For the Love of Theme Parks Podcast: Recent Episodes
ForTheLoveOfThemeParks
Sharing our passion for Theme Parks and Themed Entertainment. Follow along with us as we take an in-depth look at all the great (and not so great) rides, shows, restaurants and attractions your favorite theme parks have to offer.
Do you wake up every day and yearn for an action movie that was filmed on Disney property? Well do we have news for you!
Join Isabelle and Ryan this week as they discuss everyone's favorite pro-wrestling and Disney crossover....
THUNDER IN PARADISE!
Ever wonder what its like to be a Theme Park Content Creator??
Branding, Graphic Design, Monetization, Video Editing, Tiktok, Instagram, YouTube, Treating it like a Small Business, & all the mistakes we made along the way!
Join us for the one year anniversary of us launching the For the Love of Theme Parks brand!
SeaCab to Sea Base Alpha, over.
Join Isabelle and Ryan this week as they discuss Hydrolaters, orphaned manatees, and whether tank water will kill you or cure you.
It's.....The Living Seas Pavilion at the world famous Epcot Center
Combine the longest running sitcom of all time with an outdated worlds fair themed simulator theater and what do you get? The world's most self aware theme park attraction, of course.
Travel back with Isabelle and Ryan to Universal Studios Florida (& Universal Studios Hollywood) to discuss...
The Simpsons Ride!
Step inside the Mine as Ryan & Isabelle discus a possible Hidden Gems prequel Dark Ride, the financial independence of 7 adult men, and Honey Microdosing. (Trust us, it’ll all make sense)
If we have time we also might talk about everyone’s favorite Disneyland Dark ride...
Snow White's Scary Adventures / Enchanted Wish
BREAKING: Man set on fire at Disney's Hollywood Studios in attempt to convince 5,000 park guests what they are watching is a real film production.
Start your engines and get ready for the audio equivalent of doing doughnuts in your high school parking lot for 45 minutes straight.
Its... Lights, Motors, Action!: Extreme Stunt Show
We take a launch into the new year with not predictions, but pitches on what we would like to see happen at the Disney Parks in the lear 2022.
From Undercover promotional campaigns to.. Canceling the Country Bear Jamboree??
It's not what we think will happen, it's what we want to happen!
Leave it to Disney to take a Holiday tradition to a whole new level. A light spectacle bright enough to see from a galaxy far far away, which ended up causing its closure as well.
Join Ryan and Isabelle as they round off their year of podcasts with this Holiday treat!
The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights!
Turkey day is right around the corner!
Hear tales of thanksgiving traditions, exploding balloons, and a hometown parade scandal equivalent to watergate! Its...
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Lions and Tigers and…Cows?
Join us this week as Ryan and Isabelle discuss the precursor to Race Through New York staring Jimmy Fallon, all that goes in to creating a artificial indoor “natural” disaster, and where the cow in a tornado trope came from. It’s….
TWISTER... RIDE IT OUT!
Join Ryan along with our first ever guest, Jim, as they travel to the educational entertainment capital of the midwest and trek deep into the Marvel Caves beneath a historical theme park.
As Ryan learns what happens in Branson, Missouri... will eventually be talked about on a Theme Park podcast 15 years later.
Saddle up, its...
Silver Dollar City
When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still — that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!
Welcome, foolish mortals, to...
The Haunted Mansion.
It's Showtime!!
Join forces with all your favorite Universal Monsters (and some Transylvanian Cheerleaders??) for the greatest theme park horror based Rock 'n' Roll mashup musical that will ever live!!
Let’s turn on the juice and see what shakes loose. It's...
Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue
Halloween Horror Nights is in full swing down here in Orlando, and Isabelle and Ryan, being the HHN newbies that they are, wanted to get a preview of some of the houses before experiencing the real thing.
Join us for an in-depth walkthrough of HHN Icons: Captured, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Puppet Theatre: Captive Audience, Welcome to SCarey: Horror in the Heartland, and The Wicked Growth: Realm of the Pumpkin!
This is... Halloween Horror Nights 30: Behind the Screams Tour
A grueling five hour flight, a chaotic Uber ride, an air conditioner that smells like farts…and for what exactly?
Oh that’s right… Disneyland!!
Join as Ryan and Isabelle recap their 2021 trip to the happiest place on earth!
Xenomorphs, Tyra Banks and an evil space corporation named X-S Tech all work together to create what is known as the scariest Disney Parks ride to ever exist.
You better strap in, this week we discuss...
EXTRA-TERROR-ESTRIAL ALIEN ENCOUNTER!
Join us in this operating theater as we discuss the most recent injection of intellectual property into Epcot’s veins.
Is it the end of Epcot, or a fresh baked beginning?
It’s… Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure!
IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING!!!
Disney World has announced the sale of NEW annual passes with a complete overhaul of the AP system. Some love it, some hate it - Isabelle and Ryan are somewhere in between.
Join us this week as we discuss the Pixie Dust, Pirate, Sorcerer, and Incredi-Pass!
It’s the year 2021 and Ryan has just now learned what “shipping” means in fandoms. Any guess who he ships Dr. Seeker with?
Hop in your time rover that is fueled by ketchup/mustard/mayo and head back to the end of the cretaceous period with us for…
Dinosaur / Countdown to Extinction!
THE WORLD IS ENDING!! Or, more accurately, Disney is implementing a paid FastPass system.
Honestly, we all saw this coming. Now is this going to be the end of the magic, or the start of something great? Join Isabelle and Ryan as they discuss...
