January 10, 2025 • 24 mins
The Mardi Gras concert series at Universal Studios gets announced and on this weeks episode of The Theme Park Podcast the guys run though the lineup and some of the foods that will be available. Then Scott recaps his trip out to Universal and Jimmy talks about his purchases from Cast Connections.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the theme park Capital of the World, Orlando, Florida.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Wait podcast? Is this all radio?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Why does everything gotta be so messy on this station? Anyway,
here's your hosts, Dickerman, Jimmy D and Scott Harris.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Hey there and welcome to the Theme Park Podcast. Dickerman here,
there is Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
D Evening Fellas.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
And Scott Harisoo happy New Year.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
It is not happy spooky season. Nope, nope, nope. They've
started to a construction on Halloween Horn Night's houses.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
They probably have no they have the permit.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Permits are filed.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I have no doubt. I do have no doubt about that.
But it is the New year.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
What permits are filed?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Permit's been filed.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
They gotta file a permit for our house.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Do not pay attention to what what I post on
the social media account for the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I read it daily. I mean it is on like
the top of my social media checklists.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, this is a permit for one building. And then
here's a permit for one of the tents.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Oh, a tent permit. Which is gonna get a permit
for a tent.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Because it's one of those giant ones that are usually
back over behind like men in Black.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Okay, fair enough, all right, that's it's fair enough. Well, yeah,
so Halloween horn Nights will come in October. It is
now January. It is twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Jimmie, it'll come at the end of August.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
It'll be here this summer. What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
What do you mean? Tickets right now are available for
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I think there's a
few dates still available in January that.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Aren't sold out, that aren't sold out here, we do
have festivals coming soon. Today we can talk about some
announcements that have come out. I know, Scott, you've been
out of the parks. Jimmy, you made a special visit.
I did visit a park when I was out of state.
So we have all those things to get to. Scott.
Do you want to go first? Because I believe you
made a visit out to Universal Orlando.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I made it's to Universal Lando Resort, went to Islands
of Adventure and Universal Studios.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
That's the way to do it. I mean, you're there
when I go to both parks.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
And did rides. This time you roade rides. I did
did you ride Velosa Coaster Velosic coaster. Let's see, let
me let me go through this velosic coaster. Actually, no,
first thing. First thing wandered around the uh kids area
of Jurassic Park.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Okay, that's a great area. You can lose your kids.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Camp Jurassic Yeah. Did you know there's an area where
you can like shoot water at people walking by.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
We've had this conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I don't remember it.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Yeah, there's one corner where you come around and there's.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Two spitter tapasauruses, delaphosauruses, thank you. There's two or two
or three delaposaurus cannons and you could shoot up yep.
And then at the up of the ridge they have
water cannons and they can shoot down.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
And let me tell you when it was fifty degrees,
those kids were ruthless.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Yeah. Those kids, I mean kids don't care and they
know you can't fight them, so they'll just do it
because you can't beat up a child.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
But what they're like, they're like, obi wan, they're like,
we've got the higher ground. You can there's nothing you
can do.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, you're I'm just going to tell you now. The
bottom ones have not enough protection you are going to
be soaking wet, So if you want to have fun
with that, be at the top.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, take the high ground out of the moms.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
So so did that went through? That did not get lost.
I did get worried at one point climbing up the
ropes that that I was going to get lost.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, you could have you ask an adult for help.
How do you not get stuck in the ropes like
a mackerel.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Because I'm still limber enough to miss maneuver out.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah he can, he can get around in there.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
No, man, he doesn't have enough body weight, like a
stiff breeze and he'd just be stuck in there.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
But I did that, Velosa Coaster, Spider Man, Incredible, Hulk,
hagrid uh. Then over to Universal Men in Black, Gringott's Mummy.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Wow, I think that's how did you get from it?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
The lines weren't very long you it's you got to
pick your times to do this. Walked walked across because
the the the line for the train was like ninety
minutes one way in like an hour the other.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Ooh, and it's just how many hours were here at
the park, like nine? Okay? Oh wow, you did a
full day.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Full full day. Also while I was there, the video
store closed final day of that. Okay, so bad news
for my wallet because I learned that to while I
was there.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
To get what you can because what's it going to
turn into? Uh?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Nobody knows. Everyone thinks it's gonna be. It could become
the Marty Gross store, but that could also be the
the winter, the holiday one that's next to the Mummy,
So it's very odd which it's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I have a prediction. Yes, it's gonna be a close
up magic stock.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Is that what it originally was?
