UUOP #138 - Universal's International Program at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast
Lee Mallaby
4.6 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2015
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
On this episode we are joined by Zoe Waycott, who took part in Universal Orlando's International Program, in which she spent 3 months working at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
We tak about the interview process, getting to Orlando, her accomodation, her training and then working inside the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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| 0:00.0 | The unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast is a member of the MiceChat Podcast Network, MicePod.com. |
| 0:09.8 | Mycetat.com! |
| 0:12.8 | Now, Discover the Universe, one theme park at a time. |
| 0:16.7 | Time. Greetings, Universal fans. This episode was made possible by Fairy Godmother Travel and the Producers Club. |
| 0:35.4 | So let's join the gang as we discover more about the Universal |
| 0:38.1 | Orlando Resort, as well as Universal Studios, Hollywood, Japan and Singapore. |
| 0:44.6 | Hello everyone and welcome to episode 138 of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast. I'm your |
| 0:50.4 | host Lee instead of Darren because Darren's not with us tonight. It should have been, but we've had all sorts of Skype issues, so he's unfortunately not. |
| 0:58.1 | Joining me, as always, is my good lady wife, Tracy. Hello. Hunter's not here either, |
| 1:02.4 | so it's an all British cast tonight, which is quite appropriate, actually, considering what |
| 1:08.3 | the main topic of this conversation is going to be, but we also have a very special guest, which is Zoe Wakehod. Thanks for joining Zoe. Hello, thank you for having me. It's more than a pleasure. And this, like I say, this is very perfect, because there's going to be a lot of Harry Potter talk tonight. I have no doubt. Oh, good. Now, we've invited. I can't wait. Yes, after the discussion we've had already, I'm very excited for the second half of this show. |
| 1:31.2 | So we've invited Zoe on because she took part in the international... |
| 1:35.3 | Is it actually a college programme? Or is it just an international programme? |
| 1:40.2 | Well, you do have to be studying. |
| 1:41.9 | So I guess it is. It's similar to the Disney ones, but it was, yeah, Universal International Programme, I think, is what it was called. |
| 1:50.1 | They were up all night thinking of that title then. |
| 1:52.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:53.5 | But while Zoe was over there, she worked obviously at Universal Islander in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. |
| 1:58.9 | Very cool. |
| 2:00.1 | Where did it start this sort of going into this program? |
| 2:04.4 | Where did you first find out about it? |
| 2:06.9 | Well, I was just searching for ways to work in America. |
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