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This week: Disneyland's new ghost bride; A woman goes to court over her year-round skeleton display; Fear Fest Haunted Attractions given a rating of "F" by the Better Business Bureau; Derry Halloween's "Awaken the Walls" will remain free; Dark Universe Construction Updates from Attractions Magazine; Halloween & Costume Association announces inaugural Spooky Awards winners. Read the articles here.

Special thanks to our patrons Duane and Teresa Daiker, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez & Rachel Sprague! Join our Patreon at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop⁠ for bonus episodes and more! In Part 2, the Pod Squad ranks and reviews the 10 HHN houses we experienced this year. Who will have the "Dead Man's Pier" moment in the hottest takes? And was this the best year for houses since we've been going? Will any of HHN33's haunted houses live an eternal moment in our all-time list? PLUS: The Haunting of Tanka Jahari? CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox" "Night of the Creeps" "The New Regime" Clips: "Happy Death Day" copyright by Blumhouse Productions "Impractical Jokers" theme by Udi Harpaz Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2024. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons Duane and Teresa Daiker, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez & Rachel Sprague! Join our Patreon at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop⁠ for bonus episodes and more! The Pod Squad kicks off their HHN 33 Review with a look at... well, everything but the houses! Let's rank the scare zones, get heckin' groovy at the Dead Coconut Club, encounter the bisexual agenda at the new installment of Nightmare Fuel, and see some frickin' bats at the Tribute Store! PLUS: With new iconic characters but an epic new theme park on the horizon, did HHN 33 stack up with our favorite years, or was it just a case of Budget Cuts... The Musical?! 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Vibe Check 6:12 - It's Giving Icons 12:43 - Theme Park Food: Dark Offerings? (feat. Dead Coconut Club) 18:50 - Tribute Store Drives Us Bats 23:15 - Merchandising! Merchandising! 27:05 - Scare Zone Ranking 1:06:05 - The HHN Bar 1:09:33 - Nightmare Fuel: Nocturnal Circus CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox" "Night of the Creeps" "The New Regime" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2024. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons Jen Harvey, Duane and Teresa Daiker, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez & Rachel Sprague! Join our Patreon at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop⁠ for bonus episodes and more! In Episode 55, Adam and Bella look back at Howl-O-Scream Orlando 2024 - the 4th year of this haunt! Bella's been a fan from the start, but Adam's skeptical after last year's season... has the event run its course?! PLUS: Five Minutes with The Bureau Escape Adventures, including a year-round haunted attraction! Visit The Bureau on the web and learn more: https://www.thebureauorlando.com/ CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox", "Settle the Score" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2024. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons Duane and Teresa Daiker, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop⁠ for bonus episodes and more! In this episode, Adam and Kelley give their complete thoughts on the new 2024 Halloween season of Sir Henry's Haunted Trail, including a brand new hayride experience and the scariest - and maybe even best! - trail they've ever done at the event. For more information on Sir Henry's Haunted Trail and to purchase tickets, visit them on the web at https://www.sirhenryshauntedtrail.com/ CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox", "Black Tar" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort opened to mixed reviews this past weekend; Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood announces "Late Night with Chucky" live talk show; Go behind-the-scenes of HHN's "A Quiet Place" and "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" with Theme Park Insider and Attractions Magazine; Six Flags Magic Mountain will implement a chaperone policy for Fright Fest Extreme; The Broadway Halloween parade needs a hero sponsor by September 6th or its 2024 event may be cancelled; Coffin Creek cancels their 2024 event; Dinosaur World hosts its first-ever Halloween after-hours event; The Ghost Train is returning to Tweetsie Railroad this Fall; Alton Towers announces two new Scarefest attractions - "Compound" and "Amigos in the Afterlife"; Freeform announces its "31 Nights of Halloween" lineup; American consumers are planning to spend more on Halloween candy, food, and costumes than 2023. Read the news here.

Send us a textWelcome Back Happy Platers! Today is Part II of Dining at Universal Studios with Special Guest Jon Self focusing on the Universal Epic Universe dining. Today we have a returning special guest who is going to give us some guidance when it comes to dining at Universal Studios Orlando, theme park blogger, Jon Self. Jon has been a part-time writer in the fields of dining, theme parks, and faith-based issues for over ten years.  He has written for theme park publications such as TouringPlans, The Unofficial Guides, MickeyVisit, DisneyDose, MouseDining, PiratesnAndPrincesses, and Attractions Magazine. He also has over 20 years of faith-based ministry experience as a pastor, theological instructor, and missionary.  Jon currently works as a full-time freelance writer who focuses on theme parks in the Orlando area. He is also involved in helping develop two new concepts for theme park planning resources, one of which should be out soon. So, whether you're planning your next trip or just dreaming of a voodoo doughnut and butterbeer, sit back, relax, and get ready to savor every bite of today's episode. Now Taking Reservations for the Chef's Table on our private Facebook Page called "The Happy Platers* make sure you head over to the new Facebook group and join us at the table where we can discuss in-depth our Disney Dining tales.  We are very excited to have the opportunity to interact more with our Happy Platers and hear your thoughts on all things Disney Food.  Click here to join: HAPPY PLATERSPlease visit our webpage: www.happiestplate.comInstagram: @happiestplateonearthFacebook: www.facebook.com/groups/happyplatersTwitter: @HappyPlateEarthEmail: dining@happiestplate.com

Special thanks to our patrons Jen Harvey, Duane and Teresa Daiker, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop⁠ for bonus episodes and more! In a SINIST3R new episode of Theme Park Workshop, the Pod Squad finds it SURR3AL that Halloween Horror Nights 33 is just around the corner! What are we looking forward to most? What surprises are in store in our hype lists? Will our friendship ever be the same? Will we ever find another way out?? PLUS: Brief thoughts on the 2003 family horror classic, The Cat in the Hat! Check out our haunts coverage on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/themeparkworkshop/ Check out Bella's slaytastic photos Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Tweet at us on Twitter! https://www.twitter.com/workshoptp/ CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox", "Black Tar" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Send us a Text Message.Pull up a chair Happy Platers!Today we have a returning special guest who is going to give us some guidance when it comes to dining at Universal Studios Orlando, theme park blogger, Jon Self. Jon has been a part-time writer in the fields of dining, theme parks, and faith-based issues for over ten years.  He has written for theme park publications such as TouringPlans, The Unofficial Guides, MickeyVisit, DisneyDose, MouseDining, PiratesnAndPrincesses, and Attractions Magazine. He also has over 20 years of faith-based ministry experience as a pastor, theological instructor, and missionary.  Jon currently works as a full-time freelance writer who focuses on theme parks in the Orlando area. He is also involved in helping develop two new concepts for theme park planning resources, one of which should be out soon. So, whether you're planning your next trip or just dreaming of a voodoo doughnut and butterbeer, sit back, relax, and get ready to savor every bite of today's episode. First Up - Dining at Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, City Walk and ResortsNow Taking Reservations for the Chef's Table on our private Facebook Page called "The Happy Platers* make sure you head over to the new Facebook group and join us at the table where we can discuss in-depth our Disney Dining tales.  We are very excited to have the opportunity to interact more with our Happy Platers and hear your thoughts on all things Disney Food.  Click here to join: HAPPY PLATERSPlease visit our webpage: www.happiestplate.comInstagram: @happiestplateonearthFacebook: www.facebook.com/groups/happyplatersTwitter: @HappyPlateEarthEmail: dining@happiestplate.com

Steamboat Willie has crossed into the Public Domain, and we discuss what impact (if any) this has on the theme park industry. Philip references this article from the Verge. We also highlight the five 2024 openings we're most excited about. See the full list from Attractions Magazine here.

Join hosts Seth and Carly as they discuss the top news from Attractions Magazine in 2023 on The Attractions Podcast. This week on The Attractions Podcast, Seth and Carly discuss: 10) Epcot construction drags on 2,155 days after the announcement 9) Huge progress on five roller coasters at Universal's Epic Universe 8) Tips to boost your score on WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure 7) Super Nintendo World construction update at Epic Universe theme park 6) Where can I charge my electric vehicle at Walt Disney World? 5) How do Power-Up Bands work in Super Nintendo World? 4) Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster song choices reduced from 30 to five 3) Donkey Kong roller coaster construction has begun theming work 2) New disability pass requirements at Universal theme parks 1) Imagineers seen testing Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Splash Mountain The Attractions Podcast is brought to you by MEI-Travel and Mouse Fan Travel. They provide premium service and expert advice to get the most for your vacation time and dollars. Visit them at mei-travel.com. We welcome your suggestions and want you to be a part of the discussion. Please send your comments to info@attractionsmagazine.com with the subject line “The Attractions Podcast.” Statements or opinions herein are those of the hosts and advertisers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the producers, Dream Together Media LLC, or staff.

