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This week, Walt Disney World has (dare we say foolishly) reopened and we find out which Mickey Ears best suit our strange personalities while far, far away from its turnstiles. Then, we visit our own theme park to add in attractions based on the late 90s jam "Virtual Insanity". First up, Jim invites guests into a twisted padded tunnel for tons of potentially dangerous fun but sadly without CGI birds flying at your face. There may still be a blood pool by the couch though, so watch out for that. Then, Scottye takes the video's concept and expands it to create as much maze-like mayhem as possible. Find the cheese in the center of the attraction and you no doubt will win some zany headgear.

Next week.... Hamilton.

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This week, we say goodbye to the Ride Rehab podcast, try to figure out which Will Smith character we are, and put some Jiggy attractions into Big Park: Music, or whatever we have decided to call it these days.

Apologies for the lateness of the episode. Outside forces conspired against us after we murdered that other theme park podcast.

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This week, we spend an incredibly long amount of time taking an incredibly long quiz about Cedar Point because, well, Kid Rock we guess????? Then, we bring Kid Rock into our music theme park and things go...rather poorly. First up, Jim does a virus un-approved VR coaster where you take the reins as Mr. Rock and hit Ba's wit other Ba's...or something like that. Then, Scottye showcases the Kidrousel Of Rockgress, or whatever, as we force the Sherman Brothers to present the history of white trash in midwestern America. Obviously, this was recorded on the fourth of July. Happy Independence Day, and Jim did pay a dollar for a certain track that appears towards the end of the episode.

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This week, we fail at finding a relevant quiz and instead answer questions about A Goofy Movie before giving our music theme park some attractions based on everyone's favorite genre - DISCO. First up, Scottye invites in the funk as he brings guests aboard Earth, Wind, And Fire's Afro Orbiters, an attraction that I assume will eventually be replaced with The Princess And The Frog theming in about 25 years. Then, Jim asks his guests to Escape To Funkytown as he takes this Lipps, Incorporated diddy and does all the genres through a wild roller coaster of a four minute attraction.

WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE POSSUM?!

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This week, we actually do well at a music quiz before giving our music-based theme park some attractions based on everyone's favorite pastime - the rickroll. Jim gets confused and accidentally invites Rick Springfield in, while Scottye gets confused and forgets exactly what the premise of the show is. We still get two attractions out of it, somehow.

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This week, we set out to build attractions based on the Beastie Boys! First up, Scottye throws guests into a madcap riot through a city on Make Some Noise, featuring everything from Men In Black Alien Attack references to a giant Ted Danson. You may or may not have to fight for your right to Fastpass. Then, Jim almost commits manslaughter on The Brass Monkey Carousel, a diabolic spinner featuring tilts, twists, racing(?), and little brass monkeys to grab and get, like, a prize or something.

Also, part one of our episode with Ride Rehab is now online over at WDWNT.com, so go check that out. Scottye vapes there, too.

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This week, your super knowledgeable hosts try to pass a quiz about Dollywood (which neither has been to). This leads into the pitching of attractions for MTP based on Dolly Parton's "Jolene", the absolute perfect song to be immortalized in a theme park. First up, Jim invites guests into the mind of Dolly as she dreams of confronting Jolene, who may or may not be an eldritch horror. Meanwhile, Scottye takes the OppAtt formula of using Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and turns it completely around.

Also, be sure to check us out on WDWNT's Ride Rehab podcast as part of a two-parter about "fixing" New Fantasyland. The first part drops on 6/9 at WDWNT.com

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This week, we begin by utterly failing to answer questions about Disney song lyrics before switching instead to the real meat and potatoes of giving our fantabulous music-based theme park some attractions based on everyone's favorite Jock Jams. First up, Scottye does some recycling, sort of, and lets guests take flight as the basketball from the 90s opus Space Jam. Then, Jim calls on the spirit realm and the local costume shop to bring forth an attraction based on the Village People's "Macho Man" (dig it). Of course, the late Slim Jim spokesman makes a supernatural appearance in this helicopter ride around the titular Village. And if that wasn't manly enough, stay till the end to hear about next week's challenge.

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This week, Jim breaks the one-week-old rule of only using attractions based on songs by giving the challenge to make attractions based on everyone's favorite polka hero, "Weird" Al Yankovic. With a seemingly infinite number of possibilities to chose from, how is that our hosts come away with nearly the exact same joke of an attraction? Luckily(?), at least Scottye has a song to sing.

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This week, we discuss Disney's TOS, utterly fail a quiz due to 98 Degrees, and then set forth bringing attractions to our music theme park all about Billy Joel's 1989 montage of a hit "We Didn't Start The Fire". Limos and Tom Hanks are referenced extensively. That's all I have to say about that.

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