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It was one of the biggest weeks in the amusement industry in years, and Mike and EB have a ton to cover. First up: D23 - Disney's biannual fan convention, which featured Neil Patrick Harris hosting a full award-show-style presentation packed with 33 announcements about the future of Disney Parks and Experiences. The guys break down the highlights, including a Carousel of Progress refurbishment featuring new voices from Bryan Cranston and Jamie Lee Curtis, a Coco-themed attraction (the IP's first ever), a Magic Kingdom Villains Land finally getting its official name, and Dream Finder and Figment returning to Journey Into Imagination at Epcot. But the biggest surprise of the night: Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom will see the return of The Yeti. (HE'S HUGE! HE'S HUGE!) Then it's Quick Hits, where Mike and EB dig into the opening of NightFlight Expedition at Dollywood and the genuinely mixed early reactions — much of it, they argue, coming from riders misunderstanding the ride's intentionally storybook visual style. Plus a live call-in from the base of Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point, giving listeners a real taste of the launch in action. The back half is a can't-miss exclusive: Silver Dollar City's Director of Content and PR, Joey Thorsen, joins the show fresh off the announcement of Miner's Mountain Express, walking through a full POV narration of the ride, introducing its brand-new skunk and bat mascots, discussing the final year of the beloved Thunderation before it closes in January, breaking down how the new Daredevil Pass connects two previously separated areas of the park, and telling the wild true story of how the ride's real 15-story mining head frame ties back to America's 250th anniversary.

For years, in theme park circles, the name Tony Clark has been typically associated with Cedar Point. However, Tony has also taken over the PR efforts for another park in the Six Flags family - Six Flags Over Texas, meaning he got to lead media day efforts for Tormenta: Rampaging Run. This week, Tony joins Andrew and Shane on the podcast, not just to talk Tormenta, but all things theme park PR, his background in the industry, the Halloween season, and so much more. It's a fun conversation, and there's even a soundboard involved. It was a great dive into how industry professionals create memorable experiences and the stories behind iconic rides. You can connect with the show by hitting us up on social media @Coaster101: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram. We also have a website, if you're into that sort of thing: www.coaster101.comAlso, be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss an episode! And please give us a rating and review wherever you listen, it helps new listeners find us!Find the latest and greatest Coaster101 and theme park-inspired merch at coaster101.com/merchThanks to JM Entertainment for providing our theme song. For more on them, check out jmentgrp.com

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Halloween season is taking over the theme park industry — and apparently everybody wants some of Universal's IP money.On Episode 275 of the Vacationeers Theme Parks & More Podcast, Tom and Jon look at the growing battle over licensed Halloween properties as Six Flags, United Parks and Universal roll out some big-name horror franchises.Six Flags is bringing Jason Voorhees to select parks with JASON: Blood Reign, while Cedar Point and Kings Dominion are opening a portal to Blizzard's Diablo franchise.United Parks is making one of its biggest moves yet into licensed Halloween IP, bringing I Know What You Did Last Summer to SeaWorld parks and Anaconda to Busch Gardens Tampa and Williamsburg. We go through the latest Howl-O-Scream houses and scare zones, along with some interesting comments from United Parks management about why IP could become increasingly important to the event.Over at Universal, Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness is coming to Halloween Horror Nights — and now Ozzy is getting his own themed HHN bar as well. We also discuss the latest HHN updates, Universal Orlando's 2026 holiday plans and Universal Nights tickets going on sale.Then we compare the latest quarterly results from Six Flags, United Parks and Disney Experiences. Disney had the strongest quarter of the three, while United Parks continues to see guests spend more money inside its parks even as attendance struggles.Disney is also using an internal J.A.R.V.I.S. AI system with Imagineers, and we look at what has already been revealed at D23 ahead of the big Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase.Before the news, it's time for The Queue!Tom talks about a recent SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica visit where he and Elena:Picked up their free Pass Member basting brushes.Hit Waterway Grill Bar's happy hour for a $5 beer and $9 cocktail.Tried the Jalapeño Cheese Warm Pretzel and Bougee Bratwurst at Red, White & BBQ — spending just 20 cents on each after using SeaWorld Bucks.Discovered Aquatica's Happy Hour promotion has ended.Ordered “single” scoops of ice cream that somehow turned into three scoops each…and then became free when the register went down.Used Beach Bucks and Pass Member discounts to grab kids meals and beers at Waterstone Grill for final out-of-pocket totals of just $2.67 and $2.71.Tom also talks about getting to Busch Gardens Tampa for Kumba's final weekend, arriving for 8 a.m. early entry and getting three final rides on the legendary coaster.And naturally, since every theme park company is licensing an IP for Halloween now, Tom has an announcement of his own:The IP-licensed Pitch Perfect condo Halloween event is apparently coming soon.

Between Midsummer Scream and earnings week, this issue is dense. Disney, Six Flags, and United Parks dropped earnings, and the news is positive overall for our industry. Universal has a strong reputation, but Six Flags now operates the most haunted mazes in the world: 107, added to parks that already have infrastructure and passholders. HHN Hollywood is leaning into independent films where they have more leeway, with an original Slash score, the event's first-ever singing villain, and a twisted children's storybook Terror Tram scored by Ice Nine Kills.In this issue:- Q2 Theme Park Earnings and What They Tell Us About the Consumer- Six Flags Plans 107 Haunted Houses for Halloween 2026- Slash Scored HHN Hollywood's Killceañera House- Art the Clown Takes Over the Terror Tram With "Every Day Is Artmas"- HHN Hollywood Adds Hidden Character From Curry Barker's "Obsession"- The LA Haunted Hayride Adds an '80s Rock Maze and Brings Back Elvira- Queen Mary's Dark Harbor Will Murder One of Its 13 Icons Live- Midsummer Scream Moves to Anaheim for 2027- Spirit Halloween's Owner Is Buying Hot Topic- A Real Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Opens at American Dream in 2027- Diablo Mazes Land at Cedar Point and Kings Dominion- Six Flags Magic Mountain's Fright Fest Adds Final Destinationhttps://mailchi.mp/hauntedattractionnetwork.com/quality-vs-quantity-universal-and-six-flags-split-halloween

