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Why does everything gotta be so messy on this station?

Anyway?

Here's your hosts Dickerman, Jimmy d and Scott Harris.

Hey there, and welcome to the Theme Park Podcast.

Dickerman, here there is Jimmy T.

Hello fellas and Scott Harris.

Hi, Hello, what's going on?

What's up?

What's now?

We don't say spooky season what it actually is.

I mean we are in the first week of October.

Now it is now oficially spooky season.

You guys marked me every time I did it.

You've been saying it since January because to me, it.

Never ends saying it.

I mean, do I have to like run through my letterbox of all the horror movies I've watched in the last week.

No, just true, that's all.

Brida Frankenstein, Crimson Peak, The Ugly Stepsister, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The War of the Gargantua was Class of nucom High swamp Thing, Deadly Friend, ghost Watch, The Return of swamp Thing, Jigsaw Spiral from the Book of Saul, Silver Bullet, The Return of the Vampire.

We really into movie talk, you know Record Times podcast.

He's dipping his toe back to the eighties too, I mean Class of nucom High, swamp Thing and swamp Thing, the Return of swamp Thing with a epic performance by Heather Locklear, one of the greatest acting performances of all time.

Yeah got you got better?

And you know what?

You know what I discovered is on shutter, Tromia and Juliet.

Oh.

Yeah, you should definitely watch.

I might have to watch that.

Yeah, watch, I'm watching.

I'm watching.

I'm watching everything.

I've got one Saw movie left until I complete that series.

What about Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

I already watched the first one.

I've found a streaming serve that has a Return of the Killer Tomatoes starring George Clooney.

I had no idea that happened.

Okay, all right, well, this is not movie talk.

It is theme park talk.

It is the best time of year to go to theme parks in my personal opinion, because the weather's about to dip.

I swear it's gonna happen.

Boys.

I know it still feels like it's a thousand degrees outside during the day, but it's gonna come and be nice and cool and pleasurable to not only go to theme parks at night, but also during the day.

Well here's the thing.

If it is still hot outside and you want to go and cool off, m you can do so at Volcano Bay.

But yes, there is a caveat.

Because they're in the news this week.

Yeah, so Tapoo Tapo, the wearable wristband that enabled guests to reserve wait times, rent lockers, do interactive elements, and pay for food and attaching a credit card to it, has been retired.

I'm surprised because this was like one of the revolutionary parts of Volcano Bay when they launched it.

You know, this was like they come out, it's an all new water park, and this was like one of their big things was Tapoo.

Tapoo was this thing.

Now.

I do recall early on that everybody would lose their taboo tapoo and the lifeguards would have a stick with like hundreds of tapoo taboos on it because they fell off while riding that insane lazy river, crazy river, which.

I don't understand how that happened, Like, are you just not securing it on you?

Like it's it's kind of got like a double lock on it.

It might.

I don't know if the early version had the double long.

I don't really recall.

I just remember seeing all those Tapoo tapoos lost and I made sure I didn't lose mine, although I did lose my sunglasses.

No, that happened to you when you wanted Tom Sawyer's Island.

I scratched my sunglasses on Tom Sawyers Island fitting between the caves?

Did they say, why Tapoo Tapoo is?

I read?

I read something that one of the creators I wrote, and he mentioned that the the fact that you know, cell phones are becoming more and more waterproof and it wearable watches pretty much will do everything you needed to do and then you know, just have people wait and stand by lines.

But which can work.

Like the worst thing at a water park, horrible to have a cell phone at a water park.

Totally like I did, Like I don't.

And here's like, if I'm at a water work, I don't want my cell phone with me, even if it like I'm not gonna wear like one of those like Landyard ziploc pouch things, put it.

Away, put it away for a couple of hours exactly.

Yeah, Like it kind of beats purpose and you know the this has been going on for like two days now.

The weights haven't been that bad, but it's gonna be bad for for Krakatoa the Aqua Coaster.

Oh yeah, and that's the best ride in the place.

I mean, it's an amazing ride, but it's just like that can back up.

I have all I have heard that Tapoo Tapu was done by a third party.

Oh and it hasn't really been able to be updated since the park opened.

This is like when you get solar panels and then the company goes out of business, so you're stuck with like dead panels and there's nothing you can do.

Well, I'm just so I have I have a power up band for U Super Mario World.

Yes, at Epic Universe, I believe that is all handled like in house.

And starting next year they will be having a lengthy refurbishment process for Volcano Bay.

The park will be closed for I believe four months.

Okay, so maybe they in that interim period will update to a like their own system.

That would make sense.

Bring it in house, you control it, You're able to update, You've got a team that can do it.

