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Welcome to another Universal Orlando Podcast, I'm Nick.

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And I'm Melody.

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And she is cuddled up in her $10,000 blanket.

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Shut up.

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We are back.

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It has been a very hectic two months.

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We said we would be back.

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I posted the other episode and I checked the dates literally a month after.

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The last one we did was November 4th, no, December 4th.

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Then I posted the last one January 4th.

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Good job.

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That's what happens when you take a vacation, work gets piled up, we take another trip to

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Miami for New Year's.

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And children.

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And kids needing to get back to their schedule and just not having time to edit.

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It was a very hectic time.

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Yes.

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But it's over, hopefully we will be back on a regular schedule.

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We also said that last time and it took us two weeks to post it.

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To be fair, we also had another trip to Miami.

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Yeah.

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It was in between.

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Sorry.

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Oh well.

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We have no sponsors.

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We are not beholden to anyone.

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And we're back to better mics this week.

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Editing will not be a pain in the butt.

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We hope.

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That's much.

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Anyways, news episode, the end.

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Just the foreshadowing of what's going to be in this.

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Take it away with socials.

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Socials.

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We're on Instagram and Twitter slash X.

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You can find us at another universal podcast on Instagram and another UO pod on Twitter.

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Oh, and another thing that happened is we built a gaming PC.

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My dad's old PC broke.

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It was overheating.

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So he gave me the remnants of what was left.

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And he's like, here, you can build yourself a PC.

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So I took it, built myself a PC, quickly realized that I could have just bought a prebuilt one

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for the same price and had none of the headache.

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But it's built now.

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Yay.

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It is currently sitting below my desk, flashing many pretty colors.

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My GPU temperature is 36 degrees Celsius.

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No one cares.

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And my CPU temp is now 36 degrees Celsius.

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I finally figured out how to see my CPU temperature because it matters.

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Anyways, no one really cares.

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News.

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We are talking pass holder benefits today.

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And some other stuff that we'll get to at the end.

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Oh my word, was it hard to find this page?

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I Googled it.

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Googled and come up with anything.

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The way I found it is on the Universal Orlando website.

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I went to pass holders and then I went to AP event perks and found it.

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Oh.

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Well, when I clicked on, when I Googled Universal Studios January 2025 pass holder benefit,

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pass holder extra benefits or some wording like that, my exact title came up with a Universal

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website, clicked on it.

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It was just comparing two different passes.

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I'm like, that's not what I want.

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Yeah.

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I had to go to Orlando Informer and then clicked on a link that they provided.

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Moving on.

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Save 40% of rooms at select Universal hotels.

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This is also ending January 31st.

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Not going to say when it starts because it doesn't matter.

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It doesn't matter.

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It's by the time this comes out, it'll probably be halfway over.

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Because it started.

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Actually, no.

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It started today.

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Yeah.

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For us, recording day.

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Today is the 6th of January and it starts on January 6th.

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Anyways, save 40.

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I'm not even going to read the 40% off because by the time this episode comes out, it's going

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to be gone.

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I'm telling you, the rooms are already gone right now as of recording because they sell

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out within the first like hour.

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Sometimes I don't even bother trying to get a pass holder rate.

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Now, this is what I'm excited for.

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Let them know where you belong with a new lanyard.

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To celebrate all that's happening this year, like the opening of our fourth park, Universal

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Epic Universe, we've created a special bonus benefits lanyard that you'll probably pass

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down to your grandchildren.

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Get them while they're hot, they're going to be hot.

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I probably will not be passing this down to my grandchildren because I will probably lose

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it within a month.

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Yep.

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It is a cool looking lanyard, in my opinion at least.

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Like you have the daytime side and then the nighttime side.

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I think that's kind of cool.

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I'm thinking of taking a special trip, maybe either Thursday or Friday to go pick it up.

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Thursday or Sunday.

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Moving on.

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On your way to your table, pass holders can enjoy exclusive upstairs patio dining space

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and exclusive menu items at Confisco Grill.

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Which is normal.

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And if you don't know where that's at, that's at Islands of Adventure.

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You're going to walk right through the main gate.

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Keep walking, turn right somewhere and you will see it.

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What did I just click?

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If you reached Hulk, you went too far.

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There you go.

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Or if you start heading to Sooth Land, go back.

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Oh, I did something.

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What did you do?

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So we have the Razer Basslic V3 Pro for our mouse.

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And I clicked, it has three extra side buttons where my thumb usually rests.