Sorg and Dave Podnar are back for another AwesomeCast packed with Pittsburgh tech, gaming, streaming, photography, AI, retro media, and a surprisingly practical app for finding a bathroom when you really need one. The episode starts locally with Dave highlighting Stormfreak, a Pittsburgh-area weather enthusiast who has built a following on Reddit by offering practical, level-headed forecasts without the sensationalism that often accompanies severe weather coverage. That leads into a bigger conversation about how Reddit, YouTube, and independent creators increasingly fill information gaps once occupied by traditional specialty television. Sorg then takes a trip back to the video-store era with Binge Buster, a web experience that lets users browse movies available on their existing streaming subscriptions in an interface inspired by wandering through the shelves of a physical rental store. Gaming takes over a large part of the conversation, including EA going private in a massive Saudi-backed deal, Netflix getting an extended GTA 6 preview, Atari showing signs of financial improvement, the possibility of accessing Xbox and PC Game Pass titles on Linux and Mac through the XODUS project, new content for the original Quake, and Sorg's experience comparing Xbox cloud gaming with NVIDIA GeForce NOW. Then things get weird in the best possible way: Diablo is heading to amusement-park Halloween events, while a permanent Freddy Fazbear's Pizza experience complete with animatronics is planned for American Dream. Dave also shares his latest experience with Adobe Project Indigo, including computational photography, AI photo critiques, and the increasingly blurry line between traditional editing and generative AI. The episode wraps with two ideas that bring physical experiences back into a digital world: Pittsburgh's Lost Lizard renting VHS, DVD, and even Betamax tapes, and Nature Calls Run, an upcoming crowdsourced app designed to help runners, cyclists, travelers, and people with medical needs locate bathrooms, water, and other resources. Stories, Gadgets & Topics Discussed 300–600mm iPhone zoom lens — Dave points listeners toward iPhonography Podcast co-host Greg McMillan's detailed look at an enormous telephoto solution for iPhone photography. Stormfreak and Pittsburgh weather on Reddit — Dave highlights the local forecaster's calm, practical approach to Pittsburgh weather and the community that has formed around his posts. They discuss how independent online weather coverage can sometimes be more useful than national television coverage when people need highly local information. The changing role of specialty media — Sorg and Dave compare today's creator-driven information sources with the original promise of channels like The Weather Channel, Discovery, TLC, and Food Network. Binge Buster — Sorg tries a streaming discovery site that recreates some of the experience of browsing a video store. Users select the streaming services they already subscribe to and browse movies through virtual box art, descriptions, genres, trailers, staff picks, and more. https://bingebuster.net/ Awesome Person of the Week: Lewis Latimer — Dave profiles the inventor, draftsman, engineer, and patent expert whose work intersected with both Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent and the development of more durable electric-light filaments. Slice on Broadway pizza sauce — Dave discovers jars of Slice on Broadway's original pizza sauce while shopping at Labriola's Italian Market. EA goes private — Chachi's Video Game Minute covers EA completing its reported $55 billion sale to a Saudi-backed buyer and what private ownership might mean for the future of EA's games and monetization. Netflix and GTA 6 — Netflix is set to feature an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, prompting discussion about whether GTA really needs any additional publicity. Atari's financial comeback — Atari reports its strongest annual revenue in roughly a decade, giving Sorg and Dave an opportunity to talk about the strange history of the Atari name, its changing ownership, and the collection of gaming properties associated with it over the years. Xbox games potentially coming to Linux and Mac through XODUS — Sorg discusses an open-source reverse-engineering project designed to make compatible Xbox and PC titles accessible beyond Windows, including the possibility of accessing portions of a user's existing Microsoft gaming library. Xbox backward compatibility — The conversation touches on original Xbox and Xbox 360 games potentially becoming increasingly accessible through Microsoft's PC ecosystem. New Quake content decades later — Quake continues receiving new content around its 30th anniversary, giving players another reason to revisit the classic first-person shooter. NVIDIA GeForce NOW vs. Xbox cloud gaming — Sorg compares his experience streaming games like Doom: The Dark Ages and Forza Horizon, finding GeForce NOW's higher-end hardware particularly impressive for demanding, fast-moving games. Do you still need a gaming PC? — Cloud gaming raises a bigger question: if a service already supports hundreds of games in your library and provides continuously upgraded hardware, does spending thousands on a dedicated gaming PC still make sense? Diablo invades Cedar Point and Six Flags — Blizzard's Diablo becomes part of the Halloween amusement-park experience, leading to a conversation about licensed haunted attractions and the changing amusement-park industry. Cedar Fair/Six Flags consolidation and disappearing amusement parks — Dave looks back at the history of older amusement parks, including Pittsburgh-area memories of White Swan Park and the larger trend of parks disappearing as land was redeveloped. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza becomes real — A permanent Freddy Fazbear's Pizza experience featuring animatronic stage shows is planned for American Dream in 2027. Naturally, Sorg and Dave wonder whether anybody involved has actually learned the lesson of Five Nights at Freddy's. American Dream as the modern destination mall — The conversation expands into how malls are evolving from shopping centers into entertainment destinations with theme parks, water parks, skiing, restaurants, attractions, wrestling events, and other experiences. Adobe Project Indigo — Dave continues experimenting with Adobe's computational photography app, particularly challenging lighting situations and shooting directly toward a sunset. AI-powered photography reviews — Project Indigo can analyze a photo and provide feedback, giving photographers another way to evaluate composition and possible improvements. When an AI edit becomes a different photograph — Dave demonstrates an AI edit that substantially changes clouds and the sky, prompting an important conversation about the difference between enhancing a photograph and generating new visual information. AI quietly becoming another editing tool — Sorg shares his experience using AI to quickly create client graphics and discusses how generative tools increasingly feel less like a separate novelty and more like another part of a production workflow. Lost Lizard brings video rentals back to Pittsburgh — A Lawrenceville business is renting VHS tapes, DVDs, Betamax tapes, and even retro video games. The concept triggers plenty of nostalgia for independent video stores and their wonderfully strange horror collections. Physical media versus digital ownership — Reports of purchased digital movies disappearing from user libraries lead to a larger discussion about what consumers actually own when they "buy" a digital movie. Movies Anywhere and fragmented digital libraries — Sorg discusses the usefulness of synchronizing eligible purchases across services while acknowledging that licensing can still make digital ownership complicated. Maybe it's time to buy DVDs again — The uncertainty of digital licenses gives physical media another unexpected advantage: nobody can remotely remove a disc from your shelf. Nature Calls Run — An upcoming Pittsburgh-created app will crowdsource public restrooms, water sources, and other useful resources for runners, cyclists, travelers, parents, and anyone suddenly asking the most important question of the day: "Where can I go?" https://naturecallsapp.com/ Restroom access as an accessibility and medical issue — The app also plans to educate users about restroom-access laws affecting people with conditions including Crohn's disease and IBS. GCXC running events — Dave also discusses upcoming Pittsburgh-area races and the community surrounding GCXC events. https://gcxc.com/events-pa Support AwesomeCast: https://www.patreon.com/awesomecast

