Those Happy Places

In this competitive episode, join Alice and Buddy as they jump into the world of interactive rides for the first time in a few years—a world that has grown significantly since the last time they’ve considered it. How have rides gone Beyond the Shooting Gallery already? How can they continue to grow? What untapped potential is still out there? Where should we look for inspiration? And, perhaps most importantly, how do they see interactivity continuing to be a part of the rides of the future?

Heads up, there’s plenty of talk in this episode about the imaginary weapons that rides and attractions ask riders to wield and their effects. We don’t think there’s anything particularly upsetting in here, but those who are sensitive about such talk might appreciate knowing that ahead of time!

It’s another weekly episode of Those Happy Places! This one took a little longer—we hope it’s worth the wait!

Topics Include: Episode 8 of Those Happy Places, Competition, Cooperation, WEB Slingers, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run, Toy Story: Midway Mania, The Loss State, Good Things About the Shooting Gallery Format, Other Existing Forms of Interactivity, Roger Rabbit: Car-Toon Spin, Limits on Interactivity, Galactic Starcruiser, Escape Rooms, Family Fun Centers, Bumper Cars, Bumper Boats, Bowling, Laser Tag—and the need to expand our collective work on Laser Tag—The Kinect Solution, Choosing Your Own Adventure, Test Track Redesigned, Nonviolent Interactivity, Pokemon Snap: The Ride

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3997-long-stroll
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Casa Bossa Nova by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3481-casa-bossa-nova
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Heroic Age by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3870-heroic-age
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3560-crinoline-dreams
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3770-folk-round
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Mighty Like Us by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4050-mighty-like-us
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hep Cats by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3867-hep-cats
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

No Good Layabout by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4140-no-good-layabout
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Del Rio Bravo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5706-del-rio-bravo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Off to Osaka by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4154-off-to-osaka
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4173-opportunity-walks
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this theoretical episode, join Alice and Buddy as they analyze an underappreciated part of how Disneyland, specifically, blends its iconic lands together. How do these lands, ostensibly separated by genre, find themselves connected thematically, aesthetically, and narratively? Do any lands stand out as especially effective at this blending—and do some not quite fit the mold?

It’s another weekly episode of Those Happy Places! We hope you’re glad to have us back in your feeds.

Topics Include: We Should Be Published, Forgetting ToonTown, The Hub-And-Spoke Design Principle, Pirates of the Caribbean and Pirate Literature, New Orleans Square versus New Orleans The Actual City, Pirates and Haunted Mansion as a Double Feature, Big Thunder Mountain and Galaxy’s Edge, Galaxy’s Edge’s Tunnels, Rockwork, It’s a Small World: Where Does it Fit?, Thresholds, Main Street and the Castle, Land Entrances, Tomorrowland’s Tomorrowland Problem, Lands Blend…backwards?, The Tomorrowland Expansion, Matterhorn Bobsleds: Tomorrow or Fantasy?, Submarine Voyage: Science Fiction or Science Fantasy?, and The Ultimate Land Blender of Tomorrow. This is a dense one, folks!

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Jazz Brunch by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3937-jazz-brunch-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Still Pickin by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5707-still-pickin
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3997-long-stroll
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Kumasi Groove (plus flugelhorn) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3957-kumasi-groove-plus-flugelhorn-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4460-tango-de-manzana
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Off to Osaka by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4154-off-to-osaka
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this un-lost episode, join Alice and Buddy as they praise—and criticize—one of the most iconic ride systems in all of theme parks. What makes the Omnimover so unique? How is it best deployed in attractions like Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion? What are its strengths and shortcomings? And, most importantly, is it really the highest-capacity ride system at Disney parks?

It’s another weekly episode of Those Happy Places! We hope you’re glad to have us back in your feeds.

Topics Include: Technical difficulties, the Omnimover Defined, The Patent, Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, The Omnimover and Accessibility, The Omnimover and Capacity, Boats—They’re Good, The Omnimover and Movement Profiles, Optimizing for Capacity, The Ultimate High-Capacity Attraction.

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Casa Bossa Nova by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3481-casa-bossa-nova
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Awesome Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3399-awesome-call
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4710-midnight-tale
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sancho Panza gets a Latte by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4317-sancho-panza-gets-a-latte
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Secret of Tiki Island by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4331-secret-of-tiki-island
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hep Cats by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3867-hep-cats
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Mining by Moonlight by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4055-mining-by-moonlight
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Getting it Done by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3801-getting-it-done
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this energetic episode, join Alice and Buddy as they tackle the roles that shows, parades, and nighttime spectaculars play at Theme Parks. What purpose to they serve—from both operational and narrative perspectives? How do they add character to a place? How do they help us tell the story of our visits to the park? And, maybe most interestingly, how do they help us mark time?

