May 2, 2024 • 50 mins
Ever screamed your lungs out on a roller coaster only to laugh about it seconds later? That's the kind of adrenaline rush and belly laughs we're sharing in our latest episode, journeying through the high-speed twists and turns of theme park history. From getting nose-to-nose with a giraffe on a safari adventure to the rush of Universal's The Incredible Hulk Coaster, we're unpacking the thrills and spills of our favorite attractions. We're also weighing in on the big debate – can classic coasters keep up with the immersive 4D experiences of today?
Remember how the scent of fresh popcorn can transport you right back to the mid-ride excitement of Disney's Main Street? We chat about how the sensory overload of theme parks has evolved, blending wind, smells, and even VR to create unforgettable experiences. Yet, amidst this innovation, we find time to ponder the future of iconic rides like Disney's Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Plus, we swap stories about height requirement hacks from our childhood and the emotional impact of those first big drops on the Tower of Terror.
Wrapping up our theme park escapade, we invite you to reminisce about the charm of old-school safari park adventures and the anticipation for upcoming attractions like Universal's Epic Universe. It's a conversation filled with laughter, nostalgia, and even the odd mischievous baboon tale. So, whether you're a roller coaster fanatic or a casual park-goer, buckle up for a ride through the memories and marvels of the amusement park world.
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James LaGamma (00:08):
good evening.
Everyone coming to you livefrom virtual reality.
Jonny Strahl (00:18):
Um, I had a learning what the hell was that?
Ryan Selimos (00:21):
virtual.
I think I'm sitting here inperson.
What are you talking about?
James LaGamma (00:26):
I mean virtual, I don't know, fucking remote,
whatever it all fucking feelsfake.
Ryan Selimos (00:31):
Put on your VR headphones that they got at the
amusement parks these days forthe gaming experience.
James LaGamma (00:38):
Yeah, dude, I get fucking sick at those rides,
though I hate that shit, I dotoo yeah.
Dude, you have to look allaround at these fucking giant
screens all around you and shit,did you ever ride Kong at
Universal, where you're in thetruck, and you gotta look over
here?
And you gotta look over hereand shit happens in front of you
.
It's fucking annoying.
(00:59):
No Sounds like a day at work,stitch was good.
Kenny Massa (01:03):
Remember Stitch.
James LaGamma (01:06):
Stitch was a good one that was cool stitch?
Yeah, I don't think stitch isthere anymore no, it's not.
Kenny Massa (01:10):
It's not there anymore, but that was a good.
That was a cool like, kind oflike.
I would think it was lessvirtual reality ish, but it was
more interactive.
You sat in the chair and thenit's sprayed.
You felt things touch your feetlike that was cool.
Yeah, yeah, that's what's that4d?
James LaGamma (01:23):
yeah, that's probably why it's not there
anymore.
It's sprayed.
You felt things touch your feet.
That was cool, yeah.
Kenny Massa (01:26):
That's the.
What is that 4D?
Yeah, that's probably why it'snot there anymore.
James LaGamma (01:28):
It's like old I think it scared kids actually.
Kenny Massa (01:32):
Actually, I did hear that too.
Yeah, that's actually I couldsee why you're in a dark room
and things are grabbing yourfeet and spraying you.
Ryan Selimos (01:39):
Kenny, it sounds like you enjoy people or things
grabbing your feet.
Can we talk about that more?
That's why you like Stitch whenthey grab your feet.
No, just me.
All right, then Sick, awkwardsilence, fucking awesome.
Kenny's like yeah man, stitchis a great one.
They've got things that touchyour feet, swing and a miss.
Kenny Massa (02:01):
It's fine they were just different, it was unique,
but it was more interactive,like that seat was, like the
whole deal, it was pretty.
I thought it was a good ride,but yeah, it hasn't been there
in a minute.
James LaGamma (02:15):
Yeah, a lot more of these rides are starting to
put in like wind and smells andstuff and it definitely makes it
a lot more engaging.
But I'm just you can't beat theclassic like roller coaster
feel.
I mean trying to fake a rollercoaster ride with a TV screen
where I'm clearly sitting still,I mean yeah, there's some
animatronics going on with, likethe things moving and shit, but
you can't beat the classics.
Kenny Massa (02:37):
Soaring's the best of both worlds.
Ryan Selimos (02:41):
Soaring's not bad Soaring's the best of both
worlds where you got the VR andthen kind of doing stuff Is all
I was saying.
But yes, kenny, your question.
Kenny Massa (02:51):
What's the best rollercoaster that you've been
on?
In your opinion, ryan, yourfirst.
Ryan Selimos (02:56):
Hulk, hulk, smash At Universal.
Kenny Massa (02:58):
Okay, that's a good one.
It finds you out real quick.
Ryan Selimos (03:01):
That's all.
I'm a big fan of that one.
Haven't done it in years, butlove that one.
Kenny Massa (03:06):
That's a good one, james.
James LaGamma (03:09):
Yeah, I actually have to agree with Ryan it's
Hulk.
But the reason why is because Iused to be scared of roller
coaster rides.
I used to be a little bitchwhen I was a kid.
I cried, my parents hated me.
They used to try to bring me onlike it's a small world, and my
dad was miserable.
He was like shut this fuckingkid up.
(03:30):
Meanwhile I'm on a leash too,by the way, which we can get
into that topic.
Kenny Massa (03:34):
Oh, you're the leasher yeah.
James LaGamma (03:36):
I was definitely oh fuck, yeah, my kids are going
to be like that too, don't dothat.
Ryan Selimos (03:40):
Don't do that to the kid.
You put them on a leash like adog.
Won't be doing that.
Kenny Massa (03:44):
Yeah, don't do that .
James LaGamma (03:46):
No, I got to do it.
Got to do it.
They'll fucking, or else Ican't keep up with them.
However, I don't have kids, sothis is all theoretical.
Anyways, the reason why I likethe Hulk is because that was my
first time going like upsidedown on a roller coaster ride.
Jonny Strahl (03:59):
And then I fell in love, hated them, but that was
sick uh, first roller coaster Iwent on, which is kind of biased
, and why it's my favorite isjust because it's my memory of
the going on.
A roller coaster was actuallywhat it was called dueling
dragons, which is now what it'scalled like hagrid's magical.
(04:21):
Yes, whatever, yeah, which isit's?
Cool, but it's still a goodride.
James LaGamma (04:23):
Yeah, I think the og is the called like.
Jonny Strahl (04:24):
Hagrid's Magical, whatever.
Yeah, hagrid's thing which iscool.
James LaGamma (04:25):
It's still a good ride.
Jonny Strahl (04:27):
Yeah, I think the OG is the Incredible Hulk.
Like there's just no way youcan beat that.
And then, I don't know, buschGardens, man, they've got so
many roller coasters.
I love the Kumba.
That was like the OG too.
That was mine, yeah.
James LaGamma (04:47):
I didn't go to Bus gardens much, so I don't
know what you're talking.
Ryan Selimos (04:48):
I'm surprised by that, james, being a roller
coaster guy you are.
I mean, I remember chicro,which is still not, but they
would they literally.
You get to the top.
It's a night, it's a straightdrop and they hold you for like
three seconds and if you're inthe front row you're just
staring at your straight dropdown.
Jonny Strahl (05:07):
Yeah, that was a cool one.
Kenny Massa (05:08):
I had a little different experience than you
guys.
That was your favorite one,John, still to this day.
Jonny Strahl (05:13):
To this day the Hulk for sure, like that's the
one I love, but the OG DuelingDragons, because when you come
up and you thought you weregoing to hit the other roller
coaster on the other one.
Kenny Massa (05:27):
That's pretty cool.
I don't remember that.
I mean I was probably like whendid it?
It hasn't been there in a longtime.
Jonny Strahl (05:33):
Or did you change?
Kenny Massa (05:34):
names.
Jonny Strahl (05:35):
It's the Harry Potter theme now.
Ryan Selimos (05:39):
It's a few years, not a few years.
It's been a while.
Kenny Massa (05:42):
It's crazy how they like recycle the roller
coasters and stuff and changethem up and take them apart and
refabricate them.
Pretty cool.
James LaGamma (05:53):
They got some crazy technology going into some
of these roller coasters nowtoo.
I mean they are smooth as shit.
The new Guardians rollercoaster, which is definitely up
there in my top 10.
I mean it's the smoothestroller coaster I've ever been on
and the freaking contraptionthat you sit in, like the cart
rotates.
So I could be going this way,but I'm rotated this way.
(06:16):
It's pretty badass.
And then the music's cool.
There's a lot going on.
That's.
The only thing I think is alittle annoying with that roller
coaster ride is you're goingreal fast, You're moving around
a lot, it's twisting and turningand shit and you have no idea
what the fuck's happening aroundyou, but it's still a badass
fucking ride.
Ryan Selimos (06:33):
James, would you compare Guardians to basically
an upgrade, an elevated versionof Space Mountain?
Because it feels very same.
It's dark, that type of rollercoaster, and then they add the
spinning factor.
That was my opinion of it whenI first went on.
It was basically Space Mountain2.0, with all these added
twists.
James LaGamma (06:55):
I think that's a solid take.
I just sick here's.
Here's my, my only comment.
The the, the Space Mountain,kind of reminds you of that
rickety old roller coaster.
Like you would even find itlike a fair, like it kind of
feels like that.
Like you know, it's like woodenand stuff, but I see where
(07:18):
you're coming from as far aslike the darkness and all that
kind of stuff.
It's in space.
I mean you can't, really that'spretty much the same exact
thing.
It's in space.
I mean you can't, really that'sa pretty interesting thing.
Ryan Selimos (07:27):
Yeah, it is interesting.
I know Ken can take us down adifferent path, so we will wait.
We will ask you your thoughts,kenny, but before we do, just to
stay on this topic, becausewe're kind of there with the
Disney roller coasters talkingabout Guardians of Space
Mountain, is it true?
Did I hear that Rock andRollercoaster is going to be
(07:48):
closing soon or already isclosed?
Or am I making?
Jonny Strahl (07:52):
that up, I heard that too, that's a poor one out.
No, no, Disney.
Ryan Selimos (07:56):
That's a poor one out for an OG.
Hulk is an OG and Rock andRollercoaster the Stephen Tyler
one or Aaron Smith one which isup there again as a.
James LaGamma (08:11):
that's like an og with hulk.
Kenny Massa (08:12):
That one is awesome .
I mean, I'm a I'm a big fan ofthe arrowsmith rollercoaster,
but it's been there a reallylong time, yeah.
So you know it's debatable.
It's just like, at what pointdoes it get phased out?
Because, like, do 10 year oldsknow who arrowsmith is?
You know, I think that's kindof the thing where you got to
think about 20 year olds knowthat too.
James LaGamma (08:32):
So I I think what they're doing, it's potential
that they do this, but or maybeit's a different uh movie that
they'll go after.
But I did hear rumblings ofthat uh where I think it's in
paris, disney paris.
It's actually an iron man ride.
So iron man's like flyingaround next to you.
Okay, that'd be cool, um,that's, but it's the exact same
(08:54):
thing.
They converted aerosmith thatused to be over there and
converted it to iron man.
So it's the same exact track.
It's just different shit aroundyou.
Kenny Massa (09:03):
Um, they said a long time ago that they were
going to do that with Tower ofTerror.
Tower of Terror.
What were they doing?
They?
James LaGamma (09:11):
were supposed to turn Tower of Terror into a
Guardian's ride.
Still the same up and down BS,which fuck that ride, by the way
.
Yeah, fuck Tower of Terror.
Ryan Selimos (09:22):
I hate that fucking ride.
James LaGamma (09:24):
I'd rather jump out of a plane.
Ryan Selimos (09:26):
Now, that makes no sense and I've done it.
James LaGamma (09:30):
I can explain it and it makes so much fucking
sense.
When you fall out of a fuckingplane, the butterfly effect only
happens like butterflies inyour stomach, only happens for
like five seconds.
After that you're fuckingchilling.
You're out there for a longhaul.
You are not hitting the groundanytime, fucking soon.
But in this fucking tower ofterror bullshit, it's just
constant fucking bullshit up anddown with the butterfly.
(09:54):
I don't like it.
I don't like it, doesn't, I'mnot that's an old ride, though.
Kenny Massa (10:00):
That's been there a long time so and I think that
it's pretty popular, like a lotof people like oh yeah I think
so.
James LaGamma (10:07):
Some people I can't remember what it's called,
but I feel like they might tryto petition certain rides to
like they have to stay forever,like they're almost like a
national monument kind of deal,like I thought aerosmith was one
of those options sure, I don't,I don't know, but they did
change it.
It in Anaheim over inCalifornia.
They changed it to theGuardians thing Same thing they
(10:31):
had.
Tower of Terror there too.
Kenny Massa (10:32):
Although Iron man would be pretty cool.
Ryan Selimos (10:34):
It kind of happens too with the music or the music
choices, like rock and roll.
James LaGamma (10:40):
Black Sabbath, you can do that.
That'd be cool.
Tower of Terror.
Ryan Selimos (10:44):
I'm going to forget my first Tower of Terror
experience.
I was a wee laddie and I wassitting next to two adults and
they were a lot bigger than me.
I had the illusion that the bardid not go down all the way and
there was a lot of room formovement.