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Oh okay? Or they would they would actually have like
a guy out front barking, and you'd be like, come
on in for a free magic show. And they'd come
in and he'd show you like two or three magic
tricks and then like you can go to the lobby
and buy all the tools for these magic tricks.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Don't get them out.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
They're actually pretty cool. Like the flaming wallet thing was
always cool.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Okay, I never saw that, but that sounds good. Can
I also Gott's wallet did his sky while it was
basically flaming after visiting the video store.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Oh my god, Well, it was like walking around. It's like, well,
do I need this?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
I need this? So I bought a hoodie. I bought
some socks while I was there, items went back to
Minion's cafe.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Okay, bananas this time, didn't.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Get bananas and didn't get the the nacho hat, the
macho nacho hat.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
You should have got that. No.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
I got this like pork ramen dish, which was like delicious.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I know you're a big fan of Asian cuisine, so
I highly recommend you check it out.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
I actually, yeah, I accidentally eat fish today. So I
don't even I don't even know what I'm doing in
my life right now.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
How do you accidentally eat fish?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
I was at the gathering and it looked like a
taco and apparently it was taco with fish inside.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I thought you were gonna say there was a fight
at McDonald's and a fleo fish landed in your mouth.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Negative.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Oh, it also had the uncle Drew's belly fill in
pork sandwich.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
That sounds good.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
It was very good.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
That's Drew was the grow with hair right, Yes, he
was like the good looking grew. Yes.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Oh, that ride, the the one where you become a minion,
not the the shoot him up one, right, not not
in villain, not the villain con one, but the one
that has replaced Jimmy Neutron and hand of Barbara.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Yes, yes, Well, since we're at Universal and you did
mention Marty Grass, should we just jump into that Marty
Gras lineup? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Do you want to?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I would like to just because we can standpoint then
we can we can get to Jimmy's visit, we can
get to my visit, and I know we have a
few other things to announce me. Yeah, let's these are
always fun to uh to hear? Who's appearing at Marti
Gras this year Universal Orlando? When does that start? Do
we know?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
February first?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Okay, so right at the beginning of next month?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yes, uh? First up?
Speaker 3 (07:40):
T Pain, T Pain? Does anybody know a T Pain song? Yes?
I do? On a boat?
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Uh he's he it does have I'm on a boat
with the Linley Island crail.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Okay, I know that song. Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Then Joe Jonas, Joe.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Joe Jonas, is he the one that married the girl
from Game of Thrones? Uh?
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Sansa, Yeah, Joe Jonas was he at one point was
married to Sophie Turner.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Okay, was he the one in Jumanji?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I believe that was Nick Jonas?
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Oh Jonas is apart?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, yeah, there's Kevin, Nick and Joe, and then Frankie
is the other brother.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Oh he's nobody knows who Frankie is.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
He was on the show. He was on the show.
Kevin's Kevin's the older one.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Okay, he's washing cars now.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I think Nick Jonas was in Jumanji.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Yeah, okay, Nick Jonas is the guy I guess. Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I just think they're all doing their own thing. Mm hm,
which one is your favorite?
Speaker 3 (08:47):
I'm gonna go with the guy from Jumanji. Oh, okay, Nick,
I'm going with Nick.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
And then there's cool in the gang. On February fifteenth, legendary.
They are a consummate theme park artist. Yes, they're a staple.
Love Marty Girl. I believe they're there every year.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
I think universal is a staple of their diet, so.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Not too February sixteenth is one S? Who one S?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Is that A?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Is it a Hispanic Latino?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yes? Okay, all right, yeah very popular. Would be outside
of my realm of knowledge, but yeah, very popular, I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
February twenty second Scotty McCreary.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
See Christian, I don't think country.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
American Idol, yeah, he's a country second Idol, yeah, okay,
yeah he won the tenth season of American Idol.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Okay, so American Idol and Country yes, okay cool.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
March first, Foster the People, Okay, we know them, Pumped
Up Kicks man, right.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Yeah, well it was an Excel band, but they did
come and they played. They played in our studio once.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Right, probably March eighth, Ellennium, which is like an eed
M DJ.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
You just knew you had to explain it to right away.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I did.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
I did.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
I saw your I saw your face like glaze over.
March fifteenth one. I'm excited about All Time.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Low okay, all right, Little scream O band.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Well, no, they're a pop No, they're a pop punk band.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Okay, no emo, just pop punk.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Yeah, they're a pop punk. They're like a warped tour.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Yeah. Then after that is Lawrence. I don't know Lawrence
pop soul group.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Okay, okay, they.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Are on March sixteenth. March twenty first, Coco Jones, who
I believe has been part of this circuit before.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Okay, don't know Coco Jones was one.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Of like a radio Disney a person.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Ship.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
I got you then March twenty second DJ Polly D.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Is that a wit Jersey Shore guy? Yes, Jersey is sure.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
I am not kidding. I guess you can go a
left hand jim Tann Laundry. Yeah, very success. He's a
very successful DJ.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Good for him, Good for him and branch.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Out closing it out TLC.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
But they're missing one of the members though, right.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
One of them has passed. Yes, hell left eyes.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Think twenty five years.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
That was still they were a big band though, right.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Absolutely, I mean they still are.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Okay, what good for them?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
So there's that. Do you want to know some food?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, because a lot of these artists, Yeah,
they're gonna be niche artists for a lot of people.
So some people are going to be super into it
like you are for all time Low others, I'm gonna
go and get some.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Food or Jessee the parade and catch some beads there
you go, that's another option.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Or in the case of Jimmy in the parade and
throw the beats.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Gonna say, in the case of Jimmy, hurl beads at people.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
M HM.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Aim for the eye.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Pops cigarettes, though.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
There is a spicy sestwan chicken bites okay, hot maple
lacquered salmon, since you're a big fish guy. Now, yeah,
Colombian burger. It's different about then, different toppings. Okay, over
at the kitchen at the hard Rock Hotel, Bourbon Street beignets.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Yeah, sign me up.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
I'm in for how many?
