August 29, 2025 • 25 mins
On this weeks episode of The Theme Park Podcast, with the Halloween festivities kicking off we've got first impressions of Halloween Horror Nights 2025 including thoughts on the houses and some new food items! Then Dickerman recaps his trip to the Polynesian, Epcot gets new themed trash cans and the guys wonder if they can get a piece of Rip Ride Rockit.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the theme park Capital of the World, Orlando, Florida.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Wait podcast, is this a radio?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Why does everything gotta be so messy on this station?
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Here's your host, Dickerman, Jimmy D and Scott Harris.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Hey there, and welcome to this Labor Day weekend edition
of the Theme Park Podcast. Dickerman, here, there is Jimmy D.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
Go Gators, and Scott Harris.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
It's really spooky season now it actually is?
Speaker 3 (00:34):
It actually is. I mean it's spooky season. It's football season.
Jimmy's got a Gator game this weekend. Halloween Hornits is
officially underway. Now, yeah, this is this is Scott. You've
been saying it's spooky season since January, but now here
we are end of August and it is spooky season.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Let's be honest. I've been saying it since November.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
First of last year of last year, sure.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Which, which, to be fair, was accurate last year because
remember Spooky Empire because of the hurricane, got pushed back
until the Halloween weekend, so I was still going on
November like second, yes.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Wow, yes, and Halloween Hornights generally runs past the end
of October, right.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, it'll be going January. Yeah, exactly January.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
It just keeps going.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Well, they've already been tickets for Mickey's Not So Scary
Halloween Party twenty twenty seven just went on sale last week.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Okay, all right, there we go, twenty six out.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Halloween Horn Night's is here. It is, without a doubt,
the biggest Halloween festival in the country, maybe in the world.
I would say, would you say in the world that
there's a bigger Halloween event than Halloween hor Night.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Well, they have it in other countries like Universal pan hasn't.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's secondary to ours ours?
Speaker 5 (02:03):
No, But I'm just saying, like you talk about it
being global, it is legitimately global global.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
I just feel like Orlando is like the granddaddy of
them all.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Well, the Fright Night started, which is kind of like
the the og of it.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
It's a little different because Hollywood also has one as well,
and they kind of get the celebrity aspect of like
their grand opening.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Okay, all right, and remember they had a I don't,
I don't. I don't know why I said.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
Remember they had a like year round walking debt experience there.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
That's true, they did, they did. But I still feel
like Orlando is the pinnacle. I mean, if you're gonna travel,
if you're gonna travel from other places, you're coming here.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I mean maybe not if you live in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yeah, well yeah yeah, if you live in Hollywood, yeah yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
If you're anywhere on the West coast, You're not going
to come to Florida over southern California, are you?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I don't know. I mean, we have the better Disney Park,
admit it. No, And then we've had the better Halloween Hornites.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I mean we can't say that we haven't done it.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
That's true. I mean I mean in general, in general,
our Halloween Hornites.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Is it's very good.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Is the best?
Speaker 4 (03:24):
I forget Dickerman. Have you ever been to Disneyland?
Speaker 3 (03:27):
No? No, I would like to go, but I have not.
I heard yet like parking people's yards, I mean that
tells me right there, it's a second rate Disney park.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
I mean, you don't know. It just means it's literally
built lake inside of a city, as opposed to a
massive land.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah. Well it was.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Built and then a city grew around it.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
I would call it rinky dink is how.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
It's really not it?
Speaker 5 (03:51):
I guarantee you, and it's not because they also have
a massive parking structure there. Well you can park there now, yeah,
you've been able to park there for thirty years.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
But people park it the like the mall because you
can do it for free and then just like make
your way over.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
No, no, no, I don't know what.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Get off of Facebook like you.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Were just like, I don't know it.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
You guys told me you would like park it like
the mall or like some dude's yard and then walk
over to the park.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
I mean you can, but then it is a thirty
minute walk. It's it's not like it's wholly convenient.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
And I have those little scooters everywhere in California. You
just dump it on the side of the road like
they do here in Orlando like a bunch of trash people.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
What is wrong with you?
Speaker 3 (04:37):
What you haven't seen those scooters laying everywhere?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah, I mean yes I have.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
But you you're making everything out to be like something
it's not.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Yeah, I'm doing it. Still costs money to ride those scooters.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah it's not. Those aren't free. They're not like a
razor scooter where you do the scooting.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I understand you have to put like a credit card
in there. I do understand that much they cost. I
don't think anybody knows how much they cost. They just
get the scooter, they put their credit card and they're like,
all right, it's cool. Then they dump it in the
middle of the road when they're done.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I've never seen anyone dump it in the middle of
the road.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
They're always dumped everywhere. Looking down down, there's a scooter
dumped there.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
But they're not in the middle of the road. They're
on the sidewalk where they're fout like that. Just wait
like they're out of the way.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
I always see them laying in the grass. I always
see him laying in the oh.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Oh wow, in the grass out of the walkway.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Sometimes they're yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Maybe cut your grass and you'll find a couple of them.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Then I love that reclaim them. Anyhow, back to Halloween Hornight.
It is officially open now as we record this on
a Thursday. Tonight's like it's tonight at VIP situation.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
It's a premium it's the premium scream event.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Okay, where you can like you can actually dress up
in costume for this one.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Oh yes, this thing probably runs you.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
It's a couple hundred bucks. It's sold out almost to mediately.
