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Universal Orlando hits capacity within minutes of opening

Wednesday, December 30, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. (KABC) -- Universal Orlando Resort tweeted that it hit its capacity just 10 minutes after opening Wednesday - as well as Tuesday.

Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure hit capacity just after 8 a.m. and stopped admitting new guests. The parks also hit capacity shortly after opening on Tuesday. Guests were asked to check ahead of time before heading out to the parks.
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Health officials are monitoring crowd sizes because of COVID-19.

They say Florida has a positivity rate of over 26%.

That means more than one in four coronavirus tests are returned positive.
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But public health experts say there is no evidence COVID-19 outbreaks have been linked to any theme parks.

The resort tweeted that it started admitting new guests again by early afternoon.
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