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And I clicked something and I don't know what I did.

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Oh, does that just like lower my sensitivity while I'm holding it down?

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You can tell how much I don't understand about this.

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Just continue.

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Moving on.

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Valid January 6, 231st, 2025 from 12 p.m. until 30 minutes before park close.

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Terms and conditions apply.

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Exclusive menu items for pass holders.

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Flash your pass at Flash your pass and ask your server for exclusive menu items that

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no one else can get.

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All kinds of goodness is exclusive, exclusively yours at Universal City Walk, Islands of Adventure

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and Universal Studios Florida at select locations.

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Do I get to read anything?

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Yeah, you read all of this food while I try and figure out how to lower my mouse sensitivity

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because I messed that up somehow.

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In Universal City Walk, you can get the Grand Slam Burger at NBC Sports Grill and Brew.

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It's a, do I read what it is or do I just move on?

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You decide.

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Oh, OK.

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There's not that much, so I'll read what it is.

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Patty Burger topped with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, barbecue ranch and onion rings on

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a brioche bun.

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Twenty three ninety five plus tax.

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Then you got the cream brulee at the Two Thumb Chocolate Emporium and Savory Feast Kitchen.

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Cream brulee on French toast with vanilla maple syrup and Grand Marnier mace serrated

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berries.

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Mace serrated?

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I don't know.

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Fourteen ninety five plus tax.

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Then you got a chocolate peanut butter explosion also at the Two Thumb Chocolate Emporium and

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Savory Feast Kitchen.

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Chocolate ice cream mixed with peanut butter and chocolate sauce, chocolate whipped cream,

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Reese's Pieces, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie.

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Eighteen dollars plus tax.

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I think this is an unpopular opinion or maybe I'm not sure.

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I don't care much for Reese's Pieces.

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I like their cups, but not like the weird M&M thingies.

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You?

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I'm messing.

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What?

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?

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Yes, I love them.

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They're great.

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I was talking about Reese's Pieces.

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Oh, I hate them.

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I hate those.

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They're disgusting.

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OK, good.

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Then we agree.

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Move on.

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I think I figured out how to do the sensitivity.

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Great.

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Shut up.

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I'm talking about food.

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In Universal Studios, you can get seafood risotto at Lombard Seafood Grill.

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Lobster, clams, mussels, shrimp and cream.

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Fraysh finished with parsley oil.

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Forty two dollars plus tax.

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What's forty two dollars?

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The seafood risotto.

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Yum.

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It has lobster, clams, mussels, shrimp and this cream fraysh with parsley oil.

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Very expensive.

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In Universal Islands of Adventure, you can get s'mores croffle sundae at Croissant Moon

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Bakery, vanilla ice cream, toasted marshmallow topping, chocolate syrup, caramel syrup, graham

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cracker crumbles, waffled croissant bowl and Hershey's chocolate for nine forty nine plus

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tax.

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Yum.

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Then you can get wagyu beef sliders at Confisco Grill, coffee bacon jam, aged cheddar cheese,

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hot honey mayo, arugula, crispy onions and served on pretzel bun.

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Twenty ninety five plus tax.

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Expensive sliders.

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And finally, Starbucks, which is located all over the park.

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Just find one.

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They have the vanilla frosted brew, vanilla frappuccino with espresso cold foam.

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You can get a tall for seven twenty four, grande seven seventy four and a venti for

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eight fourteen.

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All plus tax.

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Fun.

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Ta da.

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Did anything stand out to you?

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Mainly the seafood risotto just because of how much it was.

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You're going to have a forty dollar risotto?

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No, I just said that's what I noticed.

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I said what interests you?

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Like what would you eat off this list?

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Well, probably the chocolate peanut butter explosion at Tootham.

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That sounds good.

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It's a lot of dessert.

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It really is.

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The stuff that's not dessert is the sliders, the seafood risotto and the Grand Slam burger.

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OK, the Grand Slam is basically just a barbecue barbecue ranch.

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OK, for twenty four dollars.

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I'm good.

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I was moving on.

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Print it, frame it, hang it on the wall.

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Pass holders can enjoy 35 percent off the new My Universal Photos annual package when

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purchased in Park from in Park January 6th to 31st.

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The keyword is in Park.

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You will not be able to find this online.

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Is this new?

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Why is this saying new?

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We got this last year.

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Did we get the discount too?

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Maybe.

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I don't know.

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I think we did.

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I don't know.

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I think we got a discount.

