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This is episode 689 of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast for November 18th, 2025.

Hey everyone, welcome to the show.

I am again on my own, not surrounded by my usual co-host,

but I have commandeered the much more professional co-host from last week.

Kendra and Derek, thanks for joining me again, guys.

Thanks for having us.

I am excited.

You were much more professional than my usual course.

I have literally just spoke to Chris because he was hoping to get on this one.

He sounded very angry.

Definitely not coming on.

So this is another of the producers club submitted Universal Orlando Hot Takes and Unpopular Opinion.

So we have no idea where this is going to go,

but I am going to ask you guys to pick me a number between one and where we are?

19.

So ladies first again.

Kendra, pick me a number between 1 and 19.

Let's go 11.

11.

Okay, this one comes from, are these ones? Just one comes from Graham Boyd.

He says, my unpopular opinion is that the closure of Ripride Rocket will be a great

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