Wed, 23 October 2024
tspp #409- Ultimate Guide to Dollywood w/ Erin Browne +Banter, Halloween & Live From France! 10/23/24
Doug, Brent and Robert FINALLY RETURN for 2024!! We discuss recent Theme Park Events, Halloween & Haunts, Review the Aftershock Metal Music Festival '24, and interview the Author of the NEW BOOK based on Dollywood, The Ultimate Guide to Dollywood, Erin Browne!! Make to listen to the end for LIVE AUDIO from Brent and Robert in Disneyland Paris (recorded in the Summer of 2024). Enjoy!! We're back BABY! ;) Links: |
Fri, 15 December 2023
Doug, Brent and Robert remember the late great Marty Krofft, who recently passed away. Experience, influential, and relationship discussions, plus a replay of our 2008 Interview with Marty. Also some conversation on the 2023 IAAPA Expo. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Doug - seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 7 November 2023
Rick Bastrup (President of R&R Creative Amusement Designs, Inc.) joins Doug, Brent and Robert to discuss his start in the amusement industry, R&R Creative, select attractions, and his NEW BOOK from Rivershore Press, Adventures of a Theme Park Designer: My Personal Story of Creating Memorable Theme Park Rides and Attractions. Enjoy! Links: Adventures of a Theme Park Designer R&R Creative Amusement Designs Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Doug - seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 19 October 2023
It’s a BONUS Season Pass Podcast with our friend, the creator of the defunct Fake Theme Park, Jason Ginsburg! He returns to discuss his newest scary project…A Haunted Song! YES!! A new song for the Haunted!!! Jason Wrote and produced a new monster genre song based on the Universal Monsters called CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT! We discuss it! Join us for the FUN! Happy Halloween!! Enjoy!
Song: Children of the Night Music by Jason Ginsburg & Eduardo Garcia Rascon Vocals by Brette Alana
Jason Ginsburg - jrginsburg on Threads Eduardo Garcia Rascon - 8-Bit Studio website Brette Alana -BretteAlana on hyperfollow "Children of the Night" on Spotify More Links: iTunes Link for Children of there Night "Children of the Night" lyrics on Genius The Dark Universe trailer that started it all © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 11 October 2023
The Season Pass Podcast returns to the Winchester Mystery House for the newest installment of their Halloween Event called Winchester Mystery House UNHINGED: Housewarming! Doug sits with the creative group behind Unhinged, Michael Taffe (Director of Operations for Winchester Mystery House) & Amelia Richardson (Marketing Manager for Winchester Mystery House) to discuss the Winchester house, the Unhinged: Housewarming event, the creative process for this haunted presentation, and the mysteries behind this historic tourist destination. Happy Halloween!! Enjoy! Links: Winchester Mystery House: Unhinged Housewarming Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 22 September 2023
The Season Pass Podcast returns with our good friend and Themed Entertainment/Show/Events Creative Guy, Kile Ozier! We discuss the current status of themed entertainment and the future of it (yes…we talk the Meta-verse). Kile is also the author of a new book called Creative Catalyst: Empowering Experience Design Teams From Ideation To Production, published by Rivershore Press and now available at your book store. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 31 August 2023
The Review of the Big TSPP Summer Trip back on I-80! We review our visits to Worlds of Fun, Kings Island, Kennywood, Cedar Point, Holiday World and Silver Dollar City. Trip reviews with Doug, Robert and Brent, along with special guest Darrell Lutjens (and special apearance from the Barnes Boys, plus Truman Young). This episode is MASSIVE! Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 20 June 2023
TSPP has released another Podcast Episode for 2023—We discuss the closure of Walt Disney World’s Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Adventure, the unfortunate operations of Six Flags 2023, our big multiple Amusement Park Trip in July, and more...And We do this all with Disney Podcasting Legend and current Themed Entertainment Entrepreneur, Pseudonym Production’s Ricky Brigante (also creator/former owner of Inside the Magic). Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 21 March 2023
TSPP finally returns for 2023; unfortunately to discuss the loss of a legend in our industry, the Great Rolly Crump, but fortunately, to celebrate the greatness and beauty he brought to all our lives. It's a roundtable conversation on the Fantastic Crump with Doug Barnes, Brent Young (Super 78), Robert Coker (Thrillridde.com), and Ryan Harmon (Zeitgeist). Includes the Interview with Rolly Crump, Chris Crump, and Bob Gurr from the 2010 Knott’s Preserved (Author: Chris Merritt) release event at Knott’s Berry Farm. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2023 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 27 December 2022
TSPP’s Doug Barnes and Brent Young review 2022. IAAPA, Disney, Universal, Six Flags, Cedar Fair, and SeaWorld are all discussed. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at:
Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2022 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 19 October 2022
TSPP’s Doug Barnes and Robert Coker return with long time Season Pass Friend, Ryan Harmon (President, CCO, Founder of Zeitgeist Design). Ryan discusses his newest project, Hersheypark Halloween’s Dark Nights. Also includes the normal Theme Park Geek talk on Universal Studios, SeaWorld roller coasters, and the (non)Metaverse. Enjoy! Links: Hersheypark Halloween Dark Nights Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2022 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 17 May 2022
tspp #397- Arthur's About Theme Parks New Adventure! Plus Guardians of the Galaxy Ride Review 5/17/22
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A return of one of our favorite TSPP guests: Arthur Levine! Discussing the new journey into Arthur’s About Theme Parks subscription service and new ride reviews of Universal Orlando’s VelociCoaster, Busch Gardens Tampa’s Iron Gwazi and EPCOT’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. Also, remembering the GREAT Doug Trumbull, and nostalgic classic ride talk. Recorded RAW & UNEDITED on May 17th, 2022. Enjoy! Links: Arthur’s About Theme Parks Site Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2022 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 25 April 2022
Something has happened in Florida…REEDY CREEK has lost its self governance. TWO Cities are involved in the process that are being ignored. We’re going deep into the movement with the Author of Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World, Chad Emerson. Recorded RAW & UNEDITED on April 25th, 2022. Enjoy! Links: Project Future by Chad Emerson Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2022 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 27 February 2022
We are celebrating the ending of Fake Theme Park with Jason Ginsburg! Yes…this is a new episode of TSPP…we’re not dead. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: © 2022 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 28 April 2021
We are celebrating the life of one of our great friends, owner of ExpoMuseum.com and the ultimate World’s Fair Fan, Urso Chappell. Long time listeners of TSPP have heard Urso discuss Worlds Fair and Theme Parks with us for years; we are going back to the past to relive moments with our late friend. Also, joining us for the conversation is Themed Experience Creative/Veteran Dave Cobb, plus long time friends of Urso, Regev Nystrom and Morten Nyrup. Please enjoy the memories of an amazing man with us.
Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2021 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 25 February 2021
TSPP Is BACK! 2021 Peeps! This Episode: Seth Kubersky returns to discuss the NEW Unofficial Guide Universal Orlando 2021, Epidemic, Post COVID Florida Theme Parks, Velocicoaster, Star Wars, Epic Universe, and much more. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2021 Season Pass Podcast
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Wed, 25 November 2020
tspp #392- 13 Years of Fun & Chaos w/ Jerry Rees, Chris Gore, Jeff Tucker, Rick West & More! 11/25/20
We are celebrating 13 years of the Season Pass Podcast…Kinda…Thanks again 2020!! Over 13 hours of audio (minus 10 hours)! Chris Gore (Film Threat) & Jeff Tucker (Knott's Berry Farm/91 Reasons) discuss the past, present and future of Theme Park’s and Events; Jerry Rees (Director/Writer/Former Imagineer) returns for a virtual talk around the Digital Campfire, discussing…the future of…Virtual Talks…Around the Digital Campfire; and Ryan Harmon (Zeitgeist/Former Imagineer) returns with career updates, health updates, and the uncertainty of themed entertainment for 2020. Also, in the DEAD CENTER of the podcast is the unreleased, unedited, unashamed audio walk-through of the first Trapped at Knott’s Scary Farm 2012 (Jenna Busch, Chris Gore, Brent Young, Robert Coker, Doug Barnes, & Jeff Tucker)—There is explicit language during this part…so skip ahead 23 minutes if you choose not to listen (Podcast Window—1:03:30-1:26:05). There are also surprise appearances littered throughout the show. Plus Stranger Things brought to life as a drive thru! Enjoy…or…try to enjoy. ;) SONGS: Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 13 August 2020
Recorded on June 30th, 2020. Eddie Sotto returns to TSPP! Conversation on Progress City, Main Street Disneyland Paris, Winnie The Pooh in Disneyland Tokyo, New Car Dealership Experiences, The Encounter at LAX, and Much MORE. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 13 July 2020
We are celebrating 10 years of @FakeThemePark with creator, Owner, & Writer, Jason Ginsburg. Murph Gantly also makes another appearance on TSPP. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 30 June 2020
Part Two of our Two Part Series talking with the great Dana Morgan. Conversation on growing up in the amusement industry with his father and amusement rides pioneer Ed Morgan (Arrow Development), getting to know Walt Disney, starting in the industry on the floor at Disneyland, engineering for Arrow, managing the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and starting his own company, D.H. Morgan Manufacturing. Tales on the start of the thrill park world and building the tallest fastest roller coasters. Joining Dana is Doug Barnes, Brent Young, Robert Coker, and special guest Nicholas Laschkewitsch (Director of the documentary film The Legacy of Arrow Development, American Coaster Enthusiast representative, & current Themed Entertainment Engineer). Enjoy. Links: The LEGACY of Arrow Development Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 24 June 2020
Part One of our Two Part Series talking with the great Dana Morgan. Conversation on growing up in the amusement industry with his father and amusement rides pioneer Ed Morgan (Arrow Development), getting to know Walt Disney, starting in the industry on the floor at Disneyland, engineering for Arrow, managing the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and starting his own company, D.H. Morgan Manufacturing. Tales on the start of the thrill park world and building the tallest fastest roller coasters. Joining Dana is Doug Barnes, Brent Young, Robert Coker, and special guest Nicholas Laschkewitsch (Director of the documentary film The Legacy of Arrow Development, American Coaster Enthusiast representative, & current Themed Entertainment Engineer). Enjoy. Links: The Legacy of Arrow Development Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 28 May 2020
TSPP looks into the true, deep, reality…that is the future of Theme Park Business. Veteran Theme Park Journalist, Christian Sylt, joins Doug, Brent, & Robert for a conversation on the Pandemic’s hex on the industry, plus the driving force behind parks in the Middle East. Fun, Sad, Scary, & Exhilarating! Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 21 May 2020
TSPP is back to discuss the cancelation of Midsummer Scream with Creative Director, Rick West. Also discussion on Disney Parks opening back up with Window to the Magic’s Paul Barrie. More COVID-19 Talk…Bleep!! Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 19 April 2020
TSPP gets a man we’ve been wanting for years…Eddie Sotto. Conversation on his start in the industry, from Knott’s to Disney; Hello Dolly, Wacky Soap Box Racers, Landmark, Walt Disney Imagineering, Disneyland Paris, Indiana Jones, George Lucas, Mars, and more! Amazing. Enjoy the voice over king of themed entertainment! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 1 April 2020
TSPP Returns: Quarantined and Dreaming! Zach Briggs (Actor, Writer, Producer, and Man of too many talents) & Peter Overstreet (Creative Director, Writer, Performer, Haunt Veteran, and man of many more talents), joins Doug, Brent and Robert to discuss, the new future of theme parks & themed entertainment, live interaction, the virtual reality world, post COVID-19, the unfortunate business of AB-5, Harry Potter & Star Wars with sanitation, and more uncharacteristic events we’ve never dreamt about before the Pandemic. Fun, Fear, Hopes, Scares, Immersion, Recession, and Redemption…We Got It All. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 10 March 2020
TSPP returns to the house of Baxter for 2020. Actually recorded in October 2019, we shoot the $#!+ with our favorite Imagineer and good friend, Tony Baxter! Talk on Harry Potter and the future of Disney (yes…Star Wars). Doug with Brent, Robert and our buddy Bennett Yellin. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 30 January 2020
TSPP returns for 2020 with a huge history lesson on Disneyland’s birth and a special character…many don’t know about. Our guest is the famous Disney Historian and Cal Poly Professor, Todd James Pierce. Discussion on Disneyland, WDW, Todd’s books and podcast (DHI Podcast), and the amazing biography of C.V. Wood, Three Years In Wonderland. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2020 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 23 December 2019
This UNEDITED episode, we return to Knott’s Berry Farm to discuss the Knott’s Scary Farm HIT, Puppet Up, with the show’s MC, Patrick Bristow. At the table with Patrick is Jeff Tucker, Bennett Yellin, Robert Coker and Doug Barnes. This Episode is EXPLICIT! You’ve been warned. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 30 October 2019
tspp #380- Knott's Scary Farm '19 w/ Tucker, Busche, Miller, Kruger, Brubaker, Seymour & More! 10/30/19
It’s another TSPP Halloween!! This episode, we return to Knott’s Scary Farm for HAUNT 2019! Film and Themed Entertainment Writer, Bennett Yellin, joins Doug Barnes & Robert Coker for another massive adventure at Scary Farm. Conversations with Karl Busche (Merchandise), Laura Brubaker & Wilf Seymour (Food & Beverage), Daniel Miller & Gus Krueger (Haunt Maze Designers), Wes Nieblas (Production), Harold Pierce & Taylor Underwood (Marketing), and TSPP fan favorite, Jeff Tucker (Knott’s Everything Man). Tons of spooky talk, plus walk-throughs of Knott’s Berry Farm’s newest Haunt mazes, Wax Works & Origins. Some Slight Mature Content Ahead. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 28 October 2019
It’s another TSPP Halloween!! This episode, we are at the amazing Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, with Ted Dougherty, Creative Writer and Director from Plague Productions! PLUS...Bonus Conversation on Knott's Scary Farm's Sensational New Maze: Origins! Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 11 September 2019
Film and TV writer Bennett Yellin (Dumb & Dumber, Stuck To You, Dumb and Dumber To, etc.) joins the TSPP gang to discuss his transition from Hollywood to Themed Entertainment! Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 21 August 2019
Season Pass RETURNS to the Amazing, Spooktacular Midsummer Scream for 2019! This episode is the incredible REVIEW of the entire event…directly from ground zero! Join Doug, Robert, Rick, Shannon, Callie and Marissa looking back on the biggest, baddest Midsummer Scream Convention yet. Also, complete audio walk-throughs of the ENTIRE Hall Of Shadows! This podcast is EPIC! Enjoy. Links: FIELD OF SCREAMS: THE HAUNTED STADIUM SALEM - TWISTED MIND PRODUCTIONS KAPPA KAPPA TAU - SCREAM QUEENS Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 15 August 2019
Season Pass RETURNS to the Amazing, Spooktacular Midsummer Scream for 2019! This episode is the incredible conversation on A Chilling Legacy: 50 Years of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion; with Tania Norris (WED/Walt Disney’s Interior Designer), Don Hahn (Film Producer of the Haunted Mansion movie, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, etc.), Bob Gurr (Disney Legend/Creator of the Doom Buggy), Tom Morris (Former Imagineer), and Tony Baxter (Disney Legend/Creative Director of Phantom Manor). This podcast is EPIC! Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 3 March 2019
