Opposite Attractions: A Theme Park Design Show

This week, after some long discussions about Disney+ and Jim's recent WDW vacation, your hosts set about making Epic Universe attractions all about the horrors of Black Friday shopping. First, Jim straps some guests up by bungees and throws some other in a cage to partake in War-Mart: The Store Beyond, a reference you'll probably get if you understand any of the other references the hosts make. Do you dare swing through the skies for deals or wish to battle it out for the leftovers!? Then, Scottye decides to throw everybody on a rollercoaster with the most apt name in the current geopolitical climate - The Death Of Capitalism. The higher you climb, the better the deals...if you dare!

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This week, we decide to prove whether or not the sum is equal or greater to its parts as we combine the themes of every OppAtt season to create one wild ride. First up, Scottye goes all the way back to season one to call in a favor from a masterpiece as he presents Juicy Peaches' Sidekick Academy, a glitched fly-and-shoot training simulator that may not exactly pass muster as education but excels in flavor. Then, Jim decides that what Captain America really needs is two asses as he installs both himself and Scottye in the role of the great hero to then travel back in time to set the other host on a whole new path. The only problem is that it may be built out of really cheap materials and be held together by bailing wire, medicated adhesive strips, and willpower. Just imagine anything Chester & Hester would build, but not even good enough to be on top of an old parking lot at Animal Kingdom.

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This week, we record well in advance thanks to Jim's upcoming vacation, leading Scottye to try to be INCREDIBLY SPOOKY for a November show. After reliving a terrifying scenario from his childhood, we set about giving our very own Epic Universe some randomized attractions! First up, Jim calls upon the (other) Patron Saint of the show, Guy Fieri, and a little bit of La Croix beverages to get guests wet and wild with Flavor Drowns, a slot machine-esque flume into various flavored waters at various levels of pressure. Then, Scottye sends guests into some sort of living quarters in a forest (or something) to end up in quite the haunted house escape room affair.

Please note that Jim was recording in a zany windstorm and a power outage led to some potentially odd edits.

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We finish up our wild and crazy Magic Kingdom adventure this week (to help from skipping an episode while Jim runs around in the really for real Disney World) with musical cues, antics with swords, and maybe just maybe a little bit of magic, luck, and twitter personalities.

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This week, Scottye and Jim are joined by BS Network host Blake Tanner (@blakeatanner) to play Jim's WDW RPG known as Survive The Magic. Listen in as Mal hunts for clues while Joel ruins attraction experiences, just like normal theme park guests!

Part 2 coming soon!

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This week, we begin talking about some theme park malfunctions, which ends up leading perfectly into our plan to give our Epic Universe some harrowingly dangerous attractions. First up, Scottye invites guests into The Tomb Of Wonders, a dark ride coaster featuring very real special effects that (hopefully) just barely miss riders. Then, Jim takes the idea of the heartline barrel roll and adds, you know, a space camp gyroscope to it. I mean, the point was to be dangerous, right?

Next week -- we celebrate (?) 100 episodes (and a top 5 show) by playing Jim's tabletop RPG Survive The Magic.

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This week, we set our sights on giving our own Epic Universe some attractions based on video games. Surely no one has ever thought of doing such a thing! First up, Jim swims his way from the 50s, to the 80s, and to today as he combines the original flying saucers of Disneyland, the Ninja Turtles, and a slight wiring malfunction at Volcano Bay to recreate the sewer levels of the original TMNT video game. Caution, you my get shockingly wet. Then, Scottye embraces the crazy as he sends guests into the world of Psychonauts on Meat Circus Mania, and somehow this of all things has nothing to do with Guy Fieri. Can you handle the rigors of psychic training? Probably not, but we know you'll ride anyway!

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This week, we begin with some discussions about Epcot's recent night time changes, and then segue into Scottye's new podcast-within-a-podcast Intoxications: Reflections Of Puke (I'm sure it's a working title), all about really bad times in the Happiest Place On Earth. That out of the way, we turn to giving our Epic Universe some gritty attractions based on other more famous attractions. First, Jim invites guests to visit the Big Apple on The Concrete Jungle Cruise, featuring minutes upon minutes of lame jokes and naked hobos. It's fun for the whole family! Then, Scottye heads back in time (???) as he joins Commandeer Buzz on a campaign to crush the evil Adolf Von Zurg and save the so-called "illegal" aliens from a life of internment. This seems perfect for the new vision of Tomorrowland. All that's missing is a gift shop.

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This week, the Skyliner is open! Also, LSD! Maybe that'll help you see through those silly decals, huh? Also, dang guys, sorry the show is late coming to the feed. We spent this episode talking about making attractions where you have to be slightly drunk and Scottye maybe took that too heart. Or maybe he was just busy. Something like that. Anyway, first up - Jim puts gets in the center of a collossal mirror maze known as A Series Of Unfortunate Reflections. If you've ever been through a normal mirror maze, it's like that - only way bigger and way worse for drunk people. If you make it out of that okay, then you can hop behind the wheel of Scottye's go-kart mania where you actually have to keep drinking or you get yeeted off the course and probably into our omnipresent water park. Also, you might not actually be driving. Also, weapons! Grab them blue shells and some Pabst blue ribbons and meet us on the track, It's a-Go Time!

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This week, we discuss new signs, (hopefully) fake scripts, and do our best to give our very own Epic Universe some very spooktacular kiddie attractions. First up, Scottye invites kids of all ages to experience The Ride Where Everything Goes Wrong, a menagerie of animatronics from around the multiverse converging around a boat that somehow has wheels. It has to be technically possible, as we've seen it at Disney Springs! Then, Jim decides that it isn't such a small world that we can't do some Mary Blair murder and yeets those dolls squarely into the Haunted Mansion where they will forever be entangled in your nightmares. It doesn't so much have a name as it has a blood-curdling sound that fills your soul the moment you envision such a hellscape. Isn't he supposed to be the reasonable one?

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