I for the entire time, twohands on the football on the bar
(11:04):
, felt like I was just going tofly out of there and never see
the light of day.
Kenny Massa (11:12):
That's my memory of Tower of Terror being like six,
seven, eight years old.
Yeah, I guess they still have.
I remember they used to havelike weight restrictions and
height restrictions.
That's still a thing, right.
Of course it has to be.
Jonny Strahl (11:29):
Yes, yes, that is a fortunately a sensitive
subject right now.
What I went to some the newsabout that kid at Icon Park or
not Icon Park what is that areaon I-Drive?
Unfortunately, he was on one ofthose things and-.
Ryan Selimos (11:52):
Was that the swing ?
Jonny Strahl (11:56):
Was it the swing or the thing that drops?
And yeah, no good,unfortunately, huge major
lawsuit yeah not good at all.
Kenny Massa (12:10):
They didn't use the height and weight restrictions.
Jonny Strahl (12:15):
I don't know the full story, but unfortunately
the kid did not make it.
He passed away.
It's just a very sad, horrificstory.
Jeez yeah.
James LaGamma (12:28):
And that's the whole reason for the height and
weight restrictions, right, yeah, overall safety.
Kenny Massa (12:33):
I mean, I don't even know the last time I went
on a roller coaster, so Ihaven't been in front of like
and plus, they're not going totake out the measuring stick to
measure me, so I don't.
The reason I asked that isbecause when I was young, uh, I
went, I didn't have universalclose to me, we had six flies,
good adventure.
And I remember I would wearlike thick shoes to reach that
height limit to get on rides.
(12:55):
And what made me think of that?
Like you know, that extra inchwhen you're that, when you're
that age, it's like it means alot.
You know, factor of getting ona ride without your mom or not.
Yeah, and uh, that's what mademe think of, like ryan, when you
were sitting there not reallyfitting the the mold, I kind of.
That's kind of how I felt whenI was.
When I was younger, you know, Ihad friends that were a year,
(13:17):
two years years older in, Iguess, probably middle school,
maybe elementary school.
I feel like that's still athing for kids Wear your
thickest shoes, make sure youcan get on every ride.
Ryan Selimos (13:29):
Spike your hair that day, the whole.
Thing.
Kenny Massa (13:31):
Yeah, spike your hair.
Ryan Selimos (13:33):
Two socks double sock all the tactics.
Kenny Massa (13:38):
Yep yeah.
Jonny Strahl (13:40):
Yeah, they definitely feel all the tactics,
yep yeah.
James LaGamma (13:43):
Yeah, they definitely feel heebly on, for
sure.
Yeah, roller coasters have comesuch a long way where I mean
even though yes, there areweight and height restrictions.
Imagine how they used to bebuilt.
I mean, those things wererickety as all hell.
I mean even these fairs thatcome out there and they unfold
the fucking track out andeverything.
(14:06):
It's all in a trailer.
It's kind of nuts.
Kenny Massa (14:09):
Those make me a little weary though sometimes.
Yeah, it's a little sketchactually.
James LaGamma (14:15):
The whole contraption is shaking.
Jonny Strahl (14:17):
No shot.
Never, ever After being a kid,I do not go on any of those.
You will.
When you have a kid, Pop out ofthe truck.
It's like a be-all and readytype.
Just put a couple of screws inthere, you're good to go.
Like absolutely not no shot.
Ryan Selimos (14:38):
Did we all go on them as kids on the
carnival-style rides.
Kenny Massa (14:41):
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah .
So let your kids go on them.
Ryan Selimos (14:44):
Like John, for example, maybe you're not going
to go on, but are you going to?
Take that moment away.
We all enjoyed those ridesgrowing up.
I am, you're going to shut itdown?
Jonny Strahl (14:54):
Nope, not doing it .
Sorry, kids.
Kenny Massa (15:06):
You nope, not doing it, sorry kids you can do
whatever you want in life,except for carnival, fairy
lights.
You guys remember the gravitron, the thing that would spin, I
mean, and you would stick to thewall.
Dude, I puked on that one time.
I did, I did, I was, I was at,uh, the seaside boardwalk and
they had one.
I was probably like 10, I dondon't know.
I was young and I was likestuck to the wall.
Yeah, I get motion sickness andit was worse when I was young,
when I was a kid, and that wasdefinitely.
(15:28):
I peaked inside it, yeah, whileI was going the swinging ship.
Jonny Strahl (15:36):
Oh boy.
Ryan Selimos (15:37):
I never did that one.
The pharaoh ship right.
Jonny Strahl (15:39):
Yeah, boy, I never did that one, the Pharaoh's
ship, right, yeah, whatever.
James LaGamma (15:43):
Like I said, I was a little bitch when I was
younger.
Jonny Strahl (15:45):
The Funhouse.
I used to run through thewindows of the mirrors.
James LaGamma (15:50):
Funhouse, hell yeah.
Jonny Strahl (15:52):
Ferris wheels.
Ryan Selimos (15:54):
Oh, the Ferris wheels.
Jonny Strahl (15:54):
Classic Ferris wheels Back in middle school.
Ryan Selimos (15:57):
I'm a big dog.
Jonny Strahl (16:01):
Practicing social distance.
That's it he must have had abig ass fucking car then if that
was social distancing.
James LaGamma (16:16):
You're usually sitting right on top of each
other on those little carnival,fucking Ferris wheels.
Jonny Strahl (16:23):
Good times Did you ?
James LaGamma (16:23):
ever throw shit out the Ferris wheel like trying
to hit people and stuff.
Ryan Selimos (16:27):
Never, of course not Not my goal, I wish that I
had won at the games about anhour ago Never.
James LaGamma (16:38):
I mean popcorn.
Come on, you're a kid, you'rejust having fun.
Jonny Strahl (16:44):
James is throwing pennies at people.
James LaGamma (16:46):
Okay, no, that was valuable back then if you
had pennies, you guys all did itin some form or fashion.
Ryan Selimos (16:53):
Don't think you're better, you all did at some
point.
Why I don't?
Kenny Massa (16:57):
know, Threw shit off the Ferris wheel.
No way, bullshit.
You're better.
Y'all did at some point, why, Idon't know.
Threw shit off the Ferris wheel.
Jonny Strahl (17:02):
No way Bullshit.
Kenny Massa (17:03):
I don't remember, I didn't go on a Ferris wheel.
That much, yeah, you did, youdid.
Yeah, you did.
Jonny Strahl (17:10):
Ken Massa was on a Ferris Are you kidding me?
Ryan Selimos (17:12):
Look at this man Trying to ride through the skin
of his teeth Hi to the skin ofhis teeth.
Kenny Massa (17:15):
Hi, sir, here's $10 .
Keep me at the top for 10minutes.
Jonny Strahl (17:17):
Thank, you, oh, that's my lunch money Please.
James LaGamma (17:27):
You know, have you guys?
Have you guys ever been on oneof those?
The Bungie like launchingthings like the circle balls out
Like I think they have a.
The.
The most iconic one that I knowof is out in uh daytona.
Kenny Massa (17:41):
You always see those videos that people just go
on like a limb oh, I know, Idid that in orlando, the one
where it's like two things thatlook like that, look like this,
and then it like launches you inthe middle.
James LaGamma (17:50):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, slingshot that's actually what
they're called, I think thenorlando, I think I was on my
drive.
Shit.
I've never done those.
They sketch me out too.
Ryan Selimos (18:01):
But you're, mr Skydive, right, you want to.
You won't do the bungee jump.
James LaGamma (18:05):
I would.
I'd put that no, no, I'll do abungee jump.
Ryan Selimos (18:08):
Well the same, whatever the same thing he's
talking about.
James LaGamma (18:10):
I've never had the option to do it.
No, probably not.
I put that right up there withTower of Terror.
Basically the same situation.
Ryan Selimos (18:17):
This guy's logic makes no sense.
James LaGamma (18:21):
No sense.
Kenny Massa (18:21):
It makes all the sense in the world why there's
one in Six Flags where it wouldcrank you up and it was kind of
like a bungee jump but you wouldlay down and it would lift you
up really high.
I think it was free fall orsomething, and then they would
just let it go.
And you would just let it goand you would just like overall
like a bunch of rides.
You would just like kind ofswoop in and you would just like
swing on this, but you would belike Superman, not like bungee
(18:45):
jump, where you go oh.
It was like a big crank.
They would just pull you allthe way up and you would just
it's pretty cool.
Ryan Selimos (18:52):
I can see it now.
Jonny Strahl (18:53):
Kenny.
Ryan Selimos (18:56):
Yeah.
Jonny Strahl (18:57):
I'm there with you .
I would never go on that, kenny.
You went on that with Bobby andyou guys were like bullying me
Into going on.
I was like I'm not going on andyou guys made fun of me for
like the entire night.
I'm like dude, I'm not.
James LaGamma (19:15):
I'm Johnny.
Kenny Massa (19:17):
That's definitely true.
I don't remember that.
That's fucking hilarious.
I remember it, I was definitelythere with you guys.
Ryan Selimos (19:23):
I remember, yeah, I was like I'm cool do we call
him again to get his perspective, like we've done before.
I mean just to get the storystraight, or no?
No, not on this one I think weknow exactly what happened.
Kenny Massa (19:39):
We went on it and Johnny didn't.
Jonny Strahl (19:43):
Dude, the one in Daytona snapped.
James LaGamma (19:46):
Stop.
Jonny Strahl (19:47):
Yeah, look it up Years ago.
Kenny Massa (19:49):
They're pretty shady and when they bring you up
, I mean like they're prettyfucking shady, Like it's
basically two strings holding aball of people.
Pretty shady, Yep's, basicallytwo strings holding a ball of
people.
James LaGamma (20:01):
It's pretty shady .
Yep, Fuck that noise.
Have you, Kenny, being up inthe Northeast?
Have you ever been to HersheyPark out in Pennsylvania?
Kenny Massa (20:12):
Yeah, we went to Hershey Park a bunch of times,
yeah.
James LaGamma (20:15):
Hershey Park's fucking awesome.
Yeah, hershey Park's great.
I was pretty young when we didthat, but then you can go
through the.
Hershey Park's fucking awesome.
Yeah, hershey.
Kenny Massa (20:19):
Park's.
I was, I was, I was prettyyoung when we did that.
But um, then you can go throughthe Hershey factory and they
give you free.
I don't know if they do anymore, but they used to give you free
chocolate.
Ryan Selimos (20:25):
I was gonna ask if they okay.
Kenny Massa (20:27):
Good, they should, fantastic I don't know who knows
who's is, but yeah, we wouldeat a Johnny.
Did you go too when you were upin Jersey?
Jonny Strahl (20:37):
Yeah, when I was really really young, my brother
and sister for sure, yeah, yeah,yeah, that place is cool.
Kenny Massa (20:45):
Hershey Park is cool.
What?
James LaGamma (20:48):
about, I guess it's probably it's more in Ohio,
cedar Point.
I think it's like they have twobig ones Cedar Point and then
Geauga Lake.
No, never heard of that oneogalake is fucking.
It's literally like straight uponly roller coasters and the
craziest fucking roller coastersthere are.
Um kind of reminds me like asix flags six flags had some
(21:11):
crazy roller coasters.
Kenny Massa (21:12):
I remember when I was young, kind of getting
towards into high school, giveor take, around that time they
created Kingda Ka, which was, Iremember I think, a top three
largest roller coaster or maybetop three fastest roller coaster
in the world.
It's, I think it might be fastand height.
I mean this thing was it would,basically.
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But the whole ride is it goesthis way, it goes straight up
and it comes straight down andthat's the whole ride and it was
huge, I mean really tall, andthey just like crank you back
and it would you'd hear it clickor they click, click, click and
they would just shoot you offand then you just go holy shit.
James LaGamma (21:51):
It says it went 128 miles an hour yeah, how tall
is it?
Kenny Massa (21:55):
it's like you could see, I think.
James LaGamma (21:57):
The highest drop, or I guess the biggest drop is
418 feet.
Ryan Selimos (22:05):
Yeah, that ride was crazy, yeah it was a cool
one.
Kenny Massa (22:08):
Kingda Ka was awesome, and then on top of that
, right around the same time,they made El Toro, and El Toro
was, I believe, the number onelargest all-wooden-made roller
coaster, maybe in the UnitedStates, or maybe top three or
something like that.
There was another statisticthere.
I mean, there was like so muchwood on this thing, it was
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insane.
The whole thing made out ofwood.
Pretty cool Wooden rollercoasters are awesome.
James LaGamma (22:36):
Third fastest wooden roller coaster Kenny.
Kenny Massa (22:40):
Third fastest wood rolling coaster.
James LaGamma (22:42):
Max speed of 70 miles an hour.
Jonny Strahl (22:45):
That was a good ride too.
Isn't there one in Abu Dhabithat goes like 150 miles an hour
Probably?
James LaGamma (22:57):
Probably.
Kenny Massa (22:57):
Sure, yeah, wouldn't doubt it.
But six flags great adventurehad some of the best roller
coasters at a theme park thatI've ever seen before and they
just kept making them.
They had superman, which wascool because you would lay like
you'd lay different, you'd laylike superman, like how he flies
, which was was different.
That was a unique kind ofdifferent style of a roller
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coaster.
