This week on the Universal NOW! Podcast, we start off as always with the #1 news coverage of Universal Orlando in U-News. This week's top stories include Beetlejuice's Graveyard Review, Antojito's, and more from CityWalk. In the main topic for this week's show, we go around each Counter Service restaurant at Universal Studios Florida and give our thoughts. At the end of the show, we give our top 3 favorite Counter Service restaurants at the Studios.

This week on the Universal NOW! Podcast, we have our year in review wrap-up for 2013. We go through the top news stories of 2013 and discuss how this year was truly the year to come to Universal Orlando.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we welcome back Jim Hill. The original point of discussion was going to be the history of Islands of Adventure, but Jim shared with us more than what we could have asked for. He gives an update on the current state of Universal with Diagon Alley and Comcast, Disney's situation with Magic Bands and their original objective with MyMagic+, and attractions being planned for after Diagon Alley opens, and how Universal will be able to pay for these attractions. He also talks about the continued negotiations between Universal and Disney for the Marvel theme park rights, and what could interest Universal to give up Marvel Super Hero Island. All that, and much more.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we share everything that we're thankful for at Universal Orlando Resort. From Harry Potter to the moving walkways at CityWalk, we cover everything that is unique to UOR that we love. Also in lieu of Thanksgiving, we have a special Universal NOW! Dining Plan themed to a Thanksgiving dinner. Following that, we derail for the planning of Chris engaging his cat, which happened on this week's Universal LATER!. For our final segment, we have Disney vs. Universal: Extinct Attractions Edition. Tune in to find out which two extinct attractions we debate!

This week on Universal NOW!, we discuss the new Universal Vacation Planning Tool, New Year's Eve at CityWalk, and Photo Connect in our news segment. For our main topic this week, we give our 'big picture' ideas for what could be incorporated into the current Universal Orlando parks down the road, and what intellectual properties could be involved in a third Universal theme park in Orlando.

This week on the Universal NOW! Podcast, we kick off with the news of the Red Oven Pizza Bakery opening. We give a review of the menu, and compare to other similar styles of pizza that we've seen. We also share the new package with a "once in a lifetime" deal for the Cabana Bay Beach Resort family suites. For our main topic we discuss all the planned events going on at Universal Orlando Resort for the holidays. From Grinchmas, to Mannheim Steamroller, to the Macy's Christmas Parade, we cover every event going on in the parks. We also discuss the events planned for the resorts from Thanksgiving to New Year's. Finally, we rap up the show with a listener question, and what attractions or lands we'd like to see have a Christmas layover.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we are joined by Michael of Parkscope.net and the Parkscope Unprofessional Podcast Hour. We discuss Triceratops Encounter being “officially” closed, the soon-to-open Red Oven Pizza Bakery and what we may see come to CityWalk over the next year. We also answer many listener questions, involving CityWalk, Diagon Alley, and Men in Black. Following that we give our thoughts on what we would like to see come to Halloween Horror Nights 24. We end the show with another Universal NOW! Dining Plan segment.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we start with the biggest news stories of the week, including a Red Oven Pizza Bakery construction update, the new Jurassic Park midway games, a new show for Beetlejuice, and Comcast’s 3rd quarter sales report. We also give our thoughts on a video released by Dynamic Attractions featuring some innovative ride track switches that we could see go into the Gringotts’ Bank coaster. For our main topic this week we are joined by Tim Grassey of WDWThemeParks.com as we debate on many Disney vs. Universal topics. We compare attractions, resorts, and restaurants while we argue which of the two sides is better.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we welcome back Derek Burgan to the show after his cruise ship was hijacked by Somali pirates, keeping him off the show for two weeks. We start with some news including the Universal Meal Deal ending and the new Dining Plan starting, the new Team Member parking garage, and the Hogwarts Express locomotive being loaded onto the rails. Following the news we have the second half of our Unmasking the Horror Tour review. Brandon and Derek discuss details inside the Resident Evil: Escape of Raccoon City, An American Werewolf in London, and Evil Dead houses. At the end of the show, we discuss all the stories we have from Halloween Horror Nights 23, and one listener email with his story from this year’s event.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we start off talking about the newly announced acts for Mardi Gras 2014. After that we discuss some rumors, including a show negotiating to come back to filming at Universal Orlando, and King Kong being added to Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Following the news and rumors, we have a review of the Unmasking the Horror Morning Mayhem from Brandon and Zeus. They go over what it was like experiencing everything in the houses at HHN 23 with the lights on. Next week, they will review Unmasking the Horror Afternoon Abomination.