FastPass & The Brand New Disney Parks Genie Service!!
Link to FastPass Analogy TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRF8BxP9/
Expecto patronum!
Hopefully that will be enough to ward away any dementors for the remainder of this podcast.
This week, Isabelle and Ryan discuss a crazy ride system, an immersive queue, and very scary dementors. Have your wands at the ready as we talk…
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey!
So far Disney’s track record of turning classic attractions (or lands) into feature length films has been hit or miss. We are confident enough to say that this one has truly knocked it out of the park!
We apologize in advance for the horrible jokes made in this weeks timely episode of…
Jungle Cruise (The Movie)
Just a short monorail ride away from Magic Kingdom lies a beautiful tropical resort that embodies the spirit of the South Pacific.
Join us today as we discuss our thoughts on the constant name changes, the lobby remodel, and most importantly, how Lilo and Stitch should have been more heavily incorporated at this resort in the early 2000s...
Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort!
With the recent announcement that Disney World will NOT be bringing back Happily Ever After in 2022, Isabelle and Ryan discuss the humble beginnings of Disney firework shows, jaw dropping scenes thanks to motion project technology, and…pie man?
Bring on the waterworks...
Happily Ever After!
In honor of Shark Week, Ryan and Isabelle take a trip to Universal Studios Florida for everyone’s favorite intersection of sharks and theme parks…
No, not the Jaws Ride…
It's Sharknado 3!
Join us as we discuss all the classic films Isabelle has never seen, the animatronics that could have been, and the head trauma Ryan witnessed in the queue!
Grab some popcorn, sit back and relax as we embark on…
The Great Movie Ride!
On this very special Independence day episode, we take a look at one of the few Epcot opening day attractions that has remain nearly untouched.
America SPREAD YOUR GOLDEN WINGS…
American Adventure!
Your home town heroes return to where it all began. Home of the sketchy flat rides and concussion inducing coasters that made us fall in love with thrills.
As they always say: “More flags more fun…”
Six Flags Great America!
Please ensure all loose articles are stored in the lockers provided, you will be required to pass through metal detectors before pressing play on this week's episode.
Nestled tightly between legendary sound stages sits everyone's second favorite Orlando based rock 'n' roller coaster...
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
What do Fed-Ex and Intergalactic Space Travel have in common? Absolutely nothing, but except, I guess, this roller coaster..?
Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow, please contact Mr. Johnson in the control tower to confirm your flight to…
Space Mountain
No need to fly across the globe to experience all of the wonders of Universal Studios Singapore. Today your audio tour guide, Isabelle, brings us personal stories, in depth descriptions and cloudy memories of her 7 months as a Universal Studios Singapore Passholder.
Not only that, we cobra roll into the first stop on our Coaster Month Journey!
Bears, Beets…
Battlestar Galactica: Human Vs. Cylon
Transport yourselves to an alien planet into a bioluminescent forest, feel the wind as you ride on the back of a… bike?
Hear tales of forest smells, misremembered childhood memories and verbal threats from Steven Spielberg.
Of course, we are talking about the 1990 Universal Studios Florida classic:
E.T. Adventure!
What does a Ferris Wheel, a Five ton Animatronic dinosaur and the record release party for Miranda Cosgrove's 2010 full length album "Sparks Fly" have in common?
They can all be found at this very special Toys "R" Us!
Let the Nostalgia flood gates open as we bode a tearful goodbye to the single most 'theme park' department store you'll ever find;
Times Square Toys "R" Us
What’s that new Universal Orlando roller coaster everyone has been talking about? How entitled are Universal Annual Passholders?
All that plus more will be answered as we venture into Islands of Adventure and come face to face with the Apex Predator.
Brave the hunt;
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
EPCOT EPCOT EPCOT!! Finally, For the Love of Theme Parks has made it to the promised land. So what's todays topic you ask? Spaceship Earth? Test Track? World Showcase? Don't be silly.
Today we talk about the long time semi-abandoned building above a sinkhole, but also, the total Epcot overhaul going on and everything new coming to the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. (E.P.C.O.T.)
We present to you;
Epcot Experience / Odyssey Center
Shiver me timbers, look what's just washed ashore! A brand new episode of your favorite theme park podcast. Join these swashbuckling nerds as they navigate the tortuous water that is this classic, yet troublesome ride.
Its a Pirates life for me (or at least for the next hour and thirty one minutes);
Pirates of the Caribbean
Join us for this power-hour as we venture through the gates of Universal Studios Florida for the first time, Destroying television sets in a high speed pursuit of a literal egg man in a 6th grader's rocket ship.
This one goes out to all those late 90's kids;
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
(Oh, and some Minions too)
Venture deep into this artificial tropical forest. Where animatronic gorillas gawk at your personal pan pizza, each employee falls within one of seven safari guide rankings and precisely every seventeen minutes a fake thunderstorm triggers at least three toddlers to burst out screaming.
Dine with Ryan and Isabelle as they cover one of everyones favorite immersive restaurant experiences;
Rainforest Cafe!
Want to embarrass your dad? Want to feel like a celebrity for the day? Step right up and volunteer to be an extra on the hot set of a movie that came out 40 years ago.
Starting off with a bang, Ryan and Isabelle cover one of the greatest theme park shows of all time.
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!
Just two Orlando locals aiming to share our passion for Theme Parks and Themed Entertainment. Follow along with us as we take an in-depth look at all the great (and not so great) rides, shows, restaurants and attractions your favorite theme parks have to offer.