January 16, 2026 • 25 mins
On this weeks episode of The Theme Park Podcast, massive Star Wars news affecting Disneyland is announced and the guys wonder what it will mean for Hollywood Studios. Then they discuss all the upcoming concerts coming to SeaWorld Orlando and Universal Studios. Plus Dickerman is making his first trip to Gatorland!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
From the theme park capital.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Of the World, Orlando, Florida.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
This is the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Wait podcast?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Is this on the radio? Why does everything gotta be
so messy on this station?
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Anyway?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Here's your host, Dickerman, Jimmy D and Scott Harris.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Hey there, and welcome to the Theme Park Podcast. Dickerman. Here,
there is Jimmy D.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
Sub fellas, how you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
And Scott Harris.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Bone Temple weekend.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
It is Bone Temple Weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
It is Bone Temple Weekend. It is the I think,
the cold well of the year. Yes, I'm gonna say
yes because it's a new year, but the coldest weekend
of the season thus far.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
I believe.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Did your time to go to theme parks?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Did you wrap your plants?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
It took like five seconds first to go reat to movie?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I didn't. I didn't. I didn't.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
You said Bone Temple Weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I didn't. But I could just be referencing like the
cool like Halloween display I have outside.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Yeah, I have a neighbor who still has a twelve
foot skeleton out in his front yard. Here's the crazy
part that kind of pisses me off about it. The
entire spooky season. This skeleton is missing his right arm.
It comes to Christmas, the right arm comes back and
then it just stays up.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Is no one going to ask him about his right arm?
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Like why did you get it repaired after Thanksgiving? After Halloween?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
And no.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
If you make a commitment to get a twelve foot
tall Skelington year round, you make him a year round decoration.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Yeah, and that's fine.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
And in years past this neighbor would like he'd put
like a you know, Santa sack and a hat on
it and like all this other stuff. This year, we
just got the right arm back for Christmas and that
was it. Maybe that was his Christmas present.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, to skip to you, Dickerman didn't answer my question.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Again, repeat the question I got lost.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
And have you wrapped all of your plants?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
No? No, let them die if they can't survive. They
weren't meant to my Bible of the fittest out there
in my yard.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
The next question was, do you have any plants that
would warrant being wrapped?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Sir, sir, No, I do not.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
I do not have your bushes seen a hedge clipper
in like five years.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Hey, I do trim those stupid things. They're annoying. I
don't like cutting the dumb bushes dead.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Then you know what you could do easily do just
let them die.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Let them die, the bushes don't die. Jimmy now Jimmy's house.
Lauren Campbell ripster dot Com has gotten very into plants.
I imagine she's got a busy night ahead of her.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Uh. We're just gonna bring the most important ones inside.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
What about the rest? Let them die? Uh? You know blanket?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (02:50):
You know, at this point, I feel like if they
don't survive, they didn't try hard enough.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
It wasn't there a thing where, like people said, if
you run your sprinklers, it's actually better because then it
free is over stuff and then it makes icicles and
they are protected inside of it.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I've I've heard that, but I think about it, and
in my regard, I would I want to be wet
and outside. I know amount of plants, But if I
don't want to like that, my plant's probably not gonna
like that.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
You probably right, you're probably you mean you don't.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Wrap up your dirt that you always talk about as
your front yard.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
No, I'm hoping to kill some of the weeds in
my yard. Let's go. Then weeds taken care of for me.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
I'll tell you what, local citrus will be nice and
sweet after this weekend because it's cold snap that injects
that sweetness into the s.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
What do they do at like the Disneys of the
World where it's like a gazillion plants? Can you cover
all those? Can you cover up the topiaries and such?
Speaker 5 (03:46):
That horticulture department is like constantly replacing the plants.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, so they just they let them die too job security.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Well no, I mean, like, how do you cover that?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Like, I'm sure they have the same army of people
that would put up all of the lights for the
Osbourne Christmas lights. I'm sure they have that for floral
Like I remember when I worked at Universal many years ago,
they'd be like repainting like areas of the park like
every single night, or pressure washing the entire like they
(04:20):
have the man power to pull stuff off like that.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Oh yeah yeah. Well let me ask you boys, is
do you like going to theme parks in the cold?
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, yeah, I don't like it in the heat, but
the cold is like so fun to me. I like
to get bundled up you go out there, especially if
it's nighttime in the cold, it's great.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
This might be a hot take. I like going to
theme parks just in general, full stop, cold and hot
fun places. You know what. They're fun places to be.
The only time I don't like it is when it's
raining and if I'm not dressed appropriately for it.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
If you dress up properly, though, it could be a
good time if you plan for it. If you go knowing, Okay,
I'm getting wet, my shoes are getting wet. I'm planning
for this, it can be fun.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Yes, if you have like Scott waterproof to shoes. I
bought waterproof shoes for days at it's raining. The problem
is if it rained right now and I was at
a theme park, I would rather be at the dentist.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I mean, it is terrible being in the cold and rain.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Well, that's why like up like in Tennessee, like Dollywood
ll we have gone up there numerous times in the winter.
They just closed the whole thing. They closed it for
the whole season.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
They season market.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Getting the park open. Yeah, it's too cold. If it
gets too cold, they can't run the coasters too, did
you did have We had instances here that we know of,
or they stop running the coasters because of the cold,
because I think up there, like thirty two is their market.
If they hit thirty two, they stop running them.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
No, the closest we have here is they will close.