Special thanks to our patrons Jen Harvey, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez. Join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop For more information on the event and to purchase tickets, visit the Sir Henry's Website at https://www.sirhenryshauntedtrail.com/ Tonight begins a new season of Sir Henry's Haunted Christmas, and we were invited to the sneak preview of it all at media night. Everyone knows Adam and Kelley love this event, and they've brought Bella along for her first-ever Sir Henry's experience! Does she survive the night? Does it surpass our greatest expectations? And does Yule Cat steal the show?! (The answer may not surprise you!) ALSO - Experience our full audio walkthroughs of both haunted trails, Slay Bells: Chapter II and Creatures of Christmas! CREATOR SPOTLIGHT Sir Henry's Book Trilogy on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3Z9HD78?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk Brad's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4MWq6eJ4EE_Cts0cQ5Pugw Amanda's LinkTree https://linktr.ee/missfanculture Patrick Brown Art https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/psbrown Sky Lombard's Original Queer Horror Webcomic https://idlewoodasylum.thecomicseries.com/ Check out our holidays coverage, including TINY MIC INTERVIEWS with the Sir Henry's characters, on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/themeparkworkshop/ Check out Bella's scary good photography Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Check out our TikTok coverage! https://www.tiktok.com/@themeparkworkshop Tweet at us on Twitter! https://www.twitter.com/workshoptp/ CREDITS "Detox" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons Jen Harvey, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop for bonus episodes and more! In the last part of our HHN 32 celebration, the Pod Squad looks back at (most) of all the other things we haven't talked about at the event yet. From food reviews to Nightmare Fuel, from Coconut Clubs to Twisted Playgrounds, we'll break down why we think it's worth doing the non-house, non-zone attractions while you're at the event, as well as why this season of Halloween Horror Nights was meaningful to us particularly. (Hint: Part of it has to do with you!) Check out our haunts coverage on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/themeparkworkshop/ Check out Bella's slaytastic photos Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Check out our TikTok coverage! https://www.tiktok.com/@themeparkworkshop Tweet at us on Twitter! https://www.twitter.com/workshoptp/ CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Black Tar" "Detox" "The New Regime" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons Jen Harvey, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop for bonus episodes and more! In this second part of our HHN 32 celebration, the pod squad goes through the twisted task called "choose thy rank." We made some dark deals and offerings to narrow down, and though at times we thought ranking these killer houses would be the last of us, we believed, we saw it through, and now we're ready to unmask our top 10 houses of the event. We have our ultimate run counts, just for chuckles! Whit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JediwTWO Check out our haunts coverage on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/themeparkworkshop/ Check out Bella's slaytastic photos Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Check out our TikTok coverage! https://www.tiktok.com/@themeparkworkshop Tweet at us on Twitter! https://www.twitter.com/workshoptp/ TIMECODES 00:00 - Dueling Rankings: Choose Thy 10-6 51:20 - Our Killer 5-3 1:22:30 - The Darkest Top 2 1:52:20 - Thank you, scareactors! CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox" "Night of the Creeps" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons Jen Harvey, Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop for bonus episodes and more! In the first part of our celebration of Universal Orlando's HHN 32, the pod squad looks back and ranks the scare zones this year. Together these zones told the twisted origins of this year's icon, Dr. Oddfellow, and brought forth unique terrors, killer vibes, and icons of their own. Could it be our favorite year of scare zones? (It's more likely than you think!) Check out our haunts coverage on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/themeparkworkshop/ Check out Bella's slaytastic photos Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Check out our TikTok coverage! https://www.tiktok.com/@themeparkworkshop Tweet at us on Twitter! https://www.twitter.com/workshoptp/ CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons: Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at patreon.com/themeparkworkshop for bonus episodes and more! Our favorite time of year (that's Haunt Season!) is in full swing, and we've gotta tell ya about some of our favorites so far. Adam and Kelley got to attend media night at Sir Henry's Haunted Trail for Theme Park Workshop and explore all three trails, ride the brand new Legends of Halloween Haunted Hayride, and celebrate the event's 10th season. Meanwhile, Bella was able to go to Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld Orlando as media for @Flynnridersnose and sample several of the offerings their siren song calls guests to this season. Find out why we recommend these spooky scary events! PLUS - A big thank you to you, and what vegan foods are worth the shot at Halloween Horror Nights? SHOW NOTES: Buy tickets ahead of time at www.sirhenryshauntedtrail.com. Support Give Kids the World and purchase the Sir Henry's Book Trilogy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3Z9HD78?binding=paperback&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tpbk&qid=1696572267&sr=8-1 Learn more about Howl-O-Scream Orlando: https://seaworld.com/orlando/events/howl-o-scream/ Let's Slay with Swell and Jay - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-slay-with-swell-and-jay/id1705159940 Check out our coverage of Sir Henry's on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/themeparkworkshop/ Check out Bella's coverage of Howl-O-Scream on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Check out our TikTok coverage! https://www.tiktok.com/@themeparkworkshop CREDITS Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio "Detox" "Frozen in Fear" "The New Regime" Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Apologies to M3GAN, we ran out of time. Special thanks to our patrons Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop for bonus episodes, updates and more! With Halloween Horror Nights 32 just days away, the pod squad returns for Part 2 of their HHN 32 Prepisode to talk about literally everything else Universal Orlando Resort has going on for Halloween during Horror Nights and outside it. We also discuss what's best for you: Stay & Scream or Express? in addition to more tips we've learned over the years, an overview of our most hyped specialty food and drink this year, and so much more! SHOW NOTES Halloween Horror Nights Website - https://www.universalorlando.com/hhn/en/us TIMECODES 0:00 - Intro 3:05 - Get in Your Brave Era 16:02 - People Watching in Scare Zones and Decompression Zones 19:27 - There's More to HHN Than Houses and Zones 30:03 - Is HHN a PG-13 Event? (Halloween Fuel: Revenge Dream and Rides) 37:26 - HHN Tribute Store 42:00 - HHN Interactive App 45:00 - Halloween Around the Resort 54:00 - Tickets and Express vs. Stay & Scream 1:24:00 - Pregaming FOLLOW THE SHOW Follow the Show - https://linktr.ee/themeparkworkshop Follow Kelley - https://twitter.com/killer_kells Follow Bella - https://twitter.com/bellaharveyy Follow Bella's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Follow Adam - https://twitter.com/adamj_film CREDITS Special Theme Music: “Detox” by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Also featured: "Shapeshifter" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to our patrons Landon Knoke, Jonathan Edewaard, Jordan Buster, Greg Harvey, and Joshua Gonzalez! Join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/themeparkworkshop for bonus episodes, updates and more! With Halloween Horror Nights 32 just days away, the pod squad is joined by Jonathan (HHN 365) and Christian Nixon to help you prepare for our favorite time of year. After giving some important planning tips and practicals, join us on this dark odyssey as we explain the 5 scare zones this year, why you should look forward to them, and all the things you need to know before going into the 10 houses! This is Part 1 of our HHN Prep Special - join us tomorrow for more! FOLLOW THE SHOW Follow Jonathan at HHN 365 - https://www.youtube.com/@hhn365  Follow Christian on Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/christian_nxn/ Follow Christian on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cjnixon2000 Follow the Show - https://linktr.ee/themeparkworkshop Follow Kelley - https://twitter.com/killer_kells Follow Bella - https://twitter.com/bellaharveyy Follow Bella's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/flynnridersnose/ Follow Adam - https://twitter.com/adamj_film TIMECODES 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - What to Expect at HHN 15:00 - How to Enjoy the Scare Zones 33:28 - The Legacy Original Houses 49:55 - Brand New Original Concept Houses 59:07 - The Last of Us 1:10:02 - Chucky: Ultimate Kill Count 1:18:09 - Stranger Things 4 1:33:05 - The Exorcist: Believer 1:41:12 - Universal Monsters: Unmasked 1:51:05 - Outro CREDITS Special Theme Music: “Detox” by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Additional Music: “Settle the Score” – Ghost Stories Incorporated Intro Clips: Frankenstein (1931) Attractions Magazine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoEIWTM8QQ Chucky The Invisible Man (1933) Scream (1996) Beetlejuice Hereditary It Chapter One Stranger Things The Last of Us Blumhouse Halloween Promo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp5TiSUrKM Scream (2022) Resident Evil 3 (2020) Additional audio/music by SoundsCrate.com Additional Music by the YouTube Audio Library All content © Theme Park Workshop 2023. All rights reserved.

Today, we're talking about trends in Halloween events and Haunts with Jeff Depaoli. Jeff DePaoli is a producer and entertainer living in Los Angeles. Jeff hosts the Dizney Coast to Coast podcast ( https://www.dizneycoasttocoast.com/ ) and is a writer for Attractions Magazine. We cover many events between the two of us, and this is a fun conversation recapping what we've seen so far this season. Follow along to our Hauntathon: https://linktr.ee/hauntedattractionnetwork

We look at the Numbers 5-1 attractions on Planet Coaster according to Attractions Magazine Featuring rides based on Rogue One, Bio Shock, Alien and more!

On Season 2, Episode 4 of The Terror Talks, we are going to be taking an in depth look at Horror Night Nightmare's first speculation map for Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Night 2022 Event.  But, we are not gonna be doing this by ourselves, instead we have some very special guests on our show today, Gabe and Nikki from The Theme Park Duo Podcast.  Gabe and Nikki are very familiar with the HHN Event over on the West Coast and were so kind as to agree to come on the show and give their insight to this first version of the HHN 2022 Speculation Map.  Get ready for a deep look at each speculated maze, some great conversation, and some pretty wild tangents as we break down this fan favorite event with our new friends!    All of this and more on Season 2, Episode 4 of The Terror Talks!!    Special Thanks to Horror Night Nightmares for their Speculation Map  Special Thanks For Video Clips:  Halloween Horror Nights, Sharp Productions, Inside The Magic, ThemeParkHD, Theme Park Steve, Theme Park Review, Attractions Magazine, Front Seat POV, HHN Legacy   Check Out The Theme Park Duo Today:   Website - https://themeparkduo.com/    Follow Them On Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok): @themeparkduo   Subscribe/Listen To Their Show On:  iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and iHeartRadio   Be sure to go check out our friends over at "The New Age Philosophers Podcast", "Gather By The Ghostlight", "The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast", and "Rush of Fear" for more amazing content!!   Check Out Our Social Media!   Want to get in touch with us? Feel free to send us a message to: theterrortalks@gmail.com OR you can message us on our social media or website!!   Website: theterrortalks.wixsite.com/website  Instagram: theterrortalks  Facebook: The Terror Talks  Twitter: @TheTerrorTalks  TikTok: @theterrortalks  Subscribe To Our Patreon!!   Listen To Us On Several Platforms!! Spotify, Apple Podcast, Radio Public, Castbox, Stitcher, Breaker, Google Podcasts, and Anchor!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-terror-talks/support

We bring you our first riding with horrific show featuring Planet Coaster Creations featuring the top 10 attractions according to Attractions Magazine. Part one includes rides based on Moanna, Donkey Kong, Arkham and more!

From taking risks to leading a team, there are many intricate facets to career development. Especially when it comes to positions in hospitality and customer experience, gaining new skills and broadening your impact as a manager can launch your career to new heights. Having held multiple different positions at Disney World over ten years, Caitlin Busscher knows a thing or two about how the skills learned through working at Disney can be applied to any career in any industry. So, how do you become a great leader the Disney way? How do you achieve excellence in customer experience and team culture, regardless of what company you work for? Listen in as I welcome Caitlin Busscher, former Walt Disney World Ambassador and Experience Development Manager, to have a magical discussion about what it takes to achieve excellence in customer service, hospitality, and company culture. In this episode, Caitlin and I discuss: - How Caitlin's career at Disney has shaped her as a person & Skills she's transferred from Disney to other careers. - The power of taking risks in your career and going outside of your comfort zone professionally. - Advice for pursuing a career abroad at Disney Paris, Tokyo, etc. - How to stay organized, focused, and effective when solving business problems. - Characteristics of magical managers and leaders & Why feedback is a gift. A glimpse into what it's like to be a Walt Disney World Ambassador. Be sure to stick around for the Disney Rapid Fire Questions segment! You won't want to miss Caitlin's answers! Do you wish to connect with our special guest? Visit Caitlin's website: www.caitwithoutborders.com Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/caitlinbusscher Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/caitoutdoors Read her Q&A in Attractions Magazine: https://bit.ly/3FmmaEI Read her Medium article “We Keep Moving Forward – Life After Disney”: https://bit.ly/3oGmrvB Be sure to hear every conversation about making magic in business on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google! Listening on a desktop & can't see the links? Just search for Bippity Boppity Business in your favorite podcast player.