tspp #375- Jeff Kober Returns: Disney Leadership, Star Wars Intentions, and Orlando Ambitions! 3/3/19
Season Pass is back with a good friend of the podcast, Jeff Kober of DisneyWork.com. Discussion his new book “Disney, Leadership and You," and talk on Star Wars and more. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 15 February 2019
Season Pass is back with Roly Garcia, Student at Carnegie Mellon University, discussing the reimagining of the classic dark ride The Old Mill, originally from Kennywood Amusement Park. The ride is opening and operating at the CMU Campus Carnival on April 12-14, 2019. Check out the Press Release printed below the Links. Enjoy. Links: The Old Mill Amusement Ride Facebook Page Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2019 Season Pass Podcast PRESS RELEASE: Students Reimagine “The Old Mill” Ride for CMU Campus Carnival |
Thu, 20 December 2018
Season Pass is back with Fake Theme Park’s Jason Ginsburg for this Holly Jolly end of 2018 episode! Talk on all happenings in the Theme Park World plus Fake Theme Park’s new book—If The Princess Rolls Her Eyes, Your Wish Will Come True. Buy it!!! Murph Gantly makes an appearance. Merry Christmas. Enjoy. Links: Fake Theme Park: If The Princess Rolls Her Eyes… Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 3 December 2018
More interviews from the TEA SATE Conference at CalArts in October, 2017. SATE is the definitive conference on Experience Design, presented by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). (Storytelling + Architecture + Technology = Experience.) Theme: The Future of Immersive Realities. Doug, Brent and Robert sit with the presenters/speakers from the event. This Episode includes Genevieve Angio-Morneau (Creative Director at GSM Project), Steve Boyer (Assistant Professor of Department Design at California State University, Long Beach), and John Zaller (Senior Creative Director at Imagine Exhibitions). Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast
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Sun, 28 October 2018
Listen to this episode of TSPP to get your chance at receiving a XL Knott's Scary Farm 2018 T-Shirt! The Season Pass Podcast is back in Santa Clara, CA, at California’s Great America, for Haunt 2018 and the newest thrill attraction, Railblazer! We are joined by the new VP and General Manager of CGA, Manny Gonzalez, and Entertainment Manager, Sean Lee; plus a walkthrough in the newest Haunt maze, Tooth Fairy. Enjoy this special podcast in the fog. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 25 October 2018
tspp #370- Candlelight Tour 2018 at the Winchester Mystery House w/ Peter Overstreet & Jake Williams! 10/25/18
The Season Pass Podcast is back in San Jose, CA, at the Winchester Mystery House, for the Candlelight Tour 2018! Marketing Specialist, Jake Williams, walks Doug and Robert through the house and new experiences. Also, an exclusive interview with Creative Director, Peter Overstreet. There are some surprises along the way as well. Enjoy this special podcast in the fog. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast
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Fri, 19 October 2018
ThrillRide! Is Selling RARE Press kits— ThrillRide.com’s Press Kit Mega-Sale! The Season Pass Podcast is back at Knott’s Scary Farm for another Haunt Podcast! Joining us for the journey are our friends from Podcast: The Ride, Michael Carlson, Scott Gairdner, & Jason Sheridan. Interviews with Knott’s staff including Jeff Tucker (Show Writer/Entertainment Supervisor), Karl Busche (Merchandise Manager), Brandon Gaslin (Co-talent Manager), Ken Parks (VP of Entertainment), Eric Nix (Producer of Live Entertainment), and Wes Nieblas (Senior Technical Director). Plus, maze walkthroughs of The Depths and Dark Entities with creators Daniel Miller and Gus Kruger. Enjoy this special podcast in the fog. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast
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Wed, 26 September 2018
tspp #368- TEA SATE '17 pt.2: Jeffers,Weishar,Sharpe,Ozier,Bellaci, Janet Planet, Passamonte Green, Baker & Ulmer! 9/26/18
This episode of TSPP is brought to you by EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL BY DAVID. Want to go on a TWO WEEK TOUR to all the Disney Parks in Asia? Contact David to find out more: david@exclusivetravelpartners.com — https://www.facebook.com/exclusivetravelbydavid ThrillRide! Is Selling RARE Press kits— ThrillRide.com’s Press Kit Mega-Sale! The Season Pass Podcast is at CalArts for the TEA SATE Conference, October 5th & 6th, 2017. SATE is the definitive conference on Experience Design, presented by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). (Storytelling + Architecture + Technology = Experience.) Theme: The Future of Immersive Realities. Doug, Brent and Robert sit with the presenters/speakers from the event. In part 2, the guys talk with Gene Jeffers (Former Executive Director of the TEA), Peter Weishar (Former Dean of SCAD/Professor of Arts at University of Central Florida/Formerly Florida State University), Cynthia Sharpe (Principle, Cultural Attractions and Research at Thinkwell Group), Kile Ozier (Themed Entertainment Writer/Director), Chris Bellaci (Former Head of Business Development for Proof Inc.), Janet T. Planet (Head of Innovation & Idea Development Practice Lead for Fahrenheit 212), Jon Baker (Audio Producer/Composer/ Founder of Jon Baker Productions), Darren Ulmer (President & Founder of Mousetrappe), and Lisa Passamonte Green (CEO of Visual Terrain Inc.). Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast
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Mon, 10 September 2018
This episode of TSPP is brought to you by EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL BY DAVID. Want to go on a TWO WEEK TOUR to all the Disney Parks in Asia? Contact David to find out more: david@exclusivetravelpartners.com — https://www.facebook.com/exclusivetravelbydavid The Season Pass Podcast is at CalArts for the TEA SATE Conference, October 5th & 6th, 2017. SATE is the definitive conference on Experience Design, presented by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). (Storytelling + Architecture + Technology = Experience.) Theme: The Future of Immersive Realities. Doug, Brent and Robert sit with the presenters/speakers from the event. In part 1, the guys talk with Danny Byerley of On Track Themes, David Ruzicka of Gryffon Creations LLC, and Amy Blackmon of Contend Immersive. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 21 August 2018
tspp #366- Midsummer Scream 2018 Review w/ Rick West: Presentations & Haunt Walkthrough Audio! 8/21/18
The Season Pass Podcast returns to the Long Beach Convention Center for Midsummer Scream, the ultimate Halloween Festival. Doug, Robert & Shannon are joined by Midsummer Scream’s Creative Director, Rick West, to review the entire two day event. Audio from Presentations- Winchester Mystery House, Epic Home Haunts, Trapped: Unlocked!, LGBT+ Representation in Horror (from HorrorBuzz.com), & Next Generation Haunters: New Breed of Terror; also the Hall of Shadows- Six Flags Fright Fest Unleashed, Opechee Haunt—The Donnie Darko Experience Fan Tribute (Walkthrough + Interview), Phobia Productions—#VIRAL (Walkthrough), Murder House Productions—Trick ‘R Treat Fan Tribute (Interview), & The Dreich Society—Seance: The Nightmare Begins (Walkthrough + Reactions); plus and extreme live recording within the famous…Black Cat Lounge. Much excitement ahead. Enjoy! Recorded during the event, on July 28th & 29th, 2018. Links: Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 30 July 2018
The Season Pass Podcast interviews one of the hero of the Themed Entertainment Industry and Buzz Price Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, Jeremy Railton…nuff said. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 24 July 2018
The Season Pass Podcast is back with Rick West, the Creative Director of Midsummer Scream, the ultimate Halloween Convention, happening at the Long Beach Convention Center on July 28th & 29th, 2018! Discussion on the origins of Midsummer Scream, a look into the 2018 version, and tons of audio from 2017’s event, including a complete walk through of the HALL OF SHADOWS! Tons of information and fun, right here! Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 19 June 2018
tspp #363- The TEA Summit & Thea Awards 2017 Day 2 - Afternoon Sessions: Shanghai Disneyland w/WDI, Setpoint, Center Parcs & More! 6/19/18
The Season Pass Podcast returns with the day 2 afternoon sessions of the TEA Summit at the Disneyland Hotel, April 2017. Conversations on Transformations from the Museum of Latin American Art (Carlos Ortega from the Museum of Latin Art, & Lani Trejo of COTU Media), Slideboarding w/ WhiteWater (Denise Chapman Weston, Imagination & Inventor of Apptivations, & Aaron Mendelson of WhiteWater West Industries), Senate Immersion Module at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate (Christopher Reichert from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute & Greg Trefry of Gigantic Mechanic), Decrocher la Lune VI (Melanie Dumoulin and Anne Roelandt of Luc Petit Creation), Center Parcs Domaine du Bois aux Daims (Michel Linet-Frion of Pierre & Vacances/Center Parcs, & Bruno Guth from Center Parcs Domaine du Bois aux Daims), and Shanghai Disneyland (Walt Disney Imagineering's Mellissa Berry, Dustin Schofield, & Kelly Johnson)...plus a special conversation with Setpoint's Kevin Rower. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 22 May 2018
