Theme Park Families

You remember when Jim Reid Anderson donned a chef's cap and gave us the information for Six Flags' new 2020 ride additions? Maybe not, so we bring you our reactions to the announcements from the day the video came out. Locked in the Theme Park Families' vaults for all these months, we're happy to refresh your memories of what the parks are getting. What did we like and what did we find surprising? Lots! So let's take a trip down memory lane and see if these rides do open in 2020!

We have a huge exclusive and are pleased to announce that a new celebrity is starting his own park-Joe Exotic's Exoticwood! What exciting rides his new park will have? We also discuss our epic trip to Arizona and California, culminating with our first ever trip to Magic Mountain.

Andrew's News looks at Knott's memberships, Dolly being Dolly, and a Raptor!

Our Ride of the Day gives you a new vantage point and our Tip of the Day looks at future membership issues.

Who likes to party? Joe does!

This was an episode recorded in July of 2019 and finally uploaded for your enjoyment!

Our next TPF Quest looks at your suggestions for changes you'd make to make coasters better!

We thank our participants who helped us with the Star Wars skit! Such talent!

Andrew's News looks at new coaster openings and Great Adventure changes!

We review Airtime from Holiwood Nights!

Our Ride of the Day is a hopping good time and our Tip of the Day helps you to not miss out on that elusive credit.

Enjoy!

After a lengthy hiatus, we are back!

Bored with the coronavirus isolation. We are back to help you through these tough times!

We have our shortest Andrew's News in history.

Andrew and I will explain what's been going on and why we haven't recorded in so long!

Our Tip of the Day looks to relieve the boredom a bit!

We've got numerous episodes coming very soon!

Enjoy and thanks for sticking around!

On this episode, we welcome back friends from In the Loop, Clint and Shari Novak to discuss FoF news and his experience at Coney Island. Andrew's News looks at two theme park lawsuits and the Sea World teaser video. We discuss our trip to Fantasy Island in New York, a few attractions at Niagara Falls , and the Novaks' first trip to the wonderful park, Canada's Wonderland. Our Ride of the Day is one of the weirdest looking flat rides, and our Tip of the Day looks at Clint's park. 

Enjoy!

We have an exclusive look at the wonder that is Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland which opens next month. Andrew's News examines Hershey, Kennywood, and King's Island coaster rumors.  We share our experience at Carowinds for Coaster Crew's event and review Copperhead Strike. We play the exclusive audio that an important contact sent us revealing some of the new experiences at Galaxy's Edge. Our Ride of the Day gets a bit bumpy and our Tip of the Day examines helping nervous riders with a slow and steady pace.

We start by discussing all of the new coasters that have opened so far. Andrew's News looks at Dolly's new car, Disney's bathroom break, and a new tunnel! We discuss our trip to Canada's Wonderland where we attended the media day for the opening of Yukon Striker (we loved it). We play two interviews we conducted, one with new friend, Grace Peacock, Director of Communications, and Sophie Bolliger from B&M. For our Ride of the Day, we get scrambled and for our Tip of the Day, take a trip on the wild side.

First we listen to a trip report to Carowinds sent from Dave from Ohio, who has some hot takes about his time at opening weekend, We talk to Ryan Freund about his love for El Toro. His reason for marathoning this beloved wooden coaster is very emotional. We chat about our recent experiences at SFGA, Carowinds with the Coaster Crew, and KD with friends, which will talk about in our next few episodes We are excited about going to this week's media day coming at Canada's Wonderland for Yukon Striker! !

we start by discussing the Crayola Experience video that has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. We discuss Drew's favorite ride and he gives some great advice on how to ride this without any pain. We discuss Hershey, Orlando, 2019 memberships, and things to look forward to in 2019. Drew supplies his own Ride of the Day and Tip of the Day, where we learn about a ride in Indiana and a way to maximize your time at Sea World. Our sign off is an ode to Drew with a goodbye to a favorite hobby. Enjoy!

Adding to our list of theme park friends, we invite Drew the Intern from the In the Loop Podcast to join us. For Andrew's News, we discuss Copperhead Strike, Drew's cup obsession, GL leaving MM, and Sesame Street's in Orlando. We chat about ITL's FreeRT that's almost 4 years in the making. We discuss Drew's background about his childhood and his love of coasters and theme parks. From there, we head to college and how he got involved with Disney and In the Loop. Part 2, next episode, continues from there.