The Season Pass: The Essential Theme Park Podcast

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week we review new major attractions in the Theme Park World.  Nick Hutson returns to the SPDR with Doug Barnes with guest Sandra from Sweden and Darrell (Wylder on the Season Pass Forums) to scrutinize Saw: The Ride in Thorpe Park, Manta in SeaWorld Orlando and Characters in Flight in Downtown WDW.   We also get a “sweet” review of Liseberg Park in Sweden.  Lots of fun, please enjoy!   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it! Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announ

 *Subscribe @ iTunes* The Season Pass Discussion is at Maximum Occupancy this week.  Martin Palicki (Editor-in-Chief/Owner of IPM: InPark Magazine), Robert Coker (Owner of www.Thrillride.com), and Urso Chappell (Owner of www.ExpoMuseum.com) join Doug Barnes (Owner/Producer of The Season Pass Podcast) and Brent Young (Creative Director/Co-Founder of Super 78) to discuss the Official 2008 Theme Park Attendance Results and the 2009 Season for the Amusement Industry.  Loads of Info and Fun… Please Enjoy! ;) (Special Bonus at the end of the show).   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it! Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast

 *Subscribe @ iTunes* Episode 77 is all about Shanghai… 2010 World’s Fair that is.  Brent Young returns from his trip in China and brings along some amazing conversation about the US Pavilion for the 2010 Expo in Shanghai China.  Brad Shelton-Director of Entertainment Experiences for BRC Imagination Arts and Urso Chappell of ExpoMuseum.com join Doug and Brent in the Season Pass Discussion Room for some “Breaking News” and inside information straight from the people involved with the 2010 U.S. Pavilion.  You don’t want to miss this!!      Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it! Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com m

*Subscribe @ iTunes* Nick Hutson (MusicalTalk.co.uk) takes the helm for Episode 76 and has an enlightening discussion with Broadway & TV’s John Tartaglia.  As Nick would put it – “This is a Season Pass Theme Park Geek Fest!”  However, even though John might be a “geek” for theme parks he has much experience within the industry as he discusses his love for parks and attractions, getting some Disney Star treatment, his work behind the magic, and he treats us to a Back Door Pass of the “Muppets Studio” attraction that (unfortunately) never flourished in Disney/MGM Studios Florida.  Doug Barnes also joins Nick for an introduction and closing feedback.  This show is great fun, please enjoy!   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com  Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : ) Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonp

The International Authority on Everything Theme Park Related.  Join a Cast of Experts and Fans Every Week On an Informative  Immersive Experience into the World of Rides, Attractions and Parks.   *Subscribe @ iTunes* For Episode 75, we take Look Back at a few of our favorite interviews.  You’ll hear segments from the Marty Krofft, Barry Braverman, Jerry Rees, Alan Stein & David Kneupper Interviews.  Enjoy!     Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it! Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to anno

© 2009 Season Pass Podcast   The International Authority on Everything Theme Park Related.  Join a Cast of Experts and Fans Every Week On an Informative  Immersive Experience into the World of Rides, Attractions and Parks.    *Subscribe @ iTunes*   Hey Season Pass Holders, episode 74 is a special (and long!) show for you this week.  Arthur Levine - The Theme Parks Guide of About.com joins Doug Barnes and Mike Collins (www.CoasterRadio.com) in an extensive conversation about working as the Theme Park Guide for www.about.com, water parks (especially the indoor resort boom), park trends (including “Interactivity”),  Arthur’s E-Ticket and Z-Ticket selections and we take a look into the 2009 season (analyzing both economy and new attractions).  This is a jam-packed episode loaded with fun that you don’t want to miss!!  Enjoy. ; )   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Become our friend on our MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )

The International Authority on Everything Theme Park Related.  Join a Cast of Experts and Fans Every Week On an Informative  Immersive Experience into the World of Rides, Attractions and Parks.   *Subscribe @ iTunes* In this week’s Season Pass, Pat McCabe (A Walk in the Park Podcast, In The Loop) joins Shannon and Doug Barnes in the SPDR.  We discuss Enthusiast Events and have a West Coast Bash 2009 review.  We also have an appearance by Nick Hutson to give us an opening rundown of the new SAW: The Ride at Thorpe Park in the UK.  There’s also on-ride audio commentary for Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Gold Rusher, Riddler’s Revenge, Colossus, and Goliath (though it was quite windy so… well you’ll hear).  Please enjoy this fan-packed show!!   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Par

www.seasonpasspodcast.com   *Subscribe @ iTunes*   This week’s Season Pass is all about Theme Park Review.  Robb Alvey of themeparkreview.com joins Doug Barnes and Brent Young in the Season Pass Discussion Room as we talk about the creation, community, forums, trips, events, and hard work that makes Theme Park Review the BIGGEST unofficial theme park gathering on the Internet!  You don’t want to miss this outstanding episode... Enjoy!   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com     Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it!   Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything

 *Subscribe @ iTunes* Episode 71 is here and it does not disappoint.  Chris Brown  (President of Contour Entertainment & former Walt Disney Imagineer) joins Doug Barnes and Brent Young in the Season Pass Discussion Room.  We get deep into the engineering and mathematics involved with attractions.  We also discuss the development process for Star Tours (Disneyland), Catastrophe Canyon (Disney’s Hollywood Studios), the structure behind crowd control, projects in Dubai, the New EarthQuest Adventures (coming to Houston, TX), the origin of DisneySea (Tokyo), and soooo much more!  Enjoy.   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : ) Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it! Contact us: doug@

*Subscribe @ iTunes* We are at 70!  Martin Palicki of IPM Magazine (inparkmagazine.com) returns to the Season Pass Discussion Room to discuss IPM, Water Parks, the American Idol Experience in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the New Kim Possible Attraction in EPCOT, and the 2009 THEAS – The Themed Entertainment Association’s Awards.  A return to the classic  for the Season Pass, Enjoy! Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : ) Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it! Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. – 1-916-248-5524 Thanx t

*Subscribe @ iTunes*   Welcome to episode 69 Dudes!!  This week we interview Composer/Sound Designer David Kneupper of Kneupper Music.  We discuss the challenges and perks of composing music for Themed Attractions and Parks as well as some of David’s projects- Jaws The Ride (USF). The ET Adventure (USF), Waterworld Stunt Show (USH), Time Riders (Movie Park Germany), The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield, Illinois), The US Pavilion for World Expo (Aichi, Japan), and more!  Please Enjoy!   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com    Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )    Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. – 1-916-248-5524   Thanx to each one of you for listeni

*Subscribe @ iTunes*   Good Day Everyone!!  The Season Pass Discussion Room is not in session this week… Instead we have Listener Feedback and an outstanding audio walk-through of the London Dungeon presented by Nick Hutson (www.musicaltalk.co.uk).  Please Enjoy!   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com     Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it!   Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. – 1-916-248-5524   Thanx to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is extremely appreciated. The International Authority on

*Subscribe @ iTunes*  Hey Everyone!  Want to know more about the RideWorld Coaster Club?  Well here it is –  all you need to know!  Chris Godsey of www.rideworld.com and Robert Coker of www.thrillride.com join Doug and Brent in the SPDR this week.  We discuss, RideWorld.Com, 2009 Coaster Meets (West Coast Bash, HoliWood Nights, CoasterMania, etc.), and coaster developers.  Get inside stories on B&M, Intamin, Giovanola, and the new “Mega Light Projects.”  This is our BIGGEST coaster episode ever… Enjoy!   Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : ) Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it! Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or A

*Subscribe @ iTunes*   Hello everyone!  Darrin Hughes- the Creative Principal of i2i Animation Inc. and former Walt Disney Imagineer joins us in the Season Pass Discussion Room.  We discuss the art and technical aspects behind the world of Audio Animatronics and take a look inside some of Darrin’s projects including Star Tours, Pirates of the Caribbean, the re-imagined Spaceship Earth, It’s Tough to be a Bug, Sonny Eclipse, Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story Mania and More!  I guarantee this is the only podcast that you’ll hear a huge Yeti be compared to a small Sinbad… Enjoy!     Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com     Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it!   Contact us: doug@seasonp

