Welcome to the Theme Park Trader podcast. Your weekly dose of theme park news from around the world!
Episodes
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Join us for episode 214 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we are chatting about the huge news that Disney and Universal's theme parks around the world are all currently shut due to the Coronavirus. Not a particularly happy subject but it's the most important thing happening to the parks at the minute so we wanted to talk about it!
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Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Join us for episode 213 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
On this weeks show Dan is revealing his full plans for his May 2020 trip to Orlando that includes time at both Universal Orlando and the Walt Disney World Resort.
In addition, Ryan discusses what he's heard about the possibility of the Disney Dining Plan returning for 2021 and we discuss the final UK launch list for Disney+!
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Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Join us for episode 212 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we travel back a few weeks to when Ryan put out a Tweet complaining about the poor storytelling and theming in many of the theme parks here in the UK. We chat through that Tweet in more detail and read out some of your responses.
We also use the episode to chat about Bob Chapek being promoted to the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, the potential problem with Disney+ and the sinking of a Jungle Cruise boat.
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Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Join us for episode 211 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
We are continuing the trend of random episodes this week where we are asking ourselves the question: What 3 attractions would we remove at the Magic Kingdom if we could?
As both Dan and Ryan answer the question, you get 6 attractions that we'd remove!
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Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Join us for episode 210 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we have a fantastic listener show idea to run through. If we could select some of Fox's back catalog of movies, what would we choose to create attractions for Disney's theme parks?
Franchises/movies that feature in the show include:
- Die Hard
- The Simpsons
- Alien
- Predator
- Home Alone
- Digimon
- Ice Age
- + Many more!
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Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Join us for episode 209 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we thought we would revisit the FastPass system at Walt Disney World given that the tiers of several theme parks have changed. We tackle each park in turn and give our thoughts on what FastPasses we would select from each of them!
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Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Join us for episode 208 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we are reading out poor reviews of one of the best attractions in Orlando, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure! All the usual crazy reviewers come out this week!
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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Join us for episode 207 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we have a fantastic listener question from Ash who has asked us:
If you had only 1 day to spend in Orlando, what would you do?
Both Dan and Ryan answer the question in a slightly different way so you get two for one on this answer!
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Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Join us for episode 206 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we turn to our listeners to find out what some of the worst attractions they've ever been on are. We do of course share our own experiences as well but kick the episode off by discussing the exciting news that was revealed last week on Universal Japan's newest land, Super Nintendo World!
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Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Join us for episode 205 of the Theme Park Trader podcast!
This week we look at some of the attractions opening this year and chat through what we are most looking forward to!
We also get a listener challenge to guess the attractions with the most wait times during 2019 and challenge ourselves on how many we can guess!
Be sure to check us out over on www.themeparktrader.com.