UUOP #212 - The Complete Guide to Universal Orlando Resort 2016
Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast
Lee Mallaby
4.6 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2016
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
This episode has been put together as a resource for first timers, people who haven't visited for a while and families who want to know the ins and outs of Universal Orlando Resort in one nice little package.
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| 0:00.0 | Covering the Universal Orlando Resort for over five years, you were listening to the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. |
| 0:29.8 | Hello and welcome to episode 212 of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast. |
| 0:34.9 | I'm Tracy and with me, we have Lee. Hello, Darren. What's up internet? |
| 0:41.0 | And Hunter. Hey everybody. How is everybody? Good, thank you. I am so excited. This might |
| 0:48.3 | very well be the most important episode that we ever do and that you all have the pleasure of listening to. |
| 0:53.5 | So, enjoy. |
| 0:55.0 | Right, this show is a little bit different. |
| 0:58.1 | This episode's going to be an overview of the parks. |
| 1:00.8 | We wanted to record this as a resource for first-time visitors, kids, and people who want to know what is new at the resort since the last time they visited. |
| 1:08.4 | We've actually, it was a request of a listener who, um, his family would want to go for the first |
| 1:13.9 | time. |
| 1:14.8 | Instead of you ever done anything like that that they can listen to, to get a sort of, in a bubble, |
| 1:20.3 | what the resort has to offer. |
| 1:22.0 | And I went, well, I haven't, but it's not a bad idea, actually. |
| 1:25.5 | So, well, I'll go ahead and start things off here. |
| 1:28.3 | The Universal Orlando Resort opened to the public on June 7th, 1990, and consisted of one park, Universal Studios, Florida. |
| 1:35.9 | 26 years later, the resort consists of two theme parks, Universal Studios, Florida, and Islands of Adventure, a shopping and entertainment district, citywalk, and |
| 1:45.2 | five on-site hotels, the Portofino Bay, the Royal Pacific, the Hard Rock, the Cabana Bay Beach |
| 1:51.1 | Resort, and the brand new Sapphire Falls Hotel. |
| 1:54.1 | Yes, the resort is continuing to expand, and next year we'll see the opening of the new |
| 1:58.6 | water theme park, Volcano Bay, and we've already seen permits have surfaced for a sixth mystery on-site hotel. |
| 2:07.1 | Now, on top of this, Universal Orlando, I've recently purchased a plot of land down by the Orange County Convention Center that consists of 475 acres. |
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