This Month In Universal Orlando History - December
Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast
Lee Mallaby
4.6 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2020
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
On this bonus episode, we bring you a look at what happened in Universal Orlando history in the month of December.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to another this month in Universal Orlando history, |
| 0:04.2 | brought to you by the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast. It is December. Where's this year going to? |
| 0:11.4 | Wow. It is December 1st. I am Chris. So let's take a look at what happened this month in Universal Orlando history. |
| 0:17.4 | A short month this month, the Grinchmiss celebrations at Universal Islands of Adventure began on December 15th, 2000, and has been a staple of the resort's holiday celebrations ever since. |
| 0:29.4 | Gotta love the Grinchman. |
| 0:30.9 | The wet and wild water park on the corner of International Drive and Universal Boulevard closed for good on December 31st, 2016 to make |
| 0:39.2 | way for Universal's new endless summer resorts, surfside, and in suites. |
| 0:43.9 | The Wet and Wild Park opened back in March of 1977, March 13th, to be exact, and it was built |
| 0:50.6 | by SeaWorld creator George Millay and bought by Universal Studios Recreation Group in |
| 0:56.0 | 2013. And that's going to be it for this month in Universal Orlando history for December, |
| 1:01.4 | brought to you by the one and only unofficial Universal Orlando podcast. Be sure to go and listen |
| 1:06.7 | to our weekly podcast all about the Universal Orlando Resort. It can be found wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:13.3 | I have been Chris. |
| 1:14.5 | It's been a year. |
| 1:15.7 | See you next time. |
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