Well remember Rippride Rocket in Uh sometimes Velosa Coaster would
be a wind related closure.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Mmmm m.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
And then like this weekend as people are listening, Volcano
Bay is closed for the cold. Yeah, so like that
is our that is that is our equivalent of a
weather related closure besides like a hurricane coming through.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
True true, yes, the hurricane and uh and some winds.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
But I also know that places like like a Dollywood
because there was a theme park in Japan that I
kind of wanted to go to that that was near
where I was staying. But like a lot of it
that it's the time of year for them to do
like the yearly maintenance in refurbishings, which we don't really
get here because there is no downtime.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
That's true.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Interesting, did you know that wooden roller coasters have they
have a less Uh, they have a smaller threshold for
the cold because the wood becomes too brittle as it
gets colder.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah. Oh yeah, you want then thing to snap. The
final destination situation, I do have a question for you guys,
because I think you guys have both been here. This weekend,
I am planning on going out to a theme park.
We want to go out to gator Land. Anybody experienced
Gaterland and the cold, I.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Mean, there's not a whole lot of opportunity.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
I mean, you're going to be in good shape because
when I've been there plenty of times when it's been hot. Okay,
there's no real risk of getting wet for the most part.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Okay, the gators they'll be out though, like they're not
going to go hide because it's cold out.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
Well, for one, they can't hide. The day that we went,
it was a little bit colder, It wasn't as cold
as it is now. Gators were still active. Okay, they
are going to be out of the water a lot
more like sunbathing is they're cold blooded. Now is the
perfect time to go on an air boat ride if
you want to see gators, because well, during the summer,
(07:48):
they will take off when you come by. Now they're
a lot more you know, they have a lot more
tolerance because they need the sun to keep them energized.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
We're mostly going to see the Capit Bars. I've never
been to Gatorland. So I want to see it all,
but I mostly want to do what you and Lauren
did and do the do the experience with the rodents
of unusual size.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
You have lived here for sixty years and you have
never been to Gatorland, do you.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Son of a You watch your mouth, Scott Harris.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
You have lived here for fifty nine years and you
have never been to Gatorland.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
No, I don't think so. I might have, and I
don't remember. There are serious situations in my life that
I don't remember, and that might be one of them.
I might get there and be like, oh, I remember
this now, or it's one of those things where it's
a false memory and I think I remember it, but
I still really didn't do it. So I don't know.
We'll find out this weekend.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Okay, Dinerman, there's three ways you could feed the alligators.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Okay, myself throw my body over now in their mouth.
Do not do that to help me into my into
my deep sleep.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
I'm gonna go for a role now.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
So when you first walk in and you like go
around the initial like bog, you're gonna come to like
it's like a boardwalk in the beginning. Okay, and there's
going to be a spot towards the right that you
can take a like a mackerel and you tie it
like on a fishing line, and you basically hang it
over the side and you're gonna feed like you're small
(09:16):
not smaller gators, but like you're yeah, I guess they are.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Smaller, mid sized mid sized gaters. Yes, and you know
you're a nine year old Dickerman sized gat.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Your teens and your youngers, and they'll they'll jump up
and snatch the fish right off you're line. Then you
can go over and get gator biscuits and then walk
out to the boardwalk where the wooden tower is and
you can throw those butt biscuits into the water. And
those are just the free range gats or in a
giant pond where like the zip line.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Goes over all right right.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
And then the third.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
One is there's an Adventure hour and I think it's
like twelve bucks, and they actually bring you behind the
fence right up to the shore where the gators are
like lined up like they're like they're ready to race
a marathon, and you grab a chicken wing or chicken
leg out of a barrel and you just feed it
(10:10):
to these gators that are like feet away from you,
and they got a tide with they have two guys
with staffs that kind of like keep them in line,
like you get back, you get back.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Yeah, my wife would love that. She sees a gator
from like thirty feet away, she's like, oh, well back up,
be careful, Like dude, it's a million miles away. We're fine.
We're in the car with the windows rolled up, We're okay.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
If he's in the car with the windows rolled up.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Yeah, if you start a gator in real life, like
just like in a path or something, if you ran
after it, it's going to take off.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
It doesn't want anything to do with you, not at all.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
All Right, Well, I'll let you know how that goes.
But yeah, it is a great weekend for theme parks.
We have a lot of announcements this week from theme parks.
Do we want to talk Star Wars? We want to
talk concert series? I mean everything I feel like I
got announced this week.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Okay, we can talk about the Star Wars thing, even
though technically it doesn't actually have to do with us. Really, Yeah,
it's just very weird. So Galaxy's Edge as a whole,
the timeline of it doesn't exist anymore.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
They've just eliminated that whole timeline, which they needed to
do from.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
They didn't eliminate, they didn't eliminate the timeline, but they've
kind of like broken up Galaxy's.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Edge into two different timelines. And like there's one.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Piece of it that will still still have the battuo
that you know in love right now, but then the
bigger piece of it is going to be more of
the classic trilogy that you know and love.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Just just call it what it is. It's Star Wars Land.
It is truly just Star Wars Land. I mean, I know,
like a lot of people like jokingly call it that,
but that's basically what it is now. Because they've announced
that Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leah Han solo are
all being added to galaxies, that all coming.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
They're all coming coming here, they come fire a post.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
It's great. I mean it's great. Give the people what
they want, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
The score from all of the movies will now be
played in this land.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Are we going to see the expansion on on the
Millennium Falcon Ride? Are we going to see that Smuggler's Run?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
They already announced that we're getting a Mandalorian and Grogu.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
I want more, though, I want I want some old
scenes too, So can I get more?
