![]() ![]() At the time of the film's release, Monroe was at the height of her fame and had just divorced her second husband, baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. Released in 1955, The Seven Year Itch was a major success at the box office, and helped to cement Monroe's status as a Hollywood superstar. The scene is both sexy and playful, and Monroe's performance is nothing short of iconic. In the scene, Marilyn Monroe's character, a sultry and irresistible woman simply known as "The Girl" stands on a grate in a white dress as the air from the subway blows it up, revealing her legs and panties. Over the first half of 2023, construction on Epic Universe has continued at a frantic pace, with all sources confirming that the target date for opening of the new park is still scheduled for Shell’s promised summer of ’25.The dress scene in The Seven Year Itch is one of the most famously paused scenes in cinema history, and it's not hard to see why. Shell reiterated this stance in December of 2022, saying “We’re right on track, literally right on track. We expect that park to open in ’25 and certainly in time for the summer of ’25.” “I was down there a few weeks ago and the construction is going really well. “Epic is full steam ahead” he said on the call. The park’s potential opening date remained in limbo for the rest of the year.įinally, in January of 2022, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell announced on an investor’s call that the park was now scheduled to open by the second half of 2025. While the end of the COVID pause was a welcome relief for many, the long period of stagnation significantly lengthened the park’s construction timeframe, and led to speculation that it may not open until the second half of the decade. It is our single largest investment in the state and represents our enthusiasm for the spectacular park and the economic opportunities it will generate.” Universal Orlando “The restart of construction of Epic Universe is a terrific moment for our employees and for our theme park business in Florida. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation said at the time: However, the following March the company announced that they were resuming work on the project. In July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Universal announced that plans for the park were “paused indefinitely”until the future became more “certain.” This led many to believe that the park was never going to be built. ![]() ![]() However, like everything else in the world, the following year upended those plans. Two months later in October 2019, after much speculation on when the park would open, Universal announced on an earnings call that the park was scheduled to open in 2023. When Universal first announced Epic Universe in August 2019, they called it an “entirely new level of experience that forever changes theme park entertainment.” They initially avoided announcing a specific, or even targeted opening date. So, now that we’ve wet your appetite, when is Epic Universe opening? Well, that question has been… complicated over the last few years. ![]() The new theme park – the first new Universal theme park on American soil since Islands of Adventure debuted in Orlando in 1999 – is confirmed to contain an East Coast version of Super Nintendo World and rumored to feature many more intellectual properties including How to Train Your Dragon, Universal Monsters, and a new iteration of the Wizarding World. Super Nintendo World in Epic Universe concept art ©Universal For Universal super-fans, theme park aficionados, and casual guests alike, excitement in Orlando is at an all-time high for the opening of Epic Universe. ![]()
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