That makes sense for a company the size of Universal, like Disney.

You know, they did magic bands themselves.

I still see rumors like magic bands are going away, but they keep coming out with new ones.

And didn't California just get magic bands.

I don't think they have them.

That project also cost them like a billion dollars.

Yeah, like we were really excited to get them when they came out.

But here's the thing they have, Like, yes, you can use your watch now to like, like, I don't use a magic band.

I just have it on my watch on my Apple Watch.

I ironically enough, I do use it when I pull up to parking because I have it like right in my door, so I'm just like, hey, scan this.

But they also come up with like new and different ways that you can utilize the Magic Band.

Like there's you know, you can use it for pictures.

You can use it for scavenger hunts through galaxies edge like with Magic Band.

Plus there's a whole bunch of stuff that you can do with them.

So they're fit figuring out ways to get a return on their big investment.

I still like them.

I still think they're a fun addition.

Of course, you can get the custom ones and the various characters.

I did have one.

You keep ears in your car, Scott.

I had one in my car for years.

It finally just disintegrated.

Yeah, it just fell apart.

Four Key Forky fell apart.

Disneyland has had magic bands for at least two years.

Oh okay, there we go, but they didn't have but they didn't have it right away.

It took them seven years to get the.

First time I went to Disneyland, I wore my magic band and I was like trying to pretending to scan in at the at the turnstile, and that joke landed.

Is about as well as you think it would.

Yeah, yeah, your forky disintegrated.

You lost out, You lost four Ky.

No, no, no, I have him.

It's just he he is retired now from being a wearable.

I had to retire the Fanos that Jimmy got for me because I loved that one so much and it was starting to starting to come apart.

So I just put it back in it's special case and it stays are on display.

I could, I could do that.

I still actually have the box for for four Key.

The Thanos one so great though, because when you scan it you get the rainbow thing that goes around for the Infinity Gauntlet, Yeah, that's so unfortunate.

Yeah, and I'll still break it out on a special occasion, especially if I ever go to Disney.

It's gonna say what you gonna You're just gonna wear it to a formal occasion.

Eh.

You know, maybe I hear later in the show you're gonna tell me about some Disney things that will be affordable, and maybe I'll take part in them.

You want me.

That's a good segue.

Do you want me to segue into that?

Right now?

Let's go into R next.

This is the most interested thing I want to hear about on the show this week.

So a thing that you have harped on in the history of the show, besides Sea World getting hollow scream.

Is what parks staying openly?

Yes, exactly, Well your favorite thing.

Next year, there will be Epcot after hours, Magic Kingdom after hours in Hollywood studios after hours.

Are these separate ticketed events.

These are separate ticketed events.

Got a part stings?

You gotta know that part stings.

You don't have a pass, So what does it matter is what.

If I gotta pass?

Well, I gotta pass this year.

Well this is uh from let's see nine thirty to twelve thirty at Epcot.

Okay, so that is that's later if you can, if you if if you can stay up later, right, but you can get into the park, you know, at seven o'clock.

Okay, all right, it's not bad.

Yeah, exactly.

Uh these are all like nine to midnights, nine to twelve thirties.

Um, here's my fear.

I'll tell you what my fear is with this, with this being a separate ticketed event.

Yes, and they just say, you know what, We'll just close all the parts of seven eight o'clock from now on, and if you want to come late, we'll have those separate ticketed events a whole new revenue stream.

Okay, well, how about this, we want to talk about pricing.

Yes, let me get this ad out of the way.

That took up the entire screen.

I hate when that happens.

NICs are terrible nowadays, websites are just awful.

Okay, here we go.

You want to go to Epcot, right, you love Apcot.

You want to go do that Guardian's thing.

You want to do Guardians of the Galaxy.

Okay, per ticket or per night, it depends on, It depends on and on.

When you want to go.

What's the range of dates we're looking at here?

Do we know we've got two weekends in January?

A weekend or a day or two nights inbry in January, couple in April May.

It's it's literally selected nights.

Okay, I'm just I'm trepidacious because you know, I fear this might set a precedent that will never have Magic Kingdom open until midnight.

Again, Well that's my concern.

But here's the thing.

Experience popular tractions with lower weight times.

I know this gimmick, I know the gimmick.

It's it's it's it's Mickey's not so scary and the Christmas gimmick and the whole shebang.

Okay, okay, okay, you want to go to Magic Kingdom, then instead I do.

But I want to, Yeah, I don't want to pass to get.

Me one seventy five to two hundred dollars.

God, but ten am to one pm.

Scott, how much did you say these were?

Uh?

