The Theme Park Duo Podcast

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  On this episode of The Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo discuss how nostalgia plays a role in theme parks. What makes certain attractions untouchable? What makes certain attractions fair game? And most importantly, how do Theme Parks like Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Universal Studios and Six Flags Magic Mountain utilize nostalgia to their advantage.  Then on the Theme Park Bulletin, they discuss the Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Event taking place at Universal Studios Hollywood. As well as discussing the rough opening day Cedar Point had with their BRAND NEW roller coaster, Steel Vengeance. It's a theme park purist episode this week! Hold on tight, because this is going to be a fun episode! Thank goodness we can chat about all of this theme park goodness and stay awake doing it. That’s because we are being caffeinated by EXPEDITION ROASTERS! The delicious  flavors of the theme park inspired coffee has us ran

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  On this Episode of the Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo chat about Gabe's ghostly encounters aboard The Queen Mary in Long Beach California! Did Gabe see a ghost? Did he hear disembodied voices?Tune in to find out! On top of that, we have a Universal Studios centric Theme Park Bulletin and Haunting Headlines. Just recently at Universal Studios Florida, Fast and Furious Supercharged Soft Opened. Hear what people have been saying about the "NEW" attraction! Hoping over to the west coast to Universal Studios Hollywood, the opening date of Dreamwork Theater featuring Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor's Quest. Find out a bit more on the details of this new attractions coming soon! Then for Haunted Headlines we discuss the just announced (at Monsterpalooza) scare zone for Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood!  It's a spooky episode this week filled with creaking floor boards, squeaky doors and amazing theme park fun! STAY TUN

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  On this Episode of the Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo are joined by Stephen and Tiffany, formally of Extended Queue Podcast to talk about Intellectual Properties (IP's) in Epcot. How will it change Epcot? Will it change for the better? Along with that, we have our very first HAUNTING HEADLINES of the season! We discuss the newly announced Stranger Things maze coming to Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, Hollywood and Singapore. Also the great Buy One get One Free deal for HHN in Florida. Then Queen Mary just announced that you can now stay in the most haunted and infamous room aboard the ship, ROOM B340! Do you have what it takes to spend the night in that room? Then in the THEME PARK BULLETIN, we discuss Knott's Berry Farm and their brand new "dive" coaster Hangtime and its official opening date. As well as Six Flags Magic Mountain opening  a BRAND NEW VR experience aboard Lex Luther's Drop of Doom. Changing

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  On this Episode of the Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo take an adventure down the 91 freeway to a little place called Buena Park to visit one of their favorite parks, Knott's Berry Farm. During this time of year, Knott's throws their annual Boysenberry Festival! This is the ultimate location to eat foods inspired by the boysenberry and the history of the farm itself. Learn about all of our favorite food offerings, entertainment options, and specialized merchandise. Before we jump into our trip report, we have a Theme Park Bulletin! We chat about the announcement Disney has made about it adding 3 new Marvel themed areas to it's parks. Specifically Paris, Hong Kong and Disney California Adventure. On top of that, we discuss the reopening of Pirates of the Caribbean in Walt Disney World and it's changed Red Head scene. Then finally we discuss the recent parking fees being added to the Walt Disney World hotels in Or

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  On this Episode of the Theme Park Duo Podcast we are joined by Lee and Tracey of the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast were we all share our TOP 5 attraction wish lists for Universal Studio parks. The only stipulation was that the themes have to be Universal owned. Wait till you hear what we think of! Before we jump into the main topic, we have a Theme Park Bulletin. We chat about the wild and crazy rumors that are the Mary Poppins ride coming to the UK pavilion at EPCOT! If you are a Walt Disney World fan, what do you think about this rumor? Follow us on Social Media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com Follow UUOP on Twitter: @UUOPodcast  

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  On this Episode of the Theme Park Duo Podcast we are joined by Rich Stork of the One Little Spark Podcast to continue our Coast to Coast Battle series between The Magic Kingdom and Disneyland! This time around, we compare and contrast Tomorrowland! Which do you think is better? We also have a Theme Park Bulletin where we talk about the NEW Walking Dead Roller Coaster announced at Thorpe Park, Disneyland Annual Passport rumors regarding Star Wars Land (Galaxies Edge) and a brand new area coming to Adventureland in Disneyland, The Tropical Hideaway!   Follow us on Social Media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com Follow Rich on Twitter: @OLS_Podcast  