The Season Pass Podcast is BACK!!! We Have the authors of “Stories From The Magic Kingdom” Patrick Kling & Kristen Waldbieser to discuss their new book, released TODAY! Robert Coker also discusses the Press Event for Knott’s Berry Farm’s newest attraction/Thrill Ride…HANGTIME! Enjoy! Links: Stories From The Magic Kingdom Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 19 March 2018
The Season Pass Podcast returns, finally, with the day 2 morning sessions of the TEA Summit at the Disneyland Hotel, April 2017. Conversations with Mack Rides: Power Inverted Coaster (Michael Mack of Mack Rides), Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular (Brett King of Universal Studios Hollywood, Pat Millicano & Peter Nelson of Action Horizons), Chimelong Ocean Kingdom's 5D Castle Theater (Chris Ho of Chimelong, Christian Hofer of Kraftwerk), Puy du Fou's Le Dernier Panache (Nicolas de Villiers), Ghost Post of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion (Sara Thacher of Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc), Meow Wolf's House of Eternal Return (Vince Kadlubek & Sean Di lanni of Meow Wolf), the Meet Vincent Van Gogh Experience (Abby Coombs of Event Communications, Peter Tabernacle of ArtComm BV), and Universal Studios Hollywood's Springfield (Eric A. Kopelow of Universal Studios Hollywood, Jon Corfino of Universal Creative, Jennifer Koblosky & Greg Lombardo of 20th Century Fox). Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 18 January 2018
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: NEWBERRY CANDY Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast is back at the home of Tony Baxter for the final installment of our 2017 conversation on Disney Parks, Creative Process and Journeys. Talk on Disney parks, purpose of IP, and teamwork, with another experienced Imagineer - Tom Morris. We also discuss the amazing, late Skip Lange. Also, a review of California Great America's Winterfest and the (49ers) RedZone Pre-Game Party at the Great America Pavilion--beside Levi Stadium. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2018 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 15 December 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: NEWBERRY CANDY Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast returns to the Tony Baxter Residence for a discussion in the life of Former Walt Disney Imagineer, Tom Morris…with Tom Morris! Tom talks the start of his love for Disneyland, to his educational journey into Imagineering, into the creative process behind multiple attractions he worked on, with EPCOT & Beyond, then jumping on-board the Disneyland Paris project, plus DisneyQuest, and much more! Along with Tom is Doug Barnes, Brent Young, Robert Coker, Ryan Harmon, and Disney Legend-Tony Baxter. The life of an Imagineer unfolds before you in this episode. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 14 December 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: NEWBERRY CANDY Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast returns with Chad Emerson for a new Emerson Disney Files episode! Discussion on Pandora, Star Wars, WDW, Universal Studios and the greatest “Theme Park Arms Race” we’ve ever seen. Plus a voicemail from the great Magic Joe of Window to the Magic. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 26 November 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSORs: Oneail FX Studios Ultra Realistic Silicone Masks & More. NEWBERRY CANDY Just Like Grandma Used To Make. A Round Table Talk on The Season Pass Podcast with your hosts, Doug Barnes, Brent Young and Robert Coker. Looking back at TSPP from the beginning. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 24 October 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSORS: Oneail FX Studios Ultra Realistic Silicone Masks & More. NEWBERRY CANDY Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast is back at Knott’s Scary Farm, in Buena Park, California for Haunt 2018! Talk on all the big additions to the event this year including walk-throughs of the all new Pumpkin Eater & Dark Ride mazes, plus new stories from Knott’s Producer, Eric Nix and Painter/Monster Wrangler, Pasta Ragu. Jeff Tucker (Knott’s Entertainment Supervisor), Brad Jashinsky (Knott’s Marketing Director), and Daniel Miller (Knott’s Writer/Maze Designer) join Doug Barnes and Robert Coker for a Halloween fun, Horror filled episode. Enjoy the newest edition of Halloween at the official home park of the Season Pass Podcast!! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 11 October 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSORS: Oneail FX Studios Ultra Realistic Silicone Masks & More. NEWBERRY CANDY Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast is back at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California for Fright Fest 2017 and our first Halloween show of the new haunting season! But this podcast is not just about the Haunt Season, but the new amazing immersive attraction that resides in SFMM—Justice League: Battle for Metropolis! Conversations with SFMM Entertainment Creative Director, Mark Wing, Make-Up Designer for SFMM Fright Fest & Founder of The Scream Team, Scott Ramp, PLUS Sally Corporation’s Chairman, John Wood, and Creative Director, Rich Hill. This is a big, adventurous, exciting, frightening, review filled show! Enjoy!! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 27 September 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSORs: Oneail FX Studios Ultra Realistic Silicone Masks & More. NEWBERRY CANDY Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast is back at the home of Tony Baxter for another classic conversation on Disney Parks, Creative Process and Journeys. Tons of talk on Disneyland in Shanghai, Paris, and more. Old school Disneyland is littered throughout the episode along with the addition of another experienced Imagineer joining the conversation, Tom Morris. We discuss the “building blocks” on writing a story for a theme park ride. Get ready for another post-Thea Awards hangover episode with plenty of Redbull. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Sat, 9 September 2017
tspp #351- Wings Over Washington: The Whole Story w/ Griffith, Dynamic, Holt, Yessian & More! 9/9/17
In this episode we track the life of WINGS OVER WASHINGTON - one of the best new independent attractions in the world, from concept through opening. “We wanted to create more than just a beautiful travelogue of this amazing state,” said Brent Young, Super 78’s President and Creative Director. “So we developed a complete story that takes guests on a magical adventure. Inside the theater, the ride film is displayed with a system designed by Electrosonic state-of-the art Christie digital laser projectors.Binaural sound is delivered to each guest through the ride vehicle, from Dynamic Structures,complimenting the theater’s own complex surround sound system. Wings Over Washington also boasts a custom musical score supervised by Yessian Music, with a main theme composed by Antonio Di lorio and performed by the Northwest Sinfonia, conducted by David Sabee. Morethan 30 members of the Sacred Water Canoe Family, a Native American vocal and percussion group, also performed for the attraction’s score. About Miners Landing Miners Landing is located on Pier 57 on Seattle’s historic waterfront. On August 17, 1896, the SS Portland docked near the site of what is now the pier. On board was a ton of gold, brought back from the Yukon by 68 lucky prospectors. The landing of the Portland made headlines across the world, triggering the Klondike gold rush and turning Seattle into a boomtown. Over the next century, Pier 57 was a shipping terminal and then used for fish processing before being acquired by the Port of Seattle. The Griffith family officially acquired Pier 57 during the early 1980s, which they still own and operate to this date. The pier has become the site of multiple beloved Seattle attractions, including great eateries such as The Crab Pot and the FishermanÅs Restaurant, as well as The Seattle Great Wheel. Wings Over Washington is its most recent addition. Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 17 August 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR:NEWBERRY CANDYJust Like Grandma Used To Make.