Sorg and Dave Podnar are back for another AwesomeCast packed with Pittsburgh tech, gaming, streaming, photography, AI, retro media, and a surprisingly practical app for finding a bathroom when you really need one. The episode starts locally with Dave highlighting Stormfreak, a Pittsburgh-area weather enthusiast who has built a following on Reddit by offering practical, level-headed forecasts without the sensationalism that often accompanies severe weather coverage. That leads into a bigger conversation about how Reddit, YouTube, and independent creators increasingly fill information gaps once occupied by traditional specialty television. Sorg then takes a trip back to the video-store era with Binge Buster, a web experience that lets users browse movies available on their existing streaming subscriptions in an interface inspired by wandering through the shelves of a physical rental store. Gaming takes over a large part of the conversation, including EA going private in a massive Saudi-backed deal, Netflix getting an extended GTA 6 preview, Atari showing signs of financial improvement, the possibility of accessing Xbox and PC Game Pass titles on Linux and Mac through the XODUS project, new content for the original Quake, and Sorg's experience comparing Xbox cloud gaming with NVIDIA GeForce NOW. Then things get weird in the best possible way: Diablo is heading to amusement-park Halloween events, while a permanent Freddy Fazbear's Pizza experience complete with animatronics is planned for American Dream. Dave also shares his latest experience with Adobe Project Indigo, including computational photography, AI photo critiques, and the increasingly blurry line between traditional editing and generative AI. The episode wraps with two ideas that bring physical experiences back into a digital world: Pittsburgh's Lost Lizard renting VHS, DVD, and even Betamax tapes, and Nature Calls Run, an upcoming crowdsourced app designed to help runners, cyclists, travelers, and people with medical needs locate bathrooms, water, and other resources. Stories, Gadgets & Topics Discussed 300–600mm iPhone zoom lens — Dave points listeners toward iPhonography Podcast co-host Greg McMillan's detailed look at an enormous telephoto solution for iPhone photography. Stormfreak and Pittsburgh weather on Reddit — Dave highlights the local forecaster's calm, practical approach to Pittsburgh weather and the community that has formed around his posts. They discuss how independent online weather coverage can sometimes be more useful than national television coverage when people need highly local information. The changing role of specialty media — Sorg and Dave compare today's creator-driven information sources with the original promise of channels like The Weather Channel, Discovery, TLC, and Food Network. Binge Buster — Sorg tries a streaming discovery site that recreates some of the experience of browsing a video store. Users select the streaming services they already subscribe to and browse movies through virtual box art, descriptions, genres, trailers, staff picks, and more. https://bingebuster.net/ Awesome Person of the Week: Lewis Latimer — Dave profiles the inventor, draftsman, engineer, and patent expert whose work intersected with both Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent and the development of more durable electric-light filaments. Slice on Broadway pizza sauce — Dave discovers jars of Slice on Broadway's original pizza sauce while shopping at Labriola's Italian Market. EA goes private — Chachi's Video Game Minute covers EA completing its reported $55 billion sale to a Saudi-backed buyer and what private ownership might mean for the future of EA's games and monetization. Netflix and GTA 6 — Netflix is set to feature an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, prompting discussion about whether GTA really needs any additional publicity. Atari's financial comeback — Atari reports its strongest annual revenue in roughly a decade, giving Sorg and Dave an opportunity to talk about the strange history of the Atari name, its changing ownership, and the collection of gaming properties associated with it over the years. Xbox games potentially coming to Linux and Mac through XODUS — Sorg discusses an open-source reverse-engineering project designed to make compatible Xbox and PC titles accessible beyond Windows, including the possibility of accessing portions of a user's existing Microsoft gaming library. Xbox backward compatibility — The conversation touches on original Xbox and Xbox 360 games potentially becoming increasingly accessible through Microsoft's PC ecosystem. New Quake content decades later — Quake continues receiving new content around its 30th anniversary, giving players another reason to revisit the classic first-person shooter. NVIDIA GeForce NOW vs. Xbox cloud gaming — Sorg compares his experience streaming games like Doom: The Dark Ages and Forza Horizon, finding GeForce NOW's higher-end hardware particularly impressive for demanding, fast-moving games. Do you still need a gaming PC? — Cloud gaming raises a bigger question: if a service already supports hundreds of games in your library and provides continuously upgraded hardware, does spending thousands on a dedicated gaming PC still make sense? Diablo invades Cedar Point and Six Flags — Blizzard's Diablo becomes part of the Halloween amusement-park experience, leading to a conversation about licensed haunted attractions and the changing amusement-park industry. Cedar Fair/Six Flags consolidation and disappearing amusement parks — Dave looks back at the history of older amusement parks, including Pittsburgh-area memories of White Swan Park and the larger trend of parks disappearing as land was redeveloped. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza becomes real — A permanent Freddy Fazbear's Pizza experience featuring animatronic stage shows is planned for American Dream in 2027. Naturally, Sorg and Dave wonder whether anybody involved has actually learned the lesson of Five Nights at Freddy's. American Dream as the modern destination mall — The conversation expands into how malls are evolving from shopping centers into entertainment destinations with theme parks, water parks, skiing, restaurants, attractions, wrestling events, and other experiences. Adobe Project Indigo — Dave continues experimenting with Adobe's computational photography app, particularly challenging lighting situations and shooting directly toward a sunset. AI-powered photography reviews — Project Indigo can analyze a photo and provide feedback, giving photographers another way to evaluate composition and possible improvements. When an AI edit becomes a different photograph — Dave demonstrates an AI edit that substantially changes clouds and the sky, prompting an important conversation about the difference between enhancing a photograph and generating new visual information. AI quietly becoming another editing tool — Sorg shares his experience using AI to quickly create client graphics and discusses how generative tools increasingly feel less like a separate novelty and more like another part of a production workflow. Lost Lizard brings video rentals back to Pittsburgh — A Lawrenceville business is renting VHS tapes, DVDs, Betamax tapes, and even retro video games. The concept triggers plenty of nostalgia for independent video stores and their wonderfully strange horror collections. Physical media versus digital ownership — Reports of purchased digital movies disappearing from user libraries lead to a larger discussion about what consumers actually own when they "buy" a digital movie. Movies Anywhere and fragmented digital libraries — Sorg discusses the usefulness of synchronizing eligible purchases across services while acknowledging that licensing can still make digital ownership complicated. Maybe it's time to buy DVDs again — The uncertainty of digital licenses gives physical media another unexpected advantage: nobody can remotely remove a disc from your shelf. Nature Calls Run — An upcoming Pittsburgh-created app will crowdsource public restrooms, water sources, and other useful resources for runners, cyclists, travelers, parents, and anyone suddenly asking the most important question of the day: "Where can I go?" https://naturecallsapp.com/ Restroom access as an accessibility and medical issue — The app also plans to educate users about restroom-access laws affecting people with conditions including Crohn's disease and IBS. GCXC running events — Dave also discusses upcoming Pittsburgh-area races and the community surrounding GCXC events. https://gcxc.com/events-pa Support AwesomeCast: https://www.patreon.com/awesomecast

Six Flags Great America is getting a brand-new family area called Camp Timber Trail, anchored by a Vekoma family suspended coaster that's essentially a clone of Phoenix at Deno's Wonderwheel Park. The area has nine attractions total, mixing new builds with clever re-themes of park classics. Mike and EB break down why these smaller, heavily-themed family coasters might matter more for a park's long-term health than another record-breaking mega-coaster. Then it's time for Quick Hits: Cedar Point's season-long Fast Lane add-on is going for a jaw-dropping $1,999 after the park closed last year's loophole of buying a cheaper Fast Lane at a different Six Flags park. Mike and EB do the actual math on how many visits it takes before that price tag makes any sense at all. Kings Dominion is running its classic dark ride Flight of Fear with the lights on every night in August, giving longtime fans a reason to ride a coaster they've been on a hundred times before. And in the biggest tease of the week, newly surfaced test footage...along with a mysterious social media post.... all but confirms that RMC's long-rumored Wild Moose coaster — a compact, maneuver-packed ride built entirely around those beloved pre-lift RMC moments — is headed to Kentucky Kingdom. Mike also circles back to Busch Gardens Williamsburg's still-mysterious Corkscrew Hill rebuild, wondering out loud what it could mean for the park's aging motion simulator theater. Coaster Radio also has a genuinely stacked week ahead: an early, embargoed interview with Hershend's creative director about Dollywood's NightFlight Expedition, a Silver Dollar City interview tied to their upcoming 2027 announcement, and Neil Patrick Harris himself joining the show to talk D23, Hong Kong Disneyland, and his connection to the Muppets' Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. The back half is this week's interactive topic, and it's a good one: listeners were asked what ride needs to leave their home park to make room for something better. Kings Island's outdated log flume, Six Flags Over Georgia's Blue Hawk, Lagoon's Double Thunder Raceway, Six Flags Great America's Superman, Cedar Point's Kiddy Kingdom, Hershey Park's train and monorail, Knott's Berry Farm's Accelerator, and Six Flags Magic Mountain's Scream, among many more.

Topics of conversation on this week's episode of The Attractions Podcast: Universal awarded patent for advanced water ride propulsion system Cedar Point follows Universal's gamer lead with first Diablo haunted maze Six Ravens at Disney Springs: Menu, prices, virtual queue and what to know Disney ditches Jessie for margaritas at Magic Kingdom Meet HamiKuma at Halloween Horror Nights 2026 at Universal Orlando Obsession's' Nikki will haunt the streets of Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Art the Clown takes over Universal Studios Hollywood's Terror Tram for HHN 2026 Halloween Horror Nights 2026 guide: Every HHN 35 haunted house and announcement 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.

Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss data centers. Once as positive thing, they have become a blight on the Earth in the ever-growing wake of the AI bubble. Rym and Emily are back from Cedar Point and will have a couple of special episodes about it in the near future, and also have a secret VR project that's slightly less secret than it was before. In the news, the AI slop factory wants help flagging AI slop, and ZGM is an open source gaming mouse firmware.Related LinksForum ThreadData CentersDiscord ChatData CentersBluesky PostData CentersThings of the DayRym - Cedar Point x Made to ThrillScott - Milwaukee Transit Passes

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# Football Brothers Podcast: Travis Kelce's Training Camp Comeback, Six Flags Tease & Jason Kelce's Cedar Point Adventure **Episode Description:** The Kelce brothers are back in the headlines, and Marty Sinclair breaks down everything you need to know from this week's whirlwind of NFL, family, and pop culture news on Football Brothers. Travis Kelce reports to Kansas City Chiefs training camp looking sharp, with head coach Andy Reid personally shutting down conditioning concerns ahead of a pivotal 2026 season. But football isn't the only thing generating buzz—Travis dropped a cryptic "coming soon" tease featuring his jersey number 87 alongside Six Flags, while brother Jason was spotted living his best life at Cedar Point in an unforgettable umbrella hat and beer t-shirt combo. On the personal side, fresh reporting reveals how Travis and Taylor Swift are settling into married life post-July wedding—trading red carpet moments for quiet nights at home, home-cooked meals, and workout routines. Plus, Kylie Kelce opens up about Jason's emotional reaction at the Kelce-Swift wedding, adding a heartfelt new layer to the family's biggest celebration of the year. From Chiefs camp updates to amusement park cameos, married life adjustments to podcast empire status, this episode covers the full spectrum of what makes the Kelce family America's most talked-about football dynasty. **In this episode:** - Andy Reid's take on Travis Kelce's training camp conditioning - The mysterious Six Flags/Cedar Point connection between the brothers - Inside Travis and Taylor Swift's private married life routine - Kylie Kelce reveals the story behind Jason's wedding tears - Jason Kelce's viral Cedar Point theme park appearance - Why the Kelce brothers remain among the highest-paid podcasters in sports media Subscribe to Football Brothers for weekly deep dives into the Kelce family's football careers, business ventures, and the stories dominating sports and entertainment news. New episodes every week. *Brought to you by Quiet Please Podcast Networks. For more content, visit QuietPlease.ai* --- **Keywords:** Travis Kelce news, Jason Kelce, Kansas City Chief Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3Qs For more check out http://www.quietplease.ai

Exploring Youth Sports Culture in Northeast Ohio The start of the school year is approaching, which used to mean that youth sports will be starting back up for the fall season. Now, however, young athletes have year-round competitive options ranging from recreational teams to travel and club sports, alongside seasonal middle school and junior high athletic programs. While organized sports offer a wide range of benefits for children including team building and exercise, they're also big business, particularly in Sandusky, Ohio. Crain's Cleveland Business reporter Joe Scalzo found that the youth sports industry in the area around Cedar Point brought in 57,000 athletes in 2022 and generated $66 million in visitor spending, with those numbers growing ever since. Wednesday on the "Sound of Ideas" hosted by Stephanie Haney, we look what youth sports culture is like in Northeast Ohio today. Where does the money generated from these programs go, and how does this early, sometimes quite intense, involvement in athletics shape student athletes' experiences in high school, and beyond? We talk through these considerations along with the benefits team sports can bring to those involved. Guests: - Jessica Schneider, Girls Director of Coaching, Solon United Soccer Club - Joe Scalzo, Sports Business Reporter, Crain's Cleveland Business Cleveland WNBA and Guardians Update It's been a busy start to the week in professional sports, with Cleveland's WNBA team revealing their identity as the Cleveland Sirens on Tuesday, and and the Guardians making interesting moves including acquiring All-Star left-handed starting pitcher Foster Griffin ahead of the Major League Baseball trade deadline on Monday. On Wednesday's episode of the "Sound of Ideas" hosted by Stephanie Haney, we dig into the details and Northeast Ohio's excitement surrounding basketball and baseball. Guest: - Joe Scalzo, Sports Business Reporter, Crain's Cleveland Business "Cleveland Curse: A Novel" Blends Fiction and Reality for Football Fans Cleveland Browns fans are no strangers to feeling cursed, having either lived through such unfortunate events as The Drive and The Fumble, or heard these real-life horror stories retold again and again while watching a winless season led by another trade or draft pick that just didn't quite measure up to the hype. How could our football team be so consistently bad over generations despite changes in roster, coaching, management, ownership and even stadium location? On Wednesday's edition of the "Sound of Ideas" hosted by Stephanie Haney, first-time author Dave Eifert talks about how he explores that question by blending fiction and reality to try to make sense—and light—of Cleveland's football shortfalls in his debut book, "Cleveland Curse: A Novel." Guest: - Dave Eifert, Author, "Cleveland Curse: A Novel" Check out "Cleveland Curse: A Novel" here: https://theclevelandcursebook.com/

Looking for daily inspiration?  Get a quote from the top leaders in the industry in your inbox every morning.   What's the one premier event that brings the global attractions industry together? IAAPA Expo 2026, happening in Orlando, Florida, November 16th - 20th. It's where more than forty-thousand professionals come to share the wonder, explore over a thousand innovative exhibitors, and discover future-focused solutions. From education to networking to ideas that drive real business impact, IAAPA Expo is where what's next takes shape. Register now and save up to 30% at IAAPA.org/IAAPAExpo.   Planning the perfect park trip or guest experience rarely goes exactly as expected. Weather changes, attractions close, schedules shift, and unexpected challenges can quickly derail expectations. During Matt's recent road trip, “CoasterNerdCon 2026,” he gained several lessons on how flexibility, meaningful human connections, and thoughtful leadership can transform those moments into memorable experiences. In this episode, Matt and Josh talk about flexibility, authentic connections, operational observations, and the leadership lessons that emerged from CNC26. Flexibility creates better experiences “You've got to remain flexible so you don't get bent out of shape.” Matt reflects on his annual coaster road trip, where changing weather, ride closures, air quality concerns, and unexpected schedule changes required constant adjustments. Instead of allowing those disruptions to define the vacation, the group focused on what they could control and embraced new opportunities. This mindset is connected to leadership, explaining that successful leaders recognize what is beyond their control and redirect their energy toward creating the best possible outcome for their teams and guests. The best memories often come from unexpected connections “We didn't create it; we allowed it to happen.” An early park closure at Cedar Point unexpectedly led to one of the trip's most memorable experiences when Matt's group shared dinner with complete strangers who quickly became friends. The conversation expands into how spontaneity often creates the moments guests remember most. The lesson learned is that we should leave room for organic experiences instead of trying to script every detail, both in our personal lives and in leadership. Small interactions leave lasting impressions “Without saying a word, I felt like we had made a connection.” Matt shares a simple series of interactions with a Hersheypark team member that evolved from a smile to a wave, then a high five, and finally a sincere handshake. Genuine hospitality is not always loud or theatrical. Consistent acknowledgment, enthusiasm, and personal recognition communicate to guests that they matter. The conversation reinforces that strong relationships are built through repeated, authentic interactions, rather than one extraordinary moment. Looking beyond the numbers “The numbers don't tell the whole story.” Throughout the discussion, Matt highlights observations from several parks that sparked leadership conversations. He praises Kings Island's consistent parting greetings, Holiday World's remarkable cleanliness, and a standout food and beverage team member at Knoebels whose patience exemplified exceptional hospitality. Matt also shares thoughtful operational observations about communication, capacity, and leaning into signature guest experiences, encouraging leaders to evaluate decisions from the guest's perspective while balancing operational realities.   What lessons have you learned from your own park visits or guest experiences? Share your observations, stories, and ideas with Matt and Josh through the AttractionPros social media channels or by visiting the AttractionPros website. Your experiences could inspire a future conversation and help the entire attractions industry continue creating even better guest experiences. To connect with AttractionPros: AttractionPros.com AttractionPros@gmail.com AttractionPros on Facebook AttractionPros on LinkedIn AttractionPros on Instagram AttractionPros on Twitter (X)

