The Universal Family Podcast

This week, we do a version of Universal Family Debate Club in which each of us defends our favorite season at Universal. We also tell you about our time at The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. AND we have a special surprise guest: a person who came along on many of our oldest trips to Universal Studios Orlando. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universa...

Join the family for a Family Meeting--otherwise known as a news episode, or perhaps a chat. Listen as we review Beyoncé, Atlanta escape rooms, the Big Fire brunch menu, and the HHN scare zones. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you enjoy our show about all things Universa...

It's Universal Family game time again, and this time we have an in-studio special guest! Listen to our Universal Ride Name Bee 🐝to find out how well we know the real names of rides at Universal Orlando, and to see which Universal family member reigns supreme! Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen...

Listen as we contemplate our favorite parts of Jaws on its 50th birthday and argue over Pippet/Pippen the dog. Then, we get into Spooky Season by discussing the cost of one night at HHN, then go over the non-IP houses announced for this year's Halloween Horror Nights. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever yo...

Listen as we continue our conversation with Kayla and live vicariously through her experience on the opening day of Epic Universe. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you enjoy our show about all things Universal Orlando! ---------------------- This episode is brought to yo...

Kayla is back to share with us her experience during the Opening Day of Epic Universe! Listen as we find out whether she could sleep a wink the night before, if she got to ride The Battle at the Ministry, and find out how she 1-upped The Family's classic "10 AM Hot Dog." Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your librar...

Please join us for the third annual UFAs! (Universal Family Awards). We've completed 3 years of this little Universal Family Podcast, and we couldn't be happier to share this one with you as we celebrate and give awards to ourselves! Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you...

Hello, dear listeners! We are back to our roots, reviewing random Universal news, commenting on hastily-prepared PowerPoints, random science chat, and discussing all the tantalizing temptations of Summer at Universal (but no, this year we are NOT going). Please come, join us as we discuss. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your l...

We know it's early, but we've ridden all the rides at Epic Universe, so we're ready to share our first impression ride ratings. Also, hear Zene randomly rant about something totally unrelated--who had that on their BINGO card? (probably everyone). Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to y...

We're finally getting to our review of Bar Helios, the Epic bar on top of the Grand Helios hotel. We're also thinking of what we'll do on future Epic adventures, and what we thought of opening day. And how 'bout those wait times, folks?? Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope...

It's finally Epic Universe Opening Day!! And we recorded this epic commentary just hours before the big day. Listen as we review the Today Show's epic broadcast, what we gleaned from social media on media day, and all about the "Live from the Blue Carpet" online event leading up to the opening nighttime show, leading up to opening day. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find...

We're finally finished recapping our Epic Universe preview trip, so what do we want to do now? Talk to someone else who's going to Epic Universe, of course! Listen as we chat with our friend Kayla (@rununiversal) about her hopes and plans for Opening Day! **No Epic Spoilers** You can hear more from Kayla on The Taste of Universal Podcast. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials....

Our Epic Universe adventure continues this week with this continued recap of our Epic preview trip. Listen as we recount our visits to The Isle of Berk and the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Listen for more tips and tricks and hear whether we got to ride The Ministry of Magic ride. **No Epic Spoilers** Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Famil...

You guys, we really did it! Bryan's dream came true. We went to Epic Universe during the previews and it was the most magical adventure we've ever had. Listen to our recap, gather tips and tricks, and hear where the most stellar bathrooms are located. **No Epic Spoilers** Holy cow, are we excited or what??! We get to go to the Epic Universe previews!!! Listen to this enthusiastic episode,...

**No Epic Spoilers** in this "bonus" episode we are on the road to Epic. Join us in the car (and for a few minuets IN Epic Universe) as we chat and recap our single day in the OG parks. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you enjoy our show about all things Universal Orland...

**No Epic Spoilers** Holy cow, are we excited or what??! We get to go to the Epic Universe previews!!! Listen to this enthusiastic episode, recorded just hours after we got the tickets and just a week before we left for the trip. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you enjo...

Listen as we argue about whether we want to see social media Epic Universe spoilers. Then, our guests, Hannah and Aaron, recap the pros and cons of their recent Orlando Informer Meetup night at Universal! Will the Coopers ever spring for this special event? You'll find out in this episode. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to yo...

Think you can do Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure in just one day but don't know how? Well, you've come to the right place! This week, we talked with two different groups of friends & family who did just that! One of them has kids, the other does not--one group took a stroller. Can you guess which one? Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The...

Spring is in the air, so it’s time for March Brackets! Listen as we pit Universal ride pre-shows against each other to find which pre-show reigns supreme. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you enjoy our show about all things Universal Orlando! ---------------------- This...

Sure it was only a 3 day trip but we have ONE MORE recap episode for you. Join us as we spend a few more hours as the Coopennings, Kya gives us her take on Islands of Adventure, Zene finds something to rant about and we all tell Tayan what fun he missed out on. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to...

With so much to say, we finally made it to our latest Universal Orlando trip recap episode--part 1. Cousin Kya joins us for this episode as Tayan asks what she thought of every aspect of her first trip to real Orlando-level theme parks. See which ride she liked best: Fast & Furious or Hagrid's Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure! Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Ple...

We lucked out and were able to buy and try the new Harry Potter wand on our recent trip! Listen as we review how it works. Also, we ate ALL THE FOOD of Mardi Gras (well, approximately 95% of it). Listen as we listen back to our live recordings and talk about all of it. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you l...

You'll hear in this episode just HOW EXCITED we are as we drive to Universal Studios Orlando and welcome our guest podcaster, Cousin Kya! You also may hear how very tired we are as we recap our days back at the hotel right before (during) our heads hit the pillows. Epic Universe is right around the corner, folks, and there's nothing like a visit to Universal Orlando to get us pumped for the new pa...

There's even more Epic Universe food to discuss! It won't be long before we're there, arguing over whether to eat the bloody foods of Dark Universe or the delectable (cold) sandwiches of Café L’air De La Sirène. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you enjoy our show about a...

It’s time to talk about Epic Universe food! We can’t believe it’s so close to opening that we can talk about what we’ll want to eat when we go. Listen as we discuss what we’ll think sounds the most delectable. Visit UFpodcast.com⁠⁠ to contact us and find us on socials. Please add The Universal Family Podcast to your library wherever you listen to your podcasts. We hope you enjoy our show about all...