When the Magic Kingdom was one seventy five to two hundred dollars?

Yeah, but a regular Florida resident tickets one hundred and nineteen dollars.

Yes, but this is a limited ticket event.

I thought you said it was like a budget thing.

Did you did you?

Did you not see when I?

Oh it was it?

Go hes a quote?

I did the quote.

It wasn't a good deal.

I mean, here's the here's the if you can afford it, it is a good deal.

Because no, it is because it just like going to any of the parties, it is a different kind of experience.

They do different kinds of things at these events that they don't do during regular park hours.

Here's my suggestion is for everyone listening and everyone in the world, do not support these type of events, do not encourage this type of behavior.

Don't go, and they won't build it.

How about this?

Okay, okay, okay, Hollywood Studios nine thirty to twelve thirty one.

Fine, but there's gonna be fun things like this.

DJ Rex spinning the hottest tunes this side of Coruscant.

Really?

Yes?

Wow?

Does he not do that inside the little little bar there that's crowded always?

But this is a different experience.

Okayez, there's dance parties going on.

They are ringing, They are ringing people dry right now.

They they're just ringing every drop out of this towel.

Does it have the all you can eat ice cream like the Villains thing.

No, and I think that was only because you guys were there.

I don't think that's a regular occurrence.

No, that was a whenever you do they had the villains, I included all you could eat ice cream.

Oh wait, so sorry, you you are correct.

Select snacks are included in your tickets, such as ice cream, popcorn, and bottle beverages.

They will give you whatever you asked for too, because Jimmy tested that they were just gonna give them everything.

He's like, oh no, no, no, I I was just kidding.

All right, So do you take back what you said?

No, I don't.

I still suggest do not support this type of behavior, because when we do things like this, we lose things.

No, I'm in, Yeah, I'm in.

Not helpful.

Neither of you are helpful.

I want to see DJ Rex, Yeah, I wonder you.

Yeah, I'm in with ice cream.

Yeah, I'm mean.

No, don't do this.

Ye don't go when it's if you want to stuff your face, go during the Halloween or Christmas tickets.

Tickets for all of these go on sale on October ninth.

All right, leave Dickerman in the car with the window.

Correct.

Yeah, that's fine, that's fine.

I'll go up with my with my magic band and say I'm a pass holder and I paid for my pass.

You don't get to exclude me in the evenings.

And they'll say, uh, sir, you don't have a pass.

You haven't bought one yet.

Please please leave the property.

That is one issue.

I don't really have a leg to stand on there.

I really don't have an argument here and not I'm being a pass holder and giving them money.

This is true, So this is factual.

But no, these are always fun.

If you have the opportunity to go to one of these, enjoy it.

Mm hmm yeah.

Or if you have the opportunity not to go.

Let's not encourage this time and behavior from the Walt Disney Corporation.

Okay, how about this.

This is mainly for Jimmy.

The Reclaimed and Reforged storyline is returning to Savvy's Workshop later this month.

I know I saw that.

Oh no, no, don't know.

Just send Lauren a text right now.

Don't let Jimmy in Savvy's Workshop.

No, I've done it once.

That's the only time I'm going to be able to get that one by.

Is it true that if you go into Savvy's workshop there is a picture of you on the WALLA says, do not serve this man?

Well no, well yes, but it's in Arabash, so you have to know how to speak it.

M It's gonna be a challenge.

Remember you used to be able to get a name tag in Arabash?

Can you still do that?

They used to do it for Star Wars weekends.

Remember Jeff got one.

Yeah, I believe they also did that at launch Bay.

Oh did they do it at launch Bag Yeah?

And they did it at Celebration when it was here in Orlando too.

You might do it at Star Toars.

Okay, or maybe have a machine where.

You could do it by Star Toars like you know how they have like the machines where you could get like a dog tag made like it for a dog.

I'm wondering if they, I mean, if not, they should totally have one of.

Those, absolutely one hundred percent.

If they don't, this is a great idea.

Look, if you guys want to make money, quit doing these extra nights.

Get one of them dog tag machines, but an airbash.

Or if you want to make money, do both of these ideas now.

Don't everyone.

Don't do the second one.

Don't do it.

Do do both of them.

It's a terrible idea.

Why because you will, You will manifest this into the universe and not do anything about it.

Yeah, exactly.

I think I just want it my way.

I'm just not going to take advance.

I'd like to go to the theme parks late at night.

My favorite part about Disney was being mobile to go, you know, to eleven to twelve.

Wait, was the last time you went to a theme park?

Okay, it's been a couple of years.

Guys.

You know I've been to SeaWorld.

I've been to SeaWorld.

