UUOP #142 - Kong Returns & Emails
Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast
Lee Mallaby
4.6 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2015
⏱️ 58 minutes
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On this episode we bring you breaking news of the latest addition to Universal Orlando Resort and then delve in to the mail bag to answer, some questions, discuss some topics and more.
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| 0:00.0 | The unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast is a member of the MiceChat Podcast Network, MicePaw.com. |
| 0:09.8 | Mycestat.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 Orlando Resort, |
| 0:39.2 | as well as Universal Studios, Hollywood, Japan and Singapore. |
| 0:47.1 | We interrupt this episode of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast to bring you breaking news. |
| 0:52.7 | Today, Wednesday the 6th of May, Universal Orlando officially announced the news that the newest attraction at Islands of Adventure is to open in the summer of 2016 and will be called Skull Island Rain of Kong. |
| 1:04.9 | The press release sent out by Universal Orlando today states the new attraction will open in the summer of 2016 at Universal's |
| 1:11.3 | Islands of Adventure and will be an intense, all-new adventure brought to life in a dramatically |
| 1:16.0 | themed environment. Skull Island, reign of Kong, will pull guests into a powerfully told |
| 1:20.7 | story where they become part of the next generation of the Kong legend. It begins as guests |
| 1:25.4 | transported deep into a wild and mysterious world where their |
| 1:29.0 | mission is to discover creatures of unknown origin, but where they are soon fighting for their |
| 1:33.3 | own survival. Their journey will take them through an ancient temple inhabited by hostile natives, |
| 1:38.3 | a perilous jungle ruled by prehistoric creatures, a foreboding underworld of caves concealing unspeakable terrors, |
| 1:46.1 | and face-to-face with the colossal Kong himself. |
| 1:49.8 | So, I'm sure we will discuss this more in-depth on next week's show, |
| 1:53.5 | but for now, we will leave you with the audio from the video that accompanied the announcement. |
| 2:21.3 | For the past 25 years, Universal Orlando Resort has been delivering incredible guest experiences. And now we are really, really excited to announce a brand new attraction called Skull Island Rain of Calm. |
| 2:28.3 | The new attraction will be located at Universal's Islands of Adventure, and soon you'll be able to make out the Great Wall with its massive temple gates, |
| 2:36.0 | which will serve as a beautiful backdrop |
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