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I'm just confused on why it says new because this has been offered before.

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Maybe it's the first time they're advertising it.

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Who knows?

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That could be it.

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If you hit the beach early, three park power and seasonal pass holders can take advantage

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of early parking mission at Universal Volcano Bay up to 30 minutes prior to park opening

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on select dates from January 6th to 31st, 2025.

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Especially as it's getting colder.

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So enjoy your freezing cold water.

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And lastly, enjoy exclusive food and beverage offers at Universal Orlando hotels.

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Melody read it.

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Oh, lovely.

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OK.

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Hopefully I'm not going to repeat myself because that'd be great.

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At Portofino, one complimentary dessert with the purchase of a lunch or dinner entree at

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Trattoria del Porto per pass holder per visit.

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Hard Rock Hotel.

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Buy one draft beer or house wine.

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Get one draft beer or house wine.

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Free at the kitchen.

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At Royal Pacific.

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It's the same thing about the draft beer and wine.

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And for some.

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Oh, it's the two different places.

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OK, you can get that at Jake's American Bar and Island's Dining Room.

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And my page froze.

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Oh, no.

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At Sapphire Falls.

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The draft beer and wine thingy at Amatista Cook House at Aventura Hotel.

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Buy one length of stay refillable souvenir cup for the price of a three day refillable

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souvenir cup at Urban Pantry.

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Cabana Bay.

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Same thing of the cup.

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And the summer surfside inn and suites.

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Also cup and a cup also at the dockside inn.

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Ta-da.

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So basically, it's cups, alcohol, and a dessert at Portofino.

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Oh, cups.

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Yes.

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Like a special pass holder cup?

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It says length of stay refillable souvenir cup.

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Oh, OK.

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I forgot the hotels have special cups, which I find kind of weird.

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Hold on.

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Let's talk about that.

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Why?

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I don't know.

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I didn't even know they had them.

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Why doesn't my freestyle cup that I use at the parks work at the hotels?

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Why do I have to get a special cup that works at the hotel and hotel only?

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Like I get it's a money grab, but it's annoying.

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It's a little stupid and outdated at this point, because let's be honest, how long are

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we actually going to be in the actual hotel?

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How long will it take to utilize that?

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Not long enough to buy a souvenir cup.

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Well, I mean, if you want a souvenir cup, then it's cool.

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I guess.

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I guess.

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But I mean, I guess some people do go there just to stay at the hotel.

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Yeah, because some people do go to the hotel and do something else in Orlando.

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Moving on.

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What was the thing you were researching?

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Our next topic and final topic.

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Rest in peace, RIP Ride Rocket.

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The wrong ride is closing down, but it's fine.

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They'll get to Fast and Furious eventually.

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It'll come eventually.

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It's closing.

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I can't find the tweet from Universal that said all of this.

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I just find a lot of articles.

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I find the articles.

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I dug through Universal's Twitter and I couldn't find where they announced this.

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I haven't had time to go check the Facebook page, but even then that's going to be lots

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of digging because hundreds of people post on there per day.

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It is closing from what I remember early September of 2025.

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That's what I thought too.

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And again, don't remember where I saw this.

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And you said you saw Universal post that?

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Yeah, it's official.

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I know it's official because I remember seeing it in the passholder page.

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I just couldn't find it on Twitter.

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Trying to look it up.

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I specifically looked up Twitter, but yeah, I'm not finding it either.

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What do you think's going there?

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What I would like, contrary to most of people on Facebook who are complaining and whining

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about the minions.

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Oh, please don't tell me what I think you're going to say.

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I want the silly Fun Park Land coaster or whatever that theme park in the first movie.

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I want that coaster.

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I want it tore down, rebuilt as a Ghostbusters ride.

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Oh yes, that's going to be a thing.

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There was a rumor and I can't remember where I saw the rumor.

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I want it to be thematic and look nice.

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Apparently they're already building a building back there.

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I again can't remember where I saw this, but apparently a building is being built somewhere

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in the designated zone that they filed permits for.

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And apparently it's blue.

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It would make sense because the old ride that used to be there was a Ghostbusters ride.

322
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Uh huh, I didn't even know there was a Ghostbusters ride.

323
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It wasn't a ride, it was more of like a walkthrough show, kind of like Poseidon's Fury.

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You would walk in, they were basically trying to sell you a Ghostbusters franchise.

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And then they would do like, you know, the slime, every like pink gooey slime.

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They would get a kid to like do something with it and they would like slime them.

