Universal Joint Episode 9: 20 million Butterbeers equals big bucks for Universal Parks & Resorts

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🗓️ 26 October 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Dustin Fuhs and Jim Hill starts off this episode by pointing out that Universal Orlando Resort has been following Walt Disney World's lead when it comes to repeatedly the price to park at their theme parks. After that, Dustin and Jim discuss the huge boost that the sale of Butterbeer has given Universal Parks and Resorts' bottom line. The co-hosts then close out this week's podcast by looking back at the time that MCA Universal was able to swipe the rights to Rocky and Bullwinkle right out from under The Walt Disney Company. 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.
0:03.2	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 the Universal Joint Podcast.
0:18.0	I'm Entertainment Writer Jim Hill.
0:20.0	We'll be joined shortly by my co-host Dustin Fuse.
0:22.0	He's out back parking the car.
0:24.0	Are you joking me $25? Can I at least pay with Canadian tire money?
0:30.0	Well, okay, that brings us to our first story coming out of the Universal Orlando Resort this week,
0:36.0	and that's on the heels of the Walt Disney World Resort's October 16th decision to raise
0:42.0	the price of parking at all of its theme parks from $22 to $25.
0:46.6	This is crazy.
0:47.6	So we've talked about this a number of times.
0:49.5	So the mouse just did this eight months ago on February 11th.
0:53.8	Within the last, this year, this calendar year,
0:57.8	Disney World raised the price of parking
0:59.8	at our, it's Florida theme parks from 20 to $22.
1:03.3	Which makes this the second price increase of the year.
1:06.0	And let's not forget that back on the 21st of March this year,
1:09.8	the Walt Disney World Resort also began charging people
1:12.3	who were staying at their on-site
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