Speaker 3 (12:31):
All of them? Oh?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (12:35):
All of them?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Do you guys? Are from that episode of The Simpsons
where hover Like goes to Hell and he's like strapped
into a chair and they're just feeding him donuts.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Don't recall it's one episode for some reason, they don't know.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
I think that's a treehouse of her.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yes, and.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Basically he sells the devil his soul for a donut.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Yes, that's it.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
In the end, it turns into like, god, what's that movie?
It's like a courtroom drama at the end of it,
and the devil is beaten by March because she has
a contract with Homer already for a soul. So at
the very end of it, he's like, may that donut
always be on your head, and he turns his head
into a giant donut.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Oh okay, now I know it now when you say that,
that reminds me of the entire episode. Now, I know it.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Yeah, and she's like, stop eating your head, but.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
He's just they just keep shoveling more into his mouth.
That's what I'm imagining.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, and butter beeers.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Oh, I forgot to say this because it was cold
when I was at Islands of Adventure, got a hot
butter beer mm hmm, and.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
I think it's the best.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Well, the the the team member that served it said
it is the best one, so they're wrong. When it
gets to be a certain temperature. They add a cart
just for hot butter beer.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Nice. What is the car look like?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Kind of looks like a mobile whole coffee stand kind
of thing.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Okay, because I know some of the car like for
the frozen butter beer carts are just like a faux
giant barrel.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
No, No, it was nothing like that. It kind of
like looked like a little bit bigger than like, you know,
an old timey like popcorn machine.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Okay. And then like whereabouts did juice? Where's that located?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It was right outside of the bathrooms inside of Hogsmade,
so kind of like Dead's And it was like there's
the giant barrel of butter beer, and just behind that was.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
This, okkay, I know exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Yeah, And I was like, Hey, how long are you
guys gonna like have the hot butter beer. He's like
a couple more weeks. So, but he's like, once it
hits a certain temperature, then they wheel this out.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Okay, So you've got a great opportunity to have it
right now because it has been frigid in central Florida.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
It has been it has been very cold outside.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Yeah yeah, so yeah? Uh is that is that all
the food options for.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
And that is all the food options that have been
unveiled thus far for Marti.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Gras thus far. So when I was in Tennessee, I
did threaten to go to Dollywood.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
How was the cinnamon bread?
Speaker 3 (15:11):
We didn't make it to Dollywood. We had plans. I
had the tickets in my cart actually, but I found
out one very important footnote regarding Dollywood is that they
stopped running their rides when it hits forty degrees. The
two days we were going, it wasn't anywhere near forty degrees.
It was somewhere in the thirties or below. So no
(15:33):
Dollywood I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
The whole reason we sent.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
You there, yeah, exactly, Yeah was to go to Yes, yeah,
that was to go to Dollywood. And I did not
do it because you could still go to the park,
but the rides will not be operating in that cold
of temperatures.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Did you tell them you know what to do?
Speaker 3 (15:55):
No, no, I did not, because I didn't go. Did
you show them your zipper pocket? That's true, didn't go,
so I was not able to show them my zipper pockets,
but I did have zipper pockets in my jacket.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Did a giant.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Dolly at the front of the park tell you that
the park was closed?
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Well, no, isn't it. The park was open, just no rides.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Yeah, the park's open and they'll run the rides, but
once it hits forty boom, they turn them off. It's
a safety thing, I guess.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
I mean that does make sense.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Yeah, so you know, they don't want rides freezing up
and things like that. So next time we'll try Dollywood.
I did find if you do go out there, I
was gonna. I had tickets in my car and I'm like,
I wonder if I could find any discounts. And I
did find that Sam's. They have a discount on Dollywood
tickets and maybe Costco as well. I don't know, but
it was gonna be like sixty bucks off. So if
(16:46):
you need Dollywood tickets in your Sam's club member, that
might be that might be the way to go.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Okay, but that's a person.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Yeah, we didn't go. We did get some snow, but
no Dollywood.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Did you bring back any snow?
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Yeah? I did, but and when I went to gravit
it was just water.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Oh weird, weird. It's like you don't know how to
take care of it.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Oh, I don't know how to care for my snow.
Jimmy had his Jimmy had his own adventure though, because
he visited a an exclusive site at Walt Disney World.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
It's not the excuse, because I mean, you.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Got to be invited, you gotta have a you gotta
be escorted in.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Well, you just need to know a cast member. And
isn't Disney like the.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Central Flora's largest employer employer, So it's not that.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
But I don't know many people that work there for
whatever reason. I know like one person and it's the
same one we all know. Yeah, but again I have
like five friends, so that's not saying much me too.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
So yeah, our our collective friend he brought me out
to uh cast Connection.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
So Cast Connection is it's this wonderful play would it be?
Would it be the ross of Disney merchandise? Like you
just get you never know what's gonna be there, and
it's just like sometimes you can find some amazing things
and sometimes it's really odd, weird stuff.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Yeah, I mean I think that's a pretty fair way
to describe what it is. So what you buy, Well,
I walked around a store and you know how in
the beginning, like the way I have you go in,
you go in through like a side entrance, and that's
where property control is. That property control room was almost
(18:28):
entirely empty. Oh wow, I've never seen it that empty.
So I was like a little like a gas if
you will.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
So probably in control for people who don't know that
is like stuff from inside the park, like larger items,
is that right?