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, MD of Rubber Cheese.Download our free ebook The Ultimate Guide to Doubling Your Visitor NumbersIf you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcastIf you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this episode.Competition ends August  27th 2021. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references:https://www.rubbercheese.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellymolsonhttps://twitter.com/TheChiefCheesehttps://www.skipthequeue.fm/https://twitter.com/Skip_the_Queuehttps://www.painshill.co.uk/https://twitter.com/PGriffiths_PHP Transcription:Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip The Queue, a podcast for people working in, or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host Kelly Molson. Each episode, I speak with industry experts from the attractions world. If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip The Queue.In today's episode, everything has been turned on its head. Paul Griffiths, Director of Painshill Park, is interviewing me about what it really takes to launch a podcast, and why we started Skip The Queue in the first place. I think I should probably be worried about the ice breaker questions.Paul Griffiths: Hello, and welcome to this latest edition of Skip The Queue. And I'm your guest presenter today, Paul Griffiths, and I'm delighted to have a very special guest for you today, Chief Cheese herself, Kelly Molson. Kelly, welcome to Skip The Queue.Kelly Molson: Thank you for welcoming me to my podcast. Paul Griffiths: All right, it's an honour. I know we've been trying to get you on the show for a long time, so it's great to finally get there. Now, we're here today to talk about how you made a podcast, and how you turned Skip The Queue into the ultimate podcast for visitor attractions. But, before we do that, of course, regular listeners will know, we have to start with our ice breaker questions. Kelly, are you ready for some ice breaker questions?Kelly Molson: No, I don't think I am, if I'm completely honest. I'm starting to feel like this is a big mistake.Paul Griffiths: No, no. Well just think, all the people you've had on, and all the questions you've asked them...Kelly Molson: I am.Paul Griffiths: I think we're going very easy on you like you do for your guests. You hope you'll not get difficult questions. Now Kelly, through the series of podcasts, I think we've all learned little bits about you from various things you've said, or say. So, I've tried to theme these questions slightly on your interests. So, I know you're a big fan of all things '80s, so particularly music. So, I want to know, and our guests want to know, what is your favourite '80s dance floor filler of all time?Kelly Molson: Oh, okay. Do you know what, so this is really weird because we were just talking about '80s music on our morning catch up with the team. Because one of my team members... So, we've got a password system that we built ourselves, and it's called Kenny Loggins.Paul Griffiths: Nice.Kelly Molson: And one of... Yeah, I know, great, right? But one of our team was like, "Who's Kenny Loggins?" I lost my mind. Okay, so I think a great '80s dance floor filler, it's got to be Wham, hasn't it? I feel like something like Club Tropicana.Paul Griffiths: Nice.Kelly Molson: Would be a good choice. But I do, on the theme of Kenny Loggins, I do love a bit of Footloose, and I also am a massive Top Gun fan. So, Highway To The Danger Zone. I mean, is there anything more '80s than that?Paul Griffiths: It's the perfect song, isn't it? The Aviator sunglasses. Funny enough you should mention Club Tropicana, my son Barney, who I think I got mentioned before on Skip The Queue, his class got the '80s as an era for world music decade. Each class got a decade. And they had to vote on what song they wanted to sing and dance to. But Club Tropicana didn't make it. Kelly Molson: Oh.Paul Griffiths: They had Club Tropicana, Madonna's Holiday, or Madness' Our House. And they went for Our House as a class vote.Kelly Molson: Oh right. I'm disappointed. It's the spirit of the '80s for me.Paul Griffiths: Absolutely. Okay, now we all know that you are a big Spurs fan, so we're going to give you an option here, you've got to pick one of these two strikers, who is going to play for Spurs forever. But the one you reject is off to play for the Arsenal forever. Kelly Molson: Oh.Paul Griffiths: So, will you take Harry Kane upfront for Spurs forever, or will you an in his prime Gary Lineker to play for Spurs forever? The other's off to The Emirates Stadium. Kelly Molson: Oh, God.Paul Griffiths: Now, I'll give you some help here, maybe. Lineker scored 80 goals in 138 games for the Spurs. Kane's, at the time of recording, 166 goals in 242 games. Obviously, a lot more games played now with European football. But, who are you going to take, and who's off to The Emirates?Kelly Molson: Oh my God. This is awful. This is a dreadful question if you're a Tottenham fan, because Gary Lineker, Gary Lineker was just, I mean, he was just an absolute hero. Oh, and I can't imagine him. No, God, this is dreadful. I'm going to have to go Lineker. Yeah, no, I'd have to, because I just feel like I couldn't live with watching him on the telly, and him having played for Arsenal. No. I'd have to go for Lineker. I know that doesn't work out in terms of how many goals, and stuff, but...Paul Griffiths: No, but that ratio [crosstalk 00:04:58].Kelly Molson: It's from my childhood. Yeah, I couldn't bear that.Paul Griffiths: Oh, you Gazza as well as a package. He comes with Gazza [inaudible 00:05:07].Kelly Molson: I wanted to marry Gazza, genuinely, when I was a kid. Gazza was like my... Yeah, I thought I was going to marry Paul Gascoigne. Maybe I had a bit of a lucky escape there, though. Paul Griffiths: I was just going say, probably better you didn't [inaudible 00:05:15]. Right, and the other thing we know you love is visitor attractions, especially as you've spent so much time on podcast talking. So, there's some either ors for you here, would you go to, Disney Park, or Merlin Park?Kelly Molson: Disney.Paul Griffiths: Museum or stately home? Kelly Molson: Stately home because I really like the grounds as well that become part of a... Like that kind of outside space too. So, stately home I think.Paul Griffiths: Good answer. National Park, or landscape garden.Kelly Molson: Oh, that would be National Park.Paul Griffiths: Fair enough.Kelly Molson: I'm going to feel like I've upset... I'm going to upset someone along the line, aren't I? But how can I not say National Parks?Paul Griffiths: And that's what ice breakers are all about, but moving on to upsetting people, of course, we have to ask you, what is your unpopular opinion?Kelly Molson: Right, well I thought about this, and I've got many. I've got one about Lorraine Kelly, but I don't know if I'm prepared to take the backlash for that one yet, so, I might save that for another day. So, I'm going to go... Oh, I've got so many, I'm going to go with afternoon tea is rubbish, absolute rubbish. I don't understand why, when you get to a certain age as a woman, every... I don't know, all of your mates are like, "Hey, let's go out for afternoon tea." Like, "Really?" I'd rather go to the pub. Kelly Molson: And, I don't understand what meal afternoon tea actually is, because you always have it at about 3.00 o'clock. So, do you have lunch before you go, because I'd be hungry by 3.00. So do you have lunch, and then you have tea? And then dinner? So you're having an extra meal. And then you never get enough sandwiches. Too much sweet stuff, not enough sandwiches. And you have it with tea. I just don't get it. It's just not for me.Paul Griffiths: That's a really well thought out answer, Kelly, there. And I have to say, I'm with you on a lot of those points, although, as someone who's selling afternoon teas from this afternoon on, I'm a great fan of course. But ours do come with Prosecco, so maybe that's an added bonus.Kelly Molson: Yeah, I mean... Yeah, if it is a Prosecco based one, it elevates it slightly for me, but I still just... I don't understand the big hoo-ha about an afternoon tea. And I just... The idea of it is actually better than the reality I think. Paul Griffiths: I think that's going to be an unpopular opinion that splits a few of our listeners, but I think it's a good answer, and well thought out.Kelly Molson: Thank you.Paul Griffiths: It's okay. Thanks for coming to the show.Kelly Molson: You're very welcome.Paul Griffiths: No, it's great to have you. You know that we're all great fans of Skip The Queue, and I think we'll talk about it later, you've got an amazing, almost family, of listeners who almost become a little group that talk regularly together, et cetera. And it has been a lifeline for many over the last year, with resource, and with so much great content that's helped so many of us through lockdown, re-opening, sharing... I mean, the amount of times I've been in the car chortling at peoples' experiences because of the laughter of recognition because I've been there myself. Paul Griffiths: Now I think we want to know a little about how you set up the podcast, and I thought it would be really useful to start with because, over the podcast, we've learned a lot about you as well. But I thought it would great if you told us a bit about how you became chief cheese, and how you set up Rubber Cheese, why you got the name. I know you did tell us on another podcast, but people might not have listened to our American friends. So, just chat a bit about the background before we go into podcasting.Kelly Molson: Gosh. So, Rubber Cheese has been around for 18 years now, which is... It is the longest job that I've ever had in my entire life. I met my co-founder, Paul, when we were working at an internet company. So it was like... It was the first foray into people being able to build their own e-commerce stores. You know you've got Shopify now, where you can go on and load your own store. So, about 20 years ago, there was a version of that called iShop which is still around now. And Paul and I met working there. And I think there was just something. We just always wanted to do something for ourselves. So I think I worked there for a couple of years, got a bit of a taste for web stuff. I was a graphic designer previously to that. I used to design branding, and brochures, and marketing materials, all kinds of stuff, and packaging as well.Kelly Molson: And so, yeah, we were 24, and 25, and we just thought, "Hey, let's leave our jobs, and go and set up an agency, right? What could be difficult about that?" Paul Griffiths: What could go wrong?Kelly Molson: What could go wrong? And lots went wrong. But no, actually, it was great. It was... Look we didn't really have a huge amount of ties at that point, so it was like, "Let's just give this a go, and see what happens after a year." And about two months in, we won a really big contract with Tescos, via a friend of mine who I had recently reconnected with on Friends Reunited, which is really ageing me. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, we are ageing ourselves there, for both doing that one, yeah.Kelly Molson: Massively. And just... It started there really, so we won this big contract with Tescos, it was a two-year contract, it put us in a really great position of then being able to go, "Okay, well great, our rent's paid." And we could then start to look at clients that we were working with, and just grew quite organically. It was just the two of us for five years. And then we took on our first full-time employee, who... She came in as a designer. So she took my design role, and then that was at the point where I became Chief Cheese. So I then had to stop learning about design, so to speak, and start learning a lot about spreadsheets, and pipelines, and sales forecasts, and all the stuff that was really hugely complicated to my creative brain. Kelly Molson: And it's just gone from strength to strength really. So we've been really, incredibly lucky. I mean, there's seven of us. We're not a huge, huge agency, but we work with global brands, and I just think we've been so incredibly fortunate over the years to work with some amazing clients. Kelly Molson: And the last six, seven years, a lot of them have been within the tourism attractions sector, which is where we end up today.Paul Griffiths: What about the name, how did you come up with Rubber Cheese, because it is fabulous?Kelly Molson: Thank you. I really want to tell you that there's an amazing story behind it, but it's so dull. So Paul and I were, again, this is nearly 20 years ago, we were teaching ourselves to use Flash animation, which was all the rage back then. And we needed a website where we could upload stuff, and test it out, and see if it was working. And Paul was like, "Oh, we'll buy a domain. Rubber Cheese, that'll do." So we just bought this domain, and then when we left the company, we said, "Well, we'll take that domain with us, we'll buy it, and take it with us." Kelly Molson: And that was it. There was no... It was just, "Okay, well great, we've got this ridiculous name, that will draw some attention, won't it?" So, I'd love to say from a branding perspective, you should really think about your name, and what that means. But we didn't do any of that whatsoever. It just became this odd name. But it was quite... It was quite funny because when we'd start to go networking events, or even just a bank to pay in a cheque, how retro is that? You'd get asked, "What is Rubber Cheese?" And you'd end up having these great conversations with people about what it was. Sometimes I'd go to a networking event and people would go, "We've been waiting for you to turn up, because we really wanted to know what Rubber Cheese is." And it was like, "Oh, this works in a way." Because people want to talk to you and find out a little bit more. I think we did... We might have thought about changing the name at one point, but it's there to stay.Paul Griffiths: Perfect. And then now, she's been chief cheese, what more could you want?Kelly Molson: Exactly.Paul Griffiths: So, from Rubber Cheese, and obviously you've said, in the last six, seven years you've been focusing... Well, not focusing, but doing a lot of visitor attractions, talk a little bit about how you set up Skip The Queue, and what made you do that and why, if you're working in a number of sectors, you thought actually tourism, we'll focus on visitor attractions.Kelly Molson: So we have worked in lots of different sectors over the years. We've been really lucky. But what happened is, we started working so... I mentioned a global client earlier, we've been working with Pernod Ricard for, probably about 10 years, in various forms. And probably, it must have been about five or six years ago, that we started talking to them about the Plymouth Gin Distillery Visitors' Center, a fabulous place. And we were contracted to build a platform for them, which was a ticket booking platform. And what was really great about that project is, it was our first foray into understanding the visitor experience, and the experience economy, and a tourist attraction, and a visitor attraction, and what challenges they had. And it was the best project. Everybody loved working on this project. And it was such a good learning experience for us, and so that worked really well for them. Kelly Molson: They then rolled it out to the Beefeater Distillery, and then we've been working it again with four of the Whiskey Distilleries up in Scotland as well. And so, over those three years, four years that we've worked with them, we've just built up this huge amount of knowledge about what they were doing, and their challenges, and how we could make things work better for them, which then led to winning other projects in that sector. So, it was fabulous that we worked with Eureka, The National Children's Museum, who are just wonderful. If you haven't been there, please go. Find a child to take so that you can go. It's definitely, it's worth it, you know.Paul Griffiths: Brilliant. One of your podcasts with you a few episodes ago and listen to a chat about the new Eureka, that's really inspiring. I think everyone then was like, "I want to go, I want to go." Kelly Molson: Oh definitely. Yeah. And the new centre is going to be incredible, I cannot wait for next year when that opens.Paul Griffiths: We'll go with our Crocs and socks on. Kelly Molson: Oh, Michelle. Michelle. No Crocs and socks. Please don't do that. So yeah. It came from there really, and I think what was interesting is that all of the team are very much... We're all people that spend our money on doing things, rather than buying stuff if that makes sense. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, it does.Kelly Molson: We want to spend our money on things that make memories, so we love to travel, Lee and I, we travel a lot. We like to go to different places, we like to... Even like Christmas presents, we don't really buy each other stuff, we'll go, "Okay, well, why don't we go to the theatre, or why don't we go and..." That's what we would rather do with the money that we have. And we just spoke to the team, and said, "Look, we've never done this before, but we'd really like to focus all of our attention on one sector, what do you think?" And everyone was up for it. Everyone was behind it. And that's really where the idea came from because although we'd been working in that sector, we didn't know enough, it wasn't broad enough for us. So the podcast was a way for us to learn more from people. Paul Griffiths: Mm-hmm (affirmative).Kelly Molson: And so that's how we came up with the idea of starting it.Paul Griffiths: I should have said earlier actually, I must say thank you to a number of regular listeners who have emailed in or LinkedIn or Twitter with questions. And lots of these, I hope I'm covering in the next bit of the show. And a number of questions that people have sent in. And a lot of people are interested, Kelly, to know how you initially set this up from a brainwave of, "Let's do a podcast." To recording and turning Skip The Queue into what it is. But how did you start up in that sense?Kelly Molson: So, I guess there are quite a few facets to it really because you have to think about why you're doing it in the first place. So that for me is the first starting point. It's like, "Why are you doing it?" So, what are your objectives with the podcast, and ours was really... It was initially about education. We wanted to understand about the sector, understand about people's individual challenges, what the sector was going through. Good things, bad things. Kelly Molson: We wanted to meet people in the sector, so again, we wanted to expand our network. We really wanted to create a platform where we celebrated the people that worked in attractions as well, because we thought that was really important. There's a lot of things that happen behind the scenes in attractions that you don't realise when you visit them. And even the people that you're talking to front of house, you don't realise the kind of pressures that they're under, or you're sometimes not aware of the service that they're delivering you. So it was like, "Well, why don't we celebrate that?" And then, ultimately, it was a way of raising our profile in the sector as well. Kelly Molson: So from a marketing perspective, a podcast is a really great thing to have, because it can position you right in the centre of that industry that you want to be part of. So that was a big part of it. And then, we had to look at how we were going to do this. And what skills did we have internally to be able to set up a podcast? And so, I think Paul and I were like, "Okay, well we can host." I do a lot of public speaking for the agency anyway, so I was quite comfortable talking, although a podcast is very different from standing up in front of hundreds of people at an event. It's... In some ways, it's more uncomfortable, but I'll tell you why it started off being a bit more uncomfortable. And then you have to think about what format your podcast is going to be. Kelly Molson: So, is it going to be you just delivering your knowledge, or are you going to try and get guests in? What are those topics going to be? What are you going to talk about? How are you going to find the guests that you want to come on? Are they going to say, "Yes?" Is anyone going to say, "Yes," they want to come on this podcast, I don't know. What kind of content is there going to be? And then you have to really think about where your audience is because anyone can set up a podcast but not everyone is going to find it, and listen to it. So you have to think about, "Is there an element of community building that you need to do around this podcast as well?" Where you promote it, and how you get that out to the right people. And then, once you've done all of that, you have to think about, "Okay, well, who's going to edit this podcast? How are we going to actually make it a thing?" I can sit and record something. Kelly Molson: None of us internally had any podcast editing skills, and we made the decision really early, that nobody was going to learn that. It was going to be too much of a time drain for us. So we were going to outsource that element, so we work with Steve Folland, who is super. We knew Steve, he works and is based locally to where our office is. But he works on some really awesome podcasts. And he actually has his own podcast, Doing It For The Kids. He's got a really great podcast for the freelance community as well. And then it's down to, where are you going to host the podcast, you need some kind of platform to host it on? What are you going to record it on? And how are you going to promote it? So, we talked about building a community. If you're going to promote a podcast, you need things like graphics created. Are you going to have our podcast transcribed? That was really important to us. Kelly Molson: We wanted to make the podcast as accessible as possible to everyone, so not everyone can listen to a podcast. So we make sure that it's transcribed, so you need to have that done so that people can read the podcast if they want to. So there is a huge amount of things to decide on before you go, "Right, let's do it."Paul Griffiths: It's interesting. Lots of the points you've touched on, I'd like to delve into a bit more in detail, if we can, over the next few questions. A lot of people... One of the things that came up a lot when we put a plea out for questions, and what people want to know was costs. Because you just described things that people aren't doing free of charge. And I wondered if you could give an idea of what it costs to do an episode, or what it costs to set up, or whatever figures you're happy to give. It's just, I think a lot of people would be interested to know what sort of budgets they would need if they're looking to set up a podcast.Kelly Molson: Yeah, totally. So, I've thought about this in quite great detail. So because we knew initially we were not going to edit, we didn't have to buy any editing equipment. So I'm really sorry I can't answer any questions about that because genuinely, the best thing that we ever did was hire Steve to do the editing. He's a specialist. He makes everything sound brilliant. He even makes me sound funny sometimes. But what we did purchase were things like a really good microphone. So this is my microphone. A blue yeti microphone. Which was about £120, £150, somewhere around that. But that's a really great investment. It was a bit of trial and error actually, we bought other microphones that weren't that great, and ended up going back, but this has been the best one that we've bought. You need good headphones. These are average headphones. My good headphones I actually left at the office, and I haven't been back there for a while. So a good pair of headphones, noise cancelling ones are normally quite good. I don't know, 30, 40 quid for a pair like that. You could go higher if you want, but something around that price bracket would be fine. Editing an episode is an interesting one. You can hear my little dog barking in the background. Steve will edit her out.Paul Griffiths: Oh really?Kelly Molson: He'll work his magic somehow. You probably won't be able to hear her. But that for us is worth the weight in gold. So...Paul Griffiths: Desperate to be on the show, isn't she?Kelly Molson: She's such a drama queen. She's just... She craves attention. I mean, I wonder where she gets that from?Paul Griffiths: Ooh.Kelly Molson: But then you need to think about your site hosting. So we host our podcast on a platform called Simple Cast. That's about £15 per month. We record through Zoom. And Steve curses me for recording through Zoom because the sound quality is not great. We used to record through a platform called Zencaster, which again, is a cloud-based platform. It's about £15 a month. Now, the reason we stopped recording through Zencaster is, it became a bit complex for the guests, and sometimes some of the guests didn't really understand what they need to do, even if I'd sent instructions. People are really busy. They don't always read the things that they need to before they come on, which is understandable. Zoom, everyone was really comfortable using, because they were using it every day for all of their meetings. So it just became easier for us to do Zoom. So we've got a pro Zoom account. But obviously, we use that for other things as well, so I don't really tie that into podcast costs. But then you need to think about who's going to create your promotion graphics for this. We're lucky, we've got in-house designers. Kelly Molson: We've got an amazing VA who supports me hugely with our podcasts. So we've got templates set up, she will then create all of the podcast graphics from the templates that we've already got in place, but that is potentially a cost that someone needs to think about.Paul Griffiths: Mm-hmm (affirmative).Kelly Molson: Then I said we get it transcribed, each episode. It's roughly about $40 to get it transcribed. So there are lots of little things that you don't think about, that you need to think about in advance. We also run a competition. So there is a cost to that in the fact that you have to purchase the books that people recommend, sometimes they recommend two or three when I ask for one. And then that puts my budget up. And then the postage for that, and things like that. So I think we worked it out that the podcast probably costs about five, to six grand a year.Paul Griffiths: Oh. Kelly Molson: Which isn't a huge amount if you've got... It depends on what your marketing budget is, but it also then depends on what the returns, or what your expected returns are for that podcast, and for that amount.Paul Griffiths: Yeah. Kelly Molson: So you have to work out... And that takes you back to why are you doing this in the first place? And is this a worthwhile investment for you?Paul Griffiths: I think that that would be one of my later questions actually. Thank you for that Kelly, that's really honest, and I think that's really useful for people. Because I think that's one of the things that a lot of people, me included, probably felt that you go on Zoom, you record speaking to someone, bang, it's up live. But actually, there's so much more work behind it which is just quite frightening.Paul Griffiths: You obviously manage to attract brilliant guests, and I think they get better and better all the time, but how did you go about... Well, firstly can you tell us about how you got the initial guest, because you had no podcast, you were starting up. You had to invite 10 people on, and you had some fabulous people in those early days, real industry leaders coming on the show. And then, how do you now go about getting guests and picking topics, and thinking about what people might want to hear about?Kelly Molson: Yeah, so it was really difficult to get guests when we first started because you haven't got anything to show them. You've no proof of concept, you're just getting in touch with people and saying, "Hey, we've started this podcast, it's about this subject, we'd really love you to come on and talk to us, how do you feel about it?" And we would get emails back from people, and they'd be like, "Well, can you send us an episode? What is it? How many listeners have you got? How long..." We were like, "Well, zero listeners at this moment in time. Hey, we're listening." So, it was quite tricky. We lucked out a little bit, I'm not going to lie. So we had the CEO of Paradise Wildlife Park come on. Which, for us, was quite a big coup, because they're quite local to where we are, but the luck that we had is, one of our team members was actually related to her. So we had a little bit of an ins there already.Kelly Molson: And then I think some of the others we, again, it was just... We maybe just got them at the right time. They had something that they wanted to talk about, that they were quite keen to get out in the world. And then, actually, it was a case of, I stalked people a little bit. So, I went to the visitor attractions conference at the end of 2018, or no, it was in 2019. So, I'd been stalking people that had spoken at the attractions conference previously, and saying, "Oh, I really loved your talk, it was really interesting, I wondered if you could come on and talk about the same thing on our podcast?" And that's how I got a few of the early, of the second series people, come on. Kelly Molson: So Jules Ozbek, who I think is fantastic, I heard her speak at the Visitor Attractions Conference at the end of 2019, and then I... I basically just stalked her a little bit on LinkedIn and asked her really kindly if she would come on the podcast, which she agreed to. And also Abigail Olive, as well, who was awesome, from Castle Howard. Her story about... She shared the love story.Paul Griffiths: Yes.Kelly Molson: You must go back and listen to this episode because it's a brilliant story. But it was about how they... There's a wonderful love story that had happened that then brought them all of these incredible Chinese tourists to the place. And she was fabulous. And I think once people hear the calibre of guests that you can get, it sort of spirals a little bit from then.Kelly Molson: But those first ones were... It was really, really tough. And I just think you've just got to keep ploughing on, and asking people. People will say no, but don't be offended by that. Some of the people that have said no, would probably say yes now if I went back because I can showcase what we've done, and who's been on.Paul Griffiths: And so, how about now Kelly, do you have a long waiting list of guests lined up, you plan your series, don't you? So, are you finding it easier to get guests now, how do you go about it now, now you're that you're already onto this podcast?Kelly Molson: So, I still stalk people, if I'm honest. So, what I think, what's great is that the guests we've had on... There is something really lovely about the attractions sector, in that, there is a community there already.Paul Griffiths: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Yeah.Kelly Molson: And what is wonderful is that we've had guests on, that I've then been able to say, "Who do you think that we should have on? Who do you think has got a really interesting story?" And I can remember doing this with Carly Straughan, and Johnny Lyle as well, both of them. I had really good chats with them after their episodes. And said, "Could you recommend some people that you think that would be really great for us?" And they're so well connected, and they know everybody in the industry, and they were like, "Yeah." And they sent me lists of people. They were like, "You need to speak to this person, this person would be great." And so, that's how it spiralled. But because they knew them, obviously those guests come on, and then they knew more people and more people. So, that's one of the best ways, is like saying to your guests, "Who do you think should come on and talk about this? Because you know the industry better than we do right now." Kelly Molson: And then I do stalk people. I go on to Twitter, and like I said, there is quite an active attractions community on Twitter.Kelly Molson: And I see who people are talking to, or I see Blooloop is a fantastic resource, Attractions Magazine is another great resource. I see stories that come up in there, and I think, "Wow, that would make a great podcast episode, let's talk to them." So I've got my eye on the Black County Living Museum at the moment. So, I'm doing a little bit of stalking at the moment, because I'd love them to come on and talk about their Tik Tok fame.Kelly Molson: And so, stuff like that happens where you see what's going on, and you think, "Great, they would be awesome. And then you just reach out to them." But you do... I do get people to email us. Not very often actually, but occasionally people email us and say, "I think this person would make a great guest on the podcast, or we've got this thing that we'd love to talk about." I have to be really conscious that there are sometimes will contact that... I don't want the podcast ever to be salesy.Paul Griffiths: Right yeah.Kelly Molson: For me, it is an education piece, and it's really important that it stays an education piece, so I'll try to get that balance right between the kind of people that do come on, and what they're talking about and those topics. So, sometimes people will say, "I've got this thing that I've launched, and I want to come and talk about." And I don't know that that's a good fit for the audience at that point. So...Paul Griffiths: Fab. And what about the promotion of a podcast, from the early days of getting it known, I guess was word of mouth. And now, how do you promote it? How do you keep gaining more listeners, and how have you got your success?Kelly Molson: Well, it's lovely that you think it's successful. It is interesting because I think that success is really subjective. So, again, it goes back to your objectives, and what you are trying to achieve from it. Because our top one was always about education, we weren't that focused on what the numbers were. So, people are, "Oh, how many downloads do you get?" It's not really that relevant to us because that's not what we were... We weren't aiming to be number one in the podcast charts. So, the way that we've promoted it is by understanding where the community is. So, where do the people that would be our listeners hang out, and it's mostly Twitter. Kelly Molson: It's a very active community on Twitter, so that's really where we do most of our promotion. So we've got a Twitter account, specifically for Skip The Queue. We will post out on there when the new episodes are coming, and we'll make graphics and snippets, and we'll do as much as we can to promote the guest.Kelly Molson: It's actually probably more about promoting the guest than it is about promoting the podcast if that makes sense? So we really try to highlight those people and raise them up. And what's great is that so many people then help us spread the word. So, the best people to share, and promote the podcasts, are the guests that come on. And we've been really lucky that we've had great guests that have wanted to do that. We've had other great guests that have come on, and that's it. They've come on, they've done the podcast, they've shared their knowledge, we don't hear from them again. They're not, they haven't shared any of the Tweets, or any of the posts. And that's fine. If that's not their bag. But then, you do get a huge proportion of people that really want to. They're really proud of the fact that they've been on. They want to share what they've done with other people. And that's really where you see the numbers start to grow, and the interaction happen. We've got some really incredible loyal fan base.Kelly Molson: You are one of them Paul. You're always super generous with sharing what you think about the podcast, or what you've learned from it. And Mark Ellis does as well, from the National Arboretum. And that's how you spread the word. There are other things that you can do, which we haven't done as actively as we could. But things like going on other people's podcasts is a really good way of promoting your own podcast.Paul Griffiths: Right.Kelly Molson: And I was very kindly invited on the Attraction Pros podcast, which is our... It's the US equivalent. Josh and Matt who run that are fabulous. And honestly, all of our listeners should subscribe to that if you're not already because they get some really interesting guests on there, and they ask great questions as well. So that was a really lovely opportunity for us to cross-promote. And Matt and Josh have both been back on our podcast as well. So hopefully, that's helped and crossed the big pond. Kelly Molson: Sometimes it is also about getting a big name to come on the podcast too. And that drives up your listeners because they... So I reached out, oh God, I was so nervous about doing this. So I asked the ex VP of Disney if he would come on the podcast. And I was terrified. I sent this email on LinkedIn thinking, "He's never going to reply to me." And honestly, five minutes later he emailed back, and was like, "Yeah, I'll come on." "Oh God, now I've got to actually interview him." I was so nervous. But that was incredible, the value that that gave to the podcast, and how it was able to position it. After that, no one said no to coming on the podcast since that point so...Paul Griffiths: Lee Cockerell and you really are hard-hitting, aren't you? And of course, I think from his perspective, I guess because he's got a brilliant weekly podcast. Dan's got a brilliant weekly podcast. So they are, as you said, going on other people's podcast as a guest is a great way. And you said, was a brilliant episode of you on Attractions Pro, as was then, Matt and Josh came on yours. You talk about not worrying about the stats. Is there a little bit of you Kelly, that thinks it's like Top of The Pops, back in the old days, and you're wanting to see where you are on that list, and seeing how many people are listening, I know I would?Kelly Molson: I don't check it very frequently. I'll be completely honest.Paul Griffiths: Really.Kelly Molson: No, I don't check it very frequently. I started to do a top three on Twitter. Like the top three downloaded episodes, because I thought that would be interesting for listeners to know. But I did check it before we recorded this because I knew you were going to ask, so the most downloaded episode at the moment is The Making Of Harry Potter.Paul Griffiths: Oh yeah. It was a-Kelly Molson: With Geoff Spooner So, that was a great episode. And that, at the moment is on about 270 downloads. So, that's like 270 individual brand new downloads. And at the minute I think we're just about to hit 6,000 downloads in total. I don't really even know what that means though. So, again, I'm just not that bothered about it. It is a niche podcast. It's not for everybody.Paul Griffiths: No.Kelly Molson: And it was never made to be for everybody as well. So, I just think, for me, the numbers don't really matter that much.Paul Griffiths: Good answer. Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it? And I suppose for you it's a quality, not quantity because you're getting some people who are in that business, and going back to your original objectives, might well want to work with a digital agency, and you guys are therefore on the tips of everyone's tongues I guess, which is achieving your objective.Kelly Molson: Hopefully, yes. If it's achieving one of the objectives, that would be wonderful.Paul Griffiths: Yeah. Absolutely. The next question was all about the tech side, and I think you've already talked about a lot of things like the equipment you need, but also... So, when you're planning your episodes, so your guest has agreed to come on. You've contacted them, and stalked them through various social medias, they know they're being followed, and it's like, "Better say yes, otherwise Kelly is never going to leave me alone." Tell me a bit about what you do after that to prepare your guests, or to plan the episode. Kelly Molson: So, a lot of the time I will have invited that guest on for a specific reason. So, there will have been something that I've seen, that they've been talking about, that I'll think, "That would be really great to understand a bit more about that, and I think our listeners would like that as well." So, that's normally how it starts. Sometimes we have a pre podcast chat, so it might just be a five or 10-minute chat about what we're going to talk about. Sometimes it might just be, I'll email over and say, "Look, I heard you speak about this topic, I think it would be great to come on to the podcast, how do you fancy it?" If they say yes, then I work out a few pre questions. So, I don't like it to be super structured, I mean, obviously, there is a structure to the podcast. Kelly Molson: You all know that there's ice breaker questions coming. You know that I'm going to ask for an unpopular opinion. But the rest of the podcast is... I try to structure it in a way where there's three or four key questions that I really want to understand, but the rest of it is quite conversational, so it can go off on a bit of a tangent, and sometimes that's a bit more relaxed for the guest. But also, some guests, they like to know what we're going to be talking about, and what they're going to be asked. So, by giving them three or four questions that structure the topic of that conversation, it makes them feel a bit more at ease because they know what to expect. So that's what I do. I just... And then there'll be other times where I just think, "This person's really great, and they would make a really great guest. I think they'd be a great guest." But I might not have seen anything that I think they've been showcasing, or they've been talking about. Kelly Molson: So then we'll have a chat and say, "What could you share with the listeners?" What would you think would be relevant for them right now? Have you been through anything recently that's been a learning curve for you? Have you had any challenges that you're happy to come on and talk about?" Or, "Is something really exciting just about to happen that you think our listeners would be really interested in understanding more about why that's happened?" So it's a bit of a mixture.Paul Griffiths: Brilliant. So, I'm sure some of our listeners today have been listening in because they are thinking about starting a podcast, or they've... And I think it's been really great, Kelly, you've been so honest. Because I think it isn't an easy process it seems. There's a lot of work involved in it. I think it's great that people know that. But if people were thinking of starting a podcast, what are your key tips, or advice you'd give them?Kelly Molson: So I think that it's going back to what we talked about initially, so it's, "Why are you doing this in the first place? What are your objectives for starting a podcast?" And they're going to be very different, depending on what you do as an organisation, whether you're a supplier to the industry, whether you are the National Football Museum, for example, came on. And they talked a lot about why they started their podcast. Paul Griffiths: Yes of course.Kelly Molson: And a lot of that was to facilitate the fact that they weren't open, they'd got all of these fantastic artefacts, shirts, all of those things that they could talk about, and have conversations about. And they've got a lot of content already that they knew that they could do something with. So the podcast seemed like a natural way of getting that out to the public when they couldn't visit the centre. So, go right back, and think about what it is that you want to achieve by setting up this podcast. Kelly Molson: And that might education, it might be getting something out to the world that you've got to share. It might be... It genuinely might just be, you're an agency and you want to position yourselves in a certain sector. There's other agencies that we know have podcasts who work in the tech sector, for instance. So they focus on having tech guests, and those kinds of conversations. And then you really need to think about where your audience is, because I don't think it's enough to just have a podcast. You really want to be building some kind of community around that podcast. Or it's just output all the time. There's no engagement. There's no... It doesn't go to a deeper level. We've had so many incredible guests on there now. And a lot of those guests have turned into people that I can just call on about stuff. Or I can email and say, "How about this?" Or, "Oh, I saw this thing that I think that you'd really love. Here you go"Kelly Molson: And I like that. I think that there's a real positive energy to that. So, really think about what your objectives are? Who your audience is? Where they are? What do they want? What does your audience want to listen to? What is going to be relevant to them right now? We launched Skip The Queue in the middle of 2019, which was very different to the middle of 2020. And so, when we brought it back in 2020, for us, it was all about, "Okay, maybe COVID situation has given us a little bit of an opportunity here, because our audience is going to be, probably, far more engaged this year than they would last year. They've got a lot of time on their hands, sadly, with venues being closed and people on furlough. What would help them right now? What would be useful to them right now?"Kelly Molson: And so, we pitched it as, "Let's get people on that can share their experiences of how this has impacted them, what they're doing to plan for re-opening. What things are they thinking about past COVID? How has this changed what their marketing plans might look like? How has this changed their digital strategy, and what that might look like?" Kelly Molson: So, really, really think about what's relevant to the audience that you're trying to get in front of, at that time. Yeah, I think they're my top tips.Paul Griffiths: You've mentioned objectives quite a bit, Kelly, which is fascinating during this. And do you feel, when you sit back or look back at why you started it out, you've ticked those objectives? I mean, it sounds like you have, but do you feel that you have?Kelly Molson: Yeah, I do. And I feel really proud of what we've achieved actually. I think that I've always been quite honest and said that I think that actually, the podcast was the thing that got me through last year, because although we work in the sector, we were very fortunate to be relatively busy last year as a digital agency, because of the situation, and people having to pivot, and make those changes. But it was still really, really tough, and for me, being able to speak to someone new and really interesting every week, or every couple of weeks, that could come on the podcast, was just a bit of lifesaver really. It really helped me. But yeah. In terms of the objectives, has it ticked all the boxes? I mean, absolutely. I mean, what we know now about the sector, and what we know about the people in it, and the network that we have in it, is phenomenal. I couldn't have asked for more from it. Kelly Molson: And it has really brought some really interesting things. So, for example, I talked about going on the Attractions Pro's podcast. Because of our podcast, we've been asked to go on to other people's podcast. And that's helped promote our services. And our services, and what we do isn't really what we talk about on the podcast that much. So, that's been really nice. We've been asked to speak at webinars. We were always going to exhibit at the Visitor Attractions conference last year, which we did. But I think the fact that we had the podcast helped me then get a speaker slot at that as well, because they could hear that I was, maybe not a bumbling idiot. Kelly Molson: I don't know? So, maybe that bolstered my chance of getting a speaker slot. And we've been asked to contribute to publications, we, like I said, we've got an amazing network, we've built up all of these fantastic connections and community. But actually, it has brought leads as well. It has brought us leads and things into the business, where people have said, "Well, I was looking for an agency and found you, but then I heard the podcast as well." And so it reinforces your understanding of the sector, which I think makes people feel more trustworthy towards you. And more confident that you know... You'll understand what's important to them in their challenges.Paul Griffiths: Yeah. No, I think it's really done that. And moving forward, obviously, the last year has been successful, as we've said earlier, some amazing guests. What do you see... How do you take it forward? How do you take Skip The Queue forward, is it more of the same, or do you branch off into different things? Or what do you do next?Kelly Molson: That's a really good question. So, there's lots of things that I've been thinking about doing. We are going to have a little bit of a Summer break.Paul Griffiths: Yeah.Kelly Molson: And we're going to come back in October. So, just because we've been doing this continuously for a whole year now. And it wasn't what I expected. I always thought we'd do... I thought we'd make it very seasonal. So we'd do eight or 10 episodes, and then have a break, and then do more. But I loved it so much last year, and genuinely it was keeping my spirits up, I said to Paul, "I'm just going to carry on. I'm just going to keep going through." But it is definitely time for a little bit of a rest while all you guys open up this Summer, and go crazy with all the visitors that are going to come. I might just put my feet up for a little while.Kelly Molson: I definitely want to do some panel events. There's some things that Hannah and I, Hannah Monteverde from BeWILDerwood, spoke about. About women in the sector, which I think would be really interesting. Paul Griffiths: Yeah.Kelly Molson: And I'd like to get more... I'd like to do more panel events in terms of hot topics in the sector as well. And so, have three or four panellists that come on and talk about things. I really would like to do an event. I would love to do some kind of Skip The Queue event. I don't know what that would be, whether it would be like a little mini-conference or a live podcast event. I think live podcast... Steve would probably go insane listening to this, and go, "No, don't do it." But I think I would really like to do something where we get everybody together because it has really felt like a bit of a community effort where people have got behind us.Paul Griffiths: Yeah.Kelly Molson: And it would be really nice to put something on when we've got everyone together when we're able to do. So, I've got something like that ticking around in my head. Definitely more of the same as well. If that's what everyone wants to hear. But I take this opportunity to ask, what would our listeners want? If you're happy with the way it's going, great. We'll do more of that. If there are extra things that you'd love us to do, or you think would be really interesting, then email me at kelly@rubbercheese.com. Don't be shy.Paul Griffiths: Brilliant. Kelly, thank you so much for sharing everything with us today, but more importantly, thank you for everything you've done in the last year. These podcasts have been a lifeline for so many of us. We've all loved listening, and you've built up this family of regular listeners who comment all the time. And I know people look forward to it, and can't wait to download and listen. And you see that now, how quickly are responding to your episodes, and we've commented on it. But I know, from what you've told us today, you've really got into just how much work it is. So, on behalf of everyone, all the listeners, thank you so much.Paul Griffiths: But we can't finish, of course, without a book recommendation, and I hope you've got several. So you have to drive your marketing budget through the roof, so, Kelly, I want to know a book that you would recommend, and our listeners can get by re-Tweeting this episode, and saying, "I want Kelly's book." On Twitter. So, what is your book recommendation? Kelly Molson: So, this is the book that I have probably recommended the most throughout my career. And I read it about a year into having set up Rubber Cheese, well maybe about six to eight months into setting up Rubber Cheese, because somebody said to me, "Oh you need to get out, and you need to start networking." And I was like, "What the hell is that then? I don't know. What is networking? What do you do?" And they said, "Oh you go to meetings, and you meet loads of interesting people, and you just talk to them." And I was like, "All right." I was 25. I was like, "Okay, that sounds weird, but I'll do it." But somebody recommended Dale Carnegie's How To Win Friends And Influence People.Paul Griffiths: Really?Kelly Molson: And it is a really old book, but it is genuinely the book that I credit with changing my whole perspective about how to listen to people. About how to have really good conversations. And ultimately, it is the book that I've given out the most to people. So, I think a really lovely girl that I know, I was mentoring her for a little while a couple of years ago, and that was the first book that I sent her. And said, "Have a read of this, I think you'll really enjoy it." And it's just the one book that I've sent out religiously to people. I've made Lee read when he started his photography business. Because I just think there's something about it that just makes you really understand that it is about the other person, more than it is about you.Paul Griffiths: Mm-hmm (affirmative).Kelly Molson: And I think when you're younger, you maybe... Well, me personally, when I was younger, maybe didn't really understand that fully, about how to listen to people, and understand what was important to them, and letting them speak. So, that would be my recommendation.Paul Griffiths: Well, thank you. And as I said, if you want that book, re-Tweet this episode link, and put, "I want Kelly's book." And Kelly will send you a copy if you're the winner. Kelly Molson: I will.Paul Griffiths: If you're the one lucky winner, I should say. She won't send them out to everyone, because Kelly's budget doesn't stretch that far. Well, Kelly, thank you so much for coming on Skip The Queue, it's been so insightful, so brilliant. And thank you for coming on.Kelly Molson: Oh, you're welcome. I really enjoyed this Paul. So thank you for being a fabulous interviewer today.Paul Griffiths: You're very kind. Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip The Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five-star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions, that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes, and transcriptions from this episode, and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast.

