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Joe, Nick, and Sean are joined by Jon Fu from InsideUniversal.net to discuss banning selfie sticks, Fast & Furious Supercharged, the Universal Studios Hollywood Nighttime Tram Tour, capacity and parking woes at Hollywood, Disneyland pushing for admissions tax exemption in exchange for $1bn in expansion, Disney's Hollywood Studios rumors, Twister permits, and more.

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Permit Update: The Tonight Show Cometh! Project 727

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Good news everyone!  Yesterday, Universal applied for an "Interior Demolition" permit for Project 727.   Project 727 is strongly believed to be the replacement for Twister: Ride it Out.  A Tonight Show attraction is the favorite to replace to Twister, and we expect a fancy new New York facade package to come to the area.

The end is nigh for Ol' Twister, so we suggest getting  your Paxton fill as soon as possible.

Credit to NJBrandon on Orlando United forums for the permit find.

As always, please follow @Parkscope on twitter for the latest updates.  To catch up on Project 727 and the Tonight Show attraction, check out Orlando United forums.

UOR Permit Update: Are Dynamic Attractions and Oceaneering Working on New Rides?

UPDATE: The answer is no. Just working on some upgrades to the elevators in Transformers and the busbar on ET

So, this permit update is going to be super vague, because I honestly am not sure what exactly these Notice of Commencements mean. But today, NoCs for projects with both Dynamic Attractions and Oceaneering have gone up on the comptroller site.

Oceaneering has partnered with Universal in the past to create the ride vehicles for The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man and Transformers the Ride.

Dynamic Attractions, meanwhile, helped create the ride vehicles for Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.

Both create Soarin-like ride systems that could be used for the rumored Jimmy Fallon/NYC flight simulator coming to the Twister building. This tweet from Dynamic Attractions seems to point to something new on the horizon.

But at this time we don't know much. We'll keep you up to date on @Parkscope as more information becomes available.

Shout out to Jay from Pixels for bringing this to our attention.

UOR Permit Update: Project 727

Good afternoon everyone! I'm here to bring you news on the Universal Project front, with a new project number from the permit site. Today, Project 727 has appeared on the permitting site, labeled only as "building renovation".

We were told in the past that Project 727 would be the long-rumored replacement for Twister, believed to be a Jimmy Fallon/Soarin' type mashup revolving around New York City. yes, we're serious.

We're fairly sure this is a big project and not something small as a member of Universal Creative who was head of Ride and Show for the planning of Universal Moscow is the lead for the project.

As always, follow @Parkscope for more information as it becomes available.