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Mostly what you're gonna find there is like you know,
dishes and like stuff that's used in the parks but
they're not using or it's being replaced or for whatever.
So like you'll find toasters that used to be in
hotel rooms, you'll find and you know sometimes furniture used
to be in hotel rooms. Yeah, it all depends upon
(19:04):
you know, like like you said, it all depends what
they have.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
You're just waiting for a rug or trash can to
show up there one day.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
The trash can absolutely, And I have told anybody who
would listen there, please if there is a trash can,
or if a park bench turns up, because you know
they have like those fun like plastic benches that are
made out of recycled plastic, especially especially if you get
me one of the it's like a I want to say,
(19:33):
like almost like a tan color and it's got all
the animals etched in it from Animal Kingdom, and it's
one of the few places you'll see the dragon.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Oh yeah, yeah, I forgot it.
Speaker 4 (19:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
And he's also I think in the lanterns. Yes, Like
if you look at the lanterns that the line the street.
I want one of those lanterns from my gazebo, and
I want to one of the benches to put in
front of the gazebo. Kay, right, and then a trash
can in the gazebo.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
There you go. So what did you what did you
find inside? Cast Connections.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Well, to me, one of the best best deals I
saw is they had the Banchees from Avatar Land.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they have at.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
One point only Banshee's there, and I think they were
selling them for like sixteen bucks.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Like, oh nice.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
They they're Akrons.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
Ekrons, Yeah, yeah, Krons.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
That's because Disney has just released their new Ekrons, and
I think the new ones. I have to look more
into him, but I'm pretty sure that they are wireless.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Now. Oh, it used to.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Be like you have like a little hose thing in
your pocket and you just like manipulate that you would
maneipolate the kron somehow, They're doing it wireless, So I got.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
To check that out.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Could we get one of those for Dickerman and use
it to like control him like when we go do
things like have it like attack his head or like
like you know, bad at him if he stop.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Would you want to do that? Wine?
Speaker 2 (21:02):
This sounds fun because I feel like you just wander
off a lot. That's more you, Scott, What do you
mean every time we are ever anywhere, I'm right there
with you guys the entire time.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
What's the ghost of the forest when you go through
the through the Annimal Kingdom, the Safari. They like he's
the they're the ghost of the forest. You never see that.
That's Scott, Like he's a ghost of the theme park.
You just he just blends in, he disappears.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
I'm I'm sorry. I'm sorry, James. Who did I hang
out with the entire night at hallween Horrnites.
Speaker 4 (21:33):
Because I didn't let you out of my sight?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
I mean, but was I there the entire time?
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yes? Did you have one of those leashes on him?
One of those like child leashes to keep him from
wandering too far?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
I actually slipped an air tag in his pocket?
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Smart? Smart?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
I wonder if Getkron to like do you remember, like
when you fly a drone, you hit it like a button,
it'll return to base. Basically, I just want the Ekron
to go find Scott, pick him up, and then return.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Well like the little turtle guy, like when you fall
off the Mario Kart track, he just goes out fishing pole.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Did you get an E crome?
Speaker 1 (22:13):
I did not, but I'm thinking I should have so
I might go back. That was that was That was
the big.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Deal that you saw? What did you get?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Oh my god, I'm in so much trouble for this.
I got one of those tron jackets that lights up.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Right, and you had to do something to do some
work on it, right. No, it's a fully functional, no problem,
no problems with it. So I need to I'm coming
to your house on Saturday. I need to see this
thing anyhow.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
No, you need to give him the ring light you
have because Jimmy now fights for the users.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Actually yeah here, I mean this is gonna be great
for radio. But if you look, I have three identity.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Discs right there.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Oh okay, there we go.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
And one is literally signed by Tron himself and it
says I type with the users.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Nice. Nice, So I try. Now you got in trouble
for that? Did Lauren campbelliter? Dot? I'm not care for
your trum jacket?
Speaker 4 (23:11):
Are you gonna wear that.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
You're like every single day?
Speaker 3 (23:16):
Now? Sorry? I've wanted a pair of light up shoes
for years now, So it's fine, don't worry.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
What like l a night l like la lights?
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Like like the ones that kids wear. Yeah, like the
one the little kids wear. They light up when they step.
I've wanted a pair for myself for years.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
I was the young one on this show.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
No I want those. Jimmy's got his light up troum jacket.
It's gonna be fun.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
I want heal he's really bad.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Oh yeah, yeah, it's a definite.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
That's a that's a definite definite.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
I mean they make them in bigger sizes. But I'm like,
why aren't these more popular with adults? And I'm like,
because orthopedics are very expensive.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely, I like your tron jacket. That
sounds at chelmus Uh yeah. I think next time we're
in person and the h and the Lauren campbellilt t
BO Gazebo Studios, you're gonna need to wear it. So
hold that thought because we're just about out of time
for this week's show, Scott. Where can people find us
(24:17):
on social media and maybe get a glimpse of Jimmy's
tron jacket.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
You can follow us on Twitter at Theme Parks Show,
on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and threads at Theme Park Podcast.