It includes like all you can enjoy foods, certain foods.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
I have killed. I have killed, Jimmy, butter beer now
that no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Okay, all right, just asking if we could have butter beer.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I mean you can, it's not included.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Okay, yeah, yeah, I mean when we used to do
like the opening, like there would be this giant buffet
of all their Halloween food and it be like, you know,
all sorts of desserts that were like bat wings or
gummy worms that were like you know, crawling out of
a grave or something.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Scott I ate way too many shrimp. They had them
on these skewers and they were like barbecued, and it
was like perfect.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Oh should I should I? We talked about the food
last week, more food got unveiled.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Do you want me to Is this for Halloween hornites?
Speaker 5 (06:51):
This is for Halloween hornites in Orlando, Florida, Jimmy, we
got two walking tacos. N we I talked about the
Beeria beef walking taco, but there's also the vegan walking Taco,
which they had last year.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Actually it was pretty good.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
It was very good.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Yeah, there's also flame and hot Beeria ramen.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay, a freakishly long corn dog y.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Yes, those things are ridiculous when they're just like this giant,
like massive stick of meat covered in corn batter.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Well after you've had seventeen blood splatter shots out of like.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
The the ivy.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
Yeah, the iv something yeah, and I'm telling you you
will sit on the edge of a trash can and
eat a corn dog.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
I mean the most important thing later that. I don't
know if we talked about both of these items, but
the dolls. Let's play dead stand ak the dicker stand.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
This is the good one. This is where where you
want to go. This is bline for this place.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
This is where you get a fried peb and J
with hot maple syrup and chili flakes.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Sounds good.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
And then chicken tenders.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Chicken tenders can't get wrong with a tender, man.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I mean, you're right, but you can also try many
other things.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
But why should you Because chicken tenders are great.
Speaker 4 (08:27):
Chicken tenders are great, but you gotta expand your palate. Bro.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
How about this? How about this? This?
Speaker 5 (08:34):
This is right up me and Jimmy's alley. You might
like this, the the cram tots and more, which is
thumbs up chili glazed spam with cheddar, tater tot kegs
and scallions.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yes, yes, I've never had spam. I don't know why,
but I've never tried it. And I don't like scallions. Okay,
I like spam.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Okay, how about this one? This is in the Five
Nights at Freddy's a movie. I know you have seen I.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Have seen it. Hold on a second, I'll find out
for you right now. If you like spam, do you
like baloney?
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Yeah, I can handle baloni.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
Then you like spam, you like hot dogs?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Then spam is in the middle of those two.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Comes in a can.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
You eat it hot you can? You can eat it.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
It's already cooked when it comes out of the can,
so you can have it just out of the can.
You can, you know, grill it. There's many different things
you can do with spam.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Okay, right, all right?
Speaker 5 (09:35):
How about this one. It's called the why not have
both pizza and pasta?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
It's a pepperoni.
Speaker 5 (09:43):
Pizza with baked spaghetti and meatballs on top.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yes, give it to me now.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, you didn't even think about it.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
I don't know how you eat it, but I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Fork and a knife.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
I can, Yes, you can't eat it like a pizza.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Doesn't sound like I mean, I guess you could roll
it up and now.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
You folded in New York style.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, okay, bring it on, spaghetti and meat.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Pulse absolutely on top of a pizza.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Yes, let's it go, let's do it.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I saw a pizza the other day. You sent it
to us, didn't you, The one that was like the
col zone and then it had garlic, knots or something
on that.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
You guys yelled at me when I sent you that, though.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Because our cardiologist texted us right away and said, don't
do it.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Come on, you guys gotta live a little.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
To him, make sure.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
And then I had to run to the bathroom.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
But it would be great. All this food looks amazing.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Yeah it does. Then you got the amazing houses, the
amazing scare zones.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
I've been reading some stuff about these houses because team
member previous happened already.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Okay, all right, so we've got some we got some
talk going on here. What can we expect? We have
some idea without you know, giving away too much.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
From what I see in the five nights at Freddy's
house is like the best thing they've done in like
five years.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Really, yeah, I mean that just lends itself to being
a house. The whole concept of five Nights at Freddy's
is like made for making it into a house.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
I guess I'm gonna have to watch the movie. I
haven't seen it.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Oh, you should definitely watch the movie. It's Get Your
Boys Skeit Olarch.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
I loved that. I gotta I got a picture with
him right up there.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah, you should see it. It's a good movie. It's fun.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Do I need to play all of the games.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Too? Right? Yeah? Who is it Peter Malar?
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Oh yeah, Yeah, it's a good movie. It's fun.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
I've seen the Nick Cage sort of version. Oh yeah,
Willie's Wonderland.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Yeah, I did see that one. Yeah, this is this
is different, but it's good. It's it's a good movie.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Doesn't he like he has like no dialogue in that movie.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
He does not talk like adult in that movie. Yeah.
And then there's there's a lot of talk about the
Terrifier House.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Okay, now, maybe I need to watch this movie because
I balked addicts. When I try to watch Terrifier one,
it look like it was shot on like a handheld
VHS camquarder from the nineteen nineties.
Speaker 5 (12:06):
Your your potato phone two or three? Well two and
three have more more like money put behind them.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Yeah, I need a little more production.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
When I watch movie, the Terrifier house has two paths
at one point, so you can go.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
It's a wet path and a dry path. No, yes,
really yes.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Dry path not doing that wet Nope?
