UUOP #496 - Mardi Gras 2022 with Show Director Blake Braswell
Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast
Lee Mallaby
4.6 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
On this episode we hear the latest Little Things from Seth, we discuss the new Star Wars hotel and Universal's Discover Universal hub, we then sit down with Senior Show Director Blake Braswell to talk about Mardi Gras 2022 & hear from Michelle about her recent trip to the event.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | There's now an official Universal Orlando podcast, and we sit down and talk Mardi Gras |
| 0:05.0 | with Universal Orlando show director Blake Braswell. |
| 0:09.0 | This is episode 496 of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast. Hey everyone, welcome to the show. |
| 0:31.1 | Welcome to the longest running universal Orlando podcast. |
| 0:38.5 | Joining me are my co-host, Tracy. |
| 0:41.8 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:42.9 | Christopher. |
| 0:43.7 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:44.5 | And Michelle. |
| 0:45.3 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:46.8 | We are going to get into that a little bit later. |
| 0:50.8 | I have to be careful what I say. |
| 0:53.2 | But how's everybody doing? Not bad. Good. All right. Has anybody visited Universal Orlando since last we spoke? You took the... No. Yes. There you go. See, that's why I asked. See, two people on this show have seen Mardi Gras. Yes. They were in two different locations. Yes, very much. It's pretty cool, actually, though. It's very cool. We haven't seen it. Where we've seen it in different places, we've seen it on the internet. Mm-hmm. So, there you go. Anyway, right, let's kick the show off. We will, of course, as we always do, start off with some little things from us. |
| 1:30.5 | Hi, this is Seth Kobersky from the unofficial guides. Just finished surviving a busy Presidents Week at Universal Orlando, and I am here with your final look at all the little things new around the resort for February of |
| 1:45.0 | 2022. I want to start out by welcoming our friends at Universal's new Discover Universal blog, |
| 1:53.0 | which you can find at DiscoverUniversal.com. They've even got their own podcast and new YouTube |
| 1:59.0 | video series. So go ahead and check it out. |
| 2:02.5 | It's not unofficial, but you might find it interesting. |
| 2:06.5 | Something else that may now be unofficial is the long-rumored demolition of the Fear Factor Live Stadium at Universal Studios, Florida. |
| 2:16.6 | Official paperwork had been filed to take down the old show's building and possibly |
| 2:22.0 | replace it with a new Harry Potter attraction, but according to rumors, those plans may currently |
| 2:28.0 | be on hold or even canceled. |
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