The Dark Ride

The Dark Ride

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The Dark Ride episodes

  • Deplorable Me, Mimosa Mayhem
    This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we drop into Universal Studios to drink the movies with our mischievous little yellow fiends. Join us as we get zapped by an experimental prototype, blasted into training by a maniacal mastermind, and save an anniversary present from the clutches of doom as we ride, the one and potentially many - Despicable Me, Minion Mayhem! A simulator ride that goes bananas. Will Adriane and Ryan be able to decipher the lovable little louses, or will we need a rosetta stone to hear out these henchmen.  There’s only one way to find out!
    48 min
  • Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Rose'

    This week on a picnickity episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we drink all aboard an incredibly special first... it took them 90 years to get one, but the mice finally got a ride! So join us as we get the mouse traps ready, lay out our best checkered blanket and bottle of Rose’ cause its picnic time.  Can you imagine a world where Goofy was able to get a train conductor's license, what is happening over at Amtrak? Will Adriane and Ryan make it out of this 2 ½ D cartoon hellscape, there is only one way to find out!

    51 min
  • At the Bar With A & R: Gettin Real With It
    Today we head back to the digital dive bar,  to down a couple of beers and jibber jabber about all things theme parks. This week we are very excited to be joined by a special guest, Josh Rosenblum; clever connoisseur of themed entertainment, Central Florida Native and  team member with a heart of gold.  Adriane, Ryan, and Josh talk about HHN, seasonal workings, our favorite Disney watering holes, and what is up with the current wave of Firsts culture in the theming world (looking at you Figment bucket). On this week’s Dark Ride : Join the team to hear the  true story of three new friends picked to love theme parks, podcast together and have their “lives” taped - to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real … tune in to find out.
    56 min
  • Waste of Space 220

    This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we put our best NASA gear on to dine amongst the stars. That's right, its our very first full restaurant experience. Adriane and Ryan got the reservation that everyone is going galactic gaga over and were here to spill the cosmic chamomile all about our experience at Space 220. We talk at length about the goods, the bads, and the tang drinks that are available orbiting 220 miles above EPCOT's world discovery.  But will this shiny new space station wow, or will it be a nebula not again for our intrepid hosts. There's  only one way to find out!   

    1 hr 2 min
  • At the Bar with A & R: Cocktails and Cockroaches

    Today we head back to the simulated saloon, sip down a couple of beers and wax poetic about all things theme parks. This week we are very excited to be joined by a special guest, Ryan Novelline; Fantastical Concept Artist, Avant Garde Fashion Designer, and all-around awesome guy, who one time interned for Disney Imagineering! Ryan also recently moved to Central Florida and gives us his opinion on that age old question – does living nearby ruin the magic?  Then we all share war stories of times hotels done did us dirty.  Join the team to hear about the times we didn’t have the best experiences at theme park resorts, because sometimes even magic can’t kill a huge cockroach! Will The Dark Ride ever get over having two Ryans to deal with… tune in to find out.

    59 min
  • Jaws: The Ride, "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Beer"
    This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we hop aboard the SS Queue Too Long, and head to the defunct past of Amity. A sunny seaside past where we are forced to fight off several robot sharks, exploding boat houses, and one underpaid spieling captain as we float around on a tour of a land locked harbor off of Orlando's International Drive. If you miss the fiery explosions, live gun play, and all things big and bombastic of the 90s, then you have come to the right place. So, will Jaws the Ride, torpedo us all the way up the mast or will our boat be swimming with the fishies? There’s only one way to find out!
    51 min
  • At The Bar With A&R - Cure for the Common Hangover

    This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’, we head back to the virtual tavern to clean up after a long year. Get your H2O+ suds and oversized white gloves ready, cause its about to get soapier than uncle Orville on the fourth of July.  We will share with you all about this past year and how awesome its been and then take a look at what theme parks have in store for us in the twenty deuce deuce. So whether these best laid plans end up fact or fictions we cover all the things that we are looking forward to in the year to come. We will also fill you in on some of the big things in store for the podcast this next year so make sure to stay to the end for that. Most of all we thank you our listeners for such an epic year. We love ya, you crazy, flat riding, roller coasting, omnimoving, magnificent marathoners of theme. Stay dark out there.  

    1 hr 9 min
  • Big Thundah from Down Undah Railroad
    This week on a mountainous episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we drink about a very special ride - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! So if you're wearing hats and glasses.... best, be careful removing them cause you are probably also wearing expensive headphones and that is how things get broken. In all seriousness, We both love this ride so much, and it’s a real nail-biter all the way up until the end because this attraction is a real contender in our race to find out which ride is the best ride to drink about in all of Walt Disney World! So, will Big Thunder explode all the way to the top or will it be wallowing in the gulch with the goat? There is only one way to find out!
    48 min
  • Florida Bound: a Drunk Distory Vacation

    Hello to the Hap Happ Happiest bunch of disnerds this side of the nuthouse, It’s time for the very first Drunk Distory family group Florida trip on this special trip report episode of ‘The Dark Ride’. Join Adriane and Ryan as they mingle and jingle their way through their favorite central Florida theme parks and share with you all the deets of the recent holiday trip. This episode will start with a pre trip thoughts section and then through the magic of the time warp, we will hear all about the post trip wrap up. It's so much fun we will need the defunct spirit of the tomorrowland timekeeper to capture all this holiday vacation cheer. So will the best laid schemes o' mice an' men work out wonderfully for our dynamic duo, or will this skyliner get stuck mid way through its round trip. There’s only one way to find out!

    1 hr 24 min
  • Holidazed Ride Overlays

    Ho ho ho it’s time for a very jolly episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ as we jingle our way through some of our favorite attractions all dolled up in their merry and bright. That’s right, tis the season for dashing through the snow on a one mouse mainstreet vehicle, while we drink our favorite attraction holiday overlays. Come join us to find out which one is the most spectacular, and which one leaves us feeling grinchy!  There’s only one way to find out!

    56 min

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The Dark Ride presented by Drunk Distory is an adult theme park podcast hosted by two funny people that are fans of two things - theme parks and drinking! Each week they will discuss a different theme…

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