Speaker 3 (12:34):
How well are we talking in the wet path?
Speaker 5 (12:36):
It's differing things I've seen on social media. All I
will say is they are selling ponchos outside of the house.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
I mean you kind of have to do both.
Speaker 5 (12:47):
No, I would have if possible, I would absolutely do both.
I whenever I go, I will be bringing ponchos in
order to get the full experience.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
That is the key.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Bring your own poncho because you don't have to spend
twenty five bucks in a poncho.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
If you don't have to, you know, somebody has to
do the drive path so they can report on it.
I will volunteer as tribute.
Speaker 5 (13:07):
And the other thing I've seen is that there are
parts of it that, are, according to social media, so foul.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
It's making people almost throw up.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Now, this is social media where everything is exaggerated to it.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
But if you've seen the movies, in what there's talk
of them recreating in the movies, I've seen all of them.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I know where they're getting what they're getting.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
I'm gonna stream Terrifier too this weekend.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
You knock out all three, well watch all Hallows.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
No, no, no, you actually have to because one of
the things from the first one is going to be
in this movie.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Okay, any of them remake it like the Residentivile video games,
just make a better version of it.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
And then the other thing is we were talking about
this before we went on, is that he's just out
in a throughout the park.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
The clown that his name is Art.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Yeah, Art, the clown is not tethered to anything. He
is free roaming throughout the whole park. As far as
I can remember. This is the first time they've ever
had a free roaming character.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
He's got it. He's got it, he's got it. He's
on a tricycle, he's got his horn. Like, I don't
like that.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
I do not. I do not, I do not subscribe
to this.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
The more you don't like it, the more he's gonna
come to I know, unless and Scott, you will be
very easy to grab and hold up and just hand
to art.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I know well, I know you were doing a segue
right there.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Because there is an option for people.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
For the first time ever at Halloween Horn. It's there
is the Deathly Afraid lanyard.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
They've done this at Hollow Screen for quite some time.
I think that I don't like you said, it's never
happened at Halloween hornits before.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
It is not you purchase it. It's twenty dollars.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
It's a Lateau lanyard to limit scares in common areas
and scare zones.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
So when you got people that like go and freak
out when the chainsaw people come up, this is for them. Yes,
I love those people personally. I love going to a
theme park with a Johnny Magic or a Jenny Castillo
and watching them lose their minds at the Halloween events.
But now they can have the necklace and people won't
scare them as much as much. Correct, and that's only
(15:29):
in the common areas. That doesn't count the houses, the
houses or you chose to go in there, correct and
to get what you're gonna get.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
Yes, every house I've ever been in you have to
turn off, Like if you have anything glowing.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Like the blinking cups.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Exactly, you have to turn off, so shut it down.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
Yeah, it's it will reduce any direct interactions with scare actors,
but won't guarantee a scare free experience.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Those characters. They smell fear on people too, They absolutely do.
They're trained like dogs that smell seizures. These scare actors
smell the feet around people and go straight for them.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Well you could tell my body language who doesn't want
to be approached.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yeah, they never mess with me, but man, anybody like
we would go with my daughter, they come right for
with those chainsaws.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I feel I feel singled out right now, happy about this.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
I mean, you know, you give them a sign, they're
gonna take it.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Speaking of a sign, the giant medallion is also up
in the archway outside of Universal Studios.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
It just went up the other day.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
That means it's official.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
That means that means it is official. And the other
thing is uh, it's official. That roller coaster is like
less and less there by the day.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
More more pieces missing from rip Rede Rocket.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Yep.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
I've been trying to call them to see if we
can get a piece of it for you to hang
your theme park shorts.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
I mean I think the shorts would have to hang
off the piece.
Speaker 5 (16:57):
Let's a mean, yeah, okay until you need them, like
the bat signal goes out.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
I would legit put that in my backyard. So oh,
totally segment a track. Let's do it.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Why not, let's get it. I mean, what else are
they going to do with it?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
I'm sure there's a lot of money scrapped there.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Well do they scrap it or it is like I
heard like sometimes another park will take it, like you know,
a six Flags or some park maybe like another country
might want it and they'll they'll send it to them,
you know, very discounted rate.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
The rumor has always been in it was already secondhand
when you got it, So I don't know, like the
metal fatigue and.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
In the way that this is kind of being taken
apart now. It's not like they're just like, oh undo
the bulls, Like there are pictures of like where they've
had to cut through it because some sections were filled
with sand to help reduce noise and vibration.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
It would be fun to put in your bankyard if
you're a millionaire, plus I think the company that they like,
the manufactured it went out of business, so there's no
way to get real good service on it.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
Yeah, that's part of the reason why this it's being replaced.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Yeah, there's gotta be like the roller coaster guy though,
all right, Like there's always like a guy who's like
the master of something and he can always like his
one niche thing is he can fix any roller coaster anywhere,
bring him in.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
I mean, I've been watching this British show, it's my
new comfort show called The Repair Shop, where it's like
these people bring in, Oh I've had this clock since
you know, eighteen ninety it doesn't work anymore, and like
they bring it and there's a guy that just specializes
in clock repair.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Yeah, it's a really good comfort highlight that you can
find a niche you get into. You know, you'll you'll
you write your own ticket.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
I mean yeah. So yeah, that's all going on at
a universal.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Very exciting spooky season Halloween Hoernites. It is officially here. Yes,
it's still three thousand degrees outside, but it's Halloween, Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Can I tell some Jimmy news?
