The Inside Universal Podcast

In this episode, Drew and Brian discuss the Halloween Horror Nights 28 scarezone announcements of Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Revenge of Chucky. We also review Universal's new Cinematic Celebration Nighttime show, and discuss a little Disney with our review of Toy Story Land.  To help support the family of Bryan Frank, please visit any of the following donation pages. https://www.gofundme.c...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Drew and Brian return to discuss all the Halloween Horror Nights 28 announcements; including Trick 'r Treat, scarezones, ticket prices, and the recently announced Slaughter Sinema. We also talk about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and our thoughts on the franchise overtaking Jurassic Park at Islands of Adventure; and wrap up with some news about Universal'...

After an extended break, Brian, Chris Glass, and Chris Lord discuss the latest news and happenings around Universal Studios Hollywood that have transpired over the past several months; including Halloween Horror Nights 2018, DreamWorks Theatre starring Kung Fu Panda, Jurassic World re-do, the Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary event, and answering your questions!

Drew and Brian return to discuss the barrage of news and happenings that have occurred at Universal Orlando over the course of the past several months; including our reviews of Voodoo Doughnuts and Fast & Furious: Supercharged. In addition, we discuss the closing of Emeril's Orlando and the Halloween Horror Nights 28 announcements of Stranger Things and Dead Exposure houses.

Drew and Brian catch up on all the latest Universal Orlando news, including the recent announcements of Voodoo Doughnut coming to CityWalk, Mardi Gras 2018 line-up and event, Celebration of Harry Potter, the new Fast & Furious gift shop. As always, we cap off the show by answering your questions. 

Jonathan and Chris are joined by guest Chris Lord to talk the latest news and happenings around Universal Studios Hollywood; including the Universal Hilton expansion and NBCUniversal's possible hotel plans around the area, Lunar New Year 2018, CityWalk Hollywood updates, and answering your questions!

We're changing up the format for this episode! Jonathan talks with Jerry Green, author of  25 Years Inside Universal Studios: From Tour Guide to Entertainment Director,  where we discuss some history at Universal Studios Hollywood, and his role in growing Universal Parks & Resorts.

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Jonathan, Chris, and Tyler get together to discuss the recent rumor of New Year's Eve fireworks coming back to Universal Studios, all the Christmas events - including the new Wizarding World decorations and Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts, and Knott's Merry Farm. We also sprinkle in a bit of the new Nintendo news coming form Orlando, and wonder what that means for Hollywood.

Drew and Brian get together to share their final thoughts on Halloween Horror Nights 27 and the final Bill & Ted... (again.)

The Hollywood guys are back to talk the recent happenings at Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as the other haunt events around Southern California, including Knott's Scary Farm and Queen Mary Dark Harbor. In addition, some more discussion about this year's Halloween Horror Nights; including our interview with John Murdy, Creative Director.

Jonathan and Tyler get together to discuss this year's plan of attack to the event, as well as review and discuss everything Halloween Horror Nights 2017. 

Andy, Drew, and Brian get together to review and discuss everything Halloween Horror Nights 27. Simple as that. 

Drew and Brian get together to discuss the recent announcement of the final year of Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure at Halloween Horror Nights. We also discuss the announcement of Saw: The Games of Jigsaw, as well as the final goodbyes to the Great Movie Ride and Universe of Energy. Finally, we answer our listener's questions.

The Hollywood team is back to discuss the recent slew of Horror Nights news, including the big announcement of the Titans of Terror returning for another year of Horror. In addition, we discuss our visits to the recent Halloween/Horror conventions Midsummer Scream and ScareLA.

We got a quickie for you guys this week! With little Horror Nights news announced so far, we discuss the infamous "Countdown" Sweepstakes announcement and Ash vs Evil Dead, along with the big news that Dragon Challenge will be closing in September to make way for a new Harry Potter attraction.

After this weekend's D23 Expo, Disney has laid out their huge, ambitious plans for the coming years; including a slew of expansions and updates to Epcot and the Resort as a whole. With all that's been announced, we take to the mic to share our thoughts of all that's been announced by Disney - and wonder what Universal's next move.

It's been a busy Summer on the West Coast! We discuss the latest updates at Universal Studios Hollywood; including the new DreamWorks Character Party and new ticket options. We also get into some outside Universal stuff, such as Midsummer Scream, Ghost Town Alive!, the 2024/2028 Olympics heading to L.A. and listeners questions!

The Orlando gang gets together despite a somewhat slow news month. We discuss some Fast & Furious: Supercharged news, Aventura Hotel, the bits of Halloween Horror Nights 27 we know, and discuss the changes and finishing touches to Volcano Bay. We also answer a few of our listeners questions!

It's been a busy month since our last recording, so we discuss the enormous amount of news that has been announced since May; including all the latest regarding Universal Studios Hollywood.

The guys are back under a new name, but same old schtick. We discuss the openings and share our thoughts on Volcano Bay & Pandora: World of Avatar; as well as discuss the Horror Night's The Shining announcement. Since it's been a while, we answer a lot of your questions, too! 

In our somewhat re-debut episode - Chris, Tyler and Jonathan discuss all the latest news of CityWalk, the Stairway Escalator, the Potter Nighttime Show; as well as Tyler's construction tour of Knott's Soak City.

In this episode, Jonathan Green and Tyler Crouch discuss CityWalk's latest additions, Universal's up-and-coming nighttime show, the StarWay expansion and much, much more.

In this episode, Brian Glenn and Jon Fu discuss the upcoming Inside Universal/Orlando United merger. Brian is then joined by Chris Glass, Tyler Crouch and Jonathan Green to discuss the new additions to CityWalk Hollywood, the demolition of Soundstages 22-25, the Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon attraction at Universal Orlando Resort and more!

In this episode, Tyler Crouch, Chris Glass and Jon Fu discuss the new Universal Cinema, Universal Studios Hollywood's ongoing construction projects, Tapu Tapu, MyMagic+ and more!

In this episode, Jonathan Green, Chris Glass and Jon Fu discuss Universal Studios Hollywood's top ten defining moments, Universal's new attendance record, Forbidden Journey's revised picture quality, WaterWorld's refurbishment, backlot construction and more!