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  WE"RE BACK! On the Season Premier of The Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo takes a tour, with Jeff Tucker of 91 Reasons Podcast, of Ghost Town at Knott's Berry Farm. There is history steeped in every corner of Ghost Town and if you look close enough, you can see many items from the past that still reside in Ghost Town! Find out the history behind the famous Catawampus! Also find out what things in Ghost Town are true originals from back in the day! The Duo also starts off Season 02 with a bang with Park Peeves where they talk about how to accurately speak about The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Theme Parks.  Lastly, The Duo chats about the recent price increases at The Disneyland Resort and compare those prices with the ticket prices of Knott's Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, and Universal Studios Hollywood!   Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Follow us on Social Media: @themepar

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! On the SEASON FINALE Episode of The Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo have the honor of sitting down with Disney Legend Bob Gurr to chat about his life in automotive design, theme park design and so much more. We get one of a kind stories about Walt Disney and even attractions that were never built for the Disney company! Before we jump into our interview with Bob, we chat about our amazing experience with Chill, the ALL NEW winter wonderland experience at The Queen Mary in Long Beach California! We hope you enjoy this XL sized episode and we will see you guys in the new year! Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Follow us on social media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! On this Episode of The Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo talk about their adventures at Universal Studios Hollywood for their Holiday celebrations! This includes Grinchmas with the Grinch himself and his trusty dog Max! As well as a magical (Not just in the Holiday sense) visit to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for Christmas in the Wizarding World and The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle show. Everything was just so perfect and unique that they cannot wait to share it. Not only that, but The Duo reveal who their SUPER SECRET special guest will be on their Season Finale. And last but not least, it may be Nikki's turn to get a pie in the face, if we get enough reviews! All of that and so much more (tangents) on this holiday special episode! Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Follow us on social media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! On this Episode of The Theme Park Duo Podcast, The Duo chats all about their Holiday adventures at Knott's Berry (Merry) Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain Holiday in the Park! Both events filling their parks with Holiday cheer and festive foods. These are not your generic Holiday fair as well! Each park brings their special unique twist on how to make the Holidays special for the guests who enter the park. Find out what happened when Nikki and Gabe took a picture with Santa! Also find out what happened when Nikki threw a pie in Gabe's face! All that and more on this episode.    Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Follow us on social media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO!   On this Episode, The Duo takes you on a journey to the East Coast to talk about their crazy trip to The Universal Orlando Resort for Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. Also maybe some Disney stops along the way. We talk our favorite moments and our not so favorite moments from our quick vacation to Orlando. Find out what we loved (SPOILER ALERT its probably The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley) and didn't love about our first experience with Universal Studios on the East Coast! Also find out why we ended up crying so much on our trip! Along with our trip report, we talk about the newly renovated and intensified Ghost and Legends Tour aboard The Queen Mary in Long Beach California. Take a tour aboard the famously haunted Queen Mary, but watch out because you will be entering some of the most haunted locations on the ship and you might just have an encoun

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! The Theme Park Duo flew across the country from California all the way to Orlando Florida to attend one of the biggest Halloween events in the country! We got to attend Universal Orlando Resort's Halloween Horror Nights 27! This was such a different experience for us since we are use to HHN Hollywood. One major difference being the original houses they have at the park! Lucky for us, we were able to cross paths with our good friends Rick West and Johanna Atilano from Theme Park Adventure and Midsummer Scream. This was their first visit too so why not bring them on the show to chat about the event! We also talk about Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group's Urban Death! Such a unique and transformative experience that all should experience. On top of that, we chat The Warner Brothers Studio Tour: Horror Made Here. A brand new event for this year matching quailty with that of Knott's Scary Farm and Universal HHN.  This is a

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! The Theme Park Duo visited Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood to see what they have cooked up for this years incredibly scary event. USH HHN is known for their high quality sets, make up, masks and hard core scares. Listen as we recount our visits to USH and here our thoughts on this years HUGE IP houses that include: Insidious, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, Ash Vs Evil Dead, Saw and much more! Find out what we loved and what we didn't love as much about this years fun event. Will Jack Torrance get us within the walls of the Overlook Hotel, or will we be grabbed by a demon within The Further? You have to listen to find out!   Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Follow us on social media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! Instead of checking out the scariest haunts around, The Duo talks a few of their favorite family friendly alternatives this Halloween season. First they start off at the Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland! We chat about Haunted Mansion Holidays, Space Mountain Ghost Galaxies, Cars Land Haul-o-ween, Guardians of the Galaxy Monsters After Dark and much more! Then we head on over to Knott's Spooky Farm to chat about their fun additions for the holiday. They have a fabulous lay over on the log ride called, Timber Mountain Log Ride Halloween Hootenanny! They also have wonderfully spooky characters roaming around Ghost Town to help give candies to the kids visiting the park. Lastly, we chat about Ghost Train in Griffith Park! A wonderful train ride for the entire family to enjoy that will be sure to get you into the Halloween spirit! All of this and so much more on this episode of The Theme Park Duo Podcast.    Check out our w