But the OG roller coaster,there was Nitro.
Nitro was like Hulk, it was theshit.
James LaGamma (23:41):
You okay, Johnny.
Ryan Selimos (23:43):
Did I miss something?
Nitro was like Hulk it was theshit.
Kenny Massa (23:51):
I don't understand why you left.
I don't understand why you left.
Ryan Selimos (23:54):
Tell us what's so funny.
We'd love to share this withyou.
Kenny Massa (23:57):
James, you're at the same time as me.
James LaGamma (24:00):
Yeah, I think.
Jonny Strahl (24:02):
I said Ryan, is that you breathing?
And then James, you guys,there's a dog snoring at the
exact same time.
So I thought that was funny, ohon the chat.
James LaGamma (24:14):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, is it me?
Kenny Massa (24:18):
I think it's Ryan, I don't know.
James LaGamma (24:22):
I thought it was Garth.
I thought James was sleeping.
Ryan Selimos (24:25):
I don't know.
James LaGamma (24:27):
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
I wasn't even talking that time, just my presence makes him
sleep.
Kenny Massa (24:33):
Where are you guys typing?
Huh, where are you guys typing?
James LaGamma (24:38):
The chat?
Yeah, in Riverside, all right.
So, ryan, breathe.
We don't want you to turnpurple, my guy, the viewers have
to listen to you.
Speaking of that quick sidebar,johnny the roller coaster,
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maestro, stetson, basketballgames.
You remember when we used to dothe roller coaster thing in the
stands?
Kenny Massa (25:19):
That was pretty fun , that was pretty fun that was
good have you guys ever lostanything On a roller coaster.
James LaGamma (25:30):
Yes, I lost my shoe one time.
Kenny Massa (25:35):
I did.
I lost a shoe, I was young.
Ryan Selimos (25:38):
I'm glad you were young.
I was walking.
I lost a shoe.
I was young.
I'm glad you were young.
I thought I lost a shoe.
Kenny Massa (25:42):
I was walking around with one shoe all day,
but people lose phones andwallets all the time.
James LaGamma (25:50):
I think I don't know if it was me, but I think
someone in my family lostsunglasses on a roller coaster
ride.
Well, that's.
Ryan Selimos (25:56):
I mean the amount of sunglasses RIP on a roller
coaster.
There's so many.
Kenny Massa (26:03):
Yeah, let me go in there and just put them all
together.
My cousin lost his wallet onHulk.
Jonny Strahl (26:10):
Oh.
Kenny Massa (26:12):
Yeah, but if you ever?
James LaGamma (26:13):
Well, he can't now because all they have is
lockers, which is kind ofannoying.
In order to get on Hulk or mostrides in Universal, you have to
go put your phone, wallet, keys, whatever, in a locker.
It's free, but yeah, probably.
Kenny Massa (26:31):
Because I think that they probably have to go to
security.
Then they have to get into theroller coaster.
Security has to go get itbecause it's the only person
that can get underneath theroller coaster.
Probably stops the rollercoaster.
Security has to go get itbecause it's the only person
that can get underneath theroller coaster.
James LaGamma (26:39):
It's probably a big deal, probably stops the
roller coaster too, unless it'snot in a bad spot.
We keep talking about rollercoasters and stuff, but as far
as theme parks and amusementparks go, what about water parks
?
Did you guys used to go towater parks when you were kids?
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Would you go now as an adult?
Kenny Massa (27:03):
Yes, I felt $70 in the wave pool one time.
James LaGamma (27:08):
You lost $70?
.
Kenny Massa (27:10):
Found $70.
I was like 12.
That was like finding a milliondollars, that's cool.
In the wave pool we hadHurricane Harbor.
Hurricane Harbor was like SixFlags' Waterpark and it was cool
.
James LaGamma (27:26):
There's a really cool waterpark by you, kenny,
that I used to frequent when Iwas younger.
I'm sure, ryan, you probablydid the same thing, but Rapids.
Yeah, that's huge RapidsWaterpark, oh yeah.
Kenny Massa (27:35):
It was awesome.
I would a thousand percentstill go to a waterpark.
Ryan Selimos (27:40):
I'd probably still go.
James LaGamma (27:43):
I'd feel gross.
It's disgusting.
Ryan Selimos (27:46):
You've been in worse things.
James LaGamma (27:48):
I know, but now that I know it's like you go to
Mucky Lake.
Kenny Massa (27:54):
That's different.
James LaGamma (27:57):
I'll take fish piss All day long.
Compared to human piss, there'senough chlorine to kill a,
that's different.
Kenny Massa (28:03):
That's different.
I'll take fish piss all daylong.
Compared to human piss, yeah,there's enough chlorine to kill
an alien in that thing.
Ryan Selimos (28:09):
That one was my favorite before they closed down
Wet n' Wild.
I was a big fan of that one inthe Orlando area.
Wet n'.
James LaGamma (28:15):
Wild yeah.
I liked Blizzard Beach up inOrlando.
Yeah, blizzard Beach, that, andthen Typhoon Lagoon was good
too, but I was always a BlizzardBeach up in Orlando.
Typhoon Lagoon was good too,but I was always a Blizzard.
Kenny Massa (28:25):
Beach guy or kid, Alright.
How about the safaris?
You ever go to the safaris?
James LaGamma (28:31):
Pivoting immediately from water parks.
He's out.
Ryan Selimos (28:37):
It's water park for Kenny.
You got to make sure youpronounce it right for him.
James LaGamma (28:41):
It's too cold for those Jersey folks to go in
some water.
Kenny Massa (28:45):
Yeah, I got like one time per year to go to the
water park.
That was it.
Yeah.
Jonny Strahl (28:50):
Have you guys been to Volcano Bay at all?
Ryan Selimos (28:53):
No, I've been one time.
Kenny Massa (28:56):
It's different, isn't it?
Yeah, in Orlando.
James LaGamma (29:00):
Yeah it's different.
Yeah, in orlando.
Yeah, it's universal.
Jonny Strahl (29:06):
It's it's interesting.
Yeah, I mean it.
I think it's very interestingbecause it's it's somewhat
reasonably newer.
Um, and just like the theme andlike how they're catering, like
between, like their virtualqueue systems and how you
actually get to the water slide,and they've got like a cabana
and like premium experience,which is interesting, and I feel
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like it might cater more togood old Ryan because it's a
little bit more, I guess,cleaner in a way.
It's like gives you that vibe.
It sounds like in a way, yeah,it gives you that vibe.
James LaGamma (29:40):
It sounds like the Hard Rock.
Jonny Strahl (29:42):
No sorry, James, you my bad.
I thought you were the one.
James LaGamma (29:44):
Yeah, nice cabana , get some drinks.
Never mind, no, I'm in.
Kenny Massa (29:49):
I'm in, that's James Lagama, james yeah we got
to go.
Jonny Strahl (29:54):
We got to go.
James LaGamma (29:55):
You might actually like it, because it's
cool, it's interesting all right, I I'm just I'm sure if I got
there I'd be fine and just doeverything we know.
I'm just just just knowingabout it back of my head.
Ryan Selimos (30:10):
I'm just a little whatever, answer us this, john,
because you mentioned thevirtual queue right so isn't it
advertised correct me if I'mwrong that at volcano baycano
Bay, this new style water park,you never wait in lines because
of the virtual queue solves that.
Is that the rumor?
Jonny Strahl (30:32):
Well, it allows you to reserve specific spots in
line, which means you neverhave to go there to wait,
essentially until you're up inthe queue, right, I say that
because when we went it, we thatwas the big selling point.
It's a the virtual queue.
Ryan Selimos (30:50):
You put your name in.
You never have to wait, andthat's great.
That's for, like some of thebigger rides.
But then you go to the littlerides you know how am I going to
spend my time while I wait inthe virtual queue?
They don't have to wait, andguess what you fucking do you
wait in line.
So I that I don't have to waitin, and guess what you fucking
do you wait in line.
So I don't really get the point.
I don't wait in line for thebig ride, I just go wait in line
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for other slides.
So either way, I'm stillwaiting in line.
Kenny Massa (31:17):
I mean, isn't that the theory of the Fast Pass,
though I don't know if they dothat anymore.
James LaGamma (31:20):
No, no, no, no.
That's completely different.
That's completely different.
The Fast Pass is a completelyseparate line.
Kenny Massa (31:27):
Okay, james, take it easy over there.
James LaGamma (31:31):
Oh no, you get me geared up because now we got
this genie bullshit going on andit costs so much fucking money
just to get to go ride a ride.
Ryan Selimos (31:40):
What's genie.
Why do I have to pay for FastPass?
Never had to pay for it before.
Kenny Massa (31:44):
I don't know up as a kid.
James LaGamma (31:45):
What the fuck?
Kenny, you probably rememberthis when you were younger,
because I know you like Disney alot, but the FastPass used to
get them for free.
You just walk up, you got the.
Kenny Massa (31:53):
FastPass.
It came back at your time.
James LaGamma (31:56):
You basically got on the line or got on the ride
a hell of a lot faster than ifyou have to wait the 50, 60
minutes that the regular line isNow.
They changed it recently aroundCOVID time to this Genie Pass.
And then there's this otherthing that you can buy too,
where in order to get the FastPass you have to pay for it and
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then different rides aredifferent amounts and then
sometimes you have to get thisGenie Pass.
Then the extra spend to go dothe fast pass thing.
So nothing's free anymore forriding these rides.
Jonny Strahl (32:30):
Lightning lane.
James LaGamma (32:32):
Lightning lane.
Thank you, thank you.
Ryan Selimos (32:34):
Dizzy doesn't make enough money, we got to charge
a fast pass.
Hey, kiss my ass.
Un-fucking-believable.
James LaGamma (32:47):
Which is wild because it clearly worked before
the regular fast pass situation.
I know what they're trying todo and why they offer this fast
pass because people come fromfucking far and wide to come to
disney and they want to ride aspecific ride, and so they will
pay money to actually go ridethe ride and not have to wait.
Dude, I've seen 230 minutes forlike the star wars over yeah
it's insane.
You could watch through or twostar wars movies while waiting
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in that line I have seen thattoo.
Kenny Massa (33:14):
I have seen like 220 plus, and yet three, four
hour line, not even at six flags.
Good adventure, the sameproblem, because they had a lot
of people coming from New Yorkand PA.
And three hours like if you'reriding on two fucking rides all
day.
Six hours like no way.
Ryan Selimos (33:32):
That brings up a great question what is your cap
on?
Like you see the weight?
Where's that line?
Where it's, I don't care, whatthe ride, I'm not waiting X
amount of time to go on that.
Kenny Massa (33:47):
Where is your kind of breaking point?
Probably 40 minutes for me.
Kenny's never going to anamusement park again.
James LaGamma (33:53):
Kenny's there, Kenny, I think when we went to
Disney we waited one ride longerthan 40 minutes.
Ryan Selimos (34:00):
We didn't do a 60-minute.
Hey guys, you know what I can'twait for, right, kenny, we've
talked about it Expecting father.
We're very proud of you.
Ken's going to go to theseamusement parks.
Jonny Strahl (34:10):
He's going to wait 90 minutes to two hours to take
a picture with Mickey.
Kenny Massa (34:16):
Just, we're going to fucking fast pass.
We're going to pay fucking$5,000 for the fucking fast pass
.
James LaGamma (34:21):
He's got a point.
He's got a point.
Kenny Massa (34:24):
They fucking got me .
That's what happened.
James LaGamma (34:27):
Kenny's going to go ahead and spend the fucking
10K on the VIP fucking servicewhere you have a Disney person
walking you around Disney.
Ryan Selimos (34:34):
I got to ride around in a scooter all day.
I got some financial advice.
Everyone go buy Disney stockright now, for when Kenny has a
kid.
He's going to be funding.
Kenny Massa (34:44):
He's going to be funding the growth for us boys.
Listen, I love Disney.
I love everything about Orlando.
I mean Universal too.
Everything up there is awesomeand 40 minutes is more than
enough time to wait.
James LaGamma (35:01):
Kenny's going during the week.
That's what's happening.
Ryan Selimos (35:04):
James, where are you at with time?
Where's your cap?
Kenny Massa (35:07):
Probably not first time I go.
James LaGamma (35:11):
I'll do 90, it depends.
So it depends on If I've riddenthe ride yet and I really want
to ride it, then yeah, I'll dolike the longer time.
So that's kind of like the 90minute mark Is where I'm at.
But if I've been on it alreadywhich I have annual passes at
Disney and I've been to God Ican't even fucking tell you how
(35:31):
many times I've been there Imight even get close to like the
50 mark on visiting.
But outside of that, like youknow, we'll wait when we want to
wait.
We just chill.
We bring snacks, we've got ourbackpack, we've got water.
We'll wait when we want to wait, we just chill.
We bring snacks, we've got ourbackpack, we've got water.
(35:51):
Like it's not a problem If it'shot out probably not.
But 90 minutes is a cap.
Okay, 60 for something I'veprobably ridden already.
Ryan Selimos (36:01):
I'm about 60 myself, just 90, it's too much.
I'll find something different.
I'm 60, maybe 75, you, you knowif it lingers like that, but
I'm in that range see, I'm usingthe app and I'm looking at
where where's the wait times ohyeah of course yeah, yeah, you
go during lunch instead ofeating, because usually they get
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down.
