Is Disney’s Premier Pass Really Worth It? Plus, Universal’s Year-Round Horror & El Rio Del Tiempo’s Final Chapter! (Ep. 505)

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Len Testa and Jim Hill bring you a packed show with the latest theme park news and the finale of Jim’s deep dive into EPCOT’s El Rio del Tiempo. Tune in as they cover: Universal’s Year-Round Horror Nights in Las Vegas: Get the details on Universal’s permanent horror attraction, “Universal Horror Unleashed,” set to launch at Area 15 with classic scares from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Exorcist: Believer, and more. Magic Kingdom’s Premier Pass Math: Len and Jim respond to a listener’s cost breakdown for Disney’s new Premier Pass. Does the math make sense? Frozen Holiday Surprise: Disney surprised everyone with an early start to this fan-favorite holiday event at the Magic Kingdom. El Rio del Tiempo’s Journey to Gran Fiesta Tour: In the final part of Jim’s history series, learn about Eric and Susan Goldberg’s transformation of the Mexico Pavilion’s iconic boat ride into Gran Fiesta Tour and the arrival of animatronic versions of the Three Caballeros. Listener questions, Disney news, and inside scoops make this an episode you won’t want to miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney Dish podcast with Jim Hill.
0:34.3	It's me, Lentesta, and this is our show for the week of Schmer's Day, November 11th,
0:38.2	2024. Happy Veterans Day, everyone. On the show today, news in listener questions, does the new
0:45.6	Premier Pass math actually make sense? Then in our main segment, it's the whatever happened to Coco,
0:52.4	part of Jim's history of Epcot's El Rio
0:54.9	Tienpo boat ride. Let's get started by bringing in the man who says that because it can see
0:58.8	perfectly in the dark, your cat thinks your bedroom lights which controls how dumb you are.
1:03.0	It's Mr. Jim Hill. Jim has it going. It's going, Len, very well. By the way, have I told you
1:09.4	about our cat, Betty,
1:14.0	who had surgery last month to remove a... No, how's she doing?
1:15.4	Well, she had a cancerous growth on her right rear hunch.
1:19.2	And in order to deal with it,
1:21.4	we had to take off her entire leg up to the hip.
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