On part 1 of our tenth episode, we discuss the Dizzy Disk ride located in the Country Fair section of the park. Links to content mentioned on the showHere's Carly Caramanna's trip report from Attractions Magazine where she discusses the Dollywood Flower and Food Festival: https://attractionsmagazine.com/trip-report-dollywood-blooms-flower-food-festival-2021/This is a video from Zamperla's Youtube channel of the Dizzy Disk's "big brother," the Disk'O Coaster: https://youtu.be/zhMjUERQ228

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In this episode Tom and Joanna welcome back to the podcast, Kris and Dave from Adventures by D, where Tom discusses his March 2021 Las Vegas trip. Before that though, they briefly discussed some news and an Attractions Magazine article ranking the most popular rides at WDW according to state. ***********************Adventures by D links************************* YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCba7vu3nCRiAfObI_Df-3aw Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adventures_by_d Twitter - https://twitter.com/adventuresbyd Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/adventuresbyd ************************************************************************* If you enjoy this episode, please give a “positive” review on iTunes, it would be greatly appreciated. New Vacationeers Tee: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G18TV2J Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VacationeerTom Twitter: https://twitter.com/vacationeertom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vacationeerspodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VacationeersPodcast Contact the show at vacationeerspodcast@gmail.com.

We are so excited about all the attractions coming to Florida parks this year and we want to make sure you know what to expect. We've partnered with Matt Roseboom from attractions magazine to dive deep on all the thrilling experiences set to open in 2021. Then stayed tuned after the interview where the DIP Crew pitches some ideas for theme park upgrades of their own. What is a Hybrid rollercoaster? Is Disney's next restaurant in outer space? Can drones deliver you cocktails? Has anyone actually seen the Good Dinosaur? Find out all this and more on this weeks episode of Just a Podcast in Paradise. Check out our instagram at https://www.instagram.com/just.take.a.dip/ for some reviews of the places we virtually visit in tonight's episode!If you want to support the show and get the recipes from every episode head over to PatreonIf you have any Florida travel questions for us, or to enter this weeks trivia challenge, hit us up https://twitter.com/thedipcrew on Twitter or email me at steph@justadayinparadise.com

