Welcome to the Universal Joint Podcast. I'm Entertainment Writer Jim Hill and my co-host

Dustin Hughes and I are recording this podcast on Sunday October 18th

2020.

Let's just cut to the chase, Dustin.

It's been kind of a mixed bag news-wise these past two weeks,

at least when it comes to the Universal Parks and Resorts resorts don't you think?

Yeah, there's good, there's bad, there's you know the big news, there's small news, it's a very nice mixed bag which will help for our show because we'll be able to

have a nice little roller coaster. Oh well that's a what a transition okay and speaking of roller coasters on October a the

on the Jurassic World Velocsoaster, Islands Adventures next to the ride,

as one of the ride vehicles was seen being launched over that 50 foot or 155 foot tall hill for the very first time.

So kudos to whoever got that image. What did you think?

Was that shot from the parking garage or a hotel or did they...

Or was that shot staged?

I don't know. It looked like it was from a decent distance away, but I do have to share this because I've seen that that image the footage shared not only on regular social media for theme park fans and

enthusiasts and folks in the industry, but I've also seen it shared on

LinkedIn by folks who are working on the project so the fact that it was it happened

early early in the morning and they had footage of it was very interesting for me how they got that footage and

exactly what hotel room they were staying in because that was incredible.

Yeah, yeah, and let's be honest here, you know, especially given the, you know,

2020, you know, 20-20, you know, that any bit of good news in regard to, you know, the theme

park industry. So the fact that, you know, this, this coaster is testing and the ride vehicle you know it you know again it's in the

dark but it looks spectacular I honestly would not be surprised if a team member

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