James LaGamma (36:22):
You kind of wait till the night time or you get
into the park real early.
Kenny Massa (36:25):
Yeah, hit the high volume rides first thing and
stuff like that Exactly, I mean,I'm definitely strategizing.
Yeah, and in all these parks,I've been to every single one of
them, whether it's in NewJersey or Orlando at this point,
so you know those.
I mean for those who don't knowthere's definitely rides where
and there's.
I mean for those who don't knowthere's definitely rides where
and there's a strategy to thewhole system.
(36:46):
Uh, and james can tell you allabout that, because you guys go
a lot more than probably any ofus literally going.
James LaGamma (36:51):
This weekend took off work just to go this, this
or sorry, uh, not weekend.
Kenny Massa (36:55):
Friday took off work just to go to epcot we're
gonna drink, it's gonna be goodyou go a lot epcot's, we did
that around the world and then Ipuked yeah a couple times.
Jonny Strahl (37:07):
And then I puked oh, your sister once, and then I
puked Kenny's closing statementTypically.
James LaGamma (37:13):
Yeah.
Kenny Massa (37:14):
I puked.
James LaGamma (37:16):
Was that the time when we went with your sister,
or was that the time when wewent with, because I know Patty
had only been there, but thatwas the time when it was just us
four yeah on the way home.
Kenny Massa (37:28):
I got out of the car and I felt.
And I got out of the car andwhen I went to puke I puked on
an anthill.
I had like 500 ants on me whenI got back oh, I think I
remember that.
James LaGamma (37:38):
Yep, that's fucking hysterical.
Kenny Massa (37:41):
I mean, they get you.
I drank wine, I drank rum, Idrank beer, I drank sake.
I drank wine, I drank rum, Idrank beer, I drank sake, I
drank tequila.
I had.
Every fucking drink there wasAround.
The World is cool, though thatwas fun.
Take it easy, go at a decentpace.
Ryan Selimos (37:56):
Disney stock doing pretty well.
Thank you, Kenny Wine, tequila,all the purchases, buddy.
Like I said, I love Disney.
Kenny Massa (38:04):
I think wine, all the purchases, buddy.
Like I said, I love Disney.
James LaGamma (38:09):
I think sometimes these amusement parks and theme
parks get like a bad rapbecause you spend like all this
money and then when you get tothe park you're like, great, now
I got to spend money on food.
Honestly, food's prettyreasonably priced at these theme
parks as of late, like I canget an eight to $12 beer at a
regular bar, just like I can atDisney or universal, and it's
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the same 16 ounce beer.
Like it's not a.
You know, a burger is like $12,you know, I don't know it's not
that bad.
But you can also bring foodinto the parks, which I know a
lot of people didn't know about.
Jonny Strahl (38:44):
I don't know if that's true about all parks.
James LaGamma (38:46):
I know that's true for Disney.
Kenny Massa (38:48):
What I like about Epcot is you can get things that
are completely different.
James LaGamma (38:52):
Yeah, you can try a lot of foods, things you
could never get anywhere else.
Kenny Massa (38:55):
So it's worth spending to get access to
something that you wouldn't getanywhere else, particularly
beers and drinks and whatnotfrom different places from
around the world.
It's a pretty cool experience,so if you haven't experienced
that, why not go all in?
James LaGamma (39:11):
Oh yeah, Drinking around the world is pretty
sweet, but drive safe.
Kenny Massa (39:16):
I didn't drive safe .
James LaGamma (39:17):
Yeah, I've never tried Ubering to a theme park
before.
I wonder how that would go.
Kenny Massa (39:23):
I mean, you don't live far.
It would suck if you lived twoand a half hours away.
James LaGamma (39:27):
Yeah, I know, but I wonder if you'd like Uber to
a bus stop or they can actuallytake you to the park.
Ryan Selimos (39:33):
They have Uber drop-off points.
James LaGamma (39:35):
They have 100% they do I mean, Disney does such
a good job at hiding thingslike that that I would have no
fucking clue.
Ryan Selimos (39:47):
I'll look out for it.
On.
James LaGamma (39:48):
Friday.
Ryan Selimos (39:50):
There you go buddy , they do.
Jonny Strahl (39:53):
They have an actual, especially at Epcot.
It's pretty convenient.
It's like, right, there's aspecific area, done it a few
times Too frequently.
James LaGamma (40:05):
To be honest, it's not proud of it when you
guys were, uh, kids, were youguys always getting all the all
the like uh, I don't know shirts, ears, hats, all the fucking
merchandise that you couldpossibly even hope and dream of
when you were a kid?
Kenny Massa (40:24):
Nope, nope.
James LaGamma (40:27):
Parents said nah not happening Ry.
Ryan Selimos (40:29):
I'm not paying X dollars whatever it was back
then for you to get somethingthat you're going to use for fun
, get something that'soverpriced for you to use it,
I'm not paying.
I'm not paying that.
I already brought you to Disney.
I'm over there looking.
It was always the fan with thewater spray.
I mean right.
In the summer, and you're justlooking for the freshman?
(40:51):
Absolutely not.
Well, it's the big lollipopright.
That's about the size of thisthing over here.
You're going to take four licksof it and be done.
I'm not buying that.
James LaGamma (41:04):
It was always no for Ryan, it's okay, but Matt
got everything he ever wanted,right?
Ryan Selimos (41:09):
No, no?
James LaGamma (41:11):
no, both the way you know, but Kenny it sounded
like got everything.
Ryan Selimos (41:14):
Kenny got everything.
Jonny Strahl (41:15):
You want this.
Ryan Selimos (41:16):
What was your experience when it came to the
merchandise there, Kenneth?
Kenny Massa (41:20):
I wasn't asking for stupid shit.
It was basically if I wantedsomething random, yeah, I would
get it, but I wasn't asking foreverything.
But I did have this one thing.
You like spun it like this yeah, like a light, and then it like
said words when you spun itreally fast Let me get this.
You're like flickering, so letme get this straight.
Ryan Selimos (41:41):
The little light flickers.
That's not stupid, but on a hotsummer day, the refreshing
water is stupid.
Just so I understand wherewe're at right now in this
analogy.
Okay, Perfect.
Kenny Massa (41:54):
Listen.
If I had to give a secretmessage to someone, that light
thing was fucking crucial.
So yes, Ryan, it was very muchmore important than your fan
that sprayed where you could getit at any theme park, anywhere.
You and every other kid wouldjust go back to Disney.
Ryan Selimos (42:12):
Okay, all right, sure, I'll hold stir Okay.
James LaGamma (42:15):
That's fucking hilarious.
I'm going to look out for oneof those.
I don't know if they sell.
I know they have the fan squirtbottle that Ryan's talking
about.
Still, they sell those.
I don't know if they sell.
I know they have the fan squirtbottle that Ryan's talking
about.
Still, they sell those.
But the secret message spinningthing I don't know if that's
around anymore.
Kenny Massa (42:30):
Maybe it's an antique.
I should go dig it up Somewhere.
My mom probably still got it Ina garage or some shit.
Ryan Selimos (42:40):
Love it.
James LaGamma (42:43):
I was a little spoiled, rotten kid when I was
going to the theme parks.
I was that person, that kidthat, every single time they got
off the ride.
Ryan Selimos (42:51):
Oh yeah, oh are you kidding me?
James LaGamma (42:55):
I can hear the sarcasm, ryan, fuck off.
But yeah, no, I was the kidthat they got me.
Every single time they put thegift shop at the end of the ride
, which nowadays, I think isfucking annoying as all hell.
But, it's fucking smart.
They're smart, they know how toget the money out of you.
Yep, now they don't do it asmuch.
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From what I've noticed, they'llhave, like, the stores are kind
of on the side At least that'show Guardians works so you get
off the ride to get my pictures,yep, mm.
Hmm, they'll have the stores onthe side.
At least that's how Guardiansworks.
Is that the thing with thepictures you?
Kenny Massa (43:27):
get off the ride.
You can buy your pictures, Yep.
James LaGamma (43:30):
I never bought one of those, never once, not
now not never, I don't remember.
You know, they just redidSplash Mountain.
What yeah Redid?
Jonny Strahl (43:45):
it to what?
What did they do?
James LaGamma (43:49):
I think it's Princess and the Frog.
Maybe it's pretty cool lookingactually.
Let's see what did they changeit to?
Kenny Massa (44:03):
Ryan, you're going to have a girl and you're going
to have to go on all the shitthat you don't want to go on.
Ryan Selimos (44:06):
The fuck out of here.
Jonny Strahl (44:10):
Are you talking about Tiana's Bayou Adventure?
James LaGamma (44:12):
Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
Kenny Massa (44:18):
Ryan's new favorite ride.
James LaGamma (44:20):
It's pretty cool, though they like made the.
It's not like that brown, kindof like Almost Desert feeling.
It's now it's like Louisianabody, so it's all green and shit
.
It looks pretty cool.
You seem upset, ryan.
Ryan Selimos (44:41):
Guess we'll find out or not.
I enjoyed Splashdown man.
You know that was a childhoodmemory, the fact that they redid
it.
I'm a little disappointed,that's okay.
James LaGamma (44:50):
It's still the same ride.
They just changed the theme ofit.
Kenny Massa (44:53):
Like I said before they do that, they recycle these
rides.
James LaGamma (44:56):
Yep.
Kenny Massa (44:58):
What's that beer that you get in Harry Potter
world?
It's like a what a beer.
Ryan Selimos (45:08):
No alcohol, they're Harry.
Kenny Massa (45:08):
Potter world.
I will tell you, oh really, Iwill tell you, they're Harry
Potter world, though thearchitecture and engineering in
that place is absurd.
Just the design and everythingin that place is next level.
James LaGamma (45:27):
Props to whoever built shit Imagineers?
Kenny Massa (45:31):
Yeah, well, that's why it takes them so long.
I mean, it's crazy.
James LaGamma (45:35):
Oh yeah, they're building a new park actually in
Orlando for Universal.
It's the.
Jonny Strahl (45:40):
Epic.
James LaGamma (45:41):
What is it called ?
The Epic Universe, which iskind called the Epic Universe,
which is kind of like Nintendothemed.
That's cool.
They've got some pretty coolstuff going on there.
I'm excited.
I heard people already boughttickets.
I think it's supposed to open2025.
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Which is insane, never heard ofit, so I'm looking forward.
I didn't even know there wasstill enough land over by where
universal is to build somethinglike that, but I guess they had
a big chunk over by.
I drive, I think Right, isn't itacross from I four kind of
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close to a volcano Bay.
Jonny Strahl (46:25):
Yeah, it's right over there.
James LaGamma (46:27):
Okay, good All right?
Kenny Massa (46:34):
well, to wrap it up , because I got jumped on the
Safari question, I forgot thatwe never came back to the Safari
Animal Kingdom.
Ryan Selimos (46:45):
That's all you need to the safari Animal
kingdom.
Kenny Massa (46:46):
That's all you need to know what's your favorite
safari animal.
James LaGamma (46:54):
Rhinos.
Kenny Massa (46:57):
Okay.
James LaGamma (46:58):
There's nothing cuter than a little rhino.
I guess that, or an elephant.
Kenny Massa (47:02):
A baby elephant, baby giraffe, giraffe's cool too
.
Yeah, any safari baby animalbasically.
James LaGamma (47:13):
Yeah, pretty much yeah.
Kenny Massa (47:15):
Yeah, pretty much I'm with you on that Makes sense
, you got the Lion CountrySafari.
James LaGamma (47:25):
near you, kenny, it's in Loxahatchee.
Kenny Massa (47:28):
Yeah, I've been Patty and I have been.
They have the Safari in NewJersey that's attached to Six
Flags Good Adventure Years ago.
Now I think you have to drivethrough like a Safari truck.
They bring you through andeverything.
Now I think you have to drivethrough like a safari truck,
they bring you through andeverything.
Years ago it was basically aroad that you took your car and
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you drove through the safariwith your car and it was a big
trail that you would just drivethrough from entrance to exit
and you would see differentanimals and a lot of the animals
were separated, not reallycages or anything like that.
It was just basically a big,huge, open safari and divided
very nicely.
And then towards the end you'dget to this one section where
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monkeys, like baboons, would runwild and they would jump on
your car and stuff, but theystarted to like damage cars.
They would rip off the antennas, they would rip off the mirrors
on the sides, they would likejump up and down on the hoods
and put dents in cars.
They were crazy, so they justthey had to stop that at one
point, but I remember like itwould.
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They would just like rip yourantenna off, which is nuts I
know they're.
James LaGamma (48:40):
no, they're not shy to sticking their heads into
the windows and gettingwhatever food you got in there.
Yeah, sticking their big-asstongues out too.
It's kind of.
Kenny Massa (48:49):
The giraffes got purple tongues, or something
like that Mm-hmm, blue tongue,purple tongue.
James LaGamma (48:53):
Yeah, Lydia went to one up in Kansas City area
with one of her friends and somebig tongues this man just said
those are some big tongues, areyou good?
I guess not good enough.
Johnny looks real enthused.
Ryan Selimos (49:15):
Johnny's real interested.
Just like everyone else, hedrew a half tongue.
Jonny Strahl (49:22):
Wonderful One big hippo guy, hippos, hippo, hippo
All right.