**Detroit's Playoff Chase, MLB Trade Deadline, and the Fall of the XRHL—Uncover the Hidden Drama!** This episode dives into the chaotic week of Detroit sports—will the Tigers make the moves to clinch the postseason? Plus, how the Guardians and Reds are shaping up as critical series unfold. Listener, if you're passionate about baseball's high-stakes moments, this one's packed with detailed analysis of upcoming series against Baltimore, Cleveland, and the Battle of Ohio. But the real surprise? We reveal why the Extreme Roller Hockey League's bold debut was doomed from the start—poor planning, low sponsorship, and fierce competition from other summer events crashed the rink before the puck even dropped. Find out what went wrong, and why trying to run a league against Mud Hens games and Cedar Point was a roll of the dice from the start. In addition, get the scoop on the latest signings in the NHL — Jet Greaves and Cole Sillinger — and the potential blockbuster trade involving Dylan Larkin. We break down the NHL division shifts, coaching rumors, and what they mean for this season's predictions. Plus, a special look at college football as Bowling Green looks to surprise with Eddie's revamped squad, and Ohio State's tough schedule that could take them to the CFP. Why does all this matter? Missing out on the MLB trade deadline could cost teams their playoff dreams, and new league failures are a cautionary tale for sports entrepreneurs everywhere. Whether you're a die-hard fan or a casual observer, this episode offers intense insights, behind-the-scenes stories, and a reminder: in sports, as in life, every move counts. Tune in to stay ahead of the game—your essential guide to Detroit sports, MLB chaos, NHL drama, and the never-ending quest for victory. Perfect for sports junkies, bettors, and anyone who loves a good comeback story. **Guests:** - Andy Alfred, your host, providing in-depth commentary and analysis across all sports and leagues.

This is the episode we were going to record last week. Oops. Candace took precedence. Brendan describes his cross country trip with his family. This will be a multi episode series. Too much to fit into one sitting. Niagra Falls, NFL hall of fame, Rock and Roll hall of fame, Cedar Point, tantrums, Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, and so much more. Thanks for listening!

Michael and Jake catch up ahead of Laracon in Boston, beginning with Michael's increasingly complicated home extension. Jake shares a family trip to Cedar Point, then the conversation moves to how a Laravel Cloud weekend challenge inspired Michael to build Fitrack, a personal app for coordinating training around a single fitness goal. We then move on to home network and security upgrades, including a larger rack cabinet, a new NAS, locally accessible alarms and CCTV, Power over Ethernet cameras, Home Assistant, HomeKit, RTSP feeds, and using Claude to handle unfamiliar smart-home configuration. We also discuss Kitze hacking his NordicTrack treadmill and Michael's experience connecting his own treadmill with Apple Fitness.Finally, Michael and Jake look ahead to Laracon, discuss conference merchandise and accommodation in Boston, and finish with a conversation about donuts, candy, and the lengths parents go to when quietly disposing of their children's leftover sweets.Show linksCedar PointLaravel CloudTaylor's Laravel Cloud weekend shipping challengeEdwin's Google Meet alternativeFitrackDavid HemphillHome AssistantAqara camerasKitze's treadmill hackCaleb Porzio on code imprinting on our brainsLaracon USMoxy Boston Downtown

On this premiere episode of 7MS Presents: Night Stories LIVE, Aaron, Cori and Lisa return with another late-night mix of nostalgia, strange true history, 90s memories, and live storytelling that may or may not spiral completely off the rails. In this episode, we explore one of the strangest true weather stories ever reported: frogs falling from the sky. We look at the real accounts behind so-called “frog rain,” including reports from Serbia and other strange cases where animals and objects seemed to fall from above. Then we explore more strange rain stories from history, including the mysterious milky white rain that coated parts of the Pacific Northwest. Plus: weather, unplanned stories, rants and conversations, 90s memories, a nostalgic commercial of the night, and Dear Cori and Lisa. If you love 90s nostalgia, strange history, late-night radio, bizarre weather, unexplained mysteries, this episode is for you. *Watch our live recordings on YouTube * Become a Presenting Sponsor

Join Evan and Carsten as they recap the Fourth of July at Cedar Point, discuss the opening of Tormenta at Six Flags Over Texas, and share what they're looking forward to on their upcoming boys' trip next week!

Text Us Here!A theme park can be two completely different things, and that's where we start swinging. One version is pure adrenaline: giant drops, brutal G-forces, and coasters that leave you wondering how your neck is still attached. The other version is story and atmosphere: parades, hidden details, and immersive design that's fun even when you skip the rides. We get into the argument with real nostalgia, real regrets, and the kind of late-night honesty that only shows up when everyone's tired and the jokes get dangerous.Before we hit the parks, we run through a rapid-fire stack of tangents that somehow still matter: Steam Machine pricing and why paying over a grand for a console PC hybrid feels nuts, the fear of early hardware failures, and what “entry-level PC” actually means in 2026 money. We also touch GTA 6 preorder chatter, then pull a Reddit roulette story that sounds messy until the twist lands and flips the whole room.Then we go deep on the theme park debate: Six Flags memories, Kings Island versus Cedar Point, and the line between a thrill park and a true theme park. Miss Meseeks brings the Disney World rundown with Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, and the little details that make it feel like an experience instead of a lineup of rides, including the more subtle stuff like scent marketing and how food pricing changes the day. Of course we detour into SeaWorld weirdness, pitch our dream park concepts like Predator and TMNT, and close with a filmography showdown plus a wild orca fact you will not forget.If you laughed, cringed, or had a strong take at any point, subscribe, share this with your favorite park buddy, and leave us a review. What's your favorite theme park, and what franchise would you turn into a full park if you could?You have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code: FMJPOD20 at checkout.You can claim it at: https://www.magicmind.com/FMJPOD20Magic MindA mental performance shot you soon won't forget! Make 2025 your year for the best version of you!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showThanks For Listening! Subscribe for X-tra Lives!https://www.buzzsprout.com/1473904/subscribe

