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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.

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Knott's Berry Farm

Theme Park Adventure

WestCoaster Ghost Town 75 Coverage

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

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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:

TEA Connect Website

San Diego Zoo

AECOM

Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

SeaWorld Cares

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

MiceChat

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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:

California's Great America

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

MiceChat

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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:

Seth Kubersky's YouTube Page

Theme Park Adventure

Parks & Cons

Universal Studios Hollywood

about.com Theme Parks

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

MiceChat

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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:

about.com’s Theme Parks

Coaster Critic

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

MiceChat

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Join nick and Shawn as they discuss the year's theme park progress, with everything from Derren Brown's ghost train hype, Pandamonium at Chessington (which Nick scored the music for - because Nick does theme park audio) as well as talk of future trips for Nick and Shawn.

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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:

Yessian Music

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

MiceChat

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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

BRC Imagination Arts

IAAPA Website

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

MiceChat

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Join Nick as he sits down with Pete Cliff - the entertainments creative manager at the Alton Towers Resort - as he discusses how he and Nick created Scarefest (with Nick composing), what the mazes entailed and what the future may hold. A bit of halloween in Spring always goes down well! You’ll also hear a preview of a new song Pete and Nick have created for the Splash Landings hotel!

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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:

Touring Plans

Walt Disney Birthplace

MiceChat

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