You can watch it a Themepark YouTube dot com, and.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
The show traditionally comes to you from the Laurencampbell Realtor
dot com, t boga Zebo Studios for Jimmy for Scott
Harris I am Dickerman. Until next week. We will see
you out at the parks.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
This has been the Theme Park Podcast. Follow the show
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From the theme park Capital of the World, Orlando, Florida.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
Wait podcast? Is this all radio?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Why does everything gotta be so messy on this station? Anyway,
here's your hosts, Dickerman, Jimmy D and Scott Harris.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Hey there and welcome to the Theme Park Podcast. Dickerman here,
there is Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
D Evening Fellas.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
And Scott Harisoo happy New Year.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
It is not happy spooky season. Nope, nope, nope. They've
started to a construction on Halloween Horn Night's houses.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
They probably have no they have the permit.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Permits are filed.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I have no doubt. I do have no doubt about that.
But it is the New year.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
What permits are filed?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Permit's been filed.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
They gotta file a permit for our house.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Do not pay attention to what what I post on
the social media account for the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I read it daily. I mean it is on like
the top of my social media checklists.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, this is a permit for one building. And then
here's a permit for one of the tents.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Oh, a tent permit. Which is gonna get a permit
for a tent.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Because it's one of those giant ones that are usually
back over behind like men in Black.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Okay, fair enough, all right, that's it's fair enough. Well, yeah,
so Halloween horn Nights will come in October. It is
now January. It is twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Jimmie, it'll come at the end of August.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
It'll be here this summer. What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
What do you mean? Tickets right now are available for
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I think there's a
few dates still available in January that.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Aren't sold out, that aren't sold out here, we do
have festivals coming soon. Today we can talk about some
announcements that have come out. I know, Scott, you've been
out of the parks. Jimmy, you made a special visit.
I did visit a park when I was out of state.
So we have all those things to get to. Scott.
Do you want to go first? Because I believe you
made a visit out to Universal Orlando.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I made it's to Universal Lando Resort, went to Islands
of Adventure and Universal Studios.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
That's the way to do it. I mean, you're there
when I go to both parks.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
And did rides. This time you roade rides. I did
did you ride Velosa Coaster Velosic coaster. Let's see, let
me let me go through this velosic coaster. Actually, no,
first thing. First thing wandered around the uh kids area
of Jurassic Park.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Okay, that's a great area. You can lose your kids.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Camp Jurassic Yeah. Did you know there's an area where
you can like shoot water at people walking by.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
We've had this conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I don't remember it.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Yeah, there's one corner where you come around and there's.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Two spitter tapasauruses, delaphosauruses, thank you. There's two or two
or three delaposaurus cannons and you could shoot up yep.
And then at the up of the ridge they have
water cannons and they can shoot down.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
And let me tell you when it was fifty degrees,
those kids were ruthless.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Yeah. Those kids, I mean kids don't care and they
know you can't fight them, so they'll just do it
because you can't beat up a child.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
But what they're like, they're like, obi wan, they're like,
we've got the higher ground. You can there's nothing you
can do.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, you're I'm just going to tell you now. The
bottom ones have not enough protection you are going to
be soaking wet, So if you want to have fun
with that, be at the top.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, take the high ground out of the moms.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
So so did that went through? That did not get lost.
I did get worried at one point climbing up the
ropes that that I was going to get lost.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, you could have you ask an adult for help.
How do you not get stuck in the ropes like
a mackerel.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Because I'm still limber enough to miss maneuver out.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah he can, he can get around in there.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
No, man, he doesn't have enough body weight, like a
stiff breeze and he'd just be stuck in there.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
But I did that, Velosa Coaster, Spider Man, Incredible, Hulk,
hagrid uh. Then over to Universal Men in Black, Gringott's Mummy.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Wow, I think that's how did you get from it?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
The lines weren't very long you it's you got to
pick your times to do this. Walked walked across because
the the the line for the train was like ninety
minutes one way in like an hour the other.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Ooh, and it's just how many hours were here at
the park, like nine? Okay? Oh wow, you did a
full day.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Full full day. Also while I was there, the video
store closed final day of that. Okay, so bad news
for my wallet because I learned that to while I
was there.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
To get what you can because what's it going to
turn into? Uh?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Nobody knows. Everyone thinks it's gonna be. It could become
the Marty Gross store, but that could also be the
the winter, the holiday one that's next to the Mummy,
So it's very odd which it's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I have a prediction. Yes, it's gonna be a close
up magic stock.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Is that what it originally was?
