This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, Chris and Ryan kick off the show with the latest news from Universal Orlando. This includes discussion of construction at CityWalk, and the recent incident at Universal Studios Florida where a train of cars was stuck at the top of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit!, which makes us ask, should Universal “Rockit or Drop It?” Following the news we have a discussion of the latest rumors in Orlando, including the myth of Lord of the Rings coming to Walt Disney World, and a new island being added to Islands of Adventure. After this, we have a full review of Halloween Horror Nights 23.

Halloween Horror Nights 23 Review, Chris’ Universal Studios Hollywood Trip Report, and a slight diversion into Knott’s Berry Farm.

This week on Universal NOW! Brandon and Derek are joined by Michael and Joe from Parkscope.net to talk about the current (and future) projects at Universal, the fascinating world of theme park construction permits, and together they unlock the secrets of “Mysterious Island.” The boys also take a look at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event giving their thoughts on the houses they are looking forward to the most and the least. Finally we debut the new Universal NOW! Dining Plan segment in which we give our thoughts on where you should go on property for a cocktail, appetizer, entrée and dessert. As an added bonus, Chris Wakefield sends in an on-location report from Universal Studios Hollywood. Let’s face it True Believers, this is one podcast you can’t afford to miss!

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we begin discussing price points of Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party and Halloween Horror Nights 23. Where will you get your value? We give you the answers!

For our main topic we bring on fan of the show Brian Hyde to discuss his recent trip to Universal Orlando. We talk in-depth about the resort he stayed at, the Royal Pacific, as well as go over all the new stuff he experienced at Universal on his trip with his daughter. We also go into everything that has changed since his last visit in the early days of Universal Studios.

In our final segment we bring up the newest Disney vs. Universal poll. This week it was Soarin’ at Epcot vs. The Simpsons Ride. Go to our Facebook Page to vote for the next poll.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we start off with a little detour to the Dark Side (a.k.a. Walt Disney World) to discuss two huge events that took place on the same night at both Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Afterwards we move on to talk about some movies. News broke out that J.K. Rowling will be writing the screenplay for a movie based within the Harry Potter universe. Other movies discussed are Blackfish, Escape from Tomorrow, and Jurassic World. We end the show reading the last of our listener emails, and discussing one of the match-ups on our new Disney vs. Universal series, that takes place on our Facebook Page.

This week on Universal NOW!, we start off by bringing you the latest news from Universal Orlando. We talk about new breakfast options outside of the parks including the character breakfast at the Royal Pacific. We also discuss the soon to be open Simpson Photo Connect location right across from The Simpsons Ride.

From there, we jump into Halloween Horror Nights News. We have annual passholder dates for HHN, and the locations for all of the houses on the map of this year’s event. Following that we answer some listener questions about Halloween Horror Nights 23.

During our last bit of show we answer some more listener questions, mainly focusing on Disney’s Parks Blog meets and the biggest rumors from Universal Orlando.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we have an amazing two-man show. Brandon and Ryan start off with the latest news including the new Hogwarts Express train arriving at Universal Studios. From there they go into the main discussion, which is the first ever Universal NOW! Meet-Up. They talk about the game of Hollywood Drive-In golf, their meal at Hard Rock Cafe Orlando, and the amazing tour of Hard Rock Live! They also list all of the prizes included inside the Universal NOW! gift bag. Brandon and Ryan end the show talking about what’s new coming to Halloween Horror Nights 23.

This week on the Universal NOW! Podcast, we record live from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure. We talk about Ryan’s two week trip to Orlando and how he’s spent his time. We go over special events that happened this past weekend at Universal Orlando, including the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast meet up and the Kitchen Sink Challenge. Derek and Ryan discuss all the new experiences offered at Springfield, USA, and Ryan tries his first Butterbeer ever.

This week on Universal NOW!, we interview Johnathen Hopkins of the WDW Fan Boys to get a review on his first visit to Universal Orlando.

This week on the Universal NOW! podcast, we start off with the official plans for our 2013 Meet-Up at Universal Orlando. We also bring you the latest news, and rumors on what kinds of new changes we could see coming to CityWalk. During our main topic this week, we give some ideas for new themed rooms we would like to see at Universal’s on-site hotels.