*Subscribe @ iTunes*The Season Pass Podcast is back at The TEA Summit 2017! Taking place at the Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim CA, April 20th & 21st, the TEA Summit is the greatest gathering of Themed Entertainment minds, together in the same area, in the year. This episode features David Willrich (President of the TEA International Board), Jennie Nevin (TEA COO), Greg Louganis (Olympic Gold Medalist), AECOM, Jon Binkowski (Renaissance & Hard Rock Park), Bruce Vaughn (DreamScape/Former Walt Disney Imagineer), Jonathan Casson (Former Business Director of Live Entertainment for FOX), and More. Includes introductions by Robert Coker and Doug Barnes at Podcast Ground Zero (Doug’s backyard). Enjoy!Links:Newberry CandyTEA WebsiteInPark MagazineWalt Disney BirthplaceMiceChatSeason Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunesCheck Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at:www.seasonpasspodcast.comFollow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpassLike the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpassCheck Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpassContact us:doug@seasonpasspodcast.combrent@super78.comrobert@robertcoker.comCall the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated.© 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 8 August 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast is back at Midsummer Scream! Taking place at the Long Beach Convention Center, July 29th & 30th, Midsummer Scream is the biggest and best Halloween Festival in Southern California. This episode features the Into the Black panel with Larry Bones, Aubree Garman, Ted Dougherty, Claire Dunlap, and Moderated by Parks and Con’s Shawn Marshall. Shawn and Carmelle Marshall also join Doug Barnes to discuss the origin of focus of Parks and Cons. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 21 July 2017
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The Season Pass Podcast is bringing you an awesome round table discussion from the offices of Rethink Leisure & Entertainment, in Burbank, California. Joining Doug Barnes for the discussion is Don Roberts (Former Senior Art Director-Rethink/Former Walt Disney Imagineer), Stefan Lawrence (Creative Director-Rethink), Kevin Kalbfeld (Show Designer-Rethink), and Rick West (Project Story Writer-Rethink/Founder of Theme Park Adventure/Creative Director-Midsummer Scream). Conversations on the beginning of Rethink Leisure & Entertainment, career choices that lead to the themed entertainment industry, creative process, and plenty of Imagineering talk (Indiana Jones, Haunted Mansion, & More!). Also, a preview discussion on this year’s Midsummer Scream, at the Long Beach Convention Center, CA - July 29th & 30th! Enjoy! Links: Rethink Leisure & Entertainment Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Check Out TSPP on Instagram! - www.instagram.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 9 July 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: Just Like Grandma Used To Make. The Season Pass Podcast is BACK! We start our coverage of the Thea Awards/TEA Summit 2017 with a bang! Doug and Robert sit with the Co-Founder/Chairman of Modal VR, Nolan Bushnell. If Nolan’s name is recognizable to you, it could be because he’s the founder and creator of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese as well. Nolan discusses his career through Themed Entertainment and his newest and most exciting project, Modal VR. Recorded during the TEA Summit-Day One, at the Disneyland Hotel, April 20, 2017. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast
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Mon, 22 May 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: Just Like Grandma Used To Make. It’s a Season Pass Renewal episode! We’re taking a look back at our interviews with the busiest Walt Disney Imagineer in May 2017, Joe Rohde. With Pandora, the World of Avatar, and Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout! opening this month, we celebrate the Imagineer who lead the teams behind Animal Kingdom, Adventurers Club, Expedition Everest, Aulani, & much more! Recorded during the TEA Summits of 2012, 2013, and 2014 with Brent Young & Robert Coker, and completely remastered. Enjoy! Links: Holiday World Event: HoliWood Nights Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast
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Tue, 18 April 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: Just Like Grandma Used To Make. TSPP is back with an amazing interview with the VP of Entertainment for Knott’s Berry Farm, Ken Parks. Recorded at Knott’s Scary Farm during Halloween Haunt 2016. Ken dives into his career with Knott’s, moving over to Walt Disney Imagineering, Universal, and going back to Knott’s. He is the mastermind behind many cult classics & favorites in Disney Parks, Universal Studios, and Knott’s, including the infamous Haunt presentation, The Hanging. He discusses the creative process of theme park interactive role play entertainment (Legends of Frontier Land at Disneyland and Ghost Town Alive at Knott’s), as well as engaging street atmosphere (the Muppets at Walt Disney World and the live actors, in the New York windows, of Universal Studios). Jeff Tucker (Knott’s Entertainment Supervisor/91 Reasons Podcast) returns for another great podcast. Enjoy! Links: Holiday World Event: HoliWood Nights Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
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Thu, 30 March 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR A FREE EVALUATION AND GET 25% OFF LASIK! TSPP is back with one last recording from the TEA Summit of 2016. Doug Barnes and Robert Coker sit down with the 2016 Lifetime of Distinguished Achievements “Buzz Price” Thea Award recipient, Keith James (CEO/Owner of Jack Rouse Associates). Discussion on his beginnings in the industry, from Kings Productions, to Universal Studios Florida, and taking control of Jack Rouse Associates. Recorded at the Disneyland Hotel, March 31st, 2016, during the TEA Summit. Enjoy! Links: The LASIK Vision Institute - Free Evaluation 25% Off LASIK Holiday World Event: HoliWood Nights Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 22 March 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR A FREE EVALUATION AND GET 25% OFF LASIK! TSPP is back with Orange County Register Multimedia Reporter, Former Walt Disney Imagineer, and good friend of the podcast, Mark Eades. Mark, who regularly visits the Southern California Theme Park scene, to many, is known as the OC Register guy taking tons of pics and writing up lightning fast reports on the newest attraction, event or announcement; but he has an astounding history on working within the themed entertainment industry. Starting his journey at ground zero in Disneyland food service, to landing in Disney Studios/WED as a film/show producing workhorse: Magic Journeys, Living Seas, Star Tours, Muppet-Vision 3D, Golden Dream, etc., then ultimately reporting on the theme park scene in Orange County. Tons of early Disney Studios and WED talk, and a very revealing look at how Disney creative business worked in the eighties. Recorded at the Disneyland Hotel, March 31st, 2016, during the TEA Summit. Enjoy! Links: The LASIK Vision Institute - Free Evaluation 25% Off LASIK Holiday World Event: HoliWood Nights Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at:
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Thu, 2 March 2017
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING SPONSOR: CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR A FREE EVALUATION AND GET 25% OFF LASIK! OR CALL: 866-914-2411!! TSPP is back at the Baxter residence for another epic conversation with Disney Legend, Tony Baxter! We have a huge group in the discussion room this episode, including former Imagineer and Disney tech veteran, Michael Libby. Talk on Michael’s beginnings in the industry and how Tony led him to the path he took. Discussion on the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland, creating attractions based on IP vs. non-IP, Victoria & Albert’s Alexander McQueen experience, and much more. Joining Doug, Brent, Robert, and Tony for the conversation is Ryan Harmon, Dr. Kate Bethune (Victoria & Albert Museum), and others. Enjoy! Links: The LASIK Vision Institute - Free Evaluation/25% Off LASIK Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 9 February 2017
TSPP sits with one of the great minds and veterans of the themed entertainment industry, Larry Tuch. Larry discusses his start, writing for TV, then ultimately, for attractions in theme parks all around the world; but he also digs deep into “Story World.” Story World is the main basis for completing an advanced, highly immersive experience attraction for the audience. The gang uses Star Tours as an example in this conversation. If you are a writer in the industry, or becoming one, get your notebook out, and take a listen. Enjoy a KEY LESSON! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 24 January 2017
TSPP presents to you our interview with, theme park legend, Ira West (President of Ira West, Inc.). Recorded at Visioneering Studios in Irvine, CA, with Mel McGowan (Co-Founder and Chief Creative Principal of Plain Joe Studios) this is the ultimate conversation on the birth of the theme park and the science of park development. If a park was created, there’s a good chance Ira designed it. Disney, Six Flags, Marriott's, Opryland, Kings Island, Dollywood, Magic Mountain, Holiday World, Puy du Fou…we uncover it all. Get your note book, this is "Theme Park Planning 101!" One of the most important industry history podcasts you’ll hear. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 16 January 2017