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Yes, yeah, I approve the first caught food and Wine
Festival theme.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Trash cans have debuted.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Okay, not quite as exciting as.
Speaker 6 (19:09):
You love to the trash cans At the Parks episode
of that Disney show, what did they feature the trash
can guy? Wasn't that a Disney show where they talked
They talked to the guy that painted all the trash cans.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
It's like a four part thing. It's it's on the
series called Imagineering. It's a whole season devoted to the
trash cans.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Yeah, they make them here, there's a guy. They only
take the best.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
I just want a trash can for my caceibo. That's it.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
What's what's on the what's on the new trash cans guy?
Speaker 5 (19:40):
It's purple and white and it's got an outline of
Chef Gusta and.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Little Chef from right to.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
I mean purple and white. I could work at the
City stadium too, for a soccer game. Is it Gusta
or is it Linguini Gusta Gusta? Yeah, anyone can cook,
anyone can cook.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
I also saw that in Paris they're actually getting rid
of the three D element of their rightititui ride.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
I don't like this. I don't like when they get
rid of three D element you know, I know they
try and make it for everybody, but the three d's cool,
it's something special and unique.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Well, I thought, I have we talked about this for
years or for a while during COVID where it was
just like I was surprised they didn't, at least for
the time being, get rid of three D for their
rides because of you know, glasses and everything in the
sanitization of all of that.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Yeah, I mean they got rid of it at Universal
on Minions minus used to be three D. It's not anymore.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Oh that's right, Yeah, that riderways at such a long wait.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
I missed the three D. Three D was good on that,
and the three D was good on the Shrek one too.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Shrek four D.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Yeah, yeah, no more, alright, p they get rid of
all the glasses at Universal. Are still they still have
some glasses on a few rides.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
No, they got rid of all the glasses.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Oh wait no, Spider Man, oh, Spider no, Spider Man, Transformers,
Gringotts like all of those still all right, Mario Kart, Yeah, myrak,
Well those are a argal it's augmented reality glasses.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
So those ones are a little bit different.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
We're good, all right, that's good. That's good.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
You you you. You went to a theme park.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
I went to a resort to have breakfasts. We went
over to ConA Cafe at Disney's Polynesian Resort. That was
always the place we would say we were going to
when we would when we would park there, back in
the old days, when they used to let you park
there when you didn't want to pay for the theme park.
You can't get away with that anymore. Pro tip. But
(21:41):
so now every once in a while we'll go out
to ConA Cafe just to make up for the times
we didn't eat there, and we got breakfasts. We had
Tonga toasts. It was amazing. If you've ever had Tonga toasted,
ConA Cafe certainly worth the trip out there for a
French toast. No, No, it's just it's like you've never
had it. It's this first time I'm hearing about it.
(22:02):
It's like a block of toast. It's about two and
a half inches thick, and this center is a banana
and it's covered in cinnamon and sugar, and they bring
a strawberry puree with it. That does sound delightful.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
Eight really good banana stuffed deep fried French toast coated
in cinnamon sugar.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
There you go, French toast. Yeah, yeah, it's it is.
It is unique item there, and it's the prices are
actually quite reasonable for breakfast seventeen fifty. Yeah, yeah, if
you've got like a passholder or the Disney visa. I
got a little discount with my Disney visa, so yeah,
it's a win win. After that, we just kind of
(22:42):
went around the monorail trail because we only had They
gave us a three hour window. You had to put
a little thing in your window with reservations, you could
be there for three hours. So we checked out Contemporary,
walked around up there, checked out all the merch inside.
There are stores. We went over to what's the.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Other one out there in the big one Grind Flirting.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Brand, Fluttery at Flirty and yes, there's less to see there.
They're doing some construction over there.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Yea, there adding a bar to the lobby.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
It's been a while since I rode in a monorail,
so it was cool, but it was busy. It was
it was busy. The park didn't look busy. We were
looking at wait times in the Park, and it's got
you joke that I almost bought annual pass. It was
like fifteen minutes for almost every ride. I'm like, man,
we should just go.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Let's just do it.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Fifteen minute. Wait, let's go. She said no. My won't
said no for now. For now, we'll see damn will tell.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
By the way, James just found a recipe for the
talka test if you want to make it. I know,
I know you like to do a dupe. I know
you like to do that. I know you like to recreate.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Sometimes I don't understand how it works because it's a
giant block of bread. Well, it's not just like two pieces.
It's a block of bread.
Speaker 4 (23:55):
Are you sure it's not two pieces that they just
like meld together with the French toasty asp.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
I don't know the deep frying of it. It's kind
of like the water situation. I'm not sure what happens.
But it's all one block.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
Well, here's the thing that think there's be a big
role that they like, you know, hollow it out or
I mean, the banana's got to get in there somehow.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, it doesn't. They don't just grow inside of bread.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
No, they don't. All right, Well, We'll have to discuss
this at length at a further time, because we are
just about out of time, Scott. If people want to
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Speaker 6 (25:00):
Yeah
From the theme park Capital of the World, Orlando, Florida.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is the Theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Wait podcast, is this a radio?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Why does everything gotta be so messy on this station?