Speaker 2 (12:33):
So, clearly you did not read the Wall Street Journal
piece that came out a week ago.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
You know, my subscription expired. I I don't know what happened.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Where a lot of like past imagineers were kind of
talking about the battles that they had with like budgets
and and remember that was originally going to be the
plan for millennium. Falcons are going to be rotated experience
allah our tours right right, And it's been open for
(13:06):
six and a half years now, and we're just now
going to get a second right along.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Yeah, it's taking it's taking a while. It's taken a long,
a little while.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I will say, this change is only happening at Disneyland
and now for now, and not here.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Right, It'll come here, it'll make its way. Here's weird
because quest things out in the smaller, sad, little park.
So that's the before they bring it to the big time,
the main event, the big show in Orlando.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Okay, but the thing is we had Galaxies head first. Yeah,
I know, I know, and we just lost launch Bay
because somebody didn't stay at the park.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Jimmy, come on, I thought Fertz was supposed to know.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
We were counting on you to do.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
This and no, yeah, you guys were the ones that
wanted to vid to a Jahwa launch Bay magic bands
at a campsite.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Oh yeah, we were gonna go camping just so we
could get the magic bands to do something with lot.
I don't remember what the whole scenario we had. We
had a hair brain scheme to be able to get
magic bands in the early days.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Yeah, because they only allowed when they first came out.
You could only get a magic band if you were
staying at a park. And then we found out that
the maximum capacity for I guess a campsite at Fort Wilderness,
which was the least expensive and the most capacity.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
You could get ten people.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
And then we were trying to figure out who our
ten guests were going to be so that we could
all get magic bands.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
And you were on that list, Scott, I was not.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
I was no, no, no, I overheard on you were
on our quiet list. So you were on the list,
whether you knew it or not.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
I overheard this because I sat next to you guys
in an office.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Well, yeah, you were on the list. A Mandon was
on the list. My wife was on the list. Was
Lauren going to be on the list, of course? Yeah,
so yeah we were. We're our numbers were climbing. I
think Fritz I don't know if Fritz was in town
at the time. I'm not sure I.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Was on the list. Like Derek is on the list.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
You were on the list.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
It was like a hey, if we need to round
out the number, we'll ask.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Yeah, it was. You were a full blooded member of
the team at that point, Scott, and.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
We abandoned that once you could see that in the
app you could order your magic band, and that happened
like within days.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Yeah, then it wasn't necessarily any longer. We were so
excited for magic bands back in the day.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
Now I'm like, oh, I forgot a magic band. Yeah,
I'll use my watch.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
I really only use my magic band at parking because
it's just I have it in my little like thing
next to the door handle.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Let me in, here's my band. Do they even scan
it anymore? They just go They just wave you through.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Depends the time of day you go, mm, if you're
going to high capacity time you can try.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Go here, here's my magic. Don't scan it though it's
it's it's out of scans.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
But it's like like I've like, I'm sure we've all
experienced this. Like if you go like an hour and
a half before park closes.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
They don't want to mess around. Yeah, they don't know.
Speaker 5 (16:04):
They probably won't even have somebody at the turnstyle exactly.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Yeah, yeah, they're done. They're done at that point there,
they've moved on with their life.
Speaker 5 (16:11):
And then there was a time when I would go to, uh,
wait in line for autographs at two o'clock in the
morning at Hollywood Studios and it was nobody at Then
at four o'clock they'd start playing the forty five minute
loop of Star Trek or at Star Wars Movie of Sounds,
and nobody could sleep.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
The good old dastes, all right, So that's what's happening
in California. Eventually in Orlando, we can only assume. Probably
do you want to talk about some of these concert
lineups that came out, because we have both lineups for
Universal and SeaWorld this week.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Yeah, let's start. We could actually start with SeaWorld because
their starts very soon.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
They almost have the most interesting lineup. Okay, it's like
all over the street.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
So they don't they don't target the genre, do they.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
No, they just go out and cast a wide net.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
So the Seven Seas Food Festival, the concert lineup got
released this week. Yeah, begins January thirty. First, just I'm
gonna run through these two just at any point, just
stop me, uh flow Rider, Saliva, bow Wow, hold on.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Hold on, We're gonna stop you right now, just right
right out of the gate floor Riders, the guy from Florida, right, Like,
that's his name, flow Rd of Florida, right.
Speaker 4 (17:33):
Yes, he's a pretty big hip hop artist.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Yeah, Saliva was Saliva was a big deal like a
while ago. I think is.
Speaker 6 (17:41):
I think Josie Scott's back with the band too. You're
the You're you're the rock guy, I I am. I
was bow Wow, the Click five Warrant, Jefferson.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Warrant, Jefferson warrant. I think half warrant's dead. Who's left
a line again? You're the rock guy. Danny Lanez for
sure dead. I think one of the other guys is dead.
If you're not, sir, I'm sorry. I won't mention any name.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Jefferson Starship Omar Courtz Pop two thousand stour hosted by
Chris Kirkpatrick of En Singh featuring Otown, Ryan Cabrera and LFO.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
That one will be packed. I guarantee it, that will
be one of the most busy concerts they have.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Yinging Twins in Paul Wall, Gene Simmons, Smash Mouth.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Matt Hold On, Hold On Hold. You cannot simply roll
by the name Jean Simmons and act like one of
the biggest bands in the history of rock music. Having
their main member being at this thing is not a
big deal. I did Has anybody checked on Russ Rawlins
after this announced? I don't know. Do we need to
(18:52):
call him, do we need to do a wellness check?
