The Golden Horseshoe Review: A Disney Theme Park Podcast
Alex Pasco, Greg Maletic, and Louie Mantia
113 episodes
6 days ago
We're three design geeks that love talking about Disney theme parks. There are lots of Disney podcasts out there, but we've streamlined ours. We talk only theme parks, from experience and design angles. No movies, pin trading, video games, or ESPN. And we try to keep it short: between 15 and 30 minutes. Join us!
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We're three design geeks that love talking about Disney theme parks. There are lots of Disney podcasts out there, but we've streamlined ours. We talk only theme parks, from experience and design angles. No movies, pin trading, video games, or ESPN. And we try to keep it short: between 15 and 30 minutes. Join us!
Alex interviews Louie and Greg about their recent trip to Star Wars Land. What did they think? Join us in part 1 to get an overview of the place, and learn about the cantina and droid building!
We’ve ridden Guardians: Mission Breakout. What did we think? Is it better than Tower of Terror? Join us and find out! We then gripe about Soarin’ Around the World, and lavish praise on a superb Soarin’ clone in Seattle called “Wings Over Washington”.
Hear all about our experiences with Disneyland's new phone-based line-skipping technology. How does it compare to that old standby FastPass, or to Walt Disney World's FastPass-Plus? Join us and find out!
After a long hiatus, we are back, with Alex telling us all about his two trips to visit Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Does it rank among Disney's greatest achievements? Join us and find out!
We wrap up Shanghai Disneyland with Fantasyland's Voyage to the Crystal Grotto and Tomorrowland's amazing TRON Power Run, which Alexa claims is the best. Disney. Ride. Ever. Join us!
We leave Mickey Avenue and head over to Adventure Isle and Treasure Cove, visiting Shanghai’s all-new, high-tech rendition of Pirates of the Caribbean. Join us!
Louie and guest Alexa Grafera tell us all about their trip to the newest Disneyland, Shanghai! We discuss the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, Disney Town, Mickey Avenue, and Louie's special contributions this brand new park. Join us!
We continue our tour around Hong Kong Disneyland, visiting what Louie claims is Disney's best attraction ever: Mystic Manor. And we speculate about a second park for Hong Kong. Special guest: Maja Henderson.
Louie and his friends just got back from a huge Disney trip through Asia. First stop: Hong Kong Disneyland! We analyze the hotels, the resort, and the park itself, starting with Main Street, Adventureland, and Fantasyland! Special guest: Maja Henderson.
In the second and final part of our 100th episode, we cover a bunch of mini-topics. Sticking "Disney's" in front of everything, variable ticket pricing, and more on Guardians of the Galaxy Tower, including how it looks and what it's named.
In part 1 of our 100th episode, we cover a bunch of mini-topics. Guardians of the Galaxy makeovers, a possible Star Wars Hotel, Muppets in Liberty Square, we've got it all! Join us!
How "broken" does an attraction have to be before Disney closes it to guests? What if Madame Leota isn't working? What if there's no music on California Screamin'? Join us to discuss the ins and out of "critical effects" with guest Jessie Char.
Everyone assumed Disneyland's Tomorrowland would be filled with Star Wars and Marvel stuff, but Star Wars and Marvel now have their own dedicated lands. So where does that leave Tomorrowland? We take a fresh look at this topic with guest Jessie Char.
Should it be Cars Land, or Radiator Springs? If they call Star Wars Land "Star Wars Land", is that a mistake? Join us in our attempt to figure out the rules of theme park land naming!
Everybody’s got a favorite Disney film that has little or no presence in the theme parks. We talk about these missed opportunities, from Mary Poppins and Bedknobs & Broomsticks to Duck Tales and Inside Out. Join us!
We've talked in the past about our favorite food... but which park restaurants have Disney's absolute worst food? We also talk a bit about DCA's Food & Wine Festival, and food in Star Wars Land. Join us!
We take on the most outlandish rumor to hit Disneyland in years: giving the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror a Guardians of the Galaxy makeover. Join us as we discuss the pros and cons of this move, its likelihood…and the lousy state of WDI's puns.
Louie's fed up with rude guests at Disneyland. We discuss guests that talk during attractions, guests that take flash photos, which park's guests are the best-behaved, and what Disney can do to solve the problem.
Your three hosts have all taken turns with the newest VR technologies. Do they have a place at the Disney parks? Will they obsolete the Disney parks? Join us!
The Golden Horseshoe Review: A Disney Theme Park Podcast
We're three design geeks that love talking about Disney theme parks. There are lots of Disney podcasts out there, but we've streamlined ours. We talk only theme parks, from experience and design angles. No movies, pin trading, video games, or ESPN. And we try to keep it short: between 15 and 30 minutes. Join us!