Finally back for the New Year, TSPP digs into the treasure trove of interviews of 2016. This interview is with Mel McGowan, the Founder or of Visioneering and Co-Founder and Chief Creative Principal of Plain Joe Studios. Conversation on how he started in the industry, his years in Walt Disney Imagineering, changing the culture of Anaheim, CA to a vacation resort destination, creating Disney California Adventure, starting Plain Joe Studios, evolving with Visioneering, and so much more. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2017 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 21 December 2016
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! TSPP IS BACK!! We bring you the TEA Summit: DAY 2 with the Thea Award Recipients of 2016! This is part 2 of 2 episodes covering the event, based on the “Afternoon Sessions.” Contains conversations on Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty: Victoria & Albert Museum w/ Dr. Kate Bethune (Senior Researcher for Victoria & Albert Museum); Moments of Happiness: World of Coca-Cola w/ Craig Lovin (Creative Director for World of Coca-Cola) & Christian Lachel (Executive Creative Director/VP of BRC Imagination Arts); Inspector Training Course: Discovery Cube LA w/ Janet Yamaguchi (VP Education for Discovery Science Foundation) & David Beaudry (Principal of Beaudry Interactive, LLC); Les Amoureux de Verdun: Puy du Fou w/ Phillippe de Villiers (Creator of Puy du Fou), Thierry Retif (Scenic Designer for Puy du Fou) & Stephan Villet (Co-Founder of Smart Monkeys Inc.—Interpreter); Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden w/ Mary Brinegar (President & CEO of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc.) & Andrea A. Rolleri (Founding Principal of Van Sickle & Rolleri, LLC); and Fountain of Dreams: Wuyishan w/ Jean-Christophe Canizares (Chairman & CEO - Show Producer at ECA2). InPark Magazine’s Martin Palicki and Joe Kleiman join in as well. Enjoy! Links: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 14 December 2016
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! TSPP IS BACK!! We finally bring to you, the TEA Summit: DAY 2 with the Thea Award Recipients of 2016! This is part 1 of 2 episodes covering the event, based on the “Morning Sessions.” Contains conversations on One World Observatory: New York w/ John Urban (VP/General Manager of Legends Attractions/One World Observatory) & Phil Hettema (President/CEO of The Hettema Group); Manufacturing Innovation: The Ford Rouge Factory Tour-The Henry Ford w/ Cynthia Jones (General Manager of Ford Rouge Factory Tour), Christian Overland (VP of The Henry Ford) & Christian Lachel (Executive Creative Director/VP of BRC Imagination Arts); Foresta Lumina: Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook, Quebec w/ Caroline Sage (General Manager of Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook) & Marie Belzil (Multimedia Director of Moment Factory); Spongebob SubPants Adventure: Moody Gardens w/ John A. Zendt (President and CEO of Moody Gardens), Zane Jensch (Director - Attractions & Exhibits at Nickelodeon) & Mark Cornell (Senior VP of Attractions Development for SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment); Geppetto Animation Control System w/ Brent Young (President/Creative Director of Super 78), John Kokum (Senior Producer of Super 78) & Michael “Oz” Smith (Technical Director of Super 78); Gantom Torch Technology w/ Quan Gan (President of Gantom Lighting & Controls); Integrated Environmental Media System: LAX, Tom Bradley Terminal w/ Michael Doucette (Deputy Executive Director at Los Angeles World Airports) & Stephan Villet (Co-Founder of Smart Monkeys Inc.). Joe Kleiman of InPark Magazine also crashes the podcast! Enjoy!! Links: LAX-Tom Bradley International Terminal Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 11 November 2016
We are at California’s Great America to discuss creative stories and the future events of this amazing park, with Clayton Lawerence (Entertainment Manager of California’s Great America). Talk on the park, Haunt, and WinterFest! So much amazing info. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 30 October 2016
tspp #334- Knott's Scary Farm 2016 w/ Jeff Tucker,Daniel Miller,Gus Krueger,Jon Cooke & John Asperin! 10/30/16
Happy Halloween! TSPP is back to the official home park of the podcast, Knott’s Scary Farm for Haunt 2016. Knott’s own Jeff Tucker returns with the Season Pass crew (Doug Barnes, Robert Coker, and Nick Hutson) to discuss the newest season of Haunt, plus an interview with Gus Krueger. Plus, walk trough interviews in Shadowlands & Infected: Special Ops with Jon Cooke & John Asperin, as well as, Red Barn & Dead of Winter with Daniel Miller. Binaural Audio through Shadowlands, Red Barn, and Dead of Winter, follow the podcast, recorded by WindowToTheMagic.com’s Paul Barrie. Tons of horrifying and terrific audio ahead. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 26 September 2016
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to sit with the people who created it, as well, to cover the whole event. A full recorded walk through of the infamous “Hall of Shadows,” plus an interview with Walter Magnuson and Tim O’Day of the Winchester Mystery House, and so much more! Tons of interviews and reviews…a packed and HUGE HUGE episode of TSPP ahead! Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 1 September 2016
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to capture the panels and presentations of the event (all direct audio feeds). Final Presentation for this special TSPP/Midsummer Scream Podcast Series: Haunted Theme Parks, the paranormal activity that happens in the theme parks we all visit and love. The panel is moderated by TSPP’s Doug Barnes and stars Joe Mendoza (3am Paranormal), Jak Castro (Former Universal Studios Hollywood employee), Kryis Lindseth-Reed (Haunted Honeymoon), and Richard Carradine (GHOULA: Ghost Hunters of Urban Los Angeles). Enjoy. Links: Season Pass/Midsummer Scream Closing Song - Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 28 August 2016
tspp #332.6- Midsummer Scream Presentation #6: Frightful Attraction Design for Theme Park Audiences 8/28/16
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to capture the panels and presentations of the event (all direct audio feeds). Next up for this special TSPP/Midsummer Scream Podcast Series: Frightful Attraction Design for Theme Park Audiences; a conversation on creating scary, but fun and exciting attractions for the top theme parks in the world. The panel includes Tony Baxter, Gary Goddard, Phil Hettema & Susan Bonds, and moderated by Rick West. Talk on the Haunted Mansion, Ghostbusters, Alien Encounter, Jurassic Park, T2-3D, Men in Black, and many more. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass/Midsummer Scream Closing Song - Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 22 August 2016
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to capture the panels and presentations of the event (all direct audio feeds). Next up for this special TSPP/Midsummer Scream Podcast Series: The Jim Henson Creature Shop - “Henson: Creatures with Heart.” Digging into the magical world of creating original and amazing creatures for the Jim Henson Company. Family fun scares is also for Halloween. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass/Midsummer Scream Closing Song - “Underground” by David Bowie and Trevor Jones, from the Motion Picture Jim Henson’s Labyrinth Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 17 August 2016
tspp #332.4- Midsummer Scream Presentation #4: Winchester Mystery House-California's Original Haunted House! 8/17/16
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to capture the panels and presentations of the event (all direct audio feeds). Next up for this special TSPP/Midsummer Scream Podcast Series: The Winchester Mystery House - California’s Original Haunted House. Presented by Walter Magnuson (General Manager of Winchester), Tim O’Day (Director of Marketing for Winchester), and Peter Overstreet (Haunt Developer). Enjoy. Links: Season Pass/Midsummer Scream Closing Song - Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Sun, 14 August 2016
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to capture the panels and presentations of the event (all direct audio feeds). Next up for this special TSPP/Midsummer Scream Podcast Series: Knott’s Scary Farm with Jeff Tucker, Ian Barnette, Jon Cooke and Adam Hankinson. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass/Midsummer Scream Closing Song - Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 9 August 2016
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to capture the panels and presentations of the event (all direct audio feeds). Next up for this special TSPP/Midsummer Scream Podcast Series: Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest creators and leaders, Pam Bugbee (Entertainment Manger), Scott Sterner (Director of Entertainment and Events), Mark Wing (Creative Producer), Scott Ramp (Make-Up and Owner of The Scare Team), and Connie Lujan (Public Relations). Enjoy.