Kenny Massa (49:33):
Well, can't wait till we go to another Universal
slash Disney.
James LaGamma (49:40):
Yeah, maybe we'll get you to strap a GoPro on
your chest right, Kenny, Likeyou always say.
Kenny Massa (49:46):
No, not there, We'll have Ryan.
James LaGamma (49:50):
Maybe at a water park?
How about that?
Kenny Massa (49:52):
Okay, I'll go to a water park.
Maybe I'll find another 70bucks in the wave pool Maybe All
right.
Ryan Selimos (50:08):
Until then, the bender continues.
James LaGamma (50:11):
The bender continues.
good evening.
Everyone coming to you livefrom virtual reality.
Jonny Strahl (00:18):
Um, I had a learning what the hell was that?
Ryan Selimos (00:21):
virtual.
I think I'm sitting here inperson.
What are you talking about?
James LaGamma (00:26):
I mean virtual, I don't know, fucking remote,
whatever it all fucking feelsfake.
Ryan Selimos (00:31):
Put on your VR headphones that they got at the
amusement parks these days forthe gaming experience.
James LaGamma (00:38):
Yeah, dude, I get fucking sick at those rides,
though I hate that shit, I dotoo yeah.
Dude, you have to look allaround at these fucking giant
screens all around you and shit,did you ever ride Kong at
Universal, where you're in thetruck, and you gotta look over
here?
And you gotta look over hereand shit happens in front of you
.
It's fucking annoying.
(00:59):
No Sounds like a day at work,stitch was good.
Kenny Massa (01:03):
Remember Stitch.
James LaGamma (01:06):
Stitch was a good one that was cool stitch?
Yeah, I don't think stitch isthere anymore no, it's not.
Kenny Massa (01:10):
It's not there anymore, but that was a good.
That was a cool like, kind oflike.
I would think it was lessvirtual reality ish, but it was
more interactive.
You sat in the chair and thenit's sprayed.
You felt things touch your feetlike that was cool.
Yeah, yeah, that's what's that4d?
James LaGamma (01:23):
yeah, that's probably why it's not there
anymore.
It's sprayed.
You felt things touch your feet.
That was cool, yeah.
Kenny Massa (01:26):
That's the.
What is that 4D?
Yeah, that's probably why it'snot there anymore.
James LaGamma (01:28):
It's like old I think it scared kids actually.
Kenny Massa (01:32):
Actually, I did hear that too.
Yeah, that's actually I couldsee why you're in a dark room
and things are grabbing yourfeet and spraying you.
Ryan Selimos (01:39):
Kenny, it sounds like you enjoy people or things
grabbing your feet.
Can we talk about that more?
That's why you like Stitch whenthey grab your feet.
No, just me.
All right, then Sick, awkwardsilence, fucking awesome.
Kenny's like yeah man, stitchis a great one.
They've got things that touchyour feet, swing and a miss.
Kenny Massa (02:01):
It's fine they were just different, it was unique,
but it was more interactive,like that seat was, like the
whole deal, it was pretty.
I thought it was a good ride,but yeah, it hasn't been there
in a minute.
James LaGamma (02:15):
Yeah, a lot more of these rides are starting to
put in like wind and smells andstuff and it definitely makes it
a lot more engaging.
But I'm just you can't beat theclassic like roller coaster
feel.
I mean trying to fake a rollercoaster ride with a TV screen
where I'm clearly sitting still,I mean yeah, there's some
animatronics going on with, likethe things moving and shit, but
you can't beat the classics.
Kenny Massa (02:37):
Soaring's the best of both worlds.
Ryan Selimos (02:41):
Soaring's not bad Soaring's the best of both
worlds where you got the VR andthen kind of doing stuff Is all
I was saying.
But yes, kenny, your question.
Kenny Massa (02:51):
What's the best rollercoaster that you've been
on?
In your opinion, ryan, yourfirst.
Ryan Selimos (02:56):
Hulk, hulk, smash At Universal.
Kenny Massa (02:58):
Okay, that's a good one.
It finds you out real quick.
Ryan Selimos (03:01):
That's all.
I'm a big fan of that one.
Haven't done it in years, butlove that one.
Kenny Massa (03:06):
That's a good one, james.
James LaGamma (03:09):
Yeah, I actually have to agree with Ryan it's
Hulk.
But the reason why is because Iused to be scared of roller
coaster rides.
I used to be a little bitchwhen I was a kid.
I cried, my parents hated me.
They used to try to bring me onlike it's a small world, and my
dad was miserable.
He was like shut this fuckingkid up.
(03:30):
Meanwhile I'm on a leash too,by the way, which we can get
into that topic.
Kenny Massa (03:34):
Oh, you're the leasher yeah.
James LaGamma (03:36):
I was definitely oh fuck, yeah, my kids are going
to be like that too, don't dothat.
Ryan Selimos (03:40):
Don't do that to the kid.
You put them on a leash like adog.
Won't be doing that.
Kenny Massa (03:44):
Yeah, don't do that .
James LaGamma (03:46):
No, I got to do it.
Got to do it.
They'll fucking, or else Ican't keep up with them.
However, I don't have kids, sothis is all theoretical.
Anyways, the reason why I likethe Hulk is because that was my
first time going like upsidedown on a roller coaster ride.
Jonny Strahl (03:59):
And then I fell in love, hated them, but that was
sick uh, first roller coaster Iwent on, which is kind of biased
, and why it's my favorite isjust because it's my memory of
the going on.
A roller coaster was actuallywhat it was called dueling
dragons, which is now what it'scalled like hagrid's magical.
(04:21):
Yes, whatever, yeah, which isit's?
Cool, but it's still a goodride.
James LaGamma (04:23):
Yeah, I think the og is the called like.
Jonny Strahl (04:24):
Hagrid's Magical, whatever.
Yeah, hagrid's thing which iscool.
James LaGamma (04:25):
It's still a good ride.
Jonny Strahl (04:27):
Yeah, I think the OG is the Incredible Hulk.
Like there's just no way youcan beat that.
And then, I don't know, buschGardens, man, they've got so
many roller coasters.
I love the Kumba.
That was like the OG too.
That was mine, yeah.
James LaGamma (04:47):
I didn't go to Bus gardens much, so I don't
know what you're talking.
Ryan Selimos (04:48):
I'm surprised by that, james, being a roller
coaster guy you are.
I mean, I remember chicro,which is still not, but they
would they literally.
You get to the top.
It's a night, it's a straightdrop and they hold you for like
three seconds and if you're inthe front row you're just
staring at your straight dropdown.
Jonny Strahl (05:07):
Yeah, that was a cool one.
Kenny Massa (05:08):
I had a little different experience than you
guys.
That was your favorite one,John, still to this day.
Jonny Strahl (05:13):
To this day the Hulk for sure, like that's the
one I love, but the OG DuelingDragons, because when you come
up and you thought you weregoing to hit the other roller
coaster on the other one.
Kenny Massa (05:27):
That's pretty cool.
I don't remember that.
I mean I was probably like whendid it?
It hasn't been there in a longtime.
Jonny Strahl (05:33):
Or did you change?
Kenny Massa (05:34):
names.
Jonny Strahl (05:35):
It's the Harry Potter theme now.
Ryan Selimos (05:39):
It's a few years, not a few years.
It's been a while.
Kenny Massa (05:42):
It's crazy how they like recycle the roller
coasters and stuff and changethem up and take them apart and
refabricate them.
Pretty cool.
James LaGamma (05:53):
They got some crazy technology going into some
of these roller coasters nowtoo.
I mean they are smooth as shit.
The new Guardians rollercoaster, which is definitely up
there in my top 10.
I mean it's the smoothestroller coaster I've ever been on
and the freaking contraptionthat you sit in, like the cart
rotates.
So I could be going this way,but I'm rotated this way.
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It's pretty badass.
And then the music's cool.
There's a lot going on.
That's.
The only thing I think is alittle annoying with that roller
coaster ride is you're goingreal fast, You're moving around
a lot, it's twisting and turningand shit and you have no idea
what the fuck's happening aroundyou, but it's still a badass
fucking ride.
Ryan Selimos (06:33):
James, would you compare Guardians to basically
an upgrade, an elevated versionof Space Mountain?
Because it feels very same.
It's dark, that type of rollercoaster, and then they add the
spinning factor.
That was my opinion of it whenI first went on.
It was basically Space Mountain2.0, with all these added
twists.
James LaGamma (06:55):
I think that's a solid take.
I just sick here's.
Here's my, my only comment.
The the, the Space Mountain,kind of reminds you of that
rickety old roller coaster.
Like you would even find itlike a fair, like it kind of
feels like that.
Like you know, it's like woodenand stuff, but I see where
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you're coming from as far aslike the darkness and all that
kind of stuff.
It's in space.
I mean you can't, really that'spretty much the same exact
thing.
It's in space.
I mean you can't, really that'sa pretty interesting thing.
Ryan Selimos (07:27):
Yeah, it is interesting.
I know Ken can take us down adifferent path, so we will wait.
We will ask you your thoughts,kenny, but before we do, just to
stay on this topic, becausewe're kind of there with the
Disney roller coasters talkingabout Guardians of Space
Mountain, is it true?
Did I hear that Rock andRollercoaster is going to be
(07:48):
closing soon or already isclosed?
Or am I making?
Jonny Strahl (07:52):
that up, I heard that too, that's a poor one out.
No, no, Disney.
Ryan Selimos (07:56):
That's a poor one out for an OG.
Hulk is an OG and Rock andRollercoaster the Stephen Tyler
one or Aaron Smith one which isup there again as a.
James LaGamma (08:11):
that's like an og with hulk.
Kenny Massa (08:12):
That one is awesome .
I mean, I'm a I'm a big fan ofthe arrowsmith rollercoaster,
but it's been there a reallylong time, yeah.
So you know it's debatable.
It's just like, at what pointdoes it get phased out?
Because, like, do 10 year oldsknow who arrowsmith is?
You know, I think that's kindof the thing where you got to
think about 20 year olds knowthat too.
James LaGamma (08:32):
So I I think what they're doing, it's potential
that they do this, but or maybeit's a different uh movie that
they'll go after.
But I did hear rumblings ofthat uh where I think it's in
paris, disney paris.
It's actually an iron man ride.
So iron man's like flyingaround next to you.
Okay, that'd be cool, um,that's, but it's the exact same
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thing.
They converted aerosmith thatused to be over there and
converted it to iron man.
So it's the same exact track.
It's just different shit aroundyou.
Kenny Massa (09:03):
Um, they said a long time ago that they were
going to do that with Tower ofTerror.
Tower of Terror.
What were they doing?
They?
James LaGamma (09:11):
were supposed to turn Tower of Terror into a
Guardian's ride.
Still the same up and down BS,which fuck that ride, by the way
.
Yeah, fuck Tower of Terror.
Ryan Selimos (09:22):
I hate that fucking ride.
James LaGamma (09:24):
I'd rather jump out of a plane.
Ryan Selimos (09:26):
Now, that makes no sense and I've done it.
James LaGamma (09:30):
I can explain it and it makes so much fucking
sense.
When you fall out of a fuckingplane, the butterfly effect only
happens like butterflies inyour stomach, only happens for
like five seconds.
After that you're fuckingchilling.
You're out there for a longhaul.
You are not hitting the groundanytime, fucking soon.
But in this fucking tower ofterror bullshit, it's just
constant fucking bullshit up anddown with the butterfly.
(09:54):
I don't like it.
I don't like it, doesn't, I'mnot that's an old ride, though.
Kenny Massa (10:00):
That's been there a long time so and I think that
it's pretty popular, like a lotof people like oh yeah I think
so.
James LaGamma (10:07):
Some people I can't remember what it's called,
but I feel like they might tryto petition certain rides to
like they have to stay forever,like they're almost like a
national monument kind of deal,like I thought aerosmith was one
of those options sure, I don't,I don't know, but they did
change it.
It in Anaheim over inCalifornia.
They changed it to theGuardians thing Same thing they
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had.
Tower of Terror there too.
Kenny Massa (10:32):
Although Iron man would be pretty cool.
Ryan Selimos (10:34):
It kind of happens too with the music or the music
choices, like rock and roll.
James LaGamma (10:40):
Black Sabbath, you can do that.
That'd be cool.
Tower of Terror.
Ryan Selimos (10:44):
I'm going to forget my first Tower of Terror
experience.
I was a wee laddie and I wassitting next to two adults and
they were a lot bigger than me.
I had the illusion that the bardid not go down all the way and
there was a lot of room formovement.
I for the entire time, twohands on the football on the bar
(11:04):
, felt like I was just going tofly out of there and never see
the light of day.
Kenny Massa (11:12):
That's my memory of Tower of Terror being like six,
seven, eight years old.
Yeah, I guess they still have.
I remember they used to havelike weight restrictions and
height restrictions.
That's still a thing, right.
Of course it has to be.
Jonny Strahl (11:29):
Yes, yes, that is a fortunately a sensitive
subject right now.
What I went to some the newsabout that kid at Icon Park or
not Icon Park what is that areaon I-Drive?
Unfortunately, he was on one ofthose things and-.
Ryan Selimos (11:52):
Was that the swing ?
