Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty

Eric from Main Street Electrical Arcade recently visited Disneyland during a Southern California heat wave. Rick will talk with Eric about an incredible dining experience, how Disneyland has changed in the past few years, and what changes are coming to improve the resort.

For the second-straight week, Rick talks with Elliot Mondry and Alicia Madden from Calamity Comics. Elliot wrote and Alicia illustrated for the first issue of the You Never Know comic book series. Now, they are getting ready to release the second issue in that series.

"You Never Know" is a comic book series focused on mental health. Writer Elliot Mondry and artist Alicia Madden talk about the first edition in the series that has been more successful than they could have anticipated and what they are doing to build on that with the second edition. Elliot and Alicia are huge Disney fans, as well.

October 1st, 1971 was the opening day for Walt Disney World. Some of the attractions that were there when Roy Disney welcomed guests to Magic Kingdom are still there. Rick will be flying solo on the show today. He will discuss all of those remaining opening day attractions and how long he thinks they will all last.

Disney made a ton of exciting announcements at last month's D23 expo that will impact the theme parks. Rick and Maz have already started talking about some of those announcements and they will be back at it on this week's episode. They will cover Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and the international parks.

It is halfway to Saint Patrick's Day and Rick is starting to plan his next visit to Ireland in 2027. With that in mind, Samuel of the Instagram account Pocket Ireland will be on the show this week. After moving to Ireland from England, Samuel fell in love with his new home. He has dedicated his efforts on showing that Ireland is so photogenic that you don't even need a fancy camera to capture the beauty.

Mindy Johnson is an expert on women animators, especially in Disney animation. In this week's episode, she wraps up her conversation with Rick about her book "Ink & Paint" and the exhibition on women animators that she has curated for the Muskegon Museum of Art in Michigan.

Rick met Elliott Mondry through DisTwitter. When Elliott used the love of storytelling he developed as a Disney fan to create a comic book series, Rick knew he had to help promote it. On the show this week, Rick talks with Elliott and his illustrator Alicia Madden about creating. "You Never Know" focuses on mental health, and Elliott isn't afraid to discuss the sensitive topic.

There are a lot of big things on the horizon at Walt Disney World from monsters to villains to figments of your imagination. Many of these announcements came from this past weekend's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. On today's episode of the podcast, Rick and Maz discuss these announcements and what they mean for the theme parks in general.