UUOP #282 - Universal Orlando 2018 & Beyond with Jim Hill
Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast
Lee Mallaby
4.6 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On this episode we are joined by Theme Park Journalist, Jim Hill as we take our annual look at what happened at Universal Orlando in 2017 and how it sets up what is coming in 2018 and beyond.
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| 0:00.0 | We talked to theme park, writer, podcaster and historian Jim Hill about what's coming at Universal |
| 0:03.9 | Orlando Resort in 2018 and Beyond on episode 282 of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast. |
| 0:24.3 | Hey everyone, I'm your host Lee. |
| 0:27.9 | Welcome to this is at your first officially recorded episode of 2018. |
| 0:28.5 | It is. |
| 0:30.8 | Last week's was recorded before Christmas. |
| 0:32.8 | So I am joined by Tracy. |
| 0:33.3 | Hello. |
| 0:35.3 | I'm by my good friends, Darren. |
| 0:36.9 | What's up, internet? |
| 0:42.8 | And Chris making the four of us the first time all four of us have been on as official host of the podcast. |
| 0:43.8 | Hey guys. |
| 0:44.5 | Hey, Chris. |
| 1:13.2 | And of course, as you heard in the little intro there, we are joined once again by Jim, at this point you've got to be the most, the guess we've had on the most amount of time since we started at this point. Certainly. Well, I keep telling you guys to keep the back door locked, but you just don't listen. I know. We're going to have to put traps down. That's right. That's it exactly. Seth's pushing you a close one at this point, but I'm not quite sure who's been on the most as like official interview points. |
| 1:18.4 | Well, I'll have to speak with his wife, Genevieve, to make sure she locks him in the attic again. |
| 1:21.9 | Lovely woman, by the Lord, Genevies. |
| 1:22.4 | Yes. |
| 1:27.4 | So, Jim, yeah, you know, busy year last year and then tons coming. |
| 1:31.3 | I know you said you wanted to start off kind of looking back at last year, how that's going to set up things are coming. |
| 1:34.3 | Well, you know, there's so many pieces that they got moved around the board this time. |
| 1:39.3 | I think it's it's important to look back at 17 to understand what's coming in 18, 19, and 20. |
| 1:47.4 | In fact, you know, that's, you know, in fact, oddly enough, some important things that impact Orlando |
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