Join hosts Seth and Matt as they bring you news and discussion about all things theme parks, as well as their thoughts on the latest movies, television, and video games on The Attractions Podcast. This week on The Attractions Podcast, Matt fills in for Brittani as he Seth discuss their respective New Year's Eves, things they're looking forward to in the theme park world for 2021, the top theme park news stories of 2020 from Attractions Magazine, and four positive stories that came out of such a stressful, difficult year. We welcome your suggestions and want you to be a part of the discussion. Please send your comments to info@attractionsmagazine.com with the subject line “The Attractions Podcast.” Statements or opinions herein are those of the hosts and advertisers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the producers, Dream Together Media LLC, or staff.

Hey Goofy Friends!   We are back with another news episode. There is a lot to talk about from Disney Cruise Line to a Florida woman making the news. We have a lot of fun in the episode, and even channel Max Headroom (if you know who that is). I should also warn you, there is a little adult language in this episode. Of course it was me that made the gaff, not Julie. Oh well...   Here is the link to Attractions Magazine about the Equity performers at Disney World: https://attractionsmagazine.com/disney-world-equity-actors-want-go-back-work-despite-union/   We hope you are doing well during this unusual time. We know that social distancing is hard for a lot of people (including us). Check-in on your friends and loved sons, and take care of each other! And if you can, spread a little pixie dust.   Be sure to go to www.thegoofyguy.com and sign up for the Goofy Guy Newsletter to make sure you stay up to date on everything that is happening at the site.   If you want to contact me, you can email me at jim@thegoofyguy.com   You can also find me at all the locations below: twitter - www.twitter.com/thegoofyguyblog Facebook - www.facebook.com/thegoofyguy Instagram - www.instagram.com/thegoofyguyblog Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/thegoofyguy   And you can find Julie at www.cftravelco.com   Enjoy the episode! Jim The Goofy Guy  

Join hosts Brittani and Banks as they bring you news and discussion about all things theme parks, as well as their thoughts on the latest movies, television, and video games on The Attractions Podcast. This week on The Attractions Podcast, Brittani and Banks discuss the reopening of Magic Kingdom and Disney's Animal Kingdom to guests, how character encounters have changed at Walt Disney World's theme parks, the reopening of the Downtown Disney District at Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World resumes ticket sales and resort bookings for 2020, a virtual queue update for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney's Hollywood Studios, the latest updates on the Jurassic Park "Velocicoaster" at Universal's Islands of Adventure, and Banks' top 10 moments from working at Attractions Magazine over the past 10 years. We welcome your suggestions and want you to be a part of the discussion. Please send your comments to info@attractionsmagazine.com with the subject line "The Attractions Podcast." Statements or opinions herein are those of the hosts and advertisers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the producers, Dream Together Media LLC, or staff.

Episode 7: Today we welcome's Seth Kubersky, writer for Orlando Weekly, Attractions Magazine and Co-author for "the Unofficial Guide" theme park guide series. We have an in depth conversation about how Universal Orlando is handling Covid 19 and operating the park. We also sample terrible rums. Two rambling idiots stumble through today's events, booze, theme parks, movies, nerd life and general inappropriateness. With backgrounds in entertainment and theme park design, Greg and Garrick will be sure you know exactly where they stand.

On today's THE RALPH REPORT : A very odd theme song on TV TUNES TUESDAY! A discussion about a new TOP TEN MOVIE list that almost ends in MURDER! And, Is it safe to go back to the newly re-opening theme parks? We ask our expert, Banks Lee, from Attractions Magazine! SUBSCRIBE: www.patreon.com/theralphreport

On today's THE RALPH REPORT : What's going on in SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND? We ask Banks Lee from Attractions Magazine! Ralph tells you what your dreams mean! And, a 50 year conflict will finally be settled once and for all ... DING DONG vs RING DING! Two cakes enter. ONE CAKE LEAVES! SUBSCRIBE: www.patreon.com/theralphreport

On this episode of the podcast, we chat with Brittani Tuttle, Managing Editor with Attractions Magazine! We chat Star Wars, Animal Crossing, theme parks and more!Be sure to follow Brittani on Twitter @brittanituttleFOLLOW ThrillGeek on our social media channels:LIKE us on Facebook - Facebook.com/thrillgeekFOLLOW us on Twitter - Twitter.com/thrillgeekSUBSCRIBE to our YouTube: YouTube.com/thrillgeekFOLLOW our Twitch channel: Twitch.tv/thrillgeekFOLLOW us on Instagram: Instagram.com/thrillgeek

A few weeks ago on Theme Park Pulse we hosted a discussion on Super Nintendo World at Universal Orlando’s new Epic Universe. During that conversation, the rumored land dedicated to Universal’s Classic Monsters came up and as of February 3rd...it is no longer a rumor. Universal's Classic Monsters are coming to Universal's new Epic Universe! Banks Lee from Attractions Magazine, and Alicia Stella from Orlando Park Stop join Sean to exhume the details on Theme Park Pulse! - Join our Patreon for $5 a month or more for an exclusive series debuting next week! - This episode was written and hosted by Christopher "Kory" Beale. Chat segment written, hosted and produced by Sean R. Reid.  

Super Nintendo World is headed to Florida and California - so we’re going to the experts. Sean talks with Alicia Stella from OrlandoParkStop.com, and Banks Lee from Attractions Magazine this week on Theme Park Pulse! GUESTS: Banks Lee's first appearance on Theme Park Pulse was on a show called "Kicked Off A Ride For Being Too Fat!" You can listen to that by clicking here. You can find Alicia Stella's incredible work at OrlandoParkStop.com! - Support Theme Park Pulse, and Unpacked with a financial gift of $5 a month for cool bonus content and unlimited good karma! Check us out on Patreon! - Get cool non-spammy emails from us: http://eepurl.com/gi_Ghj  Voicemail: (213) 935-0513 Everything else is at ThemeParkPulse.com - LINKS/SOURCES: Undercover Tourist -Episode Producer/Host/Editor: Kory Talk Segment Producer/Host: Sean R. Reid Music & sound effects licensed through Epidemic Sound, design by Kory. Recorded in Atlanta, GA, Orlando, FL and Oakland, CA.

We challenged our panel to compile a list of Disney World's 10 best rides. Orlando Sentinel theme park reporters Gabrielle Russon and Dewayne Bevil, with Attractions Magazine publisher Matt Roseboom, discuss their favorite rides. Listen to find out where Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance landed and what iconic ride was omitted. The ground rules (1:15) No. 10 – Animatronics vs. real life (2:13) No. 9 – Family-friendly thrills (5:15) No. 8 – The gloves come off (7:38) No. 7 – Old-school favs (10:19) No. 6 – Politically correct vs. not so much (12:23) No. 5 – A mixed bag (15:45) No. 4 – Sentimental attachment (19:16) No. 3 – Three-way tie (22:09) No. 2 – A disagreement (23:20) No. 1 – The best Disney ride is … (24:55) Worst rides (28:27) Last chance to make adjustments (31:26)

Disney+ será la mayor competencia de Netflix en el mercado del video por streaming. Tenemos una idea de lo que Disney+ puede ofrecer, debido a que la corporación cuenta con las producciones de NatGeo, Pixar, Marvel , entre otras.El portal Attractions Magazine hizo una investigación a todo el material que Disney+ lanzará el 12 de noviembre en Estados Unidos. Según explica el medio, la lista fue obtenida a partir de la versión gratuita que Disney+ ya puso a disposición a los usuarios de Holanda.Cabe precisar que la lista contiene todas las producciones que Disney+ tiene a modo de catálogo. No se están considerando las series exclusivas como The Mandalorian y Lady and the Tramp.Lista de películas disponibles en Disney+:- Avengers- Avengers: Age of Ultron- Avengers: Infinity War- Iron Man- Iron Man 2- Iron Man 3- Guardians of the Galaxy- Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2- Black Panther- Captain America: The Winter Soldier- Captain America: The First Avenger- Captain America: Civil War- Thor- Thor: The Dark World- Thor: Rangnarok- Ant-Man- Ant-Man and the Wasp- Doctor StrangePelículas en 4K UHD y HDR:- Star Wars: The Last Jedi- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story- Avengers: Infinity War- Black Panther- Captain America: The Winter Solider- Captain America: Civil War- Captain America: The First Avenger- Avengers: Age of Ultron- Free Solo- Aladdin- Ralph Breaks The Internet- Mary Poppins Returns- A Wrinkle in Time- Christopher Robin- The Prince Diaries- The Prince Diaries 2- The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsSeries disponibles:- X-Men (1992)- Spider-Man (1994)- Spider-Woman (1979)- Spider-Man (1981)- Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends (1982)- Iron Man (1994)- Fantastic Four (1994)- Incredible Hulk (1996)- Silver Surfer (1998)- Spider-Man Unlimited (1999)