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Oh okay? Or they would they would actually have like
a guy out front barking, and you'd be like, come
on in for a free magic show. And they'd come
in and he'd show you like two or three magic
tricks and then like you can go to the lobby
and buy all the tools for these magic tricks.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Don't get them out.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
They're actually pretty cool. Like the flaming wallet thing was
always cool.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Okay, I never saw that, but that sounds good. Can
I also Gott's wallet did his sky while it was
basically flaming after visiting the video store.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Oh my god, Well, it was like walking around. It's like, well,
do I need this?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
I need this? So I bought a hoodie. I bought
some socks while I was there, items went back to
Minion's cafe.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Okay, bananas this time, didn't.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Get bananas and didn't get the the nacho hat, the
macho nacho hat.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
You should have got that. No.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
I got this like pork ramen dish, which was like delicious.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I know you're a big fan of Asian cuisine, so
I highly recommend you check it out.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
I actually, yeah, I accidentally eat fish today. So I
don't even I don't even know what I'm doing in
my life right now.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
How do you accidentally eat fish?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
I was at the gathering and it looked like a
taco and apparently it was taco with fish inside.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I thought you were gonna say there was a fight
at McDonald's and a fleo fish landed in your mouth.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Negative.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Oh, it also had the uncle Drew's belly fill in
pork sandwich.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
That sounds good.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
It was very good.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
That's Drew was the grow with hair right, Yes, he
was like the good looking grew. Yes.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Oh, that ride, the the one where you become a minion,
not the the shoot him up one, right, not not
in villain, not the villain con one, but the one
that has replaced Jimmy Neutron and hand of Barbara.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Yes, yes, Well, since we're at Universal and you did
mention Marty Grass, should we just jump into that Marty
Gras lineup? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Do you want to?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I would like to just because we can standpoint then
we can we can get to Jimmy's visit, we can
get to my visit, and I know we have a
few other things to announce me. Yeah, let's these are
always fun to uh to hear? Who's appearing at Marti
Gras this year Universal Orlando? When does that start? Do
we know?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
February first?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Okay, so right at the beginning of next month?
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yes, uh? First up?
Speaker 3 (07:40):
T Pain, T Pain? Does anybody know a T Pain song? Yes?
I do? On a boat?
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Uh he's he it does have I'm on a boat
with the Linley Island crail.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Okay, I know that song. Okay.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Then Joe Jonas, Joe.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Joe Jonas, is he the one that married the girl
from Game of Thrones? Uh?
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Sansa, Yeah, Joe Jonas was he at one point was
married to Sophie Turner.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Okay, was he the one in Jumanji?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
I believe that was Nick Jonas?
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Oh Jonas is apart?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, yeah, there's Kevin, Nick and Joe, and then Frankie
is the other brother.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Oh he's nobody knows who Frankie is.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
He was on the show. He was on the show.
Kevin's Kevin's the older one.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Okay, he's washing cars now.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
I think Nick Jonas was in Jumanji.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Yeah, okay, Nick Jonas is the guy I guess. Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I just think they're all doing their own thing. Mm hm,
which one is your favorite?
Speaker 3 (08:47):
I'm gonna go with the guy from Jumanji. Oh, okay, Nick,
I'm going with Nick.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
And then there's cool in the gang. On February fifteenth, legendary.
They are a consummate theme park artist. Yes, they're a staple.
Love Marty Girl. I believe they're there every year.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
I think universal is a staple of their diet, so.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Not too February sixteenth is one S? Who one S?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Is that A?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Is it a Hispanic Latino?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yes? Okay, all right, yeah very popular. Would be outside
of my realm of knowledge, but yeah, very popular, I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
February twenty second Scotty McCreary.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
See Christian, I don't think country.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
American Idol, yeah, he's a country second Idol, yeah, okay,
yeah he won the tenth season of American Idol.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
Okay, so American Idol and Country yes, okay cool.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
March first, Foster the People, Okay, we know them, Pumped
Up Kicks man, right.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Yeah, well it was an Excel band, but they did
come and they played. They played in our studio once.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Right, probably March eighth, Ellennium, which is like an eed
M DJ.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
You just knew you had to explain it to right away.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I did.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
I did.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
I saw your I saw your face like glaze over.
March fifteenth one. I'm excited about All Time.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Low okay, all right, Little scream O band.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Well, no, they're a pop No, they're a pop punk band.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Okay, no emo, just pop punk.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Yeah, they're a pop punk. They're like a warped tour.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
Yeah. Then after that is Lawrence. I don't know Lawrence
pop soul group.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Okay, okay, they.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Are on March sixteenth. March twenty first, Coco Jones, who
I believe has been part of this circuit before.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Okay, don't know Coco Jones was one.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Of like a radio Disney a person.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Ship.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
I got you then March twenty second DJ Polly D.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Is that a wit Jersey Shore guy? Yes, Jersey is sure.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
I am not kidding. I guess you can go a
left hand jim Tann Laundry. Yeah, very success. He's a
very successful DJ.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Good for him, Good for him and branch.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Out closing it out TLC.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
But they're missing one of the members though, right.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
One of them has passed. Yes, hell left eyes.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Think twenty five years.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
That was still they were a big band though, right.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Absolutely, I mean they still are.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Okay, what good for them?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
So there's that. Do you want to know some food?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, because a lot of these artists, Yeah,
they're gonna be niche artists for a lot of people.
So some people are going to be super into it
like you are for all time Low others, I'm gonna
go and get some.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Food or Jessee the parade and catch some beads there
you go, that's another option.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Or in the case of Jimmy in the parade and
throw the beats.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Gonna say, in the case of Jimmy, hurl beads at people.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
M HM.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Aim for the eye.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Pops cigarettes, though.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
There is a spicy sestwan chicken bites okay, hot maple
lacquered salmon, since you're a big fish guy. Now, yeah,
Colombian burger. It's different about then, different toppings. Okay, over
at the kitchen at the hard Rock Hotel, Bourbon Street beignets.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Yeah, sign me up.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
I'm in for how many?
