Entertainment Tonight presented a segment on the 1990 launch of Universal Studios Florida. Mary Hart hosted the introduction, and the video included appearances by Steven Spielberg, Charlton Heston, Linda Blair, and Robert Wagner. ABOUT Universal Studios Florida is an amusement park in Orlando, Florida, that welcomed its first visitors on June 7, 1990. Managed by NBCUniversal, the park boasts an array of rides, attractions, and live entertainment, predominantly inspired by movies, television, and other areas of the entertainment world. It was the inaugural theme park at Universal Orlando Resort, later joined by Universal Islands of Adventure in 1999 and the water park Universal Volcano Bay in 2017. In 2019, Universal Studios Florida attracted about 10.9 million visitors, ranking it the eleventh most visited park worldwide and the sixth in North America. A new park, Universal Epic Universe, is slated to open in May 2025. The inspiration to build the Orlando park came from the success ...