Links: Season Pass/Midsummer Scream Closing Song - Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 4 August 2016
tspp #332.1- Midsummer Scream Presentation #1: Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights! 8/4/16
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration to frighten the Southern California convention community! TSPP was there to capture the panels and presentations of the event (all direct audio feeds). First up for this special TSPP/Midsummer Scream Podcast Series: Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights presentation, with the two leaders of the world famous haunt event, John Murray and Chris Williams. Enjoy. Links: Universal Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights Season Pass/Midsummer Scream Closing Song - Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Sat, 23 July 2016
The Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival is the newest Haunt Celebration/Festival to frighten the Southern California convention craze community, and TSPP is right there to get the full story and origin of this new scary gathering. Doug sits with Rick West of ThemeParkAdventure.com to learn the origins, purpose, and preparation of this HUGE Halloween Haunt Event. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 15 July 2016
Doug Barnes and Arthur Levine of ThemeParks.About.com interview the original journalist (the O.J.) of the amusement industry—Author and Historian, Tim O’Brien. Discussion on how Tim got involved with the industry of amusement and theme parks, writing for the amazing Amusement Business publication, writing biographies on some of the most important figures in parks, marketing for Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and ultimately being a giant fan of all parks and rides. Enjoy. Links: about.com’s Theme Parks w/ Arthur Levine Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 15 July 2016
It's the very first Season Pass Bonus episode...the Bonus Pass...I guess...uh, Murph Gantly joins Doug Barnes and Robert Coker to discuss Fake Theme Park's new video "I'm a Theme Park Pricness!" Enjoy this "special" episode of TSPP. Links: |
Mon, 27 June 2016
Coverage of the Knott’s Berry Farm Ghost Town 75th Anniversary media event, on June 9th, 2016: Hosted by Doug Barnes and ThemeParkReview.com’s Rick West. Reviews of Ghost Town Alive, the freshly renovated Ghostrider wooden coaster, and the restored, renewed, Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant. This show also includes interviews with Raffi Kaprelyan (Former GM, Knott’s/Area Director, Cedar Fair), Russ Knibbs (VP of Food and Beverage, Knott’s), Jeff Gahagan (VP of Maintenance, Knott’s), Jim Disney (WestCoaster.net), and more! Enjoy. Links: WestCoaster Ghost Town 75 Coverage Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us:
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Wed, 8 June 2016
It’s Day 1 of the TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) Summit and Thea Awards - Focus on TEA Growth, Industry by the Numbers, the TEA AECOM Index, Thea Classic Award, and Ethics, Ethos…and the Elephant in the Room. Interviews with: Jennie Nevin (COO, TEA) Steve Birket (VP, Birket Engineering/International Board President, TEA) Judy Rubin (InPark Magazine Editor/PR & Publications, TEA) John Robinett (Senior VP, AECOM Economics) Linda Cheu (Principal/VP, AECOM) Brian Sands, AICP (AECOM VP - Economics) Margreet Papamichael (AECOM Director - Economics) David E. Rice, FAIA (Director of Architecture & Planning, San Diego Zoo Global) Debra Erickson (Director, Communications & Interpretation Marketing, San Diego Zoo Global) Madeline Di Nonno (CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media) Anthony Esparza (CCO, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) Kile Ozier (Itinerant Creative Guy) Clay Rivers (Author, Artist, Actor) Jeremy Schoolfield (IAAPA/Editor-in-Chief, Funworld Magazine) Enjoy. Links: Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 2 June 2016
tspp #327- PressPass'16:Shanghai Disneyland + Live Reports from SFDK The Joker & CGA Mass Effect:New Earth 6/2/16
TSPP is BACK, after a long hiatus! It’s Press Pass 2016 - Brent and Robert review their first hand peek at the biggest attraction of the year, Shanghai Disneyland: TRON and Pirates galore! Plus, Doug has Live Coverage from the Mass Effect: New Earth media event at California’s Great America; includes interviews w/ Christian Diekmann (VP of Strategic Growth at Cedar Fair), Nathan Huber (CEO of 3D Live), Clayton Lawrence (Director of Entertainment for CGA), and Matt Sweeney (Project Manager from Electrosonic) — as well as The Joker media event at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom; interview with Captain Lee Munroe (Spokesperson for SFDK), Charles Laureano (Ride Supervisor at SFDK), and good ol’ Tom Zeliff (No Limits 3D Modeler). A Huge Huge Huge episode…check it out, and Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 26 April 2016
It’s all about the premier of the NEW Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood. Full audio of the opening event, plus the entire opening ceremony (with John Williams conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra), plus a review of the new immersive land with Seth Kubersky (Author of The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando/Touring Plans), Tom Felton (Actor/ Harry Potter Films), Alan Gilmore (Art Director at Universal Studios), Arthur Levine (Theme Parks Expert for about.com), Brady MacDonald (LA Times Funland Blog), Rick West (Theme Park Adventure), Shawn & Carmelle Marshall (Parks & Cons), and more! Witness one of the greatest opening ceremonies ever. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
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Sat, 16 April 2016
The Seasoned Pros return with a new theme park list, this time, it’s all about EATS! We look at the best theme parks and resorts for food and eateries. Along with Arthur Levine of themeparks.about.com and Joel Bullock of coastercritic.com, special guest, Seth Kubersky of touringplans.com and the author The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando, joins the group to narrow down the five best parks (or resorts, depending on the evaluator) to dine at; as well as assess the best dishes, snacks, and desserts available in the industry. Enjoy. Links:
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Mon, 28 March 2016
One of the most important pieces to creating a living immersive environment in the themed entertainment world is music. Music is the universal language that can engage emotion, promote excitement, evoke fear, and generate lasting memories. Yessian Music’s whole purpose is to transform an experience into a magical, multi-dimensional venture. This episode, Doug and Brent sit with Brian Yessian (Partner/CCO), Jeff Dittenber (Sr. Sound Designer/Audio Mixer), and Scotty Gatteno (Sr. Audio Mixer/Sound Editor) of Yessian, to discuss their journeys, as well as the components of creating music for themed and amusement experiences. Enjoy. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at:
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Thu, 10 March 2016
Jack Lindquist was not only the first President of Disneyland, but one of the most important innovators of theme park marketing. This podcast is a tribute to the amazing spokesperson that the themed entertainment industry lost on February 28, 2016. Here’s a recording of the 2013 IAAPA Disney Legends Panel, from Orlando, Florida. The presentation is based on the “Year of the Author.” It’s moderated by Bob Rogers (BRC Imagination Arts), and sitting on the panel is Jack Lindquist (former President of Disneyland, Author of In Service to the Mouse), Marty Sklar (former Ambassador of Walt Disney Imagineering, Author of Dream It! Do It!), and Lee Cockerell (former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney World Resort, Author of Creating Magic and The Customer Rules). Not the best recording (since this audio was never meant to be published), but a wonderful and educational piece on the industry, the importance of leadership, and includes the quick wit of the late, great, Jack Lindquist. Enjoy. Image Above is from www.iaapa.org Links: Jack Lindquist’s In Service to the Mouse Marty Sklar’s Dream It! Do It! Lee Cockerell’s Creating Magic Lee Cockerell’s The Customer Rules Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Mon, 29 February 2016
