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Doug_Barnes Site Admin

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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:30 am Post subject: |
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Here It Is! tspp#101-10/31/09
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Happy Halloween! It’s Episode 101. Have a ghoulish time in the Season Pass Discussion Room as Rick West (Founder and Editor of Theme Park Adventure) joins Doug Barnes to discuss the origin of TPA, the influence of www.themeparkadventure.com and the Amazing Haunted Attractions, Mazes & Houses found in California. Afterwards Darrell and Travis jump into the SPDR to talk Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights in Florida and Ghost Galaxy in Disneyland Park. Then we finish off with a Disneyland Halloweentime and Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Review with Doug and Shannon. There’s plenty of ear-candy-corn to go around. Please Enjoy!
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screaminman11

Joined: 04 Apr 2009 Posts: 56 Location: Lakewood, CA
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:51 am Post subject: |
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Yay!!!! Sounds awesome Doug. I'm glad it was posted this morning so I can listen to it before I have a crazy night at work tonite. So much fun to record and everything. _________________ Travis LaRiviere
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Doug_Barnes Site Admin

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MarkE

Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 55 Location: Suffolk, VA
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:12 am Post subject: |
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Wow! Thanks so much for the awesome episode, Doug! This was a real treat for Halloween!
I also really enjoyed Nick's podcast as I have always wanted to attend HHN at Universal. I can never hear enough about the event. Nick is also alot of fun. Great job, guys! |
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Stingray

Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 193 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Tremendous show. I would call these shows your epic or mega shows. Love hearing all the reviews for Halloween events and I glad that Ghost Galaxy is a hit. I hope it makes it way to the Magic Kingdom. I do have a question about the Blackstone purchase of Busch Parks, I would like to hear the whole Season Pass thoughts about the deal and what can be excepted from this. Great to have Nicks own segment on the Season Pass with good guest like Pat. It’s a double shot of SP, wow. Keep it up.
I did get a chance to go to Halloween Horror nights at Universal and had a good time. I manager to see some construction of Harry Potter land and took some photos. I think it coming in great, but I don’t see it as a big theme park within a theme park, it more like Marvel land or others there. I got a chance to ride a virtual Space Mountain and found a cool cast member that love coaster and the TTA. Awesome.
I also did Hollywood Rip Rocket and my verdict is nay. It’s a neat idea but a meh experiences. My biggest problem is that the cart shakes too much. It’s not a smooth ride most of the time. While it’s reported that the ride does get smooth I didn’t find it at all during my time with the coaster. I did manger to do the hack song and it work. You need to know what your number song is but it’s cool to have more choices. Universal is still testing it out so they are not giving up on it and the moving platform is still not running yet, but I wonder how that’s going to work and make things go faster though. I think I understand why Vekoma get the rep of mediocre.
The one thing I found strange was there was DC merchandise at Universal T2 store. Makes me wonder if Universal is setting up a replacement of Marvel land. I sang of pic and I post them if anyones interesting in them. _________________
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Doug_Barnes Site Admin

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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| MarkE wrote: | Wow! Thanks so much for the awesome episode, Doug! This was a real treat for Halloween!
I also really enjoyed Nick's podcast as I have always wanted to attend HHN at Universal. I can never hear enough about the event. Nick is also alot of fun. Great job, guys! |
Thanks as always MarkE. Glad you've been digging the last couple of shows. These two episodes (100,101) have been pretty extreme on the production side, so it makes it worth the stress when we get great feedback.
| Stingray wrote: | | I do have a question about the Blackstone purchase of Busch Parks, I would like to hear the whole Season Pass thoughts about the deal and what can be excepted from this. |
We're completely stoked about Blackstone's purchase of the Busch Parks, so there will be plenty of BEC talk in the near future. In fact, IAAPA might be a good place for us to get some more info on the future of BEC.
Thank you for the kind words everyone. _________________ Doug Barnes
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nickhutson

Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 16 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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I am happy blackstone own Busch parks now. I think with Universal and Merlin, they know how to spread the money around and - with Busch's passion for beautiful parks and design, and Blackstone's managerial skills - I think it's a strong partnership. I wish, though, Busch parks were under Merlin's ever growing powerful wing. But - hey ho!
Thanks for the kind words about my new section. |
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Pal
Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 43
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I feel a bit behind on shows, so I only just finished the Halloween episode. Another nice job. With that out of the way, for anyone considering a Disneyland trip in January and February, there is a trade-off to the smaller crowds. That's rehab time, there's usually something major (or two) down. |
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Doug_Barnes Site Admin

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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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^I agree. January and February is the only time to visit Disneyland now. The rest of the year is peak season.
We might head back down for a weekend in Jan or Feb.
_________________ Doug Barnes
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