Disney Dish with Jim Hill Ep 490: In what month of 2025 is Epic Universe going to open?

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s show, Len Testa & Jim Hill are joined by veteran Imagineer Jim Shull & Len’s twin sister, Linda. These four then discuss the news of the day and look back at the grand opening of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith. For this episode, listeners will learn about: What idea did the Imagineers explore for improving DCA’s Grizzly River Run? How long has it been since a major new thrill ride opened at one of the theme parks found at the Universal Orlando Resort? How has the roll-out of Lightning Lane Multi-Pass been going so far What contributed to Disney’s decision to only present “Rogers: The Musical” in the Hyperion Theater for a single summer Who influenced Kelsey Mann to find a place for Figment in “Inside Out 2” SHOW NOTES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney dish podcast with Jim Hill.
0:03.6	It's Me, Lantesta, and this is our show for the week of Schmer's Day, July 29, 2024.
0:08.8	On the show today, we recap a tough week for Universal and Disney theme parks.
0:13.4	In listener questions, what's up with Rogers the musical?
0:16.4	And are we going to get an attraction based on Inside Out too?
0:19.7	Then in our main segment, we celebrate the opening of Rock and
0:22.4	Roller Coaster 25 years ago today
0:25.1	with special guest Imagineer Jim Schull, who designed the ride, and my twin sister Linda
0:29.7	who got us a hotel room next to Stephen Tyler himself for the opening event.
0:33.4	Let's get started by bringing in the man who's made a lot of mistakes in life, but adding
0:37.3	more cheese to a recipe is not one of them.
0:40.0	It's Mr. Jim Hill.
0:41.0	Jim how's it going?
0:42.1	It's going well then and but interesting you mentioned
0:44.4	cheese because I I'm trying to chase down a thank you gift for a friend of myself and
0:50.6	Nancy a lovely woman called Diane Gennard.
0:53.5	She recently arranged for us to go up to Booth Bay Harbor
0:57.8	where we took a puffin cruise, which tells you a lot
1:01.7	about myself and Nancy, and that that was a bucket list item.
1:05.0	Do people want to go to the top of Everest?
1:08.0	No, I want to see puppets.
1:10.0	So, um, Pepper's Farm remembers, Jim, I think that's the line I would go with yeah there we go but
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