It’s another great episode of Those Happy Places! We hope you’re glad to have us back in your feeds.

Topics Include: Our memories surrounding parades, parades as both nuisance and blessing, our emotional connection to nighttime spectaculars, rides versus shows as a value proposition, the operational necessity of shows, the target audience of parades, the potential of nighttime spectaculars, Fantasmic!

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Casa Bossa Nova by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3481-casa-bossa-nova
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Awesome Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3399-awesome-call
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Cupid's Revenge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3572-cupid-s-revenge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this long-awaited episode, join Alice and Buddy as they work their way through their complicated feelings about returning to Theme Parks, only to find that the systems by which they now work are thoroughly changed from what they were before their hiatus. If Theme Parks are literature, are Reservations the Table of Contents? What is skipping the line worth? How do we answer the question of equity in access to rides and attractions?

It’s the triumphant return of Those Happy Places! We hope you’re glad to have us back in your feeds.

Topics Include: We’re Back! Thanks for your patience. Returning to Theme Parks. Reservation systems. Fastpass, and what it was. Boarding Groups and the Inherent Problems Thereof. Lightning Lane, Genie Plus, and its effect on a Park Day. Skipping lines and the Costs Thereof. Industry solutions—usually upcharges—to long lines. The problem of Equity in Access. Should ticket books return? The Theme Park of the Future, and Virtual Queues.

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Getting it Done by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3801-getting-it-done
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4002-lord-of-the-land
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3997-long-stroll
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Isobel by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4316-samba-isobel
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

No Good Layabout by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4140-no-good-layabout
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Fig Leaf Rag by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3750-fig-leaf-rag
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sancho Panza gets a Latte by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4317-sancho-panza-gets-a-latte
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Casa Bossa Nova by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3481-casa-bossa-nova
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Kumasi Groove (plus flugelhorn) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3957-kumasi-groove-plus-flugelhorn-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Just As Soon by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3947-just-as-soon
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3560-crinoline-dreams
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Off to Osaka by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4154-off-to-osaka
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this extravagant episode, join Alice and Buddy as they revisit the central thesis of Those Happy Places—the very idea that Theme Parks, Rides, and Attractions can (and should) be treated with the same critical care and depth as other forms of storytelling and literature. They’re joined with submissions by Cynthia Sharpe, Rob Yeo, Liam Findlay, Aslam Choudhury, and Andrew Spohn, all of whom weigh in on the central questions of what draws them to themed entertainment as a storytelling medium, what’s missing from our current analysis and conversations, and where they hope themed entertainment might be heading. Then, Buddy and Alice ask themselves those same questions—and set a course for a new era of Those Happy Places.

It’s a 50th Episode Extravaganza, and you won’t want to miss it!

Topics Include: Accessibility in Theme Parks, Including and Elevating Guests, The Importance of Frontline Cast Members, Team Members, and Employees, Build-it-Yourself Narrative Spaces, Travel, the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Theme Parks, Theme Park Scents, The Alice White Themed Scent Categorization System, Motion as Metaphor, Motion as Literal Motion, The Limits of Motion in Attractions, The Speed of Theme Park Change Versus Social, Political, and Economic Change, The Enduring Legacy of Theme Park Intellectual Properties, Themed Spaces and Belonging, Themed Spaces and Community Buy-In, Themed Spaces and Exclusivity, The Newness of Themed Entertainment, The Importance of Domes, Theme Parks as Literature, Buddy and Alice as Scholars and Analysts, The Future of Themed Entertainment and Social Media, Themed Entertainment in Conversation, The Future of Those Happy Places.

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3635-deliberate-thought
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3997-long-stroll
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4460-tango-de-manzana
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Night In Venice by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Awesome Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3399-awesome-call
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3800-george-street-shuffle
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Cattails by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3482-cattails
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Samba Isobel by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4316-samba-isobel
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3375-apero-hour
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Casa Bossa Nova by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3481-casa-bossa-nova
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Cumbiac by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6428-cumbiac
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Kumasi Groove (plus flugelhorn) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3957-kumasi-groove-plus-flugelhorn-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Jazz Brunch by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3937-jazz-brunch-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Entertainer by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5765-the-entertainer
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3560-crinoline-dreams
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4231-poppers-and-prosecco
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Americana by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3361-americana
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Happy Bee - Surf by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3852-happy-bee---surf
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Del Rio Bravo by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5706-del-rio-bravo
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3906-in-your-arms
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this luminous episode, join Alice and Buddy as they welcome two special guests. Aly Grauer and Drew Mierzejewski are Podcasters, Performers, Writers, and Builders of Worlds—they’ve also both worked in iconic shows and attractions at some of Orlando’s most famous theme parks. Listen in as they talk about their experiences as Human Interfaces for these attractions, and how their core philosophy of Including and Elevating guests extends into their current work in the Actual Play RPG Podcasting space.

