Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast - Covering Halloween Horror Nights, Islands Of Adventure, Universal Studios Florida, Cit

On this episode we begin with a voicemail from Nina Thompson about wearing birthday buttons at Universal Orlando Resort. Pete then gives us his Ice-Cream debate entry. In the news, we discuss the recent Skull Island : Reign of Kong announcement, Myth Explorer's first episode, The Hello Kitty store opening and the relocation of the Nickelodeon time capsule. We then head in to Jurassic Park with Maureen for another Autism at the Park. We are then joined by Hunter's friend Pete as they discuss there recent visit to the parks for Mardi Gras. Stay tuned after the outro to hear some LIVE reports from the parks from Hunter. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse &

On this episode we the recent Universal Orlando survey which include questions about people's experience with Walt Disney World's Magic band system. This survey has prompted speculation that Universal are considering a similar system at their parks. We discuss our thoughts on this. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info FOLLOW US ON :  FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM TWITT

On this episode we begin with The Producers Club birthdays and then move in to The Great Florean Fortescues Ice-Cream Debate from Chris More. In the news, we discuss the Universal land purchase, Mardi Gras, an introductory offer for Sapphire Falls, ticket price rise, Give Kids the World and Myth Explorer. We then head in to Jurassic Park with Maureen for another Autism at the Park. Travis calls us from Diagon Alley to tell us about Butterbeer Fudge, we then read some emails and wrap up with this months Universal Orlando ride audio. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their servi

On this episode of the  Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast, Lee is joined by Producers Club members Craig Lucas, Martin McVay, Matt Tucker and Tod Eltzroth. This is the first, of what we hope will be many, Producers Club round-table discussions and the topic of this one is the prevalence of Screen Based attractions at Universal Orlando Resort. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your

On this episodev we are joined by the Orlando Sentinel's Business and Theme Park Reporter, Sandra Pedicini. We begin, as we always do, with The Producers Club birthdays and continue our Great Florean Fortscue's Ice-Cream Debate by hearing from Sandra, herself. We then discuss the recent land acquisition by Universal Orlando, as well as some other stuff going on at the resort. Maureen from Autism at the Parks then takes us Universal Orlando Resort to talk aout the upcoming Mardi Gras celebrations. A Celebration of Harry Potter took place at Universal Orlando this past weekend and Sandra visited, so we talk to her about her experience at the event and wrap up by asking her some rapid fire questions. Please go and follow Sandra on Twitter @SandraPedicini Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse

On this episode we bring a listener suggested segment, A Top 5 List. The subject of this Top 5 list, is the Top 5 Bathrooms at Universal Orlando Resort. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info FOLLOW US ON :  FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM TWITTER PINTEREST

On this episode we continue our Great Florean Fortscue's Ice-Cream Debate by hearing from Brian. We delve in to the news, by bringing you an update on the recent attack in Islands of Adventure. A few attractions are down right now, for annual maintenance. The concert line up for this year's MARDI GRAS, at Universal Orlando, have been announced, we let you know who is involved. We wrap up the news with some new info about Skull Island : Reign of Kong. Maureen from Autism at the Parks then takes us back in to Jurassic Park to give us some info for the Raptor Encounter. Darren and Hunter recently received some surveys hinting at changes coming to Universal Orlando Annual Passes, they let us know what could be coming. We then wrap up with some listener emails. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at M

On this episode we discuss what is going on at Universal Orlando Resort in 2016 and beyiond with Jim Hill. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info FOLLOW US ON :  FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM TWITTER PINTEREST  

Happy New Year everyone. 2016 promises to be a great year for the Universal Orlando Resort and for the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast.  We kick off the new year by bringing you our new Podcast Debate - The Great Florean Fortescues Ice Cream Debate. We then bring you up to date with the latest news from around the Universal Orlando Resort. The acquisition of  450 acres of land, by Universal Orlando, on International Drive. The new metal detectors installed at the bag check area at Universal Orlando.  And a new choice of Butterbeer at The Leaky Cauldron.  Following that we head in to Jurassic Park with Maureen for another Autism at the Park. WE then have some emails from John, Courtney and James before wrapping up with the Ride Audio from Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're boo

This episode is a show that originally aired in 2012 as a Thanksgiving Special, on which we invited Tim, Brett and Paul, from the WDWFanboys, on to the show to have a bit of fun by taking a Universal attraction and giving it a Disney make-over. Sadly, the WDWFanboys are no more, but you can still find Tim at: WDW Theme Parks Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info F

Happy Holidays everyone. This episode is a very Grinchmas episode, but we do begin with something a little special that we have been working on for a while and hope you enjoy. Following that we take you "live" to Islands of Adventure, to hear about Grinchmas at Islands of Adventure, from Darren, Nina, Hunter and Kim and we wrap up with the full audio of 2015's How the Grinch Stole Christmas show, performed in Suess Landing. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started.