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Anyway?
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Here's your host, Dickerman, Jimmy D and Scott Harris.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Hey there, and welcome to this Labor Day weekend edition
of the Theme Park Podcast. Dickerman, here, there is Jimmy D.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
Go Gators, and Scott Harris.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
It's really spooky season now it actually is?
Speaker 3 (00:34):
It actually is. I mean it's spooky season. It's football season.
Jimmy's got a Gator game this weekend. Halloween Hornits is
officially underway. Now, yeah, this is this is Scott. You've
been saying it's spooky season since January, but now here
we are end of August and it is spooky season.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Let's be honest. I've been saying it since November.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
First of last year of last year, sure.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Which, which, to be fair, was accurate last year because
remember Spooky Empire because of the hurricane, got pushed back
until the Halloween weekend, so I was still going on
November like second, yes.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Wow, yes, and Halloween Hornights generally runs past the end
of October, right.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, it'll be going January. Yeah, exactly January.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
It just keeps going.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Well, they've already been tickets for Mickey's Not So Scary
Halloween Party twenty twenty seven just went on sale last week.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Okay, all right, there we go, twenty six out.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Halloween Horn Night's is here. It is, without a doubt,
the biggest Halloween festival in the country, maybe in the world.
I would say, would you say in the world that
there's a bigger Halloween event than Halloween hor Night.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Well, they have it in other countries like Universal pan hasn't.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
It's secondary to ours ours?
Speaker 5 (02:03):
No, But I'm just saying, like you talk about it
being global, it is legitimately global global.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
I just feel like Orlando is like the granddaddy of
them all.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Well, the Fright Night started, which is kind of like
the the og of it.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
It's a little different because Hollywood also has one as well,
and they kind of get the celebrity aspect of like
their grand opening.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Okay, all right, and remember they had a I don't,
I don't. I don't know why I said.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
Remember they had a like year round walking debt experience there.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
That's true, they did, they did. But I still feel
like Orlando is the pinnacle. I mean, if you're gonna travel,
if you're gonna travel from other places, you're coming here.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I mean maybe not if you live in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yeah, well yeah yeah, if you live in Hollywood, yeah yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
If you're anywhere on the West coast, You're not going
to come to Florida over southern California, are you?
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I don't know. I mean, we have the better Disney Park,
admit it. No, And then we've had the better Halloween Hornites.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
I mean we can't say that we haven't done it.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
That's true. I mean I mean in general, in general,
our Halloween Hornites.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Is it's very good.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Is the best?
Speaker 4 (03:24):
I forget Dickerman. Have you ever been to Disneyland?
Speaker 3 (03:27):
No? No, I would like to go, but I have not.
I heard yet like parking people's yards, I mean that
tells me right there, it's a second rate Disney park.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
I mean, you don't know. It just means it's literally
built lake inside of a city, as opposed to a
massive land.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah. Well it was.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Built and then a city grew around it.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
I would call it rinky dink is how.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
It's really not it?
Speaker 5 (03:51):
I guarantee you, and it's not because they also have
a massive parking structure there. Well you can park there now, yeah,
you've been able to park there for thirty years.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
But people park it the like the mall because you
can do it for free and then just like make
your way over.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
No, no, no, I don't know what.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Get off of Facebook like you.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Were just like, I don't know it.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
You guys told me you would like park it like
the mall or like some dude's yard and then walk
over to the park.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
I mean you can, but then it is a thirty
minute walk. It's it's not like it's wholly convenient.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
And I have those little scooters everywhere in California. You
just dump it on the side of the road like
they do here in Orlando like a bunch of trash people.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
What is wrong with you?
Speaker 3 (04:37):
What you haven't seen those scooters laying everywhere?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah, I mean yes I have.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
But you you're making everything out to be like something
it's not.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Yeah, I'm doing it. Still costs money to ride those scooters.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah it's not. Those aren't free. They're not like a
razor scooter where you do the scooting.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I understand you have to put like a credit card
in there. I do understand that much they cost. I
don't think anybody knows how much they cost. They just
get the scooter, they put their credit card and they're like,
all right, it's cool. Then they dump it in the
middle of the road when they're done.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I've never seen anyone dump it in the middle of
the road.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
They're always dumped everywhere. Looking down down, there's a scooter
dumped there.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
But they're not in the middle of the road. They're
on the sidewalk where they're fout like that. Just wait
like they're out of the way.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
I always see them laying in the grass. I always
see him laying in the oh.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Oh wow, in the grass out of the walkway.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Sometimes they're yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Maybe cut your grass and you'll find a couple of them.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Then I love that reclaim them. Anyhow, back to Halloween Hornight.
It is officially open now as we record this on
a Thursday. Tonight's like it's tonight at VIP situation.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
It's a premium it's the premium scream event.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Okay, where you can like you can actually dress up
in costume for this one.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Oh yes, this thing probably runs you.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
It's a couple hundred bucks. It's sold out almost to mediately.
It includes like all you can enjoy foods, certain foods.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
I have killed. I have killed, Jimmy, butter beer now
that no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Okay, all right, just asking if we could have butter beer.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I mean you can, it's not included.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Okay, yeah, yeah, I mean when we used to do
like the opening, like there would be this giant buffet
of all their Halloween food and it be like, you know,
all sorts of desserts that were like bat wings or
gummy worms that were like you know, crawling out of
a grave or something.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Scott I ate way too many shrimp. They had them
on these skewers and they were like barbecued, and it
was like perfect.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Oh should I should I? We talked about the food
last week, more food got unveiled.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Do you want me to Is this for Halloween hornites?