Speaker 3 (12:31):
All of them? Oh?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (12:35):
All of them?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Do you guys? Are from that episode of The Simpsons
where hover Like goes to Hell and he's like strapped
into a chair and they're just feeding him donuts.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Don't recall it's one episode for some reason, they don't know.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
I think that's a treehouse of her.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yes, and.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Basically he sells the devil his soul for a donut.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Yes, that's it.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
In the end, it turns into like, god, what's that movie?
It's like a courtroom drama at the end of it,
and the devil is beaten by March because she has
a contract with Homer already for a soul. So at
the very end of it, he's like, may that donut
always be on your head, and he turns his head
into a giant donut.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Oh okay, now I know it now when you say that,
that reminds me of the entire episode. Now, I know it.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Yeah, and she's like, stop eating your head, but.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
He's just they just keep shoveling more into his mouth.
That's what I'm imagining.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, and butter beeers.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Oh, I forgot to say this because it was cold
when I was at Islands of Adventure, got a hot
butter beer mm hmm, and.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
I think it's the best.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Well, the the the team member that served it said
it is the best one, so they're wrong. When it
gets to be a certain temperature. They add a cart
just for hot butter beer.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Nice. What is the car look like?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Kind of looks like a mobile whole coffee stand kind
of thing.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Okay, because I know some of the car like for
the frozen butter beer carts are just like a faux
giant barrel.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
No, No, it was nothing like that. It kind of
like looked like a little bit bigger than like, you know,
an old timey like popcorn machine.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Okay. And then like whereabouts did juice? Where's that located?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It was right outside of the bathrooms inside of Hogsmade,
so kind of like Dead's And it was like there's
the giant barrel of butter beer, and just behind that was.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
This, okkay, I know exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Yeah, And I was like, Hey, how long are you
guys gonna like have the hot butter beer. He's like
a couple more weeks. So, but he's like, once it
hits a certain temperature, then they wheel this out.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Okay, So you've got a great opportunity to have it
right now because it has been frigid in central Florida.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
It has been it has been very cold outside.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Yeah yeah, so yeah? Uh is that is that all
the food options for.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
And that is all the food options that have been
unveiled thus far for Marti.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Gras thus far. So when I was in Tennessee, I
did threaten to go to Dollywood.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
How was the cinnamon bread?
Speaker 3 (15:11):
We didn't make it to Dollywood. We had plans. I
had the tickets in my cart actually, but I found
out one very important footnote regarding Dollywood is that they
stopped running their rides when it hits forty degrees. The
two days we were going, it wasn't anywhere near forty degrees.
It was somewhere in the thirties or below. So no
(15:33):
Dollywood I'm sorry.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
The whole reason we sent.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
You there, yeah, exactly, Yeah was to go to Yes, yeah,
that was to go to Dollywood. And I did not
do it because you could still go to the park,
but the rides will not be operating in that cold
of temperatures.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Did you tell them you know what to do?
Speaker 3 (15:55):
No, no, I did not, because I didn't go. Did
you show them your zipper pocket? That's true, didn't go,
so I was not able to show them my zipper pockets,
but I did have zipper pockets in my jacket.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Did a giant.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Dolly at the front of the park tell you that
the park was closed?
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Well, no, isn't it. The park was open, just no rides.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
Yeah, the park's open and they'll run the rides, but
once it hits forty boom, they turn them off. It's
a safety thing, I guess.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
I mean that does make sense.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Yeah, so you know, they don't want rides freezing up
and things like that. So next time we'll try Dollywood.
I did find if you do go out there, I
was gonna. I had tickets in my car and I'm like,
I wonder if I could find any discounts. And I
did find that Sam's. They have a discount on Dollywood
tickets and maybe Costco as well. I don't know, but
it was gonna be like sixty bucks off. So if
(16:46):
you need Dollywood tickets in your Sam's club member, that
might be that might be the way to go.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Okay, but that's a person.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Yeah, we didn't go. We did get some snow, but
no Dollywood.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Did you bring back any snow?
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Yeah? I did, but and when I went to gravit
it was just water.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Oh weird, weird. It's like you don't know how to
take care of it.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Oh, I don't know how to care for my snow.
Jimmy had his Jimmy had his own adventure though, because
he visited a an exclusive site at Walt Disney World.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
It's not the excuse, because I mean, you.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Got to be invited, you gotta have a you gotta
be escorted in.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Well, you just need to know a cast member. And
isn't Disney like the.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Central Flora's largest employer employer, So it's not that.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
But I don't know many people that work there for
whatever reason. I know like one person and it's the
same one we all know. Yeah, but again I have
like five friends, so that's not saying much me too.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
So yeah, our our collective friend he brought me out
to uh cast Connection.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
So Cast Connection is it's this wonderful play would it be?
Would it be the ross of Disney merchandise? Like you
just get you never know what's gonna be there, and
it's just like sometimes you can find some amazing things
and sometimes it's really odd, weird stuff.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Yeah, I mean I think that's a pretty fair way
to describe what it is. So what you buy, Well,
I walked around a store and you know how in
the beginning, like the way I have you go in,
you go in through like a side entrance, and that's
where property control is. That property control room was almost
(18:28):
entirely empty. Oh wow, I've never seen it that empty.
So I was like a little like a gas if
you will.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
So probably in control for people who don't know that
is like stuff from inside the park, like larger items,
is that right?
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Mostly what you're gonna find there is like you know,
dishes and like stuff that's used in the parks but
they're not using or it's being replaced or for whatever.