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Somebody just needs to keep him out of the tank
in Shamou Stadium.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
That's a wild That is a wild addition to this
concert lineup. I've never seen Gene do like a live
thing other than like the disco record they did in
the seventies.
Speaker 5 (19:09):
It's the Gene Simmons band, Like, is he gonna have
to make up? And will he be spitting up gallons
of blood that he.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Might be spinning up goawns of blood, but it just
might be a medical condition. He's an old man.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Smash Mouth, Maddie and Tay I Love the Nineties Featuring
Tone Look, Rob Bass, Young MC, color Me Bad.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Tone loak Uh. This is a crazy lineup.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Okay, I got, I got like a I got like
six minutes. I gotta, I gotta just start running through
this alright, Connor Price, Tiffany bow Wow and an Emotion
All for One, The Beach Boys, Soldier Boy and Baby
Bash Fits in the Tantrum, Brett Young, Chris Jansen, Special Guest,
The Fray, Uncle Cracker, Trace Adkins, Special Guest, Boys to
him In, Special Guest, Special Guest Group, Omnia, Protect, Joe
(19:58):
Uno Special.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Yes, I will tip my hat to SeaWorld. That is
a wild lineup right there. They've got some great shows.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
I've got a hot take. Their lineup's better than universals.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Universals and Disney's put together.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
It goes on forever. It goes on from the end
of January until the middle of May.
Speaker 4 (20:19):
And there's a bunch of dates that don't even have
artists yet.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
That's what I mean. The back half is a lot
of wide open.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Yeah, yeah, still more to come.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Then over at Universal's Marty gro twenty twenty six. Yes,
Cascade Portugal, Demand, Ivy Queen, Joey Fatone and AJ McClain.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
It's local, right, Joey Platon can just drive over.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Right, they're both. They're both, they're they're both. They're both local. Uh,
DJ RuPaul, Shaggy Tyler Hubbard.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Wait the rue Paul, the guy from the drag Race. No,
why would you call yourself the same name as a
very famous other person.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Well, hang on, because then there's Shaggy Tyler Hubbard, BB
rexa Z, which is different than Zed's Dead. They're both
eighty m artists. Okay, Barnicked ladies in the All American Rejects.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
All American rejects. Yes, they've done the circuit. They've done
the circuit, right, they have. They they've definitely done Disney before.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Right, Uh they have Barnicked Ladies have Shaggy has Oh yeah,
Shaggy Shaggy's also done the Red Hot and Boom circuit.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All American Rejects were like a big deal like for
a while.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Well remember like two years ago or like right after
COVID kind of like tapered down her a little bit.
They did tours in people's garages.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
That's interesting.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
They've been on tour doing like pop up shows and
random places.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
That's what I mean.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (21:46):
Yeah, Like one of my coworkers, she lives in Dallas
and they saw them play at a gas station.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Well, that's strange. That is what I just remember those
guys specifically when they kind of came on the scene.
When they first came on the scene, they were playing
show at the House of Blues. I was doing a
broadcast there. I kind of like I knew them, but
like I go down to interview them and it's downstairs,
like in like the front and there's all these girls
screaming like it's the Beatles, Like what is going on here?
And it was for those guys. I didn't understand it then.
(22:14):
I still don't understand it now.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
That's funny because I saw them at a hard rock
live and uh, somebody I knew there at the show
was like, Hey, do you want to meet them after
the show for like the meet and greet, And so
we're at the meet and greet and for whatever reason,
they put us at the head of the line.
Speaker 4 (22:31):
The band comes out and you would have thought we
were in a library nobody yeah, And I was like, guys,
the band's here, and they're just like yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I swear it was like the Beatles when those guys
came out. I'm like, that's crazy.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
That's that makes it more fun for the people there,
Like I.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Just remember it. There's a lot of things about my
radio career I don't remember, but I remember that one
for some reason. Yeah, I've seen those of your lineups.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Those are both of the lineup and very quickly the
Figment Art Festival Festival of the Arts about to kick off.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Yes, your your festival, fine.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
My festival. Figmut has been roaming around the world showcase.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
All right, all right, seeing that, is there any new
Figment merchandise that you must have?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
There's a new popcorn bucket where he looks exactly like
Jack Jack Nicholson's Joker when he goes into the Art
Museum in the nineteen eighty nine Batman, and he's wearing
like the purple beretlackly interesting take. But aside from that,
it looks exactly like the other Figment popcorn bucket that
I already have. And lastly, by the way, August twenty eighth,
(23:46):
Horr Nights begins really in August.
Speaker 4 (23:51):
They already started announcing stuff for Halloween Horror Nights.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
I mean, the thing is, I don't know if you
guys are aware, but twenty twenty seven, he's not so scary.
Halloween party tickets sold out, sold out, bananas.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
You know it's crazy.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
I I just had to put in, uh put in
a lottery to buy Olympics tickets for LA twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
I believe that the lottery is open now.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Okay, Scott. If people want to find us on social
media find out the latest breaking theme park news, where
can they go?
