Orlando is the theme park capital of the world. It additionally hasn’t had a brand new park in over 25 years. That modifications at this time, with the opening of Common’s Epic Universe. Sited on an enormous plot of land south of the prevailing Common Orlando resort, it espouses the hub-and-spoke design that Walt Disney created, however as an alternative of interconnecting the “worlds” past, every is a single entity entered by a portal. Celestial Park serves as the principle hub and is residence to the Helios Grand Resort, varied eating and buying choices, a carousel, a water play space, and a twin racing launch coaster. Surrounding it are the 4 different worlds: Find out how to Practice Your Dragon: Isle of Berk, providing experiences based mostly on the beloved franchise, Tremendous Nintendo World with Mario Kart and a track-hopping Donkey Kong journey, Harry Potter: Ministry of Magic, and Darkish Universe, the latter based mostly on the corporate’s iconic monster franchises. Epic Universe is open now.