Get ready for adventure, islands of it, man.

From the studios to Volcano Bay.

This is the Universal Joint, a podcast devoted to all things Universal,

with your host Jim Hill and Dustin Foods.

Welcome to the Universal Joint Podcast.

I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill,

and my co-host Dustin Fuse and I are recording today's show on Saturday, February 2nd, which is any good

Bill Murray fan will tell you is Groundhog Day.

Now according to Punctsatani Phil, we're in for an early spring.

But of course if you're headed down to the Universal Lando Resort in the coming week,

given that the current temperature is 73, it's already going to feel like spring.

But the best part about going down to

Universal right now is you don't only not only get an early spring, but if you

happen to wander through the gate there by February 9th, you also get an early Mardi Gras.

Are you a big Mardi Gras fan, Dustin?

I love anything with food and anything with music.

I've always been a huge jazz fan so this type of an experience brings live

music and just a lot of fun into reality and I think that right now we all need a

little bit more jazz and really good food in our lives.

Now if we're talking about the really for real Mardi Gras, the one that's held in New Orleans,

that doesn't actually get underway till Fat Tuesday, which in 2019 lands on March 4th.

And then the festivities run through Ash Wednesday, which I'm reading the calendar writers March 5th. Not a very long holiday there. Mind

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