Them into Disney.

They priced me out.

Okay, they priced out the common man, the everyday American.

I'd like to remind you that we bought you two in credit passes years ago when UH annual passes went back on sale and you have not used them.

No, that didn't.

Never happened.

I mean it did my bank accounts, as it did.

Remember when they launched they relaunched annual passes like you better get them because no, they're gonna be sell out one out.

That's when we bought them for you.

Mm hmmmm.

Mine never lapsed.

Keep it going, keep it going, keep the dream alive.

Jimmy, I still have mine, and I don't know what I'm gonna do.

Went I'm going on Monday to see uh newcount Glory.

Yeah, I gotta figure I gotta figure that out.

Are you gonna go see Newfound Glory?

Uh?

Yeah, I've just got a lot going on next week, so I really have to like strategically plan out all of my plans next week.

That is part of the EPCOT.

What is it?

What festival is this one?

Food wine, arts, food and wine.

No, food and wine, No, no, no, no.

It's Eat to the Festival of the Arts, Flower and Garden, Food and Wine.

And then the Holiday Experience.

I don't remember what that one's actually.

Called, Holidays around the World exactly that.

Yeah, well, you know they figured out food and wine was the original, right, yes, they figured out with how profitable that was, or like, let's just keep making these guys and okay, they're making us a lot of money.

Correct me if I'm wrong, You guys are old.

Accurate.

Wasn't food and Wine only like a like a month when it started?

Wasn't it like the Wasn't it just like a very like limited thing, and then it just grew and grew and grew.

I think it was like a weekend, That's what I mean.

Like, I guess some could say that about Star Wars, like, oh, you guys just had weekends.

Now now you got all the time.

You got it into the park.

It's not the same though, and now it's a decade in between movies.

Yeah.

Yeah, I want the Darth Maul back, and I want all the weird characters out.

Let's bring it back, guys, like extra money star Wars weekends.

Actually that wasn't even a separate ticket.

That was a regular ticket.

It was.

Yeah, it was wonderful.

Let me guess you also want them to bring the soaps weekend back.

Look, I had trouble with that.

Did I tell you the story with that?

I had trouble with that.

I don't know that.

No, I don't know this.

I had a secret service looking guy like a very upset with me over the soaps weekend.

See, for a little while, they had the radio studio, I'll make this quickly, had the radio studio there at Hollywood Studios, right, Yeah, So while they were refurbishing the five forty studios or seven forty studios, whichever it was at the time.

They had to bring the Gardening show over to Disney, so we produced it over there for a while.

So we'd get there super early in the morning.

They had to leave a key in like one of them realtor boxes outside, okay, and so I'd get there, I'd open the realtor box, open the door.

When we got done with the show, put the key back in the realtor box.

Well, on Soap's Weekend, I put the key back in the realtor box and this guy's like, all right, what do you doing?

What you put in there?

Like like I was planting a bomb of some sort and he had a little earpiece the whole secret service.

Look, I'm like, bro, I just it's the key man.

But yeah, that was my That was my experience on soap Sweekend.

Oh wow, if you're curious to where that that location was, it's now the ole off the ingredients.

Yeah, meet and greet across from Star Tours.

Yeah, the whole studio is gone right well yeah yeah, yeah, Radio Disney there is gone.

Yeah.

I believe Radio Disney itself almost is like completely gone.

Yeah.

That was like the headquarters of Radio Disney, like where all the popular shows came from.

I guess mmmmm, you want one last little bit of news, Yes I do.

They're making updates to Dinosaur.

The ride that's closing soon.

It's closing in early twenty twenty six.

That's pretty soon.

What are they doing too?

Why?

Why bother?

At this point they have updated the on ride photo frame.

Oh well, that's not a big update.

It's like did they ever have a photo?

Yeah before, Yeah, they've always Yeah, it's always had a photo.

What are we doing to the frame now?

Uh?

The it says a twenty twenty five nice work you made it.

Okay, all right, it's got like a meteor coming down on the side of it.

Somebody didn't photoshop uploaded it.

That's not that's not a big update.

It might have done any canvas for all I know.

No, but it's kind of it's it's so weird how like these all of these parks like do this like big thing before like a ride goes away.

Yeah, well get your get your last souvenir.

This is it.

This is the final shot.

So you know, like I said, squeeze it dry, get everything you can out of that thing before you rive it apart.

Like we talked about how when riprid Rocket closed because you abandoned your post, they brought all the characters out, but I didn't even know existed.

Nobody knew they existed, but a real people.

They existed in like plain sight, but you just never occurred to you that they had names.

That's true.

It was fun, all right, Scott.

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