Topics Include: Poseidon’s Fury: Escape from the Lost City, Jungle Cruise Skippers, the Velociraptor Encounter, the Hogwarts Express, the idea of the Human Interface, Animatronic Hosts, Sympathy and Empathy in Theme Park Interactions, the Jedi Training Academy, Renaissance Festivals, the Performance of Cast Members at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and the Importance of Protecting Cast Members. Plus many, many more!

Find our Guests and their Projects:

Aly’s Twitter

Aly’s Instagram

Drew’s Twitter

Aly and Drew’s Patreon

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Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod

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Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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New Hero In Town by Kevin MacLeod

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Overworld by Kevin MacLeod

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Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod

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Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

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Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod

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Teller of the Tales by Kevin MacLeod

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Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod

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Awesome Call by Kevin MacLeod

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Late Night Radio by Kevin MacLeod

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Apero Hour by Kevin MacLeod

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Del Rio Bravo by Kevin MacLeod

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Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod

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Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod

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I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod

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No Good Layabout by Kevin MacLeod

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Hard Boiled by Kevin MacLeod

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Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod

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Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod

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In this lively episode, join Alice and Buddy as they dive deep into the wonders of Knott’s Berry Farm and the understated brilliance of its Calico Ghost Town. This is the attraction that made Knott’s what it is today—and it stands today as one of the most comprehensive, complete, and thoroughly realized themed lands in Southern California, if not the world. How did it get here, what is it like to visit presently, and where can it go to become more than is today?

Talking Points include: A Brief History of Knott’s, The Calico Attraction Lineup, The Majesty of Silver Bullet, The Thrills of Ghost Rider, the Duology that is the Calico Mine Ride and the Timber Mountain Log Ride, the Mystery Lodge and its Complicated Role, and a list of suggestions for the Calico Ghost Town of the Future.

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode:

Bummin on Tremelo by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3464-bummin-on-tremelo

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Porch Swing Days - faster by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4233-porch-swing-days---faster

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Long Stroll by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3997-long-stroll

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Del Rio Bravo by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5706-del-rio-bravo

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Fig Leaf Rag by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3750-fig-leaf-rag

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Still Pickin by Kevin MacLeod

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Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod

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Sancho Panza gets a Latte by Kevin MacLeod

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Bossa Antigua by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3454-bossa-antigua

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Casa Bossa Nova by Kevin MacLeod

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Night In Venice by Kevin MacLeod

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Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod

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Loopster by Kevin MacLeod

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Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod

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Awesome Call by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3399-awesome-call

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In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod

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Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod

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Neon Laser Horizon by Kevin MacLeod

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In this categorically profound episode, Alice and Buddy sit down to talk about a system Alice has devised to categorize and better understand how Intellectual Properties are deployed through Theme Parks, Rides, Attractions, and Themed Lands. How do some of our favorite IP-based places fit into the categories of Classic, Abstract, Extra-Canon, and Anti-Canon? Listen in and find out!

Talking Points include: Fantasyland’s Dark Rides, the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, the Incredicoaster, Guardians of the Galaxy- Mission: Breakout, Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye, Star Tours, Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, Transformers: The Ride: 3-D, the Jurassic Park River Adventure, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Escape from Gringotts, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, and more!

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode: Bummin on Tremolo, Pippin the Hunchback, Malt Shop Bop, Royal Banana, Casa Bossa Nova, Night in Venice, Blippy Trance, Wallpaper, Tango de Manzana, Moonlight Hall, Secret of Tiki Island, In Your Arms, and Off to Osaka

In this palatial episode, join Alice and Buddy as they revisit The Haunted Mansion yet again! What makes this attraction so unique in terms of its tone? How does it fit into the greater culture of American haunted houses? What is the unique role of its cast members in creating a welcoming atmosphere? How has The Haunted Mansion become so iconic of itself?

Talking Points include: The Haunted Mansion, Mystic Manor, The Phantom Manor, the Winchester Mystery House, the Importance of Cast Members, Merchandising and the rise of the Palette, Wallpaper, and more!

Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!

Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode: Bummin on Tremolo, Autumn Day, Sancho Panza gets a Latte, Comfortable Mystery, Dance of Deception, Danse of Questionable Tuning, Danse Morialta, Pale Rider, Covert Affair, Opportunity Walks, Secret of Tiki Island, Duet Musette, Hep Cats, Airport Lounge, In Your Arms