Speaker 2 (24:27):
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Speaker 1 (24:33):
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Scott Harris, I am Dickerman. Until next week, we will
see you out at the parks.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
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From the theme park capital.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Of the World, Orlando, Florida.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
This is the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Wait podcast?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Is this on the radio? Why does everything gotta be
so messy on this station?
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Anyway?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Here's your host, Dickerman, Jimmy D and Scott Harris.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Hey there, and welcome to the Theme Park Podcast. Dickerman. Here,
there is Jimmy D.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
Sub fellas, how you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
And Scott Harris.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Bone Temple weekend.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
It is Bone Temple Weekend.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
It is Bone Temple Weekend. It is the I think,
the cold well of the year. Yes, I'm gonna say
yes because it's a new year, but the coldest weekend
of the season thus far.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
I believe.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Did your time to go to theme parks?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Did you wrap your plants?
Speaker 4 (00:49):
It took like five seconds first to go reat to movie?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I didn't. I didn't. I didn't.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
You said Bone Temple Weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I didn't. But I could just be referencing like the
cool like Halloween display I have outside.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Yeah, I have a neighbor who still has a twelve
foot skeleton out in his front yard. Here's the crazy
part that kind of pisses me off about it. The
entire spooky season. This skeleton is missing his right arm.
It comes to Christmas, the right arm comes back and
then it just stays up.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Is no one going to ask him about his right arm?
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Like why did you get it repaired after Thanksgiving? After Halloween?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
And no.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
If you make a commitment to get a twelve foot
tall Skelington year round, you make him a year round decoration.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Yeah, and that's fine.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
And in years past this neighbor would like he'd put
like a you know, Santa sack and a hat on
it and like all this other stuff. This year, we
just got the right arm back for Christmas and that
was it. Maybe that was his Christmas present.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, to skip to you, Dickerman didn't answer my question.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Again, repeat the question I got lost.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
And have you wrapped all of your plants?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
No? No, let them die if they can't survive. They
weren't meant to my Bible of the fittest out there
in my yard.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
The next question was, do you have any plants that
would warrant being wrapped?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Sir, sir, No, I do not.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
I do not have your bushes seen a hedge clipper
in like five years.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Hey, I do trim those stupid things. They're annoying. I
don't like cutting the dumb bushes dead.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Then you know what you could do easily do just
let them die.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Let them die, the bushes don't die. Jimmy now Jimmy's house.
Lauren Campbell ripster dot Com has gotten very into plants.
I imagine she's got a busy night ahead of her.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Uh. We're just gonna bring the most important ones inside.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
What about the rest? Let them die? Uh? You know blanket?
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (02:50):
You know, at this point, I feel like if they
don't survive, they didn't try hard enough.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
It wasn't there a thing where, like people said, if
you run your sprinklers, it's actually better because then it
free is over stuff and then it makes icicles and
they are protected inside of it.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
I've I've heard that, but I think about it, and
in my regard, I would I want to be wet
and outside. I know amount of plants, But if I
don't want to like that, my plant's probably not gonna
like that.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
You probably right, you're probably you mean you don't.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Wrap up your dirt that you always talk about as
your front yard.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
No, I'm hoping to kill some of the weeds in
my yard. Let's go. Then weeds taken care of for me.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
I'll tell you what, local citrus will be nice and
sweet after this weekend because it's cold snap that injects
that sweetness into the s.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
What do they do at like the Disneys of the
World where it's like a gazillion plants? Can you cover
all those? Can you cover up the topiaries and such?
Speaker 5 (03:46):
That horticulture department is like constantly replacing the plants.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Yeah, so they just they let them die too job security.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Well no, I mean, like, how do you cover that?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Like, I'm sure they have the same army of people
that would put up all of the lights for the
Osbourne Christmas lights. I'm sure they have that for floral
Like I remember when I worked at Universal many years ago,
they'd be like repainting like areas of the park like
every single night, or pressure washing the entire like they
(04:20):
have the man power to pull stuff off like that.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Oh yeah yeah. Well let me ask you boys, is
do you like going to theme parks in the cold?
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, yeah, I don't like it in the heat, but
the cold is like so fun to me. I like
to get bundled up you go out there, especially if
it's nighttime in the cold, it's great.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
This might be a hot take. I like going to
theme parks just in general, full stop, cold and hot
fun places. You know what. They're fun places to be.
The only time I don't like it is when it's
raining and if I'm not dressed appropriately for it.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
If you dress up properly, though, it could be a
good time if you plan for it. If you go knowing, Okay,
I'm getting wet, my shoes are getting wet. I'm planning
for this, it can be fun.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
Yes, if you have like Scott waterproof to shoes. I
bought waterproof shoes for days at it's raining. The problem
is if it rained right now and I was at
a theme park, I would rather be at the dentist.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I mean, it is terrible being in the cold and rain.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Well, that's why like up like in Tennessee, like Dollywood
ll we have gone up there numerous times in the winter.
They just closed the whole thing. They closed it for
the whole season.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
They season market.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Getting the park open. Yeah, it's too cold. If it
gets too cold, they can't run the coasters too, did
you did have We had instances here that we know of,
or they stop running the coasters because of the cold,
because I think up there, like thirty two is their market.
If they hit thirty two, they stop running them.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
No, the closest we have here is they will close.