So like you'll find toasters that used to be in
hotel rooms, you'll find and you know sometimes furniture used
to be in hotel rooms. Yeah, it all depends upon
(19:04):
you know, like like you said, it all depends what
they have.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
You're just waiting for a rug or trash can to
show up there one day.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
The trash can absolutely, And I have told anybody who
would listen there, please if there is a trash can,
or if a park bench turns up, because you know
they have like those fun like plastic benches that are
made out of recycled plastic, especially especially if you get
me one of the it's like a I want to say,
(19:33):
like almost like a tan color and it's got all
the animals etched in it from Animal Kingdom, and it's
one of the few places you'll see the dragon.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Oh yeah, yeah, I forgot it.
Speaker 4 (19:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
And he's also I think in the lanterns. Yes, Like
if you look at the lanterns that the line the street.
I want one of those lanterns from my gazebo, and
I want to one of the benches to put in
front of the gazebo. Kay, right, and then a trash
can in the gazebo.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
There you go. So what did you what did you
find inside? Cast Connections.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Well, to me, one of the best best deals I
saw is they had the Banchees from Avatar Land.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they have at.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
One point only Banshee's there, and I think they were
selling them for like sixteen bucks.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Like, oh nice.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
They they're Akrons.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
Ekrons, Yeah, yeah, Krons.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
That's because Disney has just released their new Ekrons, and
I think the new ones. I have to look more
into him, but I'm pretty sure that they are wireless.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Now. Oh, it used to.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Be like you have like a little hose thing in
your pocket and you just like manipulate that you would
maneipolate the kron somehow, They're doing it wireless, So I got.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
To check that out.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Could we get one of those for Dickerman and use
it to like control him like when we go do
things like have it like attack his head or like
like you know, bad at him if he stop.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Would you want to do that? Wine?
Speaker 2 (21:02):
This sounds fun because I feel like you just wander
off a lot. That's more you, Scott, What do you
mean every time we are ever anywhere, I'm right there
with you guys the entire time.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
What's the ghost of the forest when you go through
the through the Annimal Kingdom, the Safari. They like he's
the they're the ghost of the forest. You never see that.
That's Scott, Like he's a ghost of the theme park.
You just he just blends in, he disappears.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
I'm I'm sorry. I'm sorry, James. Who did I hang
out with the entire night at hallween Horrnites.
Speaker 4 (21:33):
Because I didn't let you out of my sight?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
I mean, but was I there the entire time?
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yes? Did you have one of those leashes on him?
One of those like child leashes to keep him from
wandering too far?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
I actually slipped an air tag in his pocket?
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Smart? Smart?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
I wonder if Getkron to like do you remember, like
when you fly a drone, you hit it like a button,
it'll return to base. Basically, I just want the Ekron
to go find Scott, pick him up, and then return.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Well like the little turtle guy, like when you fall
off the Mario Kart track, he just goes out fishing pole.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
Did you get an E crome?
Speaker 1 (22:13):
I did not, but I'm thinking I should have so
I might go back. That was that was That was
the big.
Speaker 3 (22:19):
Deal that you saw? What did you get?
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Oh my god, I'm in so much trouble for this.
I got one of those tron jackets that lights up.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Right, and you had to do something to do some
work on it, right. No, it's a fully functional, no problem,
no problems with it. So I need to I'm coming
to your house on Saturday. I need to see this
thing anyhow.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
No, you need to give him the ring light you
have because Jimmy now fights for the users.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Actually yeah here, I mean this is gonna be great
for radio. But if you look, I have three identity.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Discs right there.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Oh okay, there we go.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
And one is literally signed by Tron himself and it
says I type with the users.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Nice. Nice, So I try. Now you got in trouble
for that? Did Lauren campbelliter? Dot? I'm not care for
your trum jacket?
Speaker 4 (23:11):
Are you gonna wear that.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
You're like every single day?
Speaker 3 (23:16):
Now? Sorry? I've wanted a pair of light up shoes
for years now, So it's fine, don't worry.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
What like l a night l like la lights?
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Like like the ones that kids wear. Yeah, like the
one the little kids wear. They light up when they step.
I've wanted a pair for myself for years.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
I was the young one on this show.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
No I want those. Jimmy's got his light up troum jacket.
It's gonna be fun.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
I want heal he's really bad.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Oh yeah, yeah, it's a definite.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
That's a that's a definite definite.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
I mean they make them in bigger sizes. But I'm like,
why aren't these more popular with adults? And I'm like,
because orthopedics are very expensive.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely, I like your tron jacket. That
sounds at chelmus Uh yeah. I think next time we're
in person and the h and the Lauren campbellilt t
BO Gazebo Studios, you're gonna need to wear it. So
hold that thought because we're just about out of time
for this week's show, Scott. Where can people find us
(24:17):
on social media and maybe get a glimpse of Jimmy's
tron jacket.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
You can follow us on Twitter at Theme Parks Show,
on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and threads at Theme Park Podcast.
You can watch it a Themepark YouTube dot com, and.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
The show traditionally comes to you from the Laurencampbell Realtor
dot com, t boga Zebo Studios for Jimmy for Scott
Harris I am Dickerman. Until next week. We will see
you out at the parks.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
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