GO INTO THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER, MINISTRY OF MAGIC, THERE IS A SHOW THERE CALLED LE CIRQUE ARCANA. NOW, INSIDE THIS, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A RINGMASTER WHO’S STOLEN NEWT SCAMANDER’S SUITCASE. IT’S A CIRCUS STYLE STAGE PERFORMANCE. AND THEN IN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, THE UNTRAINABLE DRAGON LIVE SHOW BRINGS VIKINGS TO LIFE. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE HICCUP, AND OF COURSE, TOOTHLESS. YES, THERE ARE FLYING DRAGONS IN THIS SHOW. GOBBER IS THERE? ASTRID?