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Mekado Murphy

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214 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

You know, that's... Good Lord.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

That's the admitted amount.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

Uh-huh.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

And...

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

It's a new park near, across the interstate freeway from the older Universal Studios complex, which is two parks and a water park.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

Do we count water parks as theme parks?

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

I do.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

We definitely count water parks as theme parks.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

Okay.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

The reason Epic is such a big deal is that it's investment.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

It's Universal trying to be more Disney.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

The vast majority...

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

Families go to Disney World and Universal is an added day or a day and a half.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

Universal wants to flip that.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

You come to Universal and you do an added day at Disney.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

And so it's a big deal for Universal in its evolution, but it's also a big deal in terms of igniting, it sounds cliche because it's true, theme park war.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

Disney's pouring money into Disney World to remain competitive and Universal is – Epic is sort of reflective of –

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

their broader business at Universal.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

They're building a new park in the UK.

The Daily
Sunday Special: The Enduring Power of Amusement Parks

They're building a kids' park in Texas.