Universal Joint Episode 17:: How does Disney’s acquisition of Fox effect Universal’s “Simpsons Ride” ?

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🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Dustin Fuhs & Jim Hill start off this week’s episode by talking about the operational & safety challenges that Universal Studios Hollywood is now facing, thanks to all of those show drones this theme park is using to create that patronus effect in its new “Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle” projection show. Jim also reveals the “Treehouse of Horror” -inspired storyline that “The Simpsons Ride” almost had Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get ready for adventure, islands of it, man.
0:03.3	From the studios to Volcano Bay.
0:05.8	This is the Universal Joint, a podcast devoted to all things Universal,
0:11.0	with your host Jim Hill and Dustin Foods.
0:15.0	Welcome to Universal Joint Podcast.
0:17.0	I'm Entertainment Writer Jim Hill,
0:19.0	and my co-host, Dustin Fews and, are recording this on Friday, April 12th, a cold wet day for April.
0:28.0	Be nice to be sitting around a big worrying fire right now, Dustin, wouldn't it?
0:32.0	Yeah, absolutely. It snowed up here yesterday so any
0:35.6	any way that we can talk about you know fire and I don't know barbecue and good eats
0:41.0	absolutely I'm a huge fan of that.
0:43.0	What Dustin is alluding to is just earlier this week.
0:47.4	It's not that we didn't know this was coming,
0:49.5	because since Emeralds closed in Universal City Walk in Orlando back in July of last year.
0:55.5	We knew there was none of the restaurant coming and in fact Dustin I think you were the one who dug up
1:00.3	the trademark for a big Fire, right?
1:03.4	That's the name of this new restaurant?
1:05.9	Yeah, we've known that Big Fire was going to be a name
1:08.8	that Universal was going to use.
1:10.3	And I think as soon as we figured the location and it just kind of worked out so yeah Big Fire is coming to Universal Orlando Resort
1:18.8	Greetings from the official press release this summer Universal Orlando will debut its next original concept in dining.
1:26.3	Big Fire, an all new full service restaurant that will serve a specialty menu and a highly themed environment directly to the guests again at Universal
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