Here is Part 3 of Doug's and Shannon's review of Orlando.  We discuss all four parks in the Walt Disney World Resort (Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney's Hollywood Studios).  This one is LONG... *Subscribe @ iTunes* seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com  The International Authority on Everything Theme Park Related.  Join a Cast of Experts and Fans Every Week On an Informative, immersive experience into the World of Rides, Attractions and Parks. Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com  Join the fun on the Season Pass Discussion Boards – www.seasonpassforums.com. Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. – 1-916-248-5524   Thanx to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is extremely appreciated. © 2009 Season Pass Podcast

*Subscribe @ iTunes*   Episode 64 is in the House!  Nick Hutson (musicaltalk.co.uk) joins Doug Barnes in the Season Pass Discussion Room for some old school podcasting.  We discuss Shanghai Disneyland, Cedar Point Wages, HoliWood Nights in Holiday World Indiana, and we have On Ride Audio of Disaster from Universal Studios Florida (Very Very Funny!).  Good stuff ahead on the Season Pass… Enjoy!   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it!   Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. – 1-916-248-5524   Thanx to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is ex

The International Authority on Everything Theme Park Related.  Join a Cast of Experts and Fans Every Week On an Informative  Immersive Experience into the World of Rides, Attractions and Parks.   *Subscribe @ iTunes*   Welcome to Episode 63 of the Season Pass Podcast!  Unfortunately, because of health issues there is no Discussion Room this week (the worst cold and flu season TSPP has ever experienced).  In this episode you’ll hear on-ride audio from The Cat in the Hat (IOA), Mission Space (EPCOT), Tower of Terror (Hollywood Studios & California Adventure) and Haunted Mansion (Magic Kingdom).  Nick Hutson (musicaltalk.co.uk) returns to the Season Pass to discuss Theme Park books.    Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post

*Subscribe @ iTunes*  Welcome to Episode 62 of the Season Pass Podcast!  We have a very special guest for this week’s show; Alan Stein – President of Sky’s The Limit International and Former Corporate Director of Entertainment for the Busch Entertainment Corporation.  We Discuss Busch Gardens, SeaWorld, the InBev Take-Over, the future of the Busch Parks, Worlds of Discovery Dubai and we break down the entire Creative Process for the Believe Killer Whale Show currently playing in all three SeaWorld Parks.  This is an amazing conversation that you do not want to miss!!  Enjoy. seasonpasspodcast@gmail.comThe International Authority on Everything Theme Park Related.  Join a Cast of Experts and Fans Every Week On an Informative  Immersive Experience into the World of Rides, Attractions and Parks.Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Sea

Here is Part 2 of the Orlando Trip Review.  We discuss Islands of Adventure & Universal Studios in the Universal Studios Florida Resort.

*Subscribe @ iTunes*   Episode 60 is here and it’s the 2008 Theme Park Year in Review.  Urso Chappell (www.expomuseum.com) is back in the SPDR w/ Brent Young (Creative Director – Super 78) and Doug Barnes (Owner, Producer – Season Pass Podcast) for the whole break down… of course we talk Worlds Fair! : )  Enjoy and Happy 2009!   Check out the website www.seasonpasspodcast.com - Join the  Season Pass Forums when your over there and become our friend on our new MySpace and FaceBook Sites! : )   Want your “Theme/Amusement Park Fun” Pictures on the Season Pass Website?  Send them to seasonpasspodcast@gmail.com or doug@seasonpasspodcast.com and we’ll post it!   Contact us: doug@seasonpasspodcast.com brent@seasonpasspodcast.com matt@seasonpasspodcast.com   Call the Hotline with Park Trip Reports, Podcast Comments, or Anything else you would like to announce. – 1-916-248-5524   Thanx to each one of you for listening to the show.  Your support is extremely appreciated.