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And then you would move on to the next part.

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It sounds more like that ride where you're making a movie.

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No, and that you're standing the entire time.

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And then you would come into like the stage area where they were like demonstrating the

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proton packs, I think.

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And then the power goes out because the FBI is trying to shut them down.

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And then like the walls part behind them and it's a bigger room.

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And then they have to fight some ghosts because the FBI dude basically turned off the power

335
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and let the ghosts out.

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Okay.

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I wish I would have seen it.

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This is coming from the knowledge of a grainy video that I saw a couple months ago.

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Anyways, what I think it's going to be is, it's going to be a coaster, but you're going

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to be on the Ecto-1.

341
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Okay.

342
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That's fine.

343
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Thematically wise, I would still like it to be the Minions coaster, but whatever.

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It goes right through the firehouse.

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Okay, but that firehouse can turn into the worm thingies that make the worm tunnels that

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they go through in the movie.

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What would you do with Jimmy Fallon?

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I don't know.

349
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I don't care enough.

350
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You can't do it.

351
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What?

352
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Me.

353
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So you have Minion Land, then technically New York because Jimmy Fallon, and then Minion

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Land again.

355
00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:57,800
Well.

356
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No.

357
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Where you turn to Rip Ride, it's closer to Minion than Jimmy Fallon.

358
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That is correct.

359
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But the track goes over towards New York.

360
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Whatever.

361
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So.

362
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I want my silly fun land ride.

363
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I do not.

364
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I would like a Ghostbusters ride.

365
00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,480
It would make sense because they had a Ghostbusters house.

366
00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,080
They then had the Ghostbusters in the parade.

367
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They've been having a lot of Ghostbusters.

368
00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,720
Yeah, but there's also been a new Ghostbuster movie recently.

369
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Exactly.

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And this last movie I think did very well.

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I didn't mind it.

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I didn't like it.

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Whatever.

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I guess if the people themselves were different, then I might have enjoyed it more.

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It was just the characters themselves that really annoyed me.

376
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Whatever.

377
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I think it's going to be Ghostbusters.

378
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I am putting my claim on Ghostbusters.

379
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I did some more research.

380
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Oh, surprising.

381
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In this article that I found by, what is it?

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Wesh.

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Wesh.

384
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I don't know.

385
00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:06,200
It's on Wesh.

386
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Wesh.com.

387
00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:12,640
Anyway, it says near the end, in October, Universal notified Orange County about a contract

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with Intamin, one of the world's leading roller coaster builders.

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It says it's unknown whether that contract is for work on the project to replace Rip Ride

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Rocket.

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That would make the most sense.

392
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What other coasters going in at Universal?

393
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A lot of stuff in Epic.

394
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,160
Okay.

395
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Because I did some research into Intamin to see what they had built.

396
00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,680
They built Velocicoaster.

397
00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:42,680
Okay.

398
00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:43,680
Gringotts.

399
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:44,680
Okay.

400
00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:45,680
Hagrid's.

401
00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:46,680
Okay.

402
00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,800
They made the Hiccups Winggliders in Epic.

403
00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:50,800
Okay.

404
00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,720
And then not Universal related, they made Cheetah Hunt in Busch Gardens, which is only

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relevant to us currently because we've been going a lot.

406
00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,840
Oh, speaking of Busch Gardens.

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So...

408
00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,720
Meg was dumb dumb, but I don't think that's what he's talking about.

409
00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:05,720
What?

410
00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:06,720
You were dumb dumb.

411
00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:07,720
How?

412
00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,880
You talk about it first, whatever you're talking about.

413
00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,600
I have the gold pass, so that means I get five free guest passes per year.

414
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,080
So I took two of my friends because I also got a bonus pass.

415
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So I took me and my two friends to Busch Gardens.

416
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And we went on Iron Gwazi halfway through the day.

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One of my friends piped up and said, oh, this coaster goes 76 miles per hour.

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And I'm like, that's no way.

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00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:29,640
Velocicoaster goes 70.

420
00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,680
I don't think Iron Gwazi is going to go 76.

421
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:33,680
I Googled it.

422
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:34,680
Yep.

423
00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,680
It goes 76.

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00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:36,680
Oh my God.

425
00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,160
There's no way I get on Iron Gwazi.

426
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,160
Yep.

427
00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,160
It goes 76.

428
00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:46,480
It may have bumped Velocicoaster down one notch for me.

429
00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:47,720
Shame.

430
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,960
You also haven't put your hands up on the roll yet, though.