Jonny Strahl (11:56):
Was it the swing or the thing that drops?
And yeah, no good,unfortunately, huge major
lawsuit yeah not good at all.
Kenny Massa (12:10):
They didn't use the height and weight restrictions.
Jonny Strahl (12:15):
I don't know the full story, but unfortunately
the kid did not make it.
He passed away.
It's just a very sad, horrificstory.
Jeez yeah.
James LaGamma (12:28):
And that's the whole reason for the height and
weight restrictions, right, yeah, overall safety.
Kenny Massa (12:33):
I mean, I don't even know the last time I went
on a roller coaster, so Ihaven't been in front of like
and plus, they're not going totake out the measuring stick to
measure me, so I don't.
The reason I asked that isbecause when I was young, uh, I
went, I didn't have universalclose to me, we had six flies,
good adventure.
And I remember I would wearlike thick shoes to reach that
height limit to get on rides.
(12:55):
And what made me think of that?
Like you know, that extra inchwhen you're that, when you're
that age, it's like it means alot.
You know, factor of getting ona ride without your mom or not.
Yeah, and uh, that's what mademe think of, like ryan, when you
were sitting there not reallyfitting the the mold, I kind of.
That's kind of how I felt whenI was.
When I was younger, you know, Ihad friends that were a year,
(13:17):
two years years older in, Iguess, probably middle school,
maybe elementary school.
I feel like that's still athing for kids Wear your
thickest shoes, make sure youcan get on every ride.
Ryan Selimos (13:29):
Spike your hair that day, the whole.
Thing.
Kenny Massa (13:31):
Yeah, spike your hair.
Ryan Selimos (13:33):
Two socks double sock all the tactics.
Kenny Massa (13:38):
Yep yeah.
Jonny Strahl (13:40):
Yeah, they definitely feel all the tactics,
yep yeah.
James LaGamma (13:43):
Yeah, they definitely feel heebly on, for
sure.
Yeah, roller coasters have comesuch a long way where I mean
even though yes, there areweight and height restrictions.
Imagine how they used to bebuilt.
I mean, those things wererickety as all hell.
I mean even these fairs thatcome out there and they unfold
the fucking track out andeverything.
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It's all in a trailer.
It's kind of nuts.
Kenny Massa (14:09):
Those make me a little weary though sometimes.
Yeah, it's a little sketchactually.
James LaGamma (14:15):
The whole contraption is shaking.
Jonny Strahl (14:17):
No shot.
Never, ever After being a kid,I do not go on any of those.
You will.
When you have a kid, Pop out ofthe truck.
It's like a be-all and readytype.
Just put a couple of screws inthere, you're good to go.
Like absolutely not no shot.
Ryan Selimos (14:38):
Did we all go on them as kids on the
carnival-style rides.
Kenny Massa (14:41):
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah .
So let your kids go on them.
Ryan Selimos (14:44):
Like John, for example, maybe you're not going
to go on, but are you going to?
Take that moment away.
We all enjoyed those ridesgrowing up.
I am, you're going to shut itdown?
Jonny Strahl (14:54):
Nope, not doing it .
Sorry, kids.
Kenny Massa (15:06):
You nope, not doing it, sorry kids you can do
whatever you want in life,except for carnival, fairy
lights.
You guys remember the gravitron, the thing that would spin, I
mean, and you would stick to thewall.
Dude, I puked on that one time.
I did, I did, I was, I was at,uh, the seaside boardwalk and
they had one.
I was probably like 10, I dondon't know.
I was young and I was likestuck to the wall.
Yeah, I get motion sickness andit was worse when I was young,
when I was a kid, and that wasdefinitely.
(15:28):
I peaked inside it, yeah, whileI was going the swinging ship.
Jonny Strahl (15:36):
Oh boy.
Ryan Selimos (15:37):
I never did that one.
The pharaoh ship right.
Jonny Strahl (15:39):
Yeah, boy, I never did that one, the Pharaoh's
ship, right, yeah, whatever.
James LaGamma (15:43):
Like I said, I was a little bitch when I was
younger.
Jonny Strahl (15:45):
The Funhouse.
I used to run through thewindows of the mirrors.
James LaGamma (15:50):
Funhouse, hell yeah.
Jonny Strahl (15:52):
Ferris wheels.
Ryan Selimos (15:54):
Oh, the Ferris wheels.
Jonny Strahl (15:54):
Classic Ferris wheels Back in middle school.
Ryan Selimos (15:57):
I'm a big dog.
Jonny Strahl (16:01):
Practicing social distance.
That's it he must have had abig ass fucking car then if that
was social distancing.
James LaGamma (16:16):
You're usually sitting right on top of each
other on those little carnival,fucking Ferris wheels.
Jonny Strahl (16:23):
Good times Did you ?
James LaGamma (16:23):
ever throw shit out the Ferris wheel like trying
to hit people and stuff.
Ryan Selimos (16:27):
Never, of course not Not my goal, I wish that I
had won at the games about anhour ago Never.
James LaGamma (16:38):
I mean popcorn.
Come on, you're a kid, you'rejust having fun.
Jonny Strahl (16:44):
James is throwing pennies at people.
James LaGamma (16:46):
Okay, no, that was valuable back then if you
had pennies, you guys all did itin some form or fashion.
Ryan Selimos (16:53):
Don't think you're better, you all did at some
point.
Why I don't?
Kenny Massa (16:57):
know, Threw shit off the Ferris wheel.
No way, bullshit.
You're better.
Y'all did at some point, why, Idon't know.
Threw shit off the Ferris wheel.
Jonny Strahl (17:02):
No way Bullshit.
Kenny Massa (17:03):
I don't remember, I didn't go on a Ferris wheel.
That much, yeah, you did, youdid.
Yeah, you did.
Jonny Strahl (17:10):
Ken Massa was on a Ferris Are you kidding me?
Ryan Selimos (17:12):
Look at this man Trying to ride through the skin
of his teeth Hi to the skin ofhis teeth.
Kenny Massa (17:15):
Hi, sir, here's $10 .
Keep me at the top for 10minutes.
Jonny Strahl (17:17):
Thank, you, oh, that's my lunch money Please.
James LaGamma (17:27):
You know, have you guys?
Have you guys ever been on oneof those?
The Bungie like launchingthings like the circle balls out
Like I think they have a.
The.
The most iconic one that I knowof is out in uh daytona.
Kenny Massa (17:41):
You always see those videos that people just go
on like a limb oh, I know, Idid that in orlando, the one
where it's like two things thatlook like that, look like this,
and then it like launches you inthe middle.
James LaGamma (17:50):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, slingshot that's actually what
they're called, I think thenorlando, I think I was on my
drive.
Shit.
I've never done those.
They sketch me out too.
Ryan Selimos (18:01):
But you're, mr Skydive, right, you want to.
You won't do the bungee jump.
James LaGamma (18:05):
I would.
I'd put that no, no, I'll do abungee jump.
Ryan Selimos (18:08):
Well the same, whatever the same thing he's
talking about.
James LaGamma (18:10):
I've never had the option to do it.
No, probably not.
I put that right up there withTower of Terror.
Basically the same situation.
Ryan Selimos (18:17):
This guy's logic makes no sense.
James LaGamma (18:21):
No sense.
Kenny Massa (18:21):
It makes all the sense in the world why there's
one in Six Flags where it wouldcrank you up and it was kind of
like a bungee jump but you wouldlay down and it would lift you
up really high.
I think it was free fall orsomething, and then they would
just let it go.
And you would just let it goand you would just like overall
like a bunch of rides.
You would just like kind ofswoop in and you would just like
swing on this, but you would belike Superman, not like bungee
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jump, where you go oh.
It was like a big crank.
They would just pull you allthe way up and you would just
it's pretty cool.
Ryan Selimos (18:52):
I can see it now.
Jonny Strahl (18:53):
Kenny.
Ryan Selimos (18:56):
Yeah.
Jonny Strahl (18:57):
I'm there with you .
I would never go on that, kenny.
You went on that with Bobby andyou guys were like bullying me
Into going on.
I was like I'm not going on andyou guys made fun of me for
like the entire night.
I'm like dude, I'm not.
James LaGamma (19:15):
I'm Johnny.
Kenny Massa (19:17):
That's definitely true.
I don't remember that.
That's fucking hilarious.
I remember it, I was definitelythere with you guys.
Ryan Selimos (19:23):
I remember, yeah, I was like I'm cool do we call
him again to get his perspective, like we've done before.
I mean just to get the storystraight, or no?
No, not on this one I think weknow exactly what happened.
Kenny Massa (19:39):
We went on it and Johnny didn't.
Jonny Strahl (19:43):
Dude, the one in Daytona snapped.
James LaGamma (19:46):
Stop.
Jonny Strahl (19:47):
Yeah, look it up Years ago.
Kenny Massa (19:49):
They're pretty shady and when they bring you up
, I mean like they're prettyfucking shady, Like it's
basically two strings holding aball of people.
Pretty shady, Yep's, basicallytwo strings holding a ball of
people.
James LaGamma (20:01):
It's pretty shady .
Yep, Fuck that noise.
Have you, Kenny, being up inthe Northeast?
Have you ever been to HersheyPark out in Pennsylvania?
Kenny Massa (20:12):
Yeah, we went to Hershey Park a bunch of times,
yeah.
James LaGamma (20:15):
Hershey Park's fucking awesome.
Yeah, hershey Park's great.
I was pretty young when we didthat, but then you can go
through the.
Hershey Park's fucking awesome.
Yeah, hershey.
Kenny Massa (20:19):
Park's.
I was, I was, I was prettyyoung when we did that.
But um, then you can go throughthe Hershey factory and they
give you free.
I don't know if they do anymore, but they used to give you free
chocolate.
Ryan Selimos (20:25):
I was gonna ask if they okay.
Kenny Massa (20:27):
Good, they should, fantastic I don't know who knows
who's is, but yeah, we wouldeat a Johnny.
Did you go too when you were upin Jersey?
Jonny Strahl (20:37):
Yeah, when I was really really young, my brother
and sister for sure, yeah, yeah,yeah, that place is cool.
Kenny Massa (20:45):
Hershey Park is cool.
What?
James LaGamma (20:48):
about, I guess it's probably it's more in Ohio,
cedar Point.
I think it's like they have twobig ones Cedar Point and then
Geauga Lake.
No, never heard of that oneogalake is fucking.
It's literally like straight uponly roller coasters and the
craziest fucking roller coastersthere are.
Um kind of reminds me like asix flags six flags had some
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crazy roller coasters.
Kenny Massa (21:12):
I remember when I was young, kind of getting
towards into high school, giveor take, around that time they
created Kingda Ka, which was, Iremember I think, a top three
largest roller coaster or maybetop three fastest roller coaster
in the world.
It's, I think it might be fastand height.
I mean this thing was it would,basically.
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But the whole ride is it goesthis way, it goes straight up
and it comes straight down andthat's the whole ride and it was
huge, I mean really tall, andthey just like crank you back
and it would you'd hear it clickor they click, click, click and
they would just shoot you offand then you just go holy shit.
James LaGamma (21:51):
It says it went 128 miles an hour yeah, how tall
is it?
Kenny Massa (21:55):
it's like you could see, I think.
James LaGamma (21:57):
The highest drop, or I guess the biggest drop is
418 feet.
Ryan Selimos (22:05):
Yeah, that ride was crazy, yeah it was a cool
one.
Kenny Massa (22:08):
Kingda Ka was awesome, and then on top of that
, right around the same time,they made El Toro, and El Toro
was, I believe, the number onelargest all-wooden-made roller
coaster, maybe in the UnitedStates, or maybe top three or
something like that.
There was another statisticthere.
I mean, there was like so muchwood on this thing, it was
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insane.
The whole thing made out ofwood.
Pretty cool Wooden rollercoasters are awesome.
James LaGamma (22:36):
Third fastest wooden roller coaster Kenny.
Kenny Massa (22:40):
Third fastest wood rolling coaster.
James LaGamma (22:42):
Max speed of 70 miles an hour.
Jonny Strahl (22:45):
That was a good ride too.
Isn't there one in Abu Dhabithat goes like 150 miles an hour
Probably?
James LaGamma (22:57):
Probably.
Kenny Massa (22:57):
Sure, yeah, wouldn't doubt it.
But six flags great adventurehad some of the best roller
coasters at a theme park thatI've ever seen before and they
just kept making them.
They had superman, which wascool because you would lay like
you'd lay different, you'd laylike superman, like how he flies
, which was was different.
That was a unique kind ofdifferent style of a roller
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coaster.
But the OG roller coaster,there was Nitro.
Nitro was like Hulk, it was theshit.
James LaGamma (23:41):
You okay, Johnny.
Ryan Selimos (23:43):
Did I miss something?
Nitro was like Hulk it was theshit.
Kenny Massa (23:51):
I don't understand why you left.
I don't understand why you left.
Ryan Selimos (23:54):
Tell us what's so funny.
We'd love to share this withyou.
Kenny Massa (23:57):
James, you're at the same time as me.
James LaGamma (24:00):
Yeah, I think.
Jonny Strahl (24:02):
I said Ryan, is that you breathing?
And then James, you guys,there's a dog snoring at the
exact same time.
So I thought that was funny, ohon the chat.
James LaGamma (24:14):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, is it me?
