Epic Universe First Impressions: Experiencing Battle at the Ministry & Monsters Unchained (Ep. 48)

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Jim Hill and Eric Hersey share Eric’s full first impressions after visiting Epic Universe—just 27 days before its grand opening. From ride reviews to immersive lands, they explore how Universal’s newest park lives up to the hype. Plus, they discuss Annual Passholder perks, new cosplay merch, and Universal’s latest theme park innovations. Eric shares his thoughts after previewing Epic Universe for the first time New Dungeons & Dragons animatronic debuts at Universal Studios Hollywood, created in partnership with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Passholder perks, merch discounts, and alcohol restrictions tied to the Monster Makeup Experience Fan Fest Nights merch preview includes Star Trek, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, and more Universal’s $2B economic impact for Florida and $11B national impact highlighted by new reports This episode combines park preview excitement, detailed ride analysis, and big-picture context for Universal’s most ambitious project yet. 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	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:19.5	Down time can be just fine playing bangers from them 90s
0:23.2	Tea break
0:24.2	Maybe listen to the outbreak
0:27.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombollah right
0:29.8	It's enjoying lasagna time
0:32.0	chilling with a book time
0:33.7	Or time to visit your nan time
0:35.7	Go on play some other time Put your phone down tombollah open for fun
0:41.7	terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org welcome back to the epic universal podcast with eric hersey i'm
0:50.2	entertainment writer jim hill and this is the podcast where we cover the latest universal news, rumors, and history.
0:57.1	And as I mentioned, I'm joined by my co-horse, Eric Hersey, who is just back from the epic universe?
1:07.2	Again, I have to tell you, I am so jazzed and a little jealous, but jazzed that you guys actually got to do this.
1:16.4	Yeah, I think that it's pretty funny jumping into fandom maybe a year and a half ago.
1:22.4	And now it's like, we're opening a theme park.
1:24.1	And I managed to be down there at the time that they're doing it.
1:27.1	And we managed to get the tickets. And time that they're doing it and we managed to
1:27.7	get the tickets and that is a joyous occasion for me. It is happy, dumb luck, but I'm happy to share
1:36.3	our trip today with you and everyone else out there. I feel like maybe I don't know the most
1:42.1	about Universal, but I can definitely say I've stepped foot in Epic Universe and have plenty to talk about.
1:47.0	That is so cool. And before we get started here, though, I did want to acknowledge that on an earlier edition of this podcast, I was a whiny baby man who complained that, you know, all of these influences and that sort of thing got invited to the early, early previews of Epic Universe.
2:04.1	And I didn't make the list.
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