431
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,960
No, I haven't.

432
00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,720
Have you been on Iron Gwazi yet?

433
00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,560
No, I'm watching children.

434
00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:58,560
You need to.

435
00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:04,880
It was very intense because for those who don't know, Iron Gwazi used to just be gwazi.

436
00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,680
I don't remember what it used to be.

437
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,760
It used to be a wooden coaster and then they reinforced it with wood.

438
00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,560
I mean, not wood, iron.

439
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:19,200
They reinforced the wooden coaster with more wood.

440
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,160
Anyways, it's very intense.

441
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,960
I think it goes upside down.

442
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It's I like it.

443
00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,480
It's nothing important because it's not universal.

444
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,720
No, it's not universal.

445
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I just brought up Cheetah Hunt because it was also built by the same people who made

446
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Velocicoaster.

447
00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,960
Oh, well, you did this.

448
00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,040
Do I talk about you being a dumb dumb now?

449
00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:41,040
Sure.

450
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,040
It's brief.

451
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,360
Busch Gardens made a new coaster, Phoenix Rising, something like that.

452
00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:49,760
Nick was very excited to go on it for some odd reason.

453
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,240
Because they were like, I kept seeing advertisements for it.

454
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They're like, oh, this new coaster.

455
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I'm like, oh, cool.

456
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So we went to Busch Gardens for with the kids.

457
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It's just something we did one day and we walked past the new coaster.

458
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I looked at it and I told Nick, oh, the new coaster is basically a kid's ride, like a

459
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family coaster, not anything big.

460
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,080
Oh, well, move on.

461
00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,080
Don't care about the new coaster anymore.

462
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He comes back from his trip with his friends.

463
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,960
He's like, oh, I rode the new coaster.

464
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It's like, well, OK, then I guess that's fine.

465
00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:26,280
What you want?

466
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It was slightly disappointing.

467
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I was like, well, yeah, no, it's a family coaster.

468
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,680
I was like, oh, I didn't know that.

469
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:33,720
Excuse me.

470
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,040
How do you not know that?

471
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:40,920
When I told you and even on the app, it says it's a family coaster.

472
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So yes, that is how Nick was a dumb dumb.

473
00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:44,440
He didn't listen.

474
00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,440
He was expecting like, I don't know.

475
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,440
Another iron glossy.

476
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:49,440
Whatever.

477
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,160
Anyways, we're not a Busch Gardens podcast.

478
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,720
Enough with that.

479
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,720
I would like to note my GPU temperature is now 34 degrees Celsius.

480
00:21:58,720 --> 00:21:59,720
No one cares.

481
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,040
My CPU temperature is now 36.1.

482
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,040
I care.

483
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,040
Oh, yeah.

484
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,320
That has been today's episode.

485
00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:07,800
Pass holder benefits.

486
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,520
Goodbye, RipRide.

487
00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:10,520
For now.

488
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,840
Well, until you can still ride it till September.

489
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:14,840
That's still a long time away.

490
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:15,840
So, you got time.

491
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,560
I'm going to go on it one more time.

492
00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,080
I unfortunately probably should too.

493
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,280
Just so that I can remember and then like, oh yeah, I rode it.

494
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,440
I'm like, what was the other ride that shut down?

495
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,840
Oh, the Woody Woodpecker one we never rode on.

496
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,200
We can probably go during Mardi Gras.

497
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:36,040
Well, isn't the Caterpillar ride basically Woody Woodpecker anyway?

498
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,560
So it's fine.

499
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:38,560
Pretty much.

500
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:39,560
Connor doesn't have a pass anymore.

501
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,840
So I need someone to help me taste food.

502
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,960
I will gladly eat food with you.

503
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,120
I like food.

504
00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:48,760
My plan is we both get one dish and we split it.

505
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:49,760
Okay.

506
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,360
So we can try everything.

507
00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:52,960
Big brain moves.

508
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:53,960
Any wrinkles.

509
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:54,960
No smooth.

510
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,160
Mmm, some smooth, but it's okay.

511
00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,760
No, all wrinkle.

512
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,640
Alrighty, that's it.

513
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,000
We'll hopefully see you next week for another episode.

514
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000
Hey.

515
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,880
Let's hope nothing unforeseen happens.

516
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:07,880
Hmm.

517
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,240
Don't jinx it, please.

518
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,240
Too late.

519
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:12,240
Bye bye.

520
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:27,200
Well, bye bye, everybody.