Epic Universe Annual Passholder Details and Universal’s UK Theme Park Plans (Ep. 46)

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jim Hill and Eric Hersey break down the biggest stories in the Universal Parks universe, including new details on Epic Universe’s Annual Passholder preview days and Universal’s officially announced theme park in the UK. Plus, they wrap up their deep dive into Universal Studios Hollywood’s 1960s Mardi Gras de Mexico and explore what these early events meant for the future of theme park entertainment. Epic Universe preview day tickets go live - Eric shares his plan for a family-first experience The Epic Universe photo ban is lifted - what it means for social media and spoiler-sensitive fans Speculation on ride tech and show elements, including the Dart animatronic and Dark Universe misdirection Universal announces its new UK park, with rumored lands pulled from Epic Universe, Beijing - and possibly even a James Bond presence Ghostbusters props appear at the Film Vault in Orlando - teasing a Horror Nights tie-in or more? Universal Studios Hollywood's earliest tram tour effects, including foam boulders, flash floods, and parting seas How Mardi Gras de Mexico and Jesus Christ Superstar helped shape the model for today’s hard-ticket events Support Our Sponsor: Be Our Guest Vacations Planning your next Universal vacation? Be Our Guest Vacations is a Platinum-level Earmarked travel agency with concierge-level service to make every trip magical. Their team of expert agents plans vacations across the globe, from Disney and Universal to cruises and adventures, ensuring you have the best possible experience without the stress. Book Now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	McDonald's has entered the Minecraft universe.
0:17.4	Get a limited edition collectible with a Minecraft movie meal, crafted just for adults,
0:22.0	featuring a choice of a Big Mac or nine chicken McNuggets. Plus, try the new spicy Netherflame
0:26.7	salts. Only at McDonald's.
0:29.5	And 6th of May from 11 a.m. Mead or more large meal. Inclusive size of combinations
0:32.9	drink and side and one preselected collectible while stocks last. Welcome back to the Epic
0:36.9	Universal podcast.
0:38.5	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill, and this is the podcast where we cover the latest
0:43.7	universal news, rumors and history.
0:46.5	And as always, I am joined by Eric Hersey, who I want to say is one of the luckiest
0:51.5	goddamn people on this planet.
0:53.9	Tell the story about what happened just yesterday.
0:58.0	Well, I think it's kind of funny that, so we were putting, I was putting together some of
1:01.9	the show notes, looking at news and so forth.
1:03.6	Then I was early in the morning, and I sent it off to you.
1:05.7	And nowhere at all was it mentioned that they were going to do the annual passholder tickets
1:09.8	available until maybe like
1:12.1	an hour later it came up and I'm on Twitter and everybody's talking about it. And it's funny that
1:17.8	it was a wonderful day for baseball yesterday. I was at my son's baseball game. It was a nice 38 degrees.
1:23.8	Right. And the game we started and I'm talking to Lauren. I'm like, hey, I think we can buy this. And we're kind of new, obviously, to the universal game. And we haven't witnessed any of this like annual passholder, you know, first dibs. But they went on sale yesterday. So we get in the queue about 5.30 during this baseball game.
1:43.6	No, I want to interrupt here just for a sec to explain.
1:47.9	Yeah.
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