Unburdened for Mission Pastor Mark Havel Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30[Jesus said,] “But to what shall I compare this generation? They are like children in the market places, calling, ‘We played he flute for you and you would not dance. We wailed and you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking and they said, ‘He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard. A friend of tax collectors and sinners.' Yet, wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”At that time, Jesus said, “I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and you have revealed them to children, for such was your gracious will. All things, in heaven and on earth, have been handed over to me by my Father. For no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”“Come to me all you who are weary and carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Can you think of a time recently when a burden was lifted for you? Or when your load was lightened in some way – literally or figuratively? Maybe it was a worldly, practical kind of lifting… or maybe it was a deeper, more spiritual sort of unloading you needed…I'm getting ready to leave for the summer trip with the High School Youth tomorrow morning. We're heading to Ohio, stopping by Capital University for a tour of my favorite Lutheran college campus, we'll spend a couple of days working, learning, and unplugging on a farm, north of there, then we'll have a day at Cedar Point before coming home. Pastor Cogan did the initial, heavy-lifting of setting the itinerary, renting the van, reserving the rooms, and what-not before taking off for his paternity leave. And I've been grateful for that as the trip has gotten closer.Dianne Kaucher has agreed to be here on Wednesday to make sure things are ready when the kids show up for our Summer Reading Program, since I can't be here. And on Friday, Donna Kuffner said she'd take care of getting the snacks for that day, knowing I had a lot on my plate getting ready to be gone. Many of you've heard that our annual Camp @ Church program canceled on us and I've been grateful for those of you who've offered to step up and help me make that program happen, anyway.And I'm grateful for every e-mail and decision Lance Oxley deals with where the building project is concerned, and every time I see Kent Kuffner mowing the labyrinth, or Steve Beebe digging a ditch, or Gayle gathering the troops for our 25th Anniversary festival, or any number of you cleaning the building. The list goes on. You get the idea.It's nice, isn't it, when something gets removed from your litany of things to do? It's a gift to move something from your full plate onto someone else's. It's a relief to be unburdened, to have someone help carry the weight of a task at hand or to remove a worry from you list. Which is what I hear in Jesus' words from this morning's Gospel. And, he's talking about more, of course, than what's on our everyday lists of things to do.The passage seems disconnected, you might think, with all that talk about children in the marketplaces who play the flute but no one dances, or who wail but no one mourns. And when he talks about John the Baptist who was thought to be possessed by demons, because he didn't eat and drink like so many others. But that when Jesus did the opposite – ate and drank like the rest of the world, with tax collectors and sinner, even – they called him a glutton and a drunk.Jesus is comparing the people of his generation to little children, playing games with their faith. People didn't like John because he didn't eat and drink like the rest of them. And they didn't like Jesus because he did. In other words, the people of his time were fickle and played around with notions of what God was, with who the Messiah might be, with what salvation was supposed to look like or who heaven could include.And there's nothing new under the sun, sadly. Christians and people of faith do the same, still. We add up sins – our own and those of others. We judge – ourselves and one another. We compare. We choose sides. We pick winners and we declare losers. We can be a fickle, faithless, lot of God's children.And just like even Jesus experienced, we realize, too often, that we don't live up to the world's standards and expectations. And we may have a hard time living up to the unrealistic expectations we've laid out for ourselves, a lot of the time, too.So, heavier than anything on our “To Do Lists,” we bear these expectations like yokes – those heavy wooden bars laid across the shoulders of oxen and asses and other beasts of burden who plowed the fields in the days of Jesus. And we bear them, not just over our shoulders or across our backs, but in our hearts and in our minds and in every part of our lives:Yokes of breaking or broken relationships…Burdens of guilt or shame or sin…Yokes of addiction…Burdens of illness and disease…Yokes of injustice, burdens of inadequacy, yokes of fear and worry…And this way of living is tedious and overbearing. It's tiresome and overwhelming. It's impossible, really. And it's enough to wear a person out, to wipe out a person's spirit, to dry up a person's soul.And what we long for – whether we know it or not, or whether we're slow to admit it – is for someone to call or stop by and to say, “Hey, let me get that for you?” “Why are you trying to do my job?” “I told you I would help, so why aren't you letting me?” And along comes this Jesus.“Come to me, all you who are weary and carrying heavy burdens. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”Jesus knew we would try too hard, for too long, for too many of the things that would continue to leave us hungry and thirsty and without answers, without comfort, without satisfaction and without any kind of meaning or peace in this life. Most of all, Jesus understood how tiring and weary and burdensome it could be for us to try to save us from ourselves, so he promises to do that for us. Jesus calls us to rest in the arms of God's grace and to quit trying to win in the eyes of the world. And he shows us we can do that best when we know and believe and trust that we've already been won by the love of God, the Lord of heaven and earth.But that's not all. It doesn't end there.Because Pastor Cogan did so much of the planning for the High School trip… Because Donna picked up those snacks… Because Dianne will be here Wednesday… Because so many of you are committed to this new Camp @ Church mission… my plans, my agenda, my To-Do List? – it didn't go away – it just changed, for the better.I could finish a sermon, sooner than expected this week. I could take communion to someone at home. I could prepare devotions for the Youth Trip. I could begin planning new stuff for Camp. And I even found time for a break. And finished a book, too. I'm not gonna lie.When someone lifts a burden for or from you, it frees you to do something else. Even if it's just a matter of hours in your day, you're all of a sudden freed up to accomplish something else in its place. And the freedom we have through God's forgiveness in Jesus Christ is no different.Jesus calls us to trust that the burden of our sin and shame is lifted, as far as our Creator is concerned, so that we'll be free to get about the business of living differently as a result. We are unburdened. We are un-yoked. We are un-tethered from whatever weighed us down. And we are let loose on the world – set free – changed by God's grace – and allowed to transform the world with acts of mercy, generosity, grace, gratitude, and the love of God, in return.Amen

Sometimes the roller coaster world hands you a story so absurd you don't even need a punchline — you just need to read the facts out loud. This week on Coaster Radio, the original theme park podcast, Mike and EB dig into the sudden, bulldozer-bound death of one of the best roller coasters in America: Fun Spot Atlanta is closing on August 2nd, taking Arie Force One — an RMC hybrid barely four years old that regularly cracks top-five lists nationwide — down with it. No, it's not relocating. No, someone can't just "cut out the footprint" and paste it into their backyard. This thing is probably headed straight for the scrapyard, and the guys break down what made this coaster great and if there's any hope at all of it being saved.   From there, it's a genuinely stacked news week (there were two episodes' worth of stories backed up, and it shows): a viral video of a kid tumbling out of Disneyland's Tiana's Bayou Adventure that had half the internet convinced it was AI-generated, Pirates of the Caribbean's brand-new projection-mapped skeleton animatronic (and a pretty compelling argument for where Imagineering should have actually put it), Holiday World's all-American 2027 addition Cannonball — a family water coaster that splashes straight into a themed community pool — and a deep dive into the very mixed reviews rolling in from Universal's newly opened Kids Resort in Texas.   After the break: Six Flags Over Texas delays Tormenta, Cedar Point is selling literal chunks of Magnum XL-200 track for $300 a slice (and they're already sold out), Halloween Horror Nights brings Hellraiser to Hollywood and Orlando, Six Flags Great Adventure unveils its boardwalk-themed Shoreline Pier, and Knott's Berry Farm's long-dead Montezuma the Forbidden Fortress is back and testing with a powerful launch. And because it's the Fourth of July, the show closes out with the 20th-ish annual Coaster Radio tradition: the Sparktacular Explosaloosa, live from EB's back deck — now with video.

The guys are back, talking about everything happening at Cedar Point, from the latest events to all the park updates. Plus, Kyle shares stories from the many trips he's taken over the past few weeks!

The guys are on vacation, but the show must go on! We recorded this listener question episode just before heading out, covering everything from the best back-to-back coaster combinations to which IP should come to the parks next, whether Disney would ever tear down the Matterhorn, and which rides sound way better than they actually are. Plus, EB shares two fun stories from a recent Kentucky Kingdom visit — including a station crew member who had absolutely had enough, and a Flying Fox scavenger hunt with a surprisingly solid prize.

What would you dooo for a Klondike Bar? Us? We'd make a Podcast! Tonight, we start with finger guns, Alex has one…, God's Time, What does Topeka Kansas have? Absolutely nothing, we were hauling, Yosh in a harness, it's always easier with a cat, especially when he's high, Scooby Snacks, San Fran is Sketch, Lake Tahoe - Yellowstone - and a few breweries, $30 down the first base line, low country boil? These are my people, KC Royals are crap, when in Rome, Cedar Point for the win, used to the Disney price tag, Snoopy peddling knock-off lightsabers, Awe [expletive], lost his first match - switched gears and went 8-0, he wanted to play…, kids went creekin', fishing for salad, humility and love, meatloaf for breakfast, now you're just being contrary, mowing the lawn's like riding a bike, my DD214 says I don't have to any more, and a few Dad jokes that shun the non-believer - shuuuunnn. All this because we'd do anything for love on this week's episode of Brothers Arms!   Where you can reach us: YouTube: BrothersinArmsPodcast Instagram: Yourbrothersinarmspodcast Gmail: yourbrothersinarmspodcast@gmail.com Twitch: Twitch.tv/brothersinarmspodcast (schedule varies due to life) Website: https://brothersinarms.podbean.com

On this episode, Carsten is flying solo as he covers all the CoasterMania details the guys forgot to mention from Cedar Point!