Kenny Massa (24:18):
I think it's Ryan, I don't know.
James LaGamma (24:22):
I thought it was Garth.
I thought James was sleeping.
Ryan Selimos (24:25):
I don't know.
James LaGamma (24:27):
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.
I wasn't even talking that time, just my presence makes him
sleep.
Kenny Massa (24:33):
Where are you guys typing?
Huh, where are you guys typing?
James LaGamma (24:38):
The chat?
Yeah, in Riverside, all right.
So, ryan, breathe.
We don't want you to turnpurple, my guy, the viewers have
to listen to you.
Speaking of that quick sidebar,johnny the roller coaster,
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maestro, stetson, basketballgames.
You remember when we used to dothe roller coaster thing in the
stands?
Kenny Massa (25:19):
That was pretty fun , that was pretty fun that was
good have you guys ever lostanything On a roller coaster.
James LaGamma (25:30):
Yes, I lost my shoe one time.
Kenny Massa (25:35):
I did.
I lost a shoe, I was young.
Ryan Selimos (25:38):
I'm glad you were young.
I was walking.
I lost a shoe.
I was young.
I'm glad you were young.
I thought I lost a shoe.
Kenny Massa (25:42):
I was walking around with one shoe all day,
but people lose phones andwallets all the time.
James LaGamma (25:50):
I think I don't know if it was me, but I think
someone in my family lostsunglasses on a roller coaster
ride.
Well, that's.
Ryan Selimos (25:56):
I mean the amount of sunglasses RIP on a roller
coaster.
There's so many.
Kenny Massa (26:03):
Yeah, let me go in there and just put them all
together.
My cousin lost his wallet onHulk.
Jonny Strahl (26:10):
Oh.
Kenny Massa (26:12):
Yeah, but if you ever?
James LaGamma (26:13):
Well, he can't now because all they have is
lockers, which is kind ofannoying.
In order to get on Hulk or mostrides in Universal, you have to
go put your phone, wallet, keys, whatever, in a locker.
It's free, but yeah, probably.
Kenny Massa (26:31):
Because I think that they probably have to go to
security.
Then they have to get into theroller coaster.
Security has to go get itbecause it's the only person
that can get underneath theroller coaster.
Probably stops the rollercoaster.
Security has to go get itbecause it's the only person
that can get underneath theroller coaster.
James LaGamma (26:39):
It's probably a big deal, probably stops the
roller coaster too, unless it'snot in a bad spot.
We keep talking about rollercoasters and stuff, but as far
as theme parks and amusementparks go, what about water parks
?
Did you guys used to go towater parks when you were kids?
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Would you go now as an adult?
Kenny Massa (27:03):
Yes, I felt $70 in the wave pool one time.
James LaGamma (27:08):
You lost $70?
.
Kenny Massa (27:10):
Found $70.
I was like 12.
That was like finding a milliondollars, that's cool.
In the wave pool we hadHurricane Harbor.
Hurricane Harbor was like SixFlags' Waterpark and it was cool
.
James LaGamma (27:26):
There's a really cool waterpark by you, kenny,
that I used to frequent when Iwas younger.
I'm sure, ryan, you probablydid the same thing, but Rapids.
Yeah, that's huge RapidsWaterpark, oh yeah.
Kenny Massa (27:35):
It was awesome.
I would a thousand percentstill go to a waterpark.
Ryan Selimos (27:40):
I'd probably still go.
James LaGamma (27:43):
I'd feel gross.
It's disgusting.
Ryan Selimos (27:46):
You've been in worse things.
James LaGamma (27:48):
I know, but now that I know it's like you go to
Mucky Lake.
Kenny Massa (27:54):
That's different.
James LaGamma (27:57):
I'll take fish piss All day long.
Compared to human piss, there'senough chlorine to kill a,
that's different.
Kenny Massa (28:03):
That's different.
I'll take fish piss all daylong.
Compared to human piss, yeah,there's enough chlorine to kill
an alien in that thing.
Ryan Selimos (28:09):
That one was my favorite before they closed down
Wet n' Wild.
I was a big fan of that one inthe Orlando area.
Wet n'.
James LaGamma (28:15):
Wild yeah.
I liked Blizzard Beach up inOrlando.
Yeah, blizzard Beach, that, andthen Typhoon Lagoon was good
too, but I was always a BlizzardBeach up in Orlando.
Typhoon Lagoon was good too,but I was always a Blizzard.
Kenny Massa (28:25):
Beach guy or kid, Alright.
How about the safaris?
You ever go to the safaris?
James LaGamma (28:31):
Pivoting immediately from water parks.
He's out.
Ryan Selimos (28:37):
It's water park for Kenny.
You got to make sure youpronounce it right for him.
James LaGamma (28:41):
It's too cold for those Jersey folks to go in
some water.
Kenny Massa (28:45):
Yeah, I got like one time per year to go to the
water park.
That was it.
Yeah.
Jonny Strahl (28:50):
Have you guys been to Volcano Bay at all?
Ryan Selimos (28:53):
No, I've been one time.
Kenny Massa (28:56):
It's different, isn't it?
Yeah, in Orlando.
James LaGamma (29:00):
Yeah it's different.
Yeah, in orlando.
Yeah, it's universal.
Jonny Strahl (29:06):
It's it's interesting.
Yeah, I mean it.
I think it's very interestingbecause it's it's somewhat
reasonably newer.
Um, and just like the theme andlike how they're catering, like
between, like their virtualqueue systems and how you
actually get to the water slide,and they've got like a cabana
and like premium experience,which is interesting, and I feel
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like it might cater more togood old Ryan because it's a
little bit more, I guess,cleaner in a way.
It's like gives you that vibe.
It sounds like in a way, yeah,it gives you that vibe.
James LaGamma (29:40):
It sounds like the Hard Rock.
Jonny Strahl (29:42):
No sorry, James, you my bad.
I thought you were the one.
James LaGamma (29:44):
Yeah, nice cabana , get some drinks.
Never mind, no, I'm in.
Kenny Massa (29:49):
I'm in, that's James Lagama, james yeah we got
to go.
Jonny Strahl (29:54):
We got to go.
James LaGamma (29:55):
You might actually like it, because it's
cool, it's interesting all right, I I'm just I'm sure if I got
there I'd be fine and just doeverything we know.
I'm just just just knowingabout it back of my head.
Ryan Selimos (30:10):
I'm just a little whatever, answer us this, john,
because you mentioned thevirtual queue right so isn't it
advertised correct me if I'mwrong that at volcano baycano
Bay, this new style water park,you never wait in lines because
of the virtual queue solves that.
Is that the rumor?
Jonny Strahl (30:32):
Well, it allows you to reserve specific spots in
line, which means you neverhave to go there to wait,
essentially until you're up inthe queue, right, I say that
because when we went it, we thatwas the big selling point.
It's a the virtual queue.
Ryan Selimos (30:50):
You put your name in.
You never have to wait, andthat's great.
That's for, like some of thebigger rides.
But then you go to the littlerides you know how am I going to
spend my time while I wait inthe virtual queue?
They don't have to wait, andguess what you fucking do you
wait in line.
So I that I don't have to waitin, and guess what you fucking
do you wait in line.
So I don't really get the point.
I don't wait in line for thebig ride, I just go wait in line
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for other slides.
So either way, I'm stillwaiting in line.
Kenny Massa (31:17):
I mean, isn't that the theory of the Fast Pass,
though I don't know if they dothat anymore.
James LaGamma (31:20):
No, no, no, no.
That's completely different.
That's completely different.
The Fast Pass is a completelyseparate line.
Kenny Massa (31:27):
Okay, james, take it easy over there.
James LaGamma (31:31):
Oh no, you get me geared up because now we got
this genie bullshit going on andit costs so much fucking money
just to get to go ride a ride.
Ryan Selimos (31:40):
What's genie.
Why do I have to pay for FastPass?
Never had to pay for it before.
Kenny Massa (31:44):
I don't know up as a kid.
James LaGamma (31:45):
What the fuck?
Kenny, you probably rememberthis when you were younger,
because I know you like Disney alot, but the FastPass used to
get them for free.
You just walk up, you got the.
Kenny Massa (31:53):
FastPass.
It came back at your time.
James LaGamma (31:56):
You basically got on the line or got on the ride
a hell of a lot faster than ifyou have to wait the 50, 60
minutes that the regular line isNow.
They changed it recently aroundCOVID time to this Genie Pass.
And then there's this otherthing that you can buy too,
where in order to get the FastPass you have to pay for it and
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then different rides aredifferent amounts and then
sometimes you have to get thisGenie Pass.
Then the extra spend to go dothe fast pass thing.
So nothing's free anymore forriding these rides.
Jonny Strahl (32:30):
Lightning lane.
James LaGamma (32:32):
Lightning lane.
Thank you, thank you.
Ryan Selimos (32:34):
Dizzy doesn't make enough money, we got to charge
a fast pass.
Hey, kiss my ass.
Un-fucking-believable.
James LaGamma (32:47):
Which is wild because it clearly worked before
the regular fast pass situation.
I know what they're trying todo and why they offer this fast
pass because people come fromfucking far and wide to come to
disney and they want to ride aspecific ride, and so they will
pay money to actually go ridethe ride and not have to wait.
Dude, I've seen 230 minutes forlike the star wars over yeah
it's insane.
You could watch through or twostar wars movies while waiting
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in that line I have seen thattoo.
Kenny Massa (33:14):
I have seen like 220 plus, and yet three, four
hour line, not even at six flags.
Good adventure, the sameproblem, because they had a lot
of people coming from New Yorkand PA.
And three hours like if you'reriding on two fucking rides all
day.
Six hours like no way.
Ryan Selimos (33:32):
That brings up a great question what is your cap
on?
Like you see the weight?
Where's that line?
Where it's, I don't care, whatthe ride, I'm not waiting X
amount of time to go on that.
Kenny Massa (33:47):
Where is your kind of breaking point?
Probably 40 minutes for me.
Kenny's never going to anamusement park again.
James LaGamma (33:53):
Kenny's there, Kenny, I think when we went to
Disney we waited one ride longerthan 40 minutes.
Ryan Selimos (34:00):
We didn't do a 60-minute.
Hey guys, you know what I can'twait for, right, kenny, we've
talked about it Expecting father.
We're very proud of you.
Ken's going to go to theseamusement parks.
Jonny Strahl (34:10):
He's going to wait 90 minutes to two hours to take
a picture with Mickey.
Kenny Massa (34:16):
Just, we're going to fucking fast pass.
We're going to pay fucking$5,000 for the fucking fast pass
.
James LaGamma (34:21):
He's got a point.
He's got a point.
Kenny Massa (34:24):
They fucking got me .
That's what happened.
James LaGamma (34:27):
Kenny's going to go ahead and spend the fucking
10K on the VIP fucking servicewhere you have a Disney person
walking you around Disney.
Ryan Selimos (34:34):
I got to ride around in a scooter all day.
I got some financial advice.
Everyone go buy Disney stockright now, for when Kenny has a
kid.
He's going to be funding.
Kenny Massa (34:44):
He's going to be funding the growth for us boys.
Listen, I love Disney.
I love everything about Orlando.
I mean Universal too.
Everything up there is awesomeand 40 minutes is more than
enough time to wait.
James LaGamma (35:01):
Kenny's going during the week.
That's what's happening.
Ryan Selimos (35:04):
James, where are you at with time?
Where's your cap?
Kenny Massa (35:07):
Probably not first time I go.
James LaGamma (35:11):
I'll do 90, it depends.
So it depends on If I've riddenthe ride yet and I really want
to ride it, then yeah, I'll dolike the longer time.
So that's kind of like the 90minute mark Is where I'm at.
But if I've been on it alreadywhich I have annual passes at
Disney and I've been to God Ican't even fucking tell you how
(35:31):
many times I've been there Imight even get close to like the
50 mark on visiting.
But outside of that, like youknow, we'll wait when we want to
wait.
We just chill.
We bring snacks, we've got ourbackpack, we've got water.
We'll wait when we want to wait, we just chill.
We bring snacks, we've got ourbackpack, we've got water.
(35:51):
Like it's not a problem If it'shot out probably not.
But 90 minutes is a cap.
Okay, 60 for something I'veprobably ridden already.
Ryan Selimos (36:01):
I'm about 60 myself, just 90, it's too much.
I'll find something different.
I'm 60, maybe 75, you, you knowif it lingers like that, but
I'm in that range see, I'm usingthe app and I'm looking at
where where's the wait times ohyeah of course yeah, yeah, you
go during lunch instead ofeating, because usually they get
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down.
James LaGamma (36:22):
You kind of wait till the night time or you get
into the park real early.
Kenny Massa (36:25):
Yeah, hit the high volume rides first thing and
stuff like that Exactly, I mean,I'm definitely strategizing.
Yeah, and in all these parks,I've been to every single one of
them, whether it's in NewJersey or Orlando at this point,
so you know those.
I mean for those who don't knowthere's definitely rides where
and there's.
I mean for those who don't knowthere's definitely rides where
and there's a strategy to thewhole system.
(36:46):
Uh, and james can tell you allabout that, because you guys go
a lot more than probably any ofus literally going.
James LaGamma (36:51):
This weekend took off work just to go this, this
or sorry, uh, not weekend.