Speaker 5 (06:51):
This is for Halloween hornites in Orlando, Florida, Jimmy, we
got two walking tacos. N we I talked about the
Beeria beef walking taco, but there's also the vegan walking Taco,
which they had last year.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Actually it was pretty good.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
It was very good.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Yeah, there's also flame and hot Beeria ramen.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay, a freakishly long corn dog y.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Yes, those things are ridiculous when they're just like this giant,
like massive stick of meat covered in corn batter.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Well after you've had seventeen blood splatter shots out of like.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
The the ivy.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
Yeah, the iv something yeah, and I'm telling you you
will sit on the edge of a trash can and
eat a corn dog.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
I mean the most important thing later that. I don't
know if we talked about both of these items, but
the dolls. Let's play dead stand ak the dicker stand.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
This is the good one. This is where where you
want to go. This is bline for this place.
Speaker 5 (08:05):
This is where you get a fried peb and J
with hot maple syrup and chili flakes.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Sounds good.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
And then chicken tenders.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Chicken tenders can't get wrong with a tender, man.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I mean, you're right, but you can also try many
other things.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
But why should you Because chicken tenders are great.
Speaker 4 (08:27):
Chicken tenders are great, but you gotta expand your palate. Bro.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
How about this? How about this? This?
Speaker 5 (08:34):
This is right up me and Jimmy's alley. You might
like this, the the cram tots and more, which is
thumbs up chili glazed spam with cheddar, tater tot kegs
and scallions.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yes, yes, I've never had spam. I don't know why,
but I've never tried it. And I don't like scallions. Okay,
I like spam.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
Okay, how about this one? This is in the Five
Nights at Freddy's a movie. I know you have seen I.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Have seen it. Hold on a second, I'll find out
for you right now. If you like spam, do you
like baloney?
Speaker 3 (09:11):
Yeah, I can handle baloni.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
Then you like spam, you like hot dogs?
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Then spam is in the middle of those two.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Comes in a can.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
You eat it hot you can? You can eat it.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
It's already cooked when it comes out of the can,
so you can have it just out of the can.
You can, you know, grill it. There's many different things
you can do with spam.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Okay, right, all right?
Speaker 5 (09:35):
How about this one. It's called the why not have
both pizza and pasta?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
It's a pepperoni.
Speaker 5 (09:43):
Pizza with baked spaghetti and meatballs on top.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yes, give it to me now.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, you didn't even think about it.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
I don't know how you eat it, but I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Fork and a knife.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
I can, Yes, you can't eat it like a pizza.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Doesn't sound like I mean, I guess you could roll
it up and now.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
You folded in New York style.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, okay, bring it on, spaghetti and meat.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Pulse absolutely on top of a pizza.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Yes, let's it go, let's do it.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I saw a pizza the other day. You sent it
to us, didn't you, The one that was like the
col zone and then it had garlic, knots or something
on that.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
You guys yelled at me when I sent you that, though.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Because our cardiologist texted us right away and said, don't
do it.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Come on, you guys gotta live a little.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
To him, make sure.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
And then I had to run to the bathroom.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
But it would be great. All this food looks amazing.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Yeah it does. Then you got the amazing houses, the
amazing scare zones.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
I've been reading some stuff about these houses because team
member previous happened already.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Okay, all right, so we've got some we got some
talk going on here. What can we expect? We have
some idea without you know, giving away too much.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
From what I see in the five nights at Freddy's
house is like the best thing they've done in like
five years.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Really, yeah, I mean that just lends itself to being
a house. The whole concept of five Nights at Freddy's
is like made for making it into a house.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
I guess I'm gonna have to watch the movie. I
haven't seen it.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Oh, you should definitely watch the movie. It's Get Your
Boys Skeit Olarch.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
I loved that. I gotta I got a picture with
him right up there.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah, you should see it. It's a good movie. It's fun.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Do I need to play all of the games.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Too? Right? Yeah? Who is it Peter Malar?
Speaker 3 (11:33):
Oh yeah, Yeah, it's a good movie. It's fun.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
I've seen the Nick Cage sort of version. Oh yeah,
Willie's Wonderland.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Yeah, I did see that one. Yeah, this is this
is different, but it's good. It's it's a good movie.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Doesn't he like he has like no dialogue in that movie.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
He does not talk like adult in that movie. Yeah.
And then there's there's a lot of talk about the
Terrifier House.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Okay, now, maybe I need to watch this movie because
I balked addicts. When I try to watch Terrifier one,
it look like it was shot on like a handheld
VHS camquarder from the nineteen nineties.
Speaker 5 (12:06):
Your your potato phone two or three? Well two and
three have more more like money put behind them.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Yeah, I need a little more production.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
When I watch movie, the Terrifier house has two paths
at one point, so you can go.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
It's a wet path and a dry path. No, yes,
really yes.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Dry path not doing that wet Nope?
Speaker 3 (12:34):
How well are we talking in the wet path?
Speaker 5 (12:36):
It's differing things I've seen on social media. All I
will say is they are selling ponchos outside of the house.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
I mean you kind of have to do both.
