The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast

Kelly and Pete
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast

Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet take on all aspects of theme parks - Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Six Flags - discussing them in historical context and then finding ways, to quote Walt Disney, to "plus them up!"   A Boardwalk Times Podcast     https://boardwalktimes.net/       https://boardwalktimes.store/

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    You Will Believe a Goat Can Fly - Frontier Village

    It was a small park in rural San Jose with off-the-shelf rides and entertainment liberally lifted from Disneyland; so why is it so beloved? Is there another regional theme park in the country that has yearly reunions four DECADES after it closed? What was the magic behind Frontier Village?Playland at the Beach, The San Francisco Opera, Fantasia, Puppetoons and two very interesting apes - one animated and one day-glo - all factor into the story of one of California's most beloved attractions, ...

    1h 31m

  2. OCT 21

    Minnie-sode: This Week in Theme Park History - 10/21/24

    Another mid-opus Minnie-sode! Full episode next week! In the meantime, catch Pete as Mr. Hives in Hayward introducing "The Tingler" tonight and "Night of the Living Dead" next Monday.Tix available here, https://douglasmorrissontheatre.thundertix.com/eventsEnjoy!Thanks for listening!Thanks for listening!We'd love it if you would give us a cheeky little review on your podcast platform of choice. They're really helpful.Come visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/151109...

    9 min

  3. OCT 14

    Minnie-sode: This Week in Theme Park History - 10/14/24

    Another mid-opus Minnie-sode! Goff, Renaday, Buzzy! More singing!Enjoy!Thanks for listening!We'd love it if you would give us a cheeky little review on your podcast platform of choice. They're really helpful.Come visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1511094196139406 or drop us a note to comments@lowdown-plus-up.com and let us know any questions or comments about how YOU would like to plus-something-up! We are a Boardwalk Times production.Boardwalk Times, https://b...

    10 min

  4. OCT 7

    Minnie-sode: This Week in Theme Park History - 10/7/24

    Our first Minnie-sode! To bridge the gaps between full episodes we're laying down a more casual - and far shorter - episode devoted to thoughts about things that happened this week in theme park history.Hope you enjoy.Thanks for listening!We'd love it if you would give us a cheeky little review on your podcast platform of choice. They're really helpful.Come visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1511094196139406 or drop us a note to comments@lowdown-plus-up.com and let us...

    11 min

  5. SEP 29

    Retro-Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used to Be - The Main Street Electrical Parade

    It exists in a nexus between three time periods: the future, the retro-future and the nostalgic past. The Main Street Electrical Parade is the most famous Disney parks parade for a good reason, it somehow synthesizes everything that is contained in Walt's original park - fantasy, history, progress - in a joyous and timeless spectacle.And Walt Disney was long gone before it was conceived making this perhaps the best answer ever to the question "What would Walt have done."He'd have done this.Al...

    1h 37m
  6. Folks Here's a Story 'Bout Minnie the Watcher - Fleischer Land

    SEP 4

    Folks Here's a Story 'Bout Minnie the Watcher - Fleischer Land

    If you take a left turn around 1929, you end up here: where