The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them, the culture that influenced them, and what could make them even better. A Boardwalk Times Podcast.
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Latest Episodes
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - Cave Train to the Lost World!!!
What makes a theme park attraction “work” even when it is low-tech, weird, and proudly uncool? We've never stopped loving this goofy retro dark ride from the '60s that endures beyond most of its regional cousins.We get into the caveman c...
The Oldest Illusions Still Power Modern Attractions - A Pete History Special Shorty
Theme parks feel like cutting-edge engineering, but a lot of the best ride magic is centuries old and sometimes way stranger than you’d guess. We follow the historical lipstick traces behind modern attraction design, learning how people first l...
King Kong and Universal or: Is That a Banana in Your Pocket or Are You Just Glad to See Me?
King Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World, has lived so many lives across movies and theme parks. We follow Kong from the 1933 classic to the attractions that helped Universal Studios evolve from a tour into a destination, to the surprising sto...
Randotti Skulls - The Disneyland Souvenir That Doubled As A Bludgeon
A three-pound glow-in-the-dark skull from Disneyland sounds like a joke until you realize it was real, widely sold, and now weirdly hard to find. We’re talking about Randotti skulls: handmade chalkware souvenirs that once hung from hot rod mirr...
Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure and the Giant Ice-Maker of Doom!
A giant boulder looms, your jeep “panics,” and somehow you leave feeling like you just lived a 1920s Republic serial on steroids!We trace how Indiana Jones is born from the language of movie serials and classic adventure cinema, then fo...
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