Hour 1: Poni thinks he found proof in last night's Pirates game that Don Kelly is not a good manager. Should Paul Skenes not be an All-Star this year? And Tyler Kennedy joins the show to preview the Penguins' upcoming offseason moves. Hour 2: Poni and Dom argue over Ben Roethlisberger and Terry Bradshaw's all-time quarterback rank. Is it possible the Steelers don't extend Joey Porter Jr.? And Mike Florio joins the show to break down the Brendan Sorsby situation. Hour 3: Aditi Kinkhabwala joins the show to weigh in on the Brendan Sorsby situation. Is there going to be an alien invasion at a World Cup game tonight? And Dianna Russini's salary at The Athletic has been released, and Dom has thoughts. Hour 4: Poni and Dom debate who the greatest quarterback in Steelers history is. Dom has a trip to Cedar Point on Friday, but wonders if he'll be allowed in the park. And an ESPN analyst was involved in a car crash earlier this week.

Hour 4: Poni and Dom debate who the greatest quarterback in Steelers history is. Dom has a trip to Cedar Point on Friday, but wonders if he'll be allowed in the park. And an ESPN analyst was involved in a car crash earlier this week.

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The Monday Kenny & JT Show is underway. The guys recap their weekends, the Guardians lose in Texas yesterday to finish a decent road trip, the Spurs/Knicks NBA Finals resumes tonight in New York, Louisville softball comes up short in the state finals, another Cedar Point rollercoaster gets stuck, and more...

Nick Wilson and Jonathan Peterlin share personal stories regarding Cedar Point's test seats and air travel difficulties before discussing Albert Breer's reporting on the Myles Garrett trade rumors and Andrew Berry's 'think tank' strategy. 01:10 - Afternoon Drive Intro 03:31 - Cedar Point and Weight Restrictions 08:43 - Air Travel and Personal Anecdotes 10:59 - Albert Breer's Myles Garrett Report 16:41 - Upcoming Guests and Show Teasers

This week's episode, we are joined by Ashley, friend of the pod, to discuss all the trends. With the Knicks in the playoffs, NYC is alive (@ciaravlucas). Also alive in NYC are dot cakes (@hotandhumblejake, @naraazizasmith). Dena talks about the Cedar Point chicken nugget situation (@klotheshow, @itsallenferrell). Meanwhile Ashley is in the Summer House trenches (@stoolpresidente). Dena and Ashley partake in a new audio trend (@keagan_xxx, @regretfullylena, @serenee.quick). They discuss a new user with a brilliant idea, @spotnextdoor. The Tertulia field report was a Tonys explanation using basketball by @morepestoplease. And finally they committed to trying tomato lemonade later this summer (@goodhousekeepingofficial).   Check out all the videos we mention and more on our blog (2old4tiktok.com), Instagram (@2old4tiktokpod), and TikTok (@2old4tiktok_podcast).  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

YouTuber, Allen Ferrell, has been banned for life from all Six Flags amusement parks after a video of him eating chicken nuggets while riding the Millennium Force roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio went viral.DeHuff explains why this is not an overreaction by the amusement park.

Normally, we release new episodes on Saturdays, but we couldn't wait to get this one out to everyone. There has been so much happening in the amusement park world that we wanted to share it as soon as possible! Join Evan and Carsten as they dive into the latest Cedar Point news, discuss the recent announcement from Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and share trip reports from some of the parks they've recently visited.

Summer is officially knocking on the door! Bill shares his surprising discovery of a "Snoogle" at a bakery in Amherst, and he and Alyssa recap a fun-filled night hanging out with listeners at the Crushers game. The man who got himself banned from Cedar Point is finally telling his side of the story, while Bill celebrates the last week of school for his kids. Plus, Good Vibes, a look at the rumored Taylor Swift/Olivia Rodrigo feud, summer bucket list ideas, Alyssa's College of Knowledge, and a debate sparked by a listener who admits they've gone on dates just for the free meal.

Here we go with another full 5-day work week. This is some BS. Got a bit of rain during the overnight with more on the way later this week. Save me some money on my water bill. On the show today, being that it's the first day of June, we hooked you up with a list of things to look forward to in the new month…including movies, TV shows, sporting events, and "holidays". Also took a look at a list of the most misspelled words in every state. In the news this mornings, an "influencer" gets banned from Cedar Point after trying to eat food while on a ride, a United flight had to turn around & return to the airport after some kid named his Bluetooth device "bomb", another United flight had to divert to Madison after a passenger became unruly, a recall on a fabric dresser sold at Walmart, and a teen girl stabbed a bunch of horses at a barrel racing event in Las Vegas. In sports, the Brewers beat the Astros yesterday to take 2 out of 3 from Houston over the weekend, a look at the NHL & NBA Finals which both begin this week, Denny Hamlin wins at the Cracker Barrel 400 in Nashville yesterday, and a Blue Jays outfielder gets injured in a very strange way. We talked about what's on TV today/tonight and Brian recapped the new movie "Backrooms"…which set a record over the weekend. Plus, a Love Island cast member gets kicked off the show right before the premiere of the new season. Elsewhere in sports, the family of the late Claude Lemieux is donating his brain for CTE research, the latest on Brendan Sorsby, and a Reds reporter tries the new Skyline chili egg roll at the ballpark. Would you let a tech company clean your house for free so they could use the data to train robots? And in today's edition of "Bad News with Happy Music", we had stories about a #FloridaMan who had his "chimichanga" out in the parking lot of a Taco Bell, an 83 year-old woman who got attacked by a bunch of wild turkeys, an HOA president in #Florida who got arrested for assaulting a 12 year-old boy, & a #FloridaTeacher who was masturbating in the classroom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pool Sceners. This is Part 2 of the Pool Scene Road Trip Series. This episode we head across the pond for "Eurotrip." A movie that has its roots in our hometowns of Warren and Niles, Ohio respectively. This movie also has the single greatest cameo of all-time and just maybe, the Best Movie Song ever...that is for you to decide.  "Pool Check" this week. Top 5 European Songs (Excluding England) because it is only fair to everyone else. Plus, just like the Indy 500, a nailbiter of a "Final Lap." We have a bone to pick or ten with Cedar Point. Enjoy this episode. Make sure to leave a 5 Star Review and always leave your comments on our socials. ALLONS-y!   BUY YOUR POOL SCENE PODCAST SHIRTS AND STICKERS TODAY!!! DM US ON OUR FACEBOOK TO PURCHASE TODAY!!!   SPREAD THE WORD POOL SCENERS! JOIN THE POOL SCENERS GROUP ON FACEBOOK FOR EXCLUSIVE AND INCLUSIVE CONTENT! LIKE. COMMENT. SUBSCRIBE. RATE AND FOLLOW... APPLE. SPOTIFY. PODBEAN. PODBAY and EVERYWHERE PODCASTS ARE FOUND! LEAVE A 5 STAR REVIEW. WE READ IT ON THE AIR. YOU WIN A PRIZE!!! HAVE AN IDEA FOR AN EPISODE OR A POOL CHECK...MESSAGE US AT ONE OF THE LINKS BELOW. CONTRIBUTE TO THE SHOW ON LINKTREE!! WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!! Linktree: https://www.linktr.ee/poolscenepodcast Email: PoolScenePodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PoolScenePodacst Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PoolScenePodcast Discord: poolscenepodcast Threads: https://www.threads.com/poolscenepodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/thepoolscenepodcast Twitch: https://twitch.tv/poolscenepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/PoolScenePodcast

Join Evan and Carsten as they talk about Cedar Point's CoasterMania, Perks and Play, and a bunch of upcoming announcements from the Six Flags chain! Lastly, the guys talk about upcoming trips and where they plan to visit.