Speaker 5 (12:47):
No, I would have if possible, I would absolutely do both.
I whenever I go, I will be bringing ponchos in
order to get the full experience.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
That is the key.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Bring your own poncho because you don't have to spend
twenty five bucks in a poncho.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
If you don't have to, you know, somebody has to
do the drive path so they can report on it.
I will volunteer as tribute.
Speaker 5 (13:07):
And the other thing I've seen is that there are
parts of it that, are, according to social media, so foul.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
It's making people almost throw up.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Now, this is social media where everything is exaggerated to it.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
But if you've seen the movies, in what there's talk
of them recreating in the movies, I've seen all of them.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I know where they're getting what they're getting.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
I'm gonna stream Terrifier too this weekend.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
You knock out all three, well watch all Hallows.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
No, no, no, you actually have to because one of
the things from the first one is going to be
in this movie.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Okay, any of them remake it like the Residentivile video games,
just make a better version of it.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
And then the other thing is we were talking about
this before we went on, is that he's just out
in a throughout the park.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
The clown that his name is Art.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Yeah, Art, the clown is not tethered to anything. He
is free roaming throughout the whole park. As far as
I can remember. This is the first time they've ever
had a free roaming character.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
He's got it. He's got it, he's got it. He's
on a tricycle, he's got his horn. Like, I don't
like that.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
I do not. I do not, I do not subscribe
to this.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
The more you don't like it, the more he's gonna
come to I know, unless and Scott, you will be
very easy to grab and hold up and just hand
to art.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I know well, I know you were doing a segue
right there.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Because there is an option for people.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
For the first time ever at Halloween Horn. It's there
is the Deathly Afraid lanyard.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
They've done this at Hollow Screen for quite some time.
I think that I don't like you said, it's never
happened at Halloween hornits before.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
It is not you purchase it. It's twenty dollars.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
It's a Lateau lanyard to limit scares in common areas
and scare zones.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
So when you got people that like go and freak
out when the chainsaw people come up, this is for them. Yes,
I love those people personally. I love going to a
theme park with a Johnny Magic or a Jenny Castillo
and watching them lose their minds at the Halloween events.
But now they can have the necklace and people won't
scare them as much as much. Correct, and that's only
(15:29):
in the common areas. That doesn't count the houses, the
houses or you chose to go in there, correct and
to get what you're gonna get.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
Yes, every house I've ever been in you have to
turn off, Like if you have anything glowing.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Like the blinking cups.
Speaker 4 (15:41):
Exactly, you have to turn off, so shut it down.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
Yeah, it's it will reduce any direct interactions with scare actors,
but won't guarantee a scare free experience.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Those characters. They smell fear on people too, They absolutely do.
They're trained like dogs that smell seizures. These scare actors
smell the feet around people and go straight for them.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Well you could tell my body language who doesn't want
to be approached.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yeah, they never mess with me, but man, anybody like
we would go with my daughter, they come right for
with those chainsaws.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I feel I feel singled out right now, happy about this.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
I mean, you know, you give them a sign, they're
gonna take it.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Speaking of a sign, the giant medallion is also up
in the archway outside of Universal Studios.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
It just went up the other day.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
That means it's official.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
That means that means it is official. And the other
thing is uh, it's official. That roller coaster is like
less and less there by the day.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
More more pieces missing from rip Rede Rocket.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Yep.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
I've been trying to call them to see if we
can get a piece of it for you to hang
your theme park shorts.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
I mean I think the shorts would have to hang
off the piece.
Speaker 5 (16:57):
Let's a mean, yeah, okay until you need them, like
the bat signal goes out.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
I would legit put that in my backyard. So oh,
totally segment a track. Let's do it.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Why not, let's get it. I mean, what else are
they going to do with it?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
I'm sure there's a lot of money scrapped there.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Well do they scrap it or it is like I
heard like sometimes another park will take it, like you know,
a six Flags or some park maybe like another country
might want it and they'll they'll send it to them,
you know, very discounted rate.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
The rumor has always been in it was already secondhand
when you got it, So I don't know, like the
metal fatigue and.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
In the way that this is kind of being taken
apart now. It's not like they're just like, oh undo
the bulls, Like there are pictures of like where they've
had to cut through it because some sections were filled
with sand to help reduce noise and vibration.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
It would be fun to put in your bankyard if
you're a millionaire, plus I think the company that they like,
the manufactured it went out of business, so there's no
way to get real good service on it.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
Yeah, that's part of the reason why this it's being replaced.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Yeah, there's gotta be like the roller coaster guy though,
all right, Like there's always like a guy who's like
the master of something and he can always like his
one niche thing is he can fix any roller coaster anywhere,
bring him in.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
I mean, I've been watching this British show, it's my
new comfort show called The Repair Shop, where it's like
these people bring in, Oh I've had this clock since
you know, eighteen ninety it doesn't work anymore, and like
they bring it and there's a guy that just specializes
in clock repair.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Yeah, it's a really good comfort highlight that you can
find a niche you get into. You know, you'll you'll
you write your own ticket.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
I mean yeah. So yeah, that's all going on at
a universal.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Very exciting spooky season Halloween Hoernites. It is officially here. Yes,
it's still three thousand degrees outside, but it's Halloween, Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Can I tell some Jimmy news?
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Yes, yeah, I approve the first caught food and Wine
Festival theme.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Trash cans have debuted.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Okay, not quite as exciting as.