Kenny Massa (36:55):
Friday took off work just to go to epcot we're
gonna drink, it's gonna be goodyou go a lot epcot's, we did
that around the world and then Ipuked yeah a couple times.
Jonny Strahl (37:07):
And then I puked oh, your sister once, and then I
puked Kenny's closing statementTypically.
James LaGamma (37:13):
Yeah.
Kenny Massa (37:14):
I puked.
James LaGamma (37:16):
Was that the time when we went with your sister,
or was that the time when wewent with, because I know Patty
had only been there, but thatwas the time when it was just us
four yeah on the way home.
Kenny Massa (37:28):
I got out of the car and I felt.
And I got out of the car andwhen I went to puke I puked on
an anthill.
I had like 500 ants on me whenI got back oh, I think I
remember that.
James LaGamma (37:38):
Yep, that's fucking hysterical.
Kenny Massa (37:41):
I mean, they get you.
I drank wine, I drank rum, Idrank beer, I drank sake.
I drank wine, I drank rum, Idrank beer, I drank sake, I
drank tequila.
I had.
Every fucking drink there wasAround.
The World is cool, though thatwas fun.
Take it easy, go at a decentpace.
Ryan Selimos (37:56):
Disney stock doing pretty well.
Thank you, Kenny Wine, tequila,all the purchases, buddy.
Like I said, I love Disney.
Kenny Massa (38:04):
I think wine, all the purchases, buddy.
Like I said, I love Disney.
James LaGamma (38:09):
I think sometimes these amusement parks and theme
parks get like a bad rapbecause you spend like all this
money and then when you get tothe park you're like, great, now
I got to spend money on food.
Honestly, food's prettyreasonably priced at these theme
parks as of late, like I canget an eight to $12 beer at a
regular bar, just like I can atDisney or universal, and it's
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the same 16 ounce beer.
Like it's not a.
You know, a burger is like $12,you know, I don't know it's not
that bad.
But you can also bring foodinto the parks, which I know a
lot of people didn't know about.
Jonny Strahl (38:44):
I don't know if that's true about all parks.
James LaGamma (38:46):
I know that's true for Disney.
Kenny Massa (38:48):
What I like about Epcot is you can get things that
are completely different.
James LaGamma (38:52):
Yeah, you can try a lot of foods, things you
could never get anywhere else.
Kenny Massa (38:55):
So it's worth spending to get access to
something that you wouldn't getanywhere else, particularly
beers and drinks and whatnotfrom different places from
around the world.
It's a pretty cool experience,so if you haven't experienced
that, why not go all in?
James LaGamma (39:11):
Oh yeah, Drinking around the world is pretty
sweet, but drive safe.
Kenny Massa (39:16):
I didn't drive safe .
James LaGamma (39:17):
Yeah, I've never tried Ubering to a theme park
before.
I wonder how that would go.
Kenny Massa (39:23):
I mean, you don't live far.
It would suck if you lived twoand a half hours away.
James LaGamma (39:27):
Yeah, I know, but I wonder if you'd like Uber to
a bus stop or they can actuallytake you to the park.
Ryan Selimos (39:33):
They have Uber drop-off points.
James LaGamma (39:35):
They have 100% they do I mean, Disney does such
a good job at hiding thingslike that that I would have no
fucking clue.
Ryan Selimos (39:47):
I'll look out for it.
On.
James LaGamma (39:48):
Friday.
Ryan Selimos (39:50):
There you go buddy , they do.
Jonny Strahl (39:53):
They have an actual, especially at Epcot.
It's pretty convenient.
It's like, right, there's aspecific area, done it a few
times Too frequently.
James LaGamma (40:05):
To be honest, it's not proud of it when you
guys were, uh, kids, were youguys always getting all the all
the like uh, I don't know shirts, ears, hats, all the fucking
merchandise that you couldpossibly even hope and dream of
when you were a kid?
Kenny Massa (40:24):
Nope, nope.
James LaGamma (40:27):
Parents said nah not happening Ry.
Ryan Selimos (40:29):
I'm not paying X dollars whatever it was back
then for you to get somethingthat you're going to use for fun
, get something that'soverpriced for you to use it,
I'm not paying.
I'm not paying that.
I already brought you to Disney.
I'm over there looking.
It was always the fan with thewater spray.
I mean right.
In the summer, and you're justlooking for the freshman?
(40:51):
Absolutely not.
Well, it's the big lollipopright.
That's about the size of thisthing over here.
You're going to take four licksof it and be done.
I'm not buying that.
James LaGamma (41:04):
It was always no for Ryan, it's okay, but Matt
got everything he ever wanted,right?
Ryan Selimos (41:09):
No, no?
James LaGamma (41:11):
no, both the way you know, but Kenny it sounded
like got everything.
Ryan Selimos (41:14):
Kenny got everything.
Jonny Strahl (41:15):
You want this.
Ryan Selimos (41:16):
What was your experience when it came to the
merchandise there, Kenneth?
Kenny Massa (41:20):
I wasn't asking for stupid shit.
It was basically if I wantedsomething random, yeah, I would
get it, but I wasn't asking foreverything.
But I did have this one thing.
You like spun it like this yeah, like a light, and then it like
said words when you spun itreally fast Let me get this.
You're like flickering, so letme get this straight.
Ryan Selimos (41:41):
The little light flickers.
That's not stupid, but on a hotsummer day, the refreshing
water is stupid.
Just so I understand wherewe're at right now in this
analogy.
Okay, Perfect.
Kenny Massa (41:54):
Listen.
If I had to give a secretmessage to someone, that light
thing was fucking crucial.
So yes, Ryan, it was very muchmore important than your fan
that sprayed where you could getit at any theme park, anywhere.
You and every other kid wouldjust go back to Disney.
Ryan Selimos (42:12):
Okay, all right, sure, I'll hold stir Okay.
James LaGamma (42:15):
That's fucking hilarious.
I'm going to look out for oneof those.
I don't know if they sell.
I know they have the fan squirtbottle that Ryan's talking
about.
Still, they sell those.
I don't know if they sell.
I know they have the fan squirtbottle that Ryan's talking
about.
Still, they sell those.
But the secret message spinningthing I don't know if that's
around anymore.
Kenny Massa (42:30):
Maybe it's an antique.
I should go dig it up Somewhere.
My mom probably still got it Ina garage or some shit.
Ryan Selimos (42:40):
Love it.
James LaGamma (42:43):
I was a little spoiled, rotten kid when I was
going to the theme parks.
I was that person, that kidthat, every single time they got
off the ride.
Ryan Selimos (42:51):
Oh yeah, oh are you kidding me?
James LaGamma (42:55):
I can hear the sarcasm, ryan, fuck off.
But yeah, no, I was the kidthat they got me.
Every single time they put thegift shop at the end of the ride
, which nowadays, I think isfucking annoying as all hell.
But, it's fucking smart.
They're smart, they know how toget the money out of you.
Yep, now they don't do it asmuch.
(43:18):
From what I've noticed, they'llhave, like, the stores are kind
of on the side At least that'show Guardians works so you get
off the ride to get my pictures,yep, mm.
Hmm, they'll have the stores onthe side.
At least that's how Guardiansworks.
Is that the thing with thepictures you?
Kenny Massa (43:27):
get off the ride.
You can buy your pictures, Yep.
James LaGamma (43:30):
I never bought one of those, never once, not
now not never, I don't remember.
You know, they just redidSplash Mountain.
What yeah Redid?
Jonny Strahl (43:45):
it to what?
What did they do?
James LaGamma (43:49):
I think it's Princess and the Frog.
Maybe it's pretty cool lookingactually.
Let's see what did they changeit to?
Kenny Massa (44:03):
Ryan, you're going to have a girl and you're going
to have to go on all the shitthat you don't want to go on.
Ryan Selimos (44:06):
The fuck out of here.
Jonny Strahl (44:10):
Are you talking about Tiana's Bayou Adventure?
James LaGamma (44:12):
Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
Kenny Massa (44:18):
Ryan's new favorite ride.
James LaGamma (44:20):
It's pretty cool, though they like made the.
It's not like that brown, kindof like Almost Desert feeling.
It's now it's like Louisianabody, so it's all green and shit
.
It looks pretty cool.
You seem upset, ryan.
Ryan Selimos (44:41):
Guess we'll find out or not.
I enjoyed Splashdown man.
You know that was a childhoodmemory, the fact that they redid
it.
I'm a little disappointed,that's okay.
James LaGamma (44:50):
It's still the same ride.
They just changed the theme ofit.
Kenny Massa (44:53):
Like I said before they do that, they recycle these
rides.
James LaGamma (44:56):
Yep.
Kenny Massa (44:58):
What's that beer that you get in Harry Potter
world?
It's like a what a beer.
Ryan Selimos (45:08):
No alcohol, they're Harry.
Kenny Massa (45:08):
Potter world.
I will tell you, oh really, Iwill tell you, they're Harry
Potter world, though thearchitecture and engineering in
that place is absurd.
Just the design and everythingin that place is next level.
James LaGamma (45:27):
Props to whoever built shit Imagineers?
Kenny Massa (45:31):
Yeah, well, that's why it takes them so long.
I mean, it's crazy.
James LaGamma (45:35):
Oh yeah, they're building a new park actually in
Orlando for Universal.
It's the.
Jonny Strahl (45:40):
Epic.
James LaGamma (45:41):
What is it called ?
The Epic Universe, which iskind called the Epic Universe,
which is kind of like Nintendothemed.
That's cool.
They've got some pretty coolstuff going on there.
I'm excited.
I heard people already boughttickets.
I think it's supposed to open2025.
(46:01):
Which is insane, never heard ofit, so I'm looking forward.
I didn't even know there wasstill enough land over by where
universal is to build somethinglike that, but I guess they had
a big chunk over by.
I drive, I think Right, isn't itacross from I four kind of
(46:22):
close to a volcano Bay.
Jonny Strahl (46:25):
Yeah, it's right over there.
James LaGamma (46:27):
Okay, good All right?
Kenny Massa (46:34):
well, to wrap it up , because I got jumped on the
Safari question, I forgot thatwe never came back to the Safari
Animal Kingdom.
Ryan Selimos (46:45):
That's all you need to the safari Animal
kingdom.
Kenny Massa (46:46):
That's all you need to know what's your favorite
safari animal.
James LaGamma (46:54):
Rhinos.
Kenny Massa (46:57):
Okay.
James LaGamma (46:58):
There's nothing cuter than a little rhino.
I guess that, or an elephant.
Kenny Massa (47:02):
A baby elephant, baby giraffe, giraffe's cool too
.
Yeah, any safari baby animalbasically.
James LaGamma (47:13):
Yeah, pretty much yeah.
Kenny Massa (47:15):
Yeah, pretty much I'm with you on that Makes sense
, you got the Lion CountrySafari.
James LaGamma (47:25):
near you, kenny, it's in Loxahatchee.
Kenny Massa (47:28):
Yeah, I've been Patty and I have been.
They have the Safari in NewJersey that's attached to Six
Flags Good Adventure Years ago.
Now I think you have to drivethrough like a Safari truck.
They bring you through andeverything.
Now I think you have to drivethrough like a safari truck,
they bring you through andeverything.
Years ago it was basically aroad that you took your car and
(47:48):
you drove through the safariwith your car and it was a big
trail that you would just drivethrough from entrance to exit
and you would see differentanimals and a lot of the animals
were separated, not reallycages or anything like that.
It was just basically a big,huge, open safari and divided
very nicely.
And then towards the end you'dget to this one section where
(48:13):
monkeys, like baboons, would runwild and they would jump on
your car and stuff, but theystarted to like damage cars.
They would rip off the antennas, they would rip off the mirrors
on the sides, they would likejump up and down on the hoods
and put dents in cars.
They were crazy, so they justthey had to stop that at one
point, but I remember like itwould.
(48:33):
They would just like rip yourantenna off, which is nuts I
know they're.
James LaGamma (48:40):
no, they're not shy to sticking their heads into
the windows and gettingwhatever food you got in there.
Yeah, sticking their big-asstongues out too.
It's kind of.
Kenny Massa (48:49):
The giraffes got purple tongues, or something
like that Mm-hmm, blue tongue,purple tongue.
James LaGamma (48:53):
Yeah, Lydia went to one up in Kansas City area
with one of her friends and somebig tongues this man just said
those are some big tongues, areyou good?
I guess not good enough.
Johnny looks real enthused.
Ryan Selimos (49:15):
Johnny's real interested.
Just like everyone else, hedrew a half tongue.
Jonny Strahl (49:22):
Wonderful One big hippo guy, hippos, hippo, hippo
All right.
Kenny Massa (49:33):
Well, can't wait till we go to another Universal
slash Disney.
James LaGamma (49:40):
Yeah, maybe we'll get you to strap a GoPro on
your chest right, Kenny, Likeyou always say.
Kenny Massa (49:46):
No, not there, We'll have Ryan.
James LaGamma (49:50):
Maybe at a water park?
How about that?
Kenny Massa (49:52):
Okay, I'll go to a water park.
Maybe I'll find another 70bucks in the wave pool Maybe All
right.
Ryan Selimos (50:08):
Until then, the bender continues.
James LaGamma (50:11):
The bender continues.
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