On this episode of the Best Podcast Available, play-by-play voice Andrew Siciliano sits down with newest Browns WR Denzel Boston for an exclusive interview on his draft experience, first weeks of OTAs, a trip to Cedar Point, and much more! Plus, Andrew and Jason Gibbs recap what they've seen from the first two weeks of OTAs under HC Todd Monken!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Duji go to college with her daughter. Does having sex too early effect your health? Guy gets banned for life after eating chicken nuggets while riding a roller coaster at Cedar Point. Rover saw a guy punch a waiter. Charges dismissed for woman without right hand cited for holding phone while driving.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will Duji go to college with her daughter. Does having sex too early effect your health? Guy gets banned for life after eating chicken nuggets while riding a roller coaster at Cedar Point. Rover saw a guy punch a waiter. Charges dismissed for woman without right hand cited for holding phone while driving.

Internet sleuths just pulled permits for a brand new building in the Dark Universe portal at Epic Universe. Building 1570. Area 680. Listed as a special project. And the building numbers line up with exactly the kind of show building you'd need for a new attraction. Mike and EB have a theory about what it is — and it involves a glass bottom boat, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and an idea that Coaster Radio listeners actually designed in a Real Design Contest years ago. If Universal puts a Coaster Radio t-shirt on one of the bodies in that ride, that's all the confirmation the show needs. Before the speculation though — Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure has been removed from Universal Express. The longest line at Epic Universe is now a standby-only experience, and the people paying for Express Pass are not happy about it. Nate Bargatze wants to build a theme park based on his own life in Nashville and EB has thoughts. And RMC's Wild Moose prototype track has appeared at their Idaho headquarters, with the most interesting theory being that it could go indoors at Kentucky Kingdom in the space that used to hold a Schwarzkopf coaster. Then in the second half — the interactive question that started with Verbolten's new overlay at Busch Gardens Williamsburg produces one of the best listener response segments of the season. Rides that could use a refresh. Listeners suggest Journey to Atlantis, Men in Black Alien Attack, Dinosaur at Animal Kingdom, Flight of Fear, Big Thunder Mountain, the Haunted Mansion, Test Track, and the entire frontier area at Cedar Point. Mike and EB debate each one — and somewhere in the Men in Black discussion, EB invents what might be the greatest unused attraction concept in Universal history. Also — EB is going to Kentucky Kingdom on June 10th, there are collectible pins being considered, and the show closes with a detailed discussion of the 1997 horror film Wishmaster that you absolutely did not see coming. Stay through the Patreon section. You'll understand why.

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Nick Wilson and Jonathan Peterlin discuss the lifetime ban of social media influencer Alan Farrell from Cedar Point after a viral video showed him eating chicken nuggets on the Millennium Force. They explore the safety implications of the stunt and look into Farrell's other content, including his Cleveland Browns tattoos. A listener calls in to recount a similar experience of sneaking fast food onto an amusement park ride. 01:01 - Bazzana and DeLauter Analysis 03:30 - Alan Farrell's Park Ban 06:39 - Social Media Content Trends 12:14 - Listener's Rollercoaster Food Story

Nick and Jonathan get into potential trade suitors for Myles Garrett. Then, they're joined by former Cleveland Indians pitcher Jason Stanford, and they talk about how a social media influencer was banned from Cedar Point.

The Hot Take Hoedown is officially here — and the "Sons of Sandusky" are already $150 richer. This week Mike and EB debut their brand new segment featuring the spiciest opinions from around the theme park internet — and then decide whether each one is a genuine hot take, a bad take, or just something EB has been saying for years. Is Iron Gwazi actually better than VelociCoaster? Did Cedar Point peak in 2001? Should Space Mountain at Walt Disney World be permanently retired? Are RMC conversions a net negative for the industry? Was Epcot better before it had roller coasters? EB has thoughts on all of them. Some of them are his own. Before the Hoedown though — Cedar Point's Millennium Force has a seat belt problem and Tony Clark is blaming Intamin. NightFlight Expedition at Dollywood has quietly removed "spring 2026" from its website and now just says "2026." Soarin' Across America has opened at Epcot and it's getting the full Mike and EB treatment — spoiler, the lawn is not that green on the DC Mall. Montezooma's Revenge train has arrived at Knott's Berry Farm but enthusiasts are already upset about the over-the-shoulder restraints. And the Mystical Fountain at Lost Continent says goodbye — though Mike has a CoasterDamus prediction about where it ends up. The Hot Take Hoedown closes with one final take that might be the most genuinely interesting of the night — does consuming too much theme park content rob you of the ability to experience parks with wonder? And is "the price of expertise is the loss of wonder" the new Coaster Radio tagline? One thing is certain. EB wants to wrap up with the theme song. The Sons of Sandusky are standing by.

The guys are back talking about how opening day at Cedar Point went! They also dive into Morning Rush being changed back to CoasterMania after massive negative feedback from fans.

Every coaster enthusiast has one. A specific ride. A specific day. The moment that turned a casual park visitor into someone who plans vacations around roller coasters, studies manufacturer lineups, and listens to theme park podcasts at 11pm on a Tuesday. This week Mike and EB asked the Coaster Radio community to share theirs — and the response was overwhelming. From Steel Phantom at Kennywood to Dueling Dragons at Islands of Adventure. From Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyland at age six to Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1991. From watching Top Thrill Dragster launch for hours as a child to being forced onto a coaster by an older sibling and never looking back. From Dick Knoebel of Knoebels personally replying to a young fan's handwritten letters to a nine-year-old standing under a flickering chandelier at the Haunted Mansion and thinking "this is what I want to do with my life." Dozens of stories. Dozens of different rides. One common thread — the moment everything changed. But first — Cedar Point tried to cancel Coastermania and replace it with Morning Rush. The Coaster Maniacs responded. Tony Clark listened. And the Hulkster had some thoughts. Brothers, Coastermania is incoming. Also this week — Epic Universe opens Celestial Park to convention goers for the first time ever, giving the world its first look at how the portal system actually works. A bomb threat at Six Flags Magic Mountain delays opening until 12:30pm and nobody can explain why it was called in at 7:45 in the morning. The Family Kingdom Raptor coaster gets pushed to 2027 due to permitting issues. Busch Gardens Tampa files permits for a possible $16.5 million water ride to replace Stanley Falls. And Holiday World launches the most elaborate teaser campaign in park history for the mysterious Town of Boulder Canyon. Plus — a live trip report from Six Flags Great America on opening day, and the show teases something new coming to Coaster Radio very soon. Go read the full listener responses on the Coaster Radio Facebook page. Bring tissues.

It's a shorter show this week but don't let that fool you — there is a lot happening. Project Purple at Six Flags Great Adventure is going vertical fast. Like, suspiciously fast for a ride that isn't supposed to open until 2027. Mike and EB break down what the unofficial animations are showing — a launch into an upside-down stall, spinning cars, a 375-foot spire that wraps the track sideways around the tower, and absolutely zero consensus in the enthusiast community on whether this is going to be incredible or a complete head-scratcher. Nobody is in the middle on this one. Also this week — NBA superstar Kevin Durant has purchased the former Six Flags America land through his investment group 35V. All 500 acres of it. What happens next is anyone's guess, but Mike has an extremely optimistic theory involving saving the Wild One that he fully admits is not going to happen. Canada's Wonderland is getting new track on the Mighty Canadian Minebuster AND recycled trains from Six Flags America's old Vekoma hang and bang for a rebranded ride called the Daredeveler. Cedar Point's beloved 50-year-old Monster flat ride is retiring quietly and nobody is going to notice until it's gone. And Six Flags is officially removing the Zamperla Disk'O coasters from their roller coaster counts, which raises the eternal question — was it ever a roller coaster in the first place? And then EB opens a very special package from Erik and Emma — a collection of Disney's Galactic Star Cruiser memorabilia that you cannot buy anywhere on Earth because the experience no longer exists.