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! The Duo once again visits the place in which they had a paranormal encounter, The Queen Mary. But this time, the ghosts manifest in the form of Dark Harbor 2017! The ghouls, goblins, ghosts and specters all come out to play at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor! With 7 mazes, plenty of bars and so much entertainment; Dark Harbor is the biggest it's been in years. One of the more creative haunted events that we visit, Dark Harbor covers all facets of fun Halloween events. Join us as we review the mazes, scare zones, bars, entertainments and overall value of this event! Stay close, you never know what you will run into aboard the Queen Mary. If you don't watch out, we guarantee that someone or something will watch you. Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Follow us on social media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! The Duo takes you through the terrors and scares that await you at Knott's Scary Farm, the longest running Halloween event around! One of our favorite haunts ever, it's easy to gush about this event. But, not only is it just The Duo, we brought Ted Dougherty on the show. Author of A Picture History Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt and owner of Ultimatehaunt.com, Ted is the perfect person to chat Knott's Scary Farm! Here you will find maze and scare zone reviews as well as just the over all value of this incredible event! This episode is filled with scares, frights, fun, sliders, monsters and just about everything that goes bump in the night and the FOG! The most haunting Halloween event in Southern California, Knott's Scary Farm, returns with unimaginable scares and innovative thrills for its 45th season. The fully transformed park will feature 13 uniquely haunted mazes and attractions, including the return of Elvira, M

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER AND iHEART RADIO! Welcome to this SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EDITION of The Theme Park Duo Podcast! On this weeks episode we chat everything Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest. With more days to get scared than every before, there is no reason to miss out on Fright Fest. Located in Valencia California, not to far away from Los Angeles; Fright Fest boasts 7 mazes, 6 Scares Zones and 2 Shows!. Not to mentioned that you get to ride some world class roller coasters in the dark like: Twisted Colossus, Batman, X2, and Full Throttle. With so much to do at this years events, hear what we thought about all the scary happenings! Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Check our our social media: @THEMEPARKDUO Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY AND STITCHER! One this Disney centric episode, we are joined by Rich Stork of The One Little Spark Podcast to chat Main Street USA in our BRAND NEW segment Coast to Coast Battle! We compare and contrast the Main Street USA at Disneyland California to the Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom in Florida! Find out what we think rocks and what we think sinks to the bottle of this non stop opinion fuel conversation! Along with that, we have the Theme Park Bulletin! We chat about Shanghai Disneyland and their conversion to a completely digital Fast Pass system, T2:3D Battle Across Time closing over at Universal Studios Florida and the current event of Hurricane Irma which is passing through Florida! Don't miss a beat of this weeks crazy episode! Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Check our our social media: @THEMEPARKDUO Subscribe to The One Little Spark Podcast  

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY AND STITCHER! Knott's invited The Duo to the Knott's Scary Farm Announcement event and we got the scoop on all the spooky details that await everyone this coming Halloween season! We also got incredible interviews with Jon Cooke, Daniel Miller (Maze Designers) and Ken Parks the Director of Entertainment at Knott's Berry Farm! In this episode we share our thoughts about the ALL NEW MAZES as well as the returning mazes for Knott's Scary Farm 2017! The most haunting Halloween event in Southern California, Knott's Scary Farm, returns with unimaginable scares and innovative thrills for its 45th season. The fully transformed park will feature 13 uniquely haunted mazes and attractions, including the return of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for her last performance as she bids farewell to the Scary Farm crowds with an all-new show. Knott’s Scary Farm is back for 25 horrifying nights from September 21 – October 31. This year’s Knott’s Scary Farm experience ha

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, GOOGLE PLAY, STITCHER, iHEART RADIO AND SPOTIFY!  Change always happens at theme parks. The only change that seems to really bother people are the changes that are done in order to be more politically correct. Currently in the world we live in, being politically correct seems to be more and more important and it has started to permeate into the theme park world. With changes coming to Pirates of the Caribbean, the conversation has grown louder and louder. On this show, we brought on Doug Barnes from The Season Pass Podcast to talk about the PC culture in theme parks. We talk not only about Disneyland, but Knott's Berry Farm, Halloween Horror Nights and Haunts! It should be a polarizing yet interesting episode! Along with this comes a heaping helping of theme park news in the Theme Park Bulletin! We talk Hangtime at Knott's Berry Farm, Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point, RailBlazer at California's Great America, Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City and Twisted Timber