Here’s the Remastered copy of the infamous TSPP #28: The Barry Braverman Interview. Here’s the summary of the show, from May 19, 2008: On today’s episode we have 2 former Disney Imagineers in the discussion room – Ryan Harmon (Creative Director and Principal of Zeitgeist) returns to the Season Pass Discussion Room & a very Special appearance from Barry Braverman (Creative Consultant to Cultural & Design Associations and Former Executive Producer of Walt Disney Imagineering). We have a great and deep conversation on the development of EPCOT as well the creation of Disney’s California Adventure. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 23 February 2016
It’s the return of Chad Emerson (Author of Project Future) and Emerson’s Disney Files! Discussion on the biggest theme park “Arms Race” we’ve ever witnessed: Disney Parks vs. Universal Studios. It’s Star Wars vs. Harry Potter, Avatar vs. King Kong, Pixar vs. Nintendo…Exciting!! A great look back at 2015, but a huge look into the future of this Themed Entertainment War! Brands and Attractions in MAGNIFICATION! And on-top of all these battles, it’s an Emerson’s Disney Files/Season Pass Podcast clash; Brent Young and Robert Coker also join the conversation. Enjoy! Links: Chad Emerson’s Project Future (Amazon) Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Thu, 28 January 2016
tspp #320- TEA 2016! Plus TEA Summit/Theas 2015: Chimelong, Wilderness Explorers, Wings of Time, & More! 1/28/16
TSPP IS BACK For 2016! You should listen to this episode and then check out the happenings at the TEA, aka, Themed Entertainment Association. This episode, the guys get excited about the future of the TEA, but also, release the remaining conversations and interviews from the TEA Summit/Thea Awards of 2015, including: 2015 Buzz Price Thea Award Honoree Ron Miziker, Walt Disney Imagineering’s Staci Schofield on Wilderness Explorers at Disney Animal Kingdom, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Haakon Lund on Graatassland “Land of the Little Tractor,” Sentosa’s Wings of Time with Jean-Christophe Canizares & Sam Lee, and Bryan Boehme of Christie Digital Systems. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2016 Season Pass Podcast |
Tue, 22 December 2015
tspp #319- Birth of the Unofficial Guide w/ Bob Sehlinger, plus Seth Kubersky --"Beyond Disney!" 12/23/15
TSPP Did you know that the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World was created from being pissed-off? Well it’s true. The Unofficial Guide returns for its second TSPP in a row! This time we have the creator of the Unofficial Guide, himself, Bob Sehlinger. Seth Kubersky returns, as well, to discuss the creation and history of the Unofficial Guide and its many renditions, plus, the guys dig into their newest offering, The Unofficial Guide Beyond Disney. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
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Sun, 13 December 2015
tspp #318- Unofficial Guide Universal Orlando & Disneyland 2016 w/ Seth Kubersky & Guy Selga Jr. 12/13/15
TSPP is back with TouringPlans.com and the Unofficial Guide! This episode we talk with authors Seth Kubersky and Guy Selga Jr., to discuss their careers in the industry and the newest compliments to the Unofficial Guide library The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando and the Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2016! Tons of Star Wars and Back to the Future talk included. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
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Wed, 25 November 2015
PGAV Returns to TSPP to discuss one of our favorite parks, Holiday World! Mike Linenbroker (PGAV Senior Project Architect/Attraction Designer) and April Neil (PGAV Designer of Guest Experience) share their careers, PGAV Destinations, Past Projects, Holiday World, and their latest project Thunderbird! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2015 Season Pass Podcast |
Wed, 18 November 2015
tspp #316- The Legend of Disneyland's Hatbox Ghost w/ Tony Baxter, Daniel Joseph, Kevin Kidney, & Jody Daily! From Scare LA 11/18/15
The final podcast from Scare LA 2015—The Legend of Disneyland’s Hatbox Ghost! This presentation dives into the origin, creation, destruction, recreation and installation of the infamous ghoulish animatronic. A panel conversation with Tony Baxter (Disney Legend/Imagineer), Daniel Joseph (Current Walt Disney Imagineer), and Fan Favorites Kevin Kidney & Jody Daily. The presentation is moderated by TSPP’s Doug Barnes. Recorded August 9th, 2015. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes Check Out The Season Pass Podcast Website at: Follow Us On Twitter! - www.twitter.com/theseasonpass Like the TSPP Facebook page! - www.facebook.com/theseasonpass Contact us: Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. –1-916-248-5524 Thanks to each one of you for listening to the show. Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2015 Season Pass Podcast |
Fri, 30 October 2015
TSPP Returns to the OFFICIAL HOME of The Season Pass Podcast, Knott’s Berry Farm. Discussion on the 2015 version of Knott’s Scary Farm’s Haunt, Plus plenty o’ guests: Elvira Returns for Elvira’s Asylum Lisa Heath- Knott’s Stage Director Gus Krueger- Designer of Dead of Winter John Cooke- Designer of Paranormal Inc/Special Ops: Infected HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Enjoy! The New TSPP After Hours: Japan Theme Parks-Told by Robert Coker and Robb Alvey is now available for $4.99. Almost 5 hours of audio! WARNING: there is Explicit Content in this special for purchase episode. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
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Fri, 30 October 2015
Window To The Magic returns to Knott’s Scary Farm’s Haunt for the Season Pass Podcast to “Surround Yourself With The Macabre!” Binaural audio walk-throughs of Knott’s Haunt mazes (In Audio Order) w/ Skeleton Key Rooms: The Gunslinger’s Grave: A Blood Moon Rises Pinocchio Unstrung Forevermore Paranormal Inc. Tooth Fairy Dead of Winter Black Magic My Bloody Clementine Voyage to the Iron Reef (Bonus Track) Please make sure you’re wearing HEADPHONES for the ultimate experience. Enjoy! Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
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Tue, 27 October 2015
To celebrate Halloween, TSPP is at the biggest Halloween Convention in California, SCARE LA 2015! Sounds from the floor, haunts, classes and more. Special appearances by David Markland (Co-Founder of Scare LA/Owner of Creepy LA), Ryan Batcheller (Owner/Lead Artist/Designer of Virtual Screams), Field of Screams’ Jeremy & Zach, The Curse of Devil Swamp’s Lucas & Jose, Drunken Devil Production’s Matt Dorado, Spooky Hollow’s John & Chris, and Fear Station’s Dustin and Ed Maberry. Also, a conversation with Evil Twin Studios’s Jennifer Bandich for the amazing Ward 13 haunted attraction. Enjoy! The New TSPP After Hours: Japan Theme Parks-Told by Robert Coker and Robb Alvey is now available for $4.99. Almost 5 hours of audio! WARNING: there is Explicit Content in this special for purchase episode. Links: Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nuff on iTunes
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