The holidays are here at Universal Orlando and Darren visited the park to check out what's going on at Universal Studios Florida . You can check out his video of the MACY'S PARADE and Travis' PHOTO UPDATE. The Christmas celebrations are also in full swing at Universal Studios Hollywood, Dr. Ian Malcolm visited to check it out as well as to see what's going on at the park. You can check out his PHOTO UPDATE. There are many offerings at the park as far as Christmas festivities, but we go in to what we think they could do to improve it. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their se

In 2016 the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast  will be making some changes and we clue you in on what they will be at the start of the show, we look forward to going in to 2016 and being your Number 1 Universal Orlando Podcast. Throughout 2015, we have asked listeners to enter in to the Great Butterbeer Debate and we wrap up the debate with the last entries from Franc, Julie, Ryan and John, check back soon for next years debate. There is lots going on at Universal Orlando Resort at the moment and in the news we cover Skyplex and the unveiling of Universal's new 474 acre plot of land, Williams of Hollywood, Simpsons upgrades, a new Sweet Shop in Diagon Alley, Beetlejuice, parking prices and more. We then head in to Hogsmeade with Maureen for another Autism at the Parks. We have spent a lot of time in recent months discussing the amount of screen based attractions at Universal Orlando Resort, we have received many emails from our listeners about it also and with some general emails, we wrap up the show. Ch

We continue our coverage of the rollercoasters of Universal Orlando Resort by stepping in to Universal Studios Florida and covering: Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit and   The Revenge of the Mummy We go through the stats, the queue, the ride itself and then we hear our listeners thoughts on each coaster as well as giving you our own thoughts. As we spoke about on the show, here is the link to the secret track list for Rip, Ride Rockit.  Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get s

On this episode we have the Great Butterbeer Debate from Lee, then go in to the news, which includes the Hero ticket, A Celebration of Harry Potter and Universal Studios Hollywood Annual Passes.  We then go to Hogsmeade with Maureen for Autism at the Park. Wrapping up the show, we discuss the amount of screen based attractions at Universal Orlando Resort and what it may mean for the future. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partn

On this episode Darren is joined by Lee and Tracey to talk about their thoughts of the houses, scarezones, shows and the R.I.P tour at Halloween Horror Nights 25. Check out our review of the R.I.P TOUR at this years event. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info FOLLOW US ON :  FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM TWITTER PINTEREST  

On this episode we delve in to the after thoughts of Lee and Tracey's trip to Orlando at the end of October for all the new stuff at the parks. They will be covering their thoughts of Halloween Horror Nights in a separate episode of the Dead Man's Digest, so go and listen if you want to hear that.  Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info FOLLOW US ON :  FACEBOOK I

On this episode we bring you The Great Butterbeer Debate from Tracey, we then delve in to the news which includes, Halloween Horror Nights 26 dates, Twister and Beetlejuice closing and a Universal Orlando garage sale, we then go to Dragon Challenge with Maureen with Autism at the Park. We wrap up going Beyond the Globe with Darren and Nina, to local Orlando Haunt, The Shallow Grave. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The

On this episode Lee and Tracey take you LIVE to Universal Orlando Resort for the week long trip to check out Diagon Alley, CityWalk 2.0 and Halloween Horror Nights. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info FOLLOW US ON :  FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM TWITTER PINTEREST  

On this episode we unearth some hidden activities to take up more of your time on your next visit to Universal Orlando. Check out all we have to offer. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. You can listen to us on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts  LIBSYN  STITCHER   SPOTIFY  Don't forget, if you're booking a trip to Orlando to give our friends at Mouse & Muggle a try. Planning your next trip to Universal Orlando or a Disney destination? Whether you're a mouse or a Muggle, Mouse & Muggle Travel Company can help make your next vacation simply magical! And their services are FREE to you! Just go to mouseandmuggle.com and fill out a no-obligation quote request to get started. Also go and give our podcast partners, The Theme Park Duo a listen, for all your West Coast info FOLLOW US ON :  FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM TWITTER PINTEREST