UO Explorers- A Podcast About Universal Orlando
Jun 12, 2026 · 36 min · 13 segments
Koby and Hollie check out a park map from 2001 and chat about some of the history and what has changed. Support the show…
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Anyway, we have a park map in our hands, and we do not do video for this, so this doesn't help you at all.
But I have a brochure in my hands from universalsislandsofadventure.com. 2001 in all of its 2001-y glory where everyone is wearing box-shaped shirts and you absolutely cannot tell what size anyone is.
Actually, that also kind of sounds like 2005.
That's true.
Everything's super cartoony looking.
I love it.
So here's what we're going to do.
We're going to look through this pamphlet and we're going to see what a trip to Islands of Adventure would have had you doing in the year 2001.
I like it.
In 2001, I was in third grade.
I was in the second grade.
Actually, I had a trip planned for 2001, but we ended up going the year after.
All right, so here's what's on the opening page.
First of all, there's a wonderful picture of Port Aventory.
It looks almost exactly the same.
Good.
Timeless.
So this is 25 years old.
Yes.
Doing math.
Correct.
Wow.
25 years ago.
So it begins with, the adventure begins.
That's their slogan.
Anyway, we have a park map in our hands, and we do not do video for this, so this doesn't help you at all.
But I have a brochure in my hands from universalsislandsofadventure.com. 2001 in all of its 2001-y glory where everyone is wearing box-shaped shirts and you absolutely cannot tell what size anyone is.
Actually, that also kind of sounds like 2005.
That's true.
Everything's super cartoony looking.
I love it.
So here's what we're going to do.
We're going to look through this pamphlet and we're going to see what a trip to Islands of Adventure would have had you doing in the year 2001.
I like it.
In 2001, I was in third grade.
I was in the second grade.
Actually, I had a trip planned for 2001, but we ended up going the year after.
All right, so here's what's on the opening page.
First of all, there's a wonderful picture of Port Aventory.
It looks almost exactly the same.
Good.
Timeless.
So this is 25 years old.
Yes.
Doing math.
Correct.
Wow.
25 years ago.
So it begins with, the adventure begins.
That's their slogan.
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