Well remember Rippride Rocket in Uh sometimes Velosa Coaster would
be a wind related closure.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Mmmm m.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
And then like this weekend as people are listening, Volcano
Bay is closed for the cold. Yeah, so like that
is our that is that is our equivalent of a
weather related closure besides like a hurricane coming through.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
True true, yes, the hurricane and uh and some winds.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
But I also know that places like like a Dollywood
because there was a theme park in Japan that I
kind of wanted to go to that that was near
where I was staying. But like a lot of it
that it's the time of year for them to do
like the yearly maintenance in refurbishings, which we don't really
get here because there is no downtime.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
That's true.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Interesting, did you know that wooden roller coasters have they
have a less Uh, they have a smaller threshold for
the cold because the wood becomes too brittle as it
gets colder.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yeah. Oh yeah, you want then thing to snap. The
final destination situation, I do have a question for you guys,
because I think you guys have both been here. This weekend,
I am planning on going out to a theme park.
We want to go out to gator Land. Anybody experienced
Gaterland and the cold, I.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Mean, there's not a whole lot of opportunity.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
I mean, you're going to be in good shape because
when I've been there plenty of times when it's been hot. Okay,
there's no real risk of getting wet for the most part.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Okay, the gators they'll be out though, like they're not
going to go hide because it's cold out.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
Well, for one, they can't hide. The day that we went,
it was a little bit colder, It wasn't as cold
as it is now. Gators were still active. Okay, they
are going to be out of the water a lot
more like sunbathing is they're cold blooded. Now is the
perfect time to go on an air boat ride if
you want to see gators, because well, during the summer,
(07:48):
they will take off when you come by. Now they're
a lot more you know, they have a lot more
tolerance because they need the sun to keep them energized.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
We're mostly going to see the Capit Bars. I've never
been to Gatorland. So I want to see it all,
but I mostly want to do what you and Lauren
did and do the do the experience with the rodents
of unusual size.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
You have lived here for sixty years and you have
never been to Gatorland, do you.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Son of a You watch your mouth, Scott Harris.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
You have lived here for fifty nine years and you
have never been to Gatorland.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
No, I don't think so. I might have, and I
don't remember. There are serious situations in my life that
I don't remember, and that might be one of them.
I might get there and be like, oh, I remember
this now, or it's one of those things where it's
a false memory and I think I remember it, but
I still really didn't do it. So I don't know.
We'll find out this weekend.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Okay, Dinerman, there's three ways you could feed the alligators.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Okay, myself throw my body over now in their mouth.
Do not do that to help me into my into
my deep sleep.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
I'm gonna go for a role now.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
So when you first walk in and you like go
around the initial like bog, you're gonna come to like
it's like a boardwalk in the beginning. Okay, and there's
going to be a spot towards the right that you
can take a like a mackerel and you tie it
like on a fishing line, and you basically hang it
over the side and you're gonna feed like you're small
(09:16):
not smaller gators, but like you're yeah, I guess they are.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Smaller, mid sized mid sized gaters. Yes, and you know
you're a nine year old Dickerman sized gat.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Your teens and your youngers, and they'll they'll jump up
and snatch the fish right off you're line. Then you
can go over and get gator biscuits and then walk
out to the boardwalk where the wooden tower is and
you can throw those butt biscuits into the water. And
those are just the free range gats or in a
giant pond where like the zip line.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Goes over all right right.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
And then the third.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
One is there's an Adventure hour and I think it's
like twelve bucks, and they actually bring you behind the
fence right up to the shore where the gators are
like lined up like they're like they're ready to race
a marathon, and you grab a chicken wing or chicken
leg out of a barrel and you just feed it
(10:10):
to these gators that are like feet away from you,
and they got a tide with they have two guys
with staffs that kind of like keep them in line,
like you get back, you get back.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Yeah, my wife would love that. She sees a gator
from like thirty feet away, she's like, oh, well back up,
be careful, Like dude, it's a million miles away. We're fine.
We're in the car with the windows rolled up, We're okay.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
If he's in the car with the windows rolled up.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Yeah, if you start a gator in real life, like
just like in a path or something, if you ran
after it, it's going to take off.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
It doesn't want anything to do with you, not at all.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
All Right, Well, I'll let you know how that goes.
But yeah, it is a great weekend for theme parks.
We have a lot of announcements this week from theme parks.
Do we want to talk Star Wars? We want to
talk concert series? I mean everything I feel like I
got announced this week.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Okay, we can talk about the Star Wars thing, even
though technically it doesn't actually have to do with us. Really, Yeah,
it's just very weird. So Galaxy's Edge as a whole,
the timeline of it doesn't exist anymore.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
They've just eliminated that whole timeline, which they needed to
do from.
Speaker 5 (11:20):
They didn't eliminate, they didn't eliminate the timeline, but they've
kind of like broken up Galaxy's.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Edge into two different timelines. And like there's one.
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Piece of it that will still still have the battuo
that you know in love right now, but then the
bigger piece of it is going to be more of
the classic trilogy that you know and love.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Just just call it what it is. It's Star Wars Land.
It is truly just Star Wars Land. I mean, I know,
like a lot of people like jokingly call it that,
but that's basically what it is now. Because they've announced
that Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leah Han solo are
all being added to galaxies, that all coming.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
They're all coming coming here, they come fire a post.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
It's great. I mean it's great. Give the people what
they want, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
The score from all of the movies will now be
played in this land.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Are we going to see the expansion on on the
Millennium Falcon Ride? Are we going to see that Smuggler's Run?
Speaker 2 (12:27):
They already announced that we're getting a Mandalorian and Grogu.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
I want more, though, I want I want some old
scenes too, So can I get more?
