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This is episode 694 of the unofficial Universal Orlando podcast for December 23, 2025.

Hey everyone and welcome to a special episode of the podcast. I am your host, Lee, and over the next two episodes, I will be joined by many members of the UUOP Network Podcast family. So, why am I inviting those guests on? Well, Universal's brand new theme park, Epic Universe,

has been officially open for seven months now and many people have visited and we have seen

very mixed reviews. So I have invited the hosts of each of our network podcasts who have

visited Epic Universe to join me in discussing their Epic, good, bad and uglies.

So I am set up at home.

I have invited everyone around to my house in groups because this house is not big enough

for everyone, so I'm just waiting for my first guest to turn up.

Awesome.

Here comes my first guest.

Oh, it's my UUOP co-host, Chris. Hey, how's it hanging, buddy? What's up, dude? Come on in, sir. Come on in. Yeah, this is good. Yeah. Where should I put these drinks? Just put them in the kitchen. It's fine. I mean, I don't know how long you're going to be. You might not get to, you might not get to drink them, but whatever.

I'll do something. I don't worry.

I pounded some in the car on the way over here. Awesome. I assume you Uber, did you? Correct. That's okay then, because I don't think drinks and driving a car on the wrong side of the road on the wrong side of the car for you would be a good look.

Yeah, I forgot.

I'm not in Wisconsin right now,

so that's not very,

uh, not very,

uh, the road on the wrong side of the car for you would be a good look. Yeah, I forgot. I'm not in Wisconsin right now, so that's not very good thing.

Right, Christopher, sit down.

Full name.

So, I'm going to ask this question the same as everyone,

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