Speaker 6 (19:09):
You love to the trash cans At the Parks episode
of that Disney show, what did they feature the trash
can guy? Wasn't that a Disney show where they talked
They talked to the guy that painted all the trash cans.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
It's like a four part thing. It's it's on the
series called Imagineering. It's a whole season devoted to the
trash cans.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Yeah, they make them here, there's a guy. They only
take the best.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
I just want a trash can for my caceibo. That's it.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
What's what's on the what's on the new trash cans guy?
Speaker 5 (19:40):
It's purple and white and it's got an outline of
Chef Gusta and.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Little Chef from right to.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
I mean purple and white. I could work at the
City stadium too, for a soccer game. Is it Gusta
or is it Linguini Gusta Gusta? Yeah, anyone can cook,
anyone can cook.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
I also saw that in Paris they're actually getting rid
of the three D element of their rightititui ride.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
I don't like this. I don't like when they get
rid of three D element you know, I know they
try and make it for everybody, but the three d's cool,
it's something special and unique.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Well, I thought, I have we talked about this for
years or for a while during COVID where it was
just like I was surprised they didn't, at least for
the time being, get rid of three D for their
rides because of you know, glasses and everything in the
sanitization of all of that.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Yeah, I mean they got rid of it at Universal
on Minions minus used to be three D. It's not anymore.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Oh that's right, Yeah, that riderways at such a long wait.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
I missed the three D. Three D was good on that,
and the three D was good on the Shrek one too.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Shrek four D.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Yeah, yeah, no more, alright, p they get rid of
all the glasses at Universal. Are still they still have
some glasses on a few rides.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
No, they got rid of all the glasses.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Oh wait no, Spider Man, oh, Spider no, Spider Man, Transformers,
Gringotts like all of those still all right, Mario Kart, Yeah, myrak,
Well those are a argal it's augmented reality glasses.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
So those ones are a little bit different.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
We're good, all right, that's good. That's good.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
You you you. You went to a theme park.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
I went to a resort to have breakfasts. We went
over to ConA Cafe at Disney's Polynesian Resort. That was
always the place we would say we were going to
when we would when we would park there, back in
the old days, when they used to let you park
there when you didn't want to pay for the theme park.
You can't get away with that anymore. Pro tip. But
(21:41):
so now every once in a while we'll go out
to ConA Cafe just to make up for the times
we didn't eat there, and we got breakfasts. We had
Tonga toasts. It was amazing. If you've ever had Tonga toasted,
ConA Cafe certainly worth the trip out there for a
French toast. No, No, it's just it's like you've never
had it. It's this first time I'm hearing about it.
(22:02):
It's like a block of toast. It's about two and
a half inches thick, and this center is a banana
and it's covered in cinnamon and sugar, and they bring
a strawberry puree with it. That does sound delightful.
Speaker 5 (22:15):
Eight really good banana stuffed deep fried French toast coated
in cinnamon sugar.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
There you go, French toast. Yeah, yeah, it's it is.
It is unique item there, and it's the prices are
actually quite reasonable for breakfast seventeen fifty. Yeah, yeah, if
you've got like a passholder or the Disney visa. I
got a little discount with my Disney visa, so yeah,
it's a win win. After that, we just kind of
(22:42):
went around the monorail trail because we only had They
gave us a three hour window. You had to put
a little thing in your window with reservations, you could
be there for three hours. So we checked out Contemporary,
walked around up there, checked out all the merch inside.
There are stores. We went over to what's the.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Other one out there in the big one Grind Flirting.
Speaker 3 (23:02):
Brand, Fluttery at Flirty and yes, there's less to see there.
They're doing some construction over there.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Yea, there adding a bar to the lobby.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
It's been a while since I rode in a monorail,
so it was cool, but it was busy. It was
it was busy. The park didn't look busy. We were
looking at wait times in the Park, and it's got
you joke that I almost bought annual pass. It was
like fifteen minutes for almost every ride. I'm like, man,
we should just go.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
Let's just do it.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Fifteen minute. Wait, let's go. She said no. My won't
said no for now. For now, we'll see damn will tell.
Speaker 5 (23:36):
By the way, James just found a recipe for the
talka test if you want to make it. I know,
I know you like to do a dupe. I know
you like to do that. I know you like to recreate.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Sometimes I don't understand how it works because it's a
giant block of bread. Well, it's not just like two pieces.
It's a block of bread.
Speaker 4 (23:55):
Are you sure it's not two pieces that they just
like meld together with the French toasty asp.
Speaker 3 (24:00):
I don't know the deep frying of it. It's kind
of like the water situation. I'm not sure what happens.
But it's all one block.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
Well, here's the thing that think there's be a big
role that they like, you know, hollow it out or
I mean, the banana's got to get in there somehow.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, it doesn't. They don't just grow inside of bread.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
No, they don't. All right, Well, We'll have to discuss
this at length at a further time, because we are
just about out of time, Scott. If people want to
find us on social media get all the latest breaking
theme park news work, can they go?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
Can you follw us on Twitter at theme Park Show, Facebook, Instagram,
and TikTok at theme Park Podcast.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
You watch it Themepark YouTube dot com and.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
The show trudiously comes to you live from the Laurencampbell
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For Scott Harris, I am Dickerman. Until next week, we
will see you out at the parks.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
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