In this episode, I catch up on all of the big theme park news releases and announcements from March and April! Attractions Magazine visited Disney Imagineering and it was a fantastic read. Universal is stepping their game up with amazing drone tech. I’ve provided links to the big announcements below. Enjoy. This episode originally aired April 28th, 2019. Links Game of Thrones Studio Tour?!? Attractions Magazine visits Disney Imagineering (MUST READ) Universal’s Fantastic Worlds Layout Details via Theme Park Stop Latest on the Halloween Horror Nights Houses  Disney’s Oogie Boogie Bash Halloween Party WATCH THIS drone tech at Universal’s Hogwarts Castle show NOW (Skip to :40)

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 talk Jaws: The Ride! This attraction has had a long and tumultuous history at Universal Orlando Resort. Although it had many issues, it is fondly remembered as one of the best attractions at Universal Studios Florida. Learn how the ride was built, then completely scrapped and redesigned for a later opening! You do not want to miss this history episode! STAY TUNED FOR THE SURPRISE AT THE END! Before we get attacked by a great white shark, we talk Theme Park News. First up, the Theme Park Bulletin! We have new information regarding the re-imagining of Jurassic Park: The Ride to Jurassic World: The Ride. We also discuss Knott's Summer Nights at Knott's Berry Farm. Then we go into some Haunting Headlines! Both pieces of news revolve around Halloween Horror Nights. Here in Hollywood, they recently announced the return of Holidayz In Hell, but as a full fledged maze. In Orlando, they announced their very first original maze, Nightingales: Blood Pit! INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH: JawsRide.Net, TheStudioTour.com, WanderWisdom.com, ThemeParkTourist, and Attractions Magazine.  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 ranting and raving. Make sure you head over to ExpeditionRoasters.com and use code DUO15 to get 15% OFF your purchases of Expedition Roaster coffee! Brew Your Happy Place! Episode Sponsor Website: ExpeditionRoasters.com Follow us on Social Media: @themeparkduo Follow UUOP: www.uuopodcast.com Check out our Shirts: Teepublic.com/themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

Kory and Adam take a nostalgic look back at the heyday, and demise of Pleasure Island! Featuring a look back at Kory's 2010 Attractions Magazine article, and insight from former Executive VP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort, Lee Cockerell. BONUS: Notable Arrests at Walt Disney World + more with Lee Cockerell   --- For all of the other things (support, merch, bios, past episodes) head to UnpackedPodcast.com Voicemail: (213) 935-0513 Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Unpacked is a production of No Midnight Media.

On today's show we celebrate NATIONAL BOBBLEHEAD DAY! Plus: Phone calls from the Garmy! The Golden Globe winners! The latest theme park news with Banks Lee from Attractions Magazine! And, less than two minutes of gloating about the Philadelphia Eagles victory! (Promise!) SUBSCRIBE: www.patreon.com/theralphreport

Walt Disney was part of an American generation, sometimes called the Greatest Generation, who put a LOT of value in patriotism. This week...we’ll take a look at the attractions Walt’s patriotism would inspire on Unpacked. Special thanks to Matt Roseboom from Attractions Magazine for allowing us to use their video of President Obama's Hall of Presidents recording session. This episode was written by Adam Vargyas, recorded and produced by Kory on Monday, October 22, 2018 exclusively for the No Midnight Podcast Channel. --- This episode is brought to you by Theme Park Alchemy's new fragrance Butter Brew. A magical fragrance indeed. Available in candles and wax melts at ThemeParkAlchemy.com. Use the promo code NOMIDNIGHT to save 15%! --- For all of the other things (support, merch, bios, past episodes) head to UnpackedPodcast.com Voicemail:(213) 935-0513

The Fandom Files is (kinda) live from Disney World! At the opening of Toy Story Land at Hollywood Studios, we're joined by Imagineer Ryan Wineinger, one of the park expansion's creative directors. He gives us the inside scoop about designing the park in tandem with Pixar. Plus, we talk with Matt Roseboom and Banks Lee of Attractions Magazine, who give us a lay of the theme park land this summer and explain what it's like to live in Orlando. All this and more in this episode of The Fandom Files! Follow us on Twitter: @FandomFilesSYFY!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Expansion Drive Podcast, Mike and Didi are joined by guests Natalie Olynick and Ava Twomey from the Attractions Magazine vlog, "As Dreamers Do", to discuss all the nerdy news of the week, including: • Fortnite to Nintendo Switch • Pokemon Switch news • Solo Underperforming • Star Wars: Galactic Nights And in the Topic of the Show, Mike and Didi discuss their E3 predictions for each of the big conferences starting this weekend.   Each week, hosts Mike and Didi bring you news and discussion about everything fun, including theme parks, video games, television, movies, music and more.     Follow us on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expansiondrive     We welcome your suggestions and want you to be a part of the discussion as well. Please send your comments to info@attractionsmagazine or connect with the show on Twitter @AttractionsEXP.     Statements or opinions herein are those of the hosts and advertisers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the producers, Dream Together Media LLC, or staff.

This week on Expansion Drive Podcast, Mike and Didi are joined by guests Victoria Fox and owner of Attractions Magazine, Matt Roseboom, to discuss all the nerdy news of the week, including: • James Mangold Helming Boba Fett Movie • Solo disappoints at the Box Office • Roseanne Cancelled • New Fallout Game And in the Topic of the Show, everyone discusses their Top 5 attractions at WDW that they would like to see go away, and also their Top 5 they want to see stay forever.   Each week, hosts Mike and Didi bring you news and discussion about everything fun, including theme parks, video games, television, movies, music and more.     Follow us on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/expansiondrive     We welcome your suggestions and want you to be a part of the discussion as well. Please send your comments to info@attractionsmagazine or connect with the show on Twitter @AttractionsEXP.     Statements or opinions herein are those of the hosts and advertisers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the producers, Dream Together Media LLC, or staff.

An article in the Huffington Post has brought some attention to an issue that has long plagued larger people who enjoy theme parks. Those seats are just not made for big people. What is the answer? Do theme parks need to start making their ride vehicles safer for larger people? Or do people just plain need to lose weight? It’s a complex issue and tonight, we’ll hear some very personal, real stories about this very thing. Read The Run Sheet , watch the live taping, support the show or pick up some merchon at NoMidnightPodcast.com. Our Guests: Banks Lee, Attractions Magazine. Lisa Young, a friend of the show.  

In today's show, I talk with Banks Lee who is the host of the Attractions Magazine show on YouTube. We talk about Hollywood studios and all the changes coming to the park. Be sure to follow Banks Lee on all the social accounts: Twitter: @BanksLee YouTube: @attractionsmagazine Be sure to answer this week's question below. Thank you so much for listening to the podcast, be sure to leave a review and subscribe so you never miss any future episodes. This helps so much! Want to support the Podcast? The best way is by simply sharing it with others! I've made a Facebook and Twitter link to make is super easy for you to do.

Joe, Nick, and Lane are joined by Banks Lee of Attractions Magazine the Show to do a quick news run down before discussing Bank's visit to Pandora - The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Yes there are two Price is Right jokes in the episode.

Welcome back to the Neverland Podcast! Shanghai Disneyland is now open for visitors and Dory is swimming back in theaters. This is a big week for Disney happenings, and not all of them good. Be we here in Neverland like our happy thoughts, so we'll focus on the positive as we visit the Neverland Trailer Park to take a look at the upcoming Disney film, Pete's Dragon. We get to see quite a bit more of Eliot, but questions still remain about this remake. There is a new Star Wars themed fireworks spectacular going on in WDW's Disney Hollywood Studios, and I have some audio for you of the show that I know you're going to love. I'm borrowing it from Attractions Magazine! This past week we lost Janet Waldo, best known as Judy Jetson and to us Disney nerds, Grandma from The Carousel of Progress. I invited Tim Nydell from Saturday Morning Rewind and Jason from DAF Radio to join me in honoring her work. Grab your pixie and let's fly to Neverland! Be sure to visit iTunes to purchase your copy of The Jungle Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - John Debney and of course Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - John Williams Please also pick up your copy of Journey to the Stars - Tom Ameen Katie Leigh's (Sunny Gummi, Honker from Darkwing Duck new audio book with Will Ryan (Willie the Giant, Pete-Mickey's Christmas Carol, Rabbit-Welcome to Pooh Corner) Adventures in Oddity. Be sure to purchase some great music from Yehaa Bob Jackson! Bob Jackson's Sunset Sky on iTunes Bob Jackson's Original Compositions on iTunes Bob Jackson's The Saddest Poem on iTunes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme - Single - The Ninja Turtles Help Neverlander @biggyirk with his new and improved Pinocchio LEGO Marionette! LEGO Ideas! Please rate and review The Neverland Podcast! iTunes Stitcher Blubrry Twitter Facebook Facebook Group Email Us! Leave a Voicemail (816) 226-6492 Visit our shop! http://neverlandpodcast.spreadshirt.com/ Become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/neverlandpodcast We are part of the We Be Geeks Network!

Our third episode, we are joined by special guest Banks Lee from Attractions Magazine. We discuss Diagon Alley, Transformers Fan Experience, WaterWorld, and more!

Joe, Mike, and Nick are joined by special guest of Banks Lee from Attractions Magazine! Today we discuss wraslin', Mexican food (again), FastPass Plus for APs, Meet and Greets, Maleificent and Disney's mentality for adding new attractions, Holy Land Experience, the Harry Potter Celebration, and then close out with your questions!

Join Jennifer and Sara as they discuss this week's Disney news, announce listener celebrations and a new contest winner, and chat with Matt Roseboom from Attractions Magazine about what is now and exciting in the Orlando area.

Join Jennifer and Sara as they discuss this week's news and Jennifer's recent trip to Walt Disney World, plus chat with Matt Roseboom about what's new in Orlando including the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!