
Universal Versus Disney
The Unofficial Guide to American Theme Parks' Greatest Rivalry
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Narrated by:
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Robert Feifar
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By:
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Sam Gennawey
Universal Studios never really wanted to get into the theme park business. They wanted to be the anti-Disney. But when forced to do so, they did it in a big way. Despite the fits and starts of multiple owners, the parks have finally gained the momentum to mount a serious challenge to the Walt Disney Company. How did this happen? Who made it happen? What does this mean for the theme park industry? In Universal Versus Disney, his newest work to investigate the histories of America's favorite theme parks, seasoned Disney-author Sam Gennawey has thoroughly researched how Universal Studios shook up the multi-billion dollar theme park industry, one so long dominated by Walt Disney and his legacy.
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The audiobook production is rough. There are a few times where multiple takes of the same sentence are included as well as some questionable pronunciations.
Still, overall the audiobook was enjoyable and it is always nice to see more theme park books produced in audiobook form.
History of Universal(with some mentions of Disney)
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Mispronunciation
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Wanted equal parts Universal and Disney and didn't get it
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Written from Universal’s point of view
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My goodness, this guy has a tough time with pronunciation.
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Clickbait title
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98%Universal, but still a good read
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Would you listen to Universal Versus Disney again? Why?
Yes. It tells the history of my favorite studio, Universal. Except I will have to prep my ears for Robert's mispronunciations throughout the recording.How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
I would not have misled the audience by having the title "Universal vs Disney" as the story skews heavily in Universal's favor.Would you be willing to try another one of Robert Feifar’s performances?
No. He horribly mispronounces common words that everyone listening knows is pronounced a different way. It feels like he's from another country and learned English as a second language.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
How Universal Studios took on the juggernaut of Walt Disney!Any additional comments?
Have someone 'LISTEN' to this recording when it's done. No one from America could have possibly let certain words be pronounced the way Robert pronounced them. It makes you feel as if the producer of this recording could just care less. Here are some examples. The first is the actual word/name and the second is how you will hear Robert repeatedly say words. Trust me, it will drive you crazy.Industry (we say indusTREE) - Industry (He says in-DUS-tree) this is the most used and mispronounced word in the entire book, and he says it a lot! / Ivan Reitman - Ivan Reetman / Rosevelt - Roozavelt / Expletive - Expleetive / Hermione from Harry Potter (we all know it's Her-my-knee thanks to all the movies) - Robert says Her-MY-oh-knee (seriously...WHAT!)Great for the history of Universal
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