Speaker 2 (12:33):
So, clearly you did not read the Wall Street Journal
piece that came out a week ago.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
You know, my subscription expired. I I don't know what happened.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Where a lot of like past imagineers were kind of
talking about the battles that they had with like budgets
and and remember that was originally going to be the
plan for millennium. Falcons are going to be rotated experience
allah our tours right right, And it's been open for
(13:06):
six and a half years now, and we're just now
going to get a second right along.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Yeah, it's taking it's taking a while. It's taken a long,
a little while.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I will say, this change is only happening at Disneyland
and now for now, and not here.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Right, It'll come here, it'll make its way. Here's weird
because quest things out in the smaller, sad, little park.
So that's the before they bring it to the big time,
the main event, the big show in Orlando.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Okay, but the thing is we had Galaxies head first. Yeah,
I know, I know, and we just lost launch Bay
because somebody didn't stay at the park.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Jimmy, come on, I thought Fertz was supposed to know.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
We were counting on you to do.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
This and no, yeah, you guys were the ones that
wanted to vid to a Jahwa launch Bay magic bands
at a campsite.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Oh yeah, we were gonna go camping just so we
could get the magic bands to do something with lot.
I don't remember what the whole scenario we had. We
had a hair brain scheme to be able to get
magic bands in the early days.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Yeah, because they only allowed when they first came out.
You could only get a magic band if you were
staying at a park. And then we found out that
the maximum capacity for I guess a campsite at Fort Wilderness,
which was the least expensive and the most capacity.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
You could get ten people.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:27):
And then we were trying to figure out who our
ten guests were going to be so that we could
all get magic bands.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
And you were on that list, Scott, I was not.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
I was no, no, no, I overheard on you were
on our quiet list. So you were on the list,
whether you knew it or not.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
I overheard this because I sat next to you guys
in an office.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Well, yeah, you were on the list. A Mandon was
on the list. My wife was on the list. Was
Lauren going to be on the list, of course? Yeah,
so yeah we were. We're our numbers were climbing. I
think Fritz I don't know if Fritz was in town
at the time. I'm not sure I.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Was on the list. Like Derek is on the list.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
You were on the list.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
It was like a hey, if we need to round
out the number, we'll ask.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Yeah, it was. You were a full blooded member of
the team at that point, Scott, and.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
We abandoned that once you could see that in the
app you could order your magic band, and that happened
like within days.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Yeah, then it wasn't necessarily any longer. We were so
excited for magic bands back in the day.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
Now I'm like, oh, I forgot a magic band. Yeah,
I'll use my watch.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
I really only use my magic band at parking because
it's just I have it in my little like thing
next to the door handle.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Let me in, here's my band. Do they even scan
it anymore? They just go They just wave you through.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Depends the time of day you go, mm, if you're
going to high capacity time you can try.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Go here, here's my magic. Don't scan it though it's
it's it's out of scans.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
But it's like like I've like, I'm sure we've all
experienced this. Like if you go like an hour and
a half before park closes.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
They don't want to mess around. Yeah, they don't know.
Speaker 5 (16:04):
They probably won't even have somebody at the turnstyle exactly.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Yeah, yeah, they're done. They're done at that point there,
they've moved on with their life.
Speaker 5 (16:11):
And then there was a time when I would go to, uh,
wait in line for autographs at two o'clock in the
morning at Hollywood Studios and it was nobody at Then
at four o'clock they'd start playing the forty five minute
loop of Star Trek or at Star Wars Movie of Sounds,
and nobody could sleep.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
The good old dastes, all right, So that's what's happening
in California. Eventually in Orlando, we can only assume. Probably
do you want to talk about some of these concert
lineups that came out, because we have both lineups for
Universal and SeaWorld this week.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Yeah, let's start. We could actually start with SeaWorld because
their starts very soon.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
They almost have the most interesting lineup. Okay, it's like
all over the street.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
So they don't they don't target the genre, do they.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
No, they just go out and cast a wide net.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
So the Seven Seas Food Festival, the concert lineup got
released this week. Yeah, begins January thirty. First, just I'm
gonna run through these two just at any point, just
stop me, uh flow Rider, Saliva, bow Wow, hold on.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Hold on, We're gonna stop you right now, just right
right out of the gate floor Riders, the guy from Florida, right, Like,
that's his name, flow Rd of Florida, right.
Speaker 4 (17:33):
Yes, he's a pretty big hip hop artist.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Yeah, Saliva was Saliva was a big deal like a
while ago. I think is.
Speaker 6 (17:41):
I think Josie Scott's back with the band too. You're
the You're you're the rock guy, I I am. I
was bow Wow, the Click five Warrant, Jefferson.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Warrant, Jefferson warrant. I think half warrant's dead. Who's left
a line again? You're the rock guy. Danny Lanez for
sure dead. I think one of the other guys is dead.
If you're not, sir, I'm sorry. I won't mention any name.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Jefferson Starship Omar Courtz Pop two thousand stour hosted by
Chris Kirkpatrick of En Singh featuring Otown, Ryan Cabrera and LFO.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
That one will be packed. I guarantee it, that will
be one of the most busy concerts they have.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Yinging Twins in Paul Wall, Gene Simmons, Smash Mouth.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Matt Hold On, Hold On Hold. You cannot simply roll
by the name Jean Simmons and act like one of
the biggest bands in the history of rock music. Having
their main member being at this thing is not a
big deal. I did Has anybody checked on Russ Rawlins
after this announced? I don't know. Do we need to
(18:52):
call him, do we need to do a wellness check?
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Somebody just needs to keep him out of the tank
in Shamou Stadium.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
That's a wild That is a wild addition to this
concert lineup. I've never seen Gene do like a live
thing other than like the disco record they did in
the seventies.
Speaker 5 (19:09):
It's the Gene Simmons band, Like, is he gonna have
to make up? And will he be spitting up gallons
of blood that he.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Might be spinning up goawns of blood, but it just
might be a medical condition. He's an old man.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
Smash Mouth, Maddie and Tay I Love the Nineties Featuring
Tone Look, Rob Bass, Young MC, color Me Bad.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Tone loak Uh. This is a crazy lineup.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
Okay, I got, I got like a I got like
six minutes. I gotta, I gotta just start running through
this alright, Connor Price, Tiffany bow Wow and an Emotion
All for One, The Beach Boys, Soldier Boy and Baby
Bash Fits in the Tantrum, Brett Young, Chris Jansen, Special Guest,
The Fray, Uncle Cracker, Trace Adkins, Special Guest, Boys to
him In, Special Guest, Special Guest Group, Omnia, Protect, Joe
(19:58):
Uno Special.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Yes, I will tip my hat to SeaWorld. That is
a wild lineup right there. They've got some great shows.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
I've got a hot take. Their lineup's better than universals.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Universals and Disney's put together.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
It goes on forever. It goes on from the end
of January until the middle of May.
Speaker 4 (20:19):
And there's a bunch of dates that don't even have
artists yet.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
That's what I mean. The back half is a lot
of wide open.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Yeah, yeah, still more to come.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Then over at Universal's Marty gro twenty twenty six. Yes,
Cascade Portugal, Demand, Ivy Queen, Joey Fatone and AJ McClain.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
It's local, right, Joey Platon can just drive over.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Right, they're both. They're both, they're they're both. They're both local. Uh,
DJ RuPaul, Shaggy Tyler Hubbard.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Wait the rue Paul, the guy from the drag Race. No,
why would you call yourself the same name as a
very famous other person.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Well, hang on, because then there's Shaggy Tyler Hubbard, BB
rexa Z, which is different than Zed's Dead. They're both
eighty m artists. Okay, Barnicked ladies in the All American Rejects.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
All American rejects. Yes, they've done the circuit. They've done
the circuit, right, they have. They they've definitely done Disney before.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Right, Uh they have Barnicked Ladies have Shaggy has Oh yeah,
Shaggy Shaggy's also done the Red Hot and Boom circuit.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All American Rejects were like a big deal like for
a while.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Well remember like two years ago or like right after
COVID kind of like tapered down her a little bit.
They did tours in people's garages.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
That's interesting.
Speaker 5 (21:41):
They've been on tour doing like pop up shows and
random places.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
That's what I mean.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (21:46):
Yeah, Like one of my coworkers, she lives in Dallas
and they saw them play at a gas station.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Well, that's strange. That is what I just remember those
guys specifically when they kind of came on the scene.
When they first came on the scene, they were playing
show at the House of Blues. I was doing a
broadcast there. I kind of like I knew them, but
like I go down to interview them and it's downstairs,
like in like the front and there's all these girls
screaming like it's the Beatles, Like what is going on here?
And it was for those guys. I didn't understand it then.
(22:14):
I still don't understand it now.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
That's funny because I saw them at a hard rock
live and uh, somebody I knew there at the show
was like, Hey, do you want to meet them after
the show for like the meet and greet, And so
we're at the meet and greet and for whatever reason,
they put us at the head of the line.
Speaker 4 (22:31):
The band comes out and you would have thought we
were in a library nobody yeah, And I was like, guys,
the band's here, and they're just like yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I swear it was like the Beatles when those guys
came out. I'm like, that's crazy.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
That's that makes it more fun for the people there,
Like I.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Just remember it. There's a lot of things about my
radio career I don't remember, but I remember that one
for some reason. Yeah, I've seen those of your lineups.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Those are both of the lineup and very quickly the
Figment Art Festival Festival of the Arts about to kick off.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Yes, your your festival, fine.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
My festival. Figmut has been roaming around the world showcase.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
All right, all right, seeing that, is there any new
Figment merchandise that you must have?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
There's a new popcorn bucket where he looks exactly like
Jack Jack Nicholson's Joker when he goes into the Art
Museum in the nineteen eighty nine Batman, and he's wearing
like the purple beretlackly interesting take. But aside from that,
it looks exactly like the other Figment popcorn bucket that
I already have. And lastly, by the way, August twenty eighth,
(23:46):
Horr Nights begins really in August.
Speaker 4 (23:51):
They already started announcing stuff for Halloween Horror Nights.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
I mean, the thing is, I don't know if you
guys are aware, but twenty twenty seven, he's not so scary.
Halloween party tickets sold out, sold out, bananas.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
You know it's crazy.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
I I just had to put in, uh put in
a lottery to buy Olympics tickets for LA twenty twenty eight.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
I believe that the lottery is open now.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Okay, Scott. If people want to find us on social
media find out the latest breaking theme park news, where
can they go?
Speaker 2 (24:27):
You can follow us on Twitter at theme Park Show, Facebook, Singer, Instagram,
and TikTok at theme Park Podcast. You'd watch it at
themepark YouTube dot com.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
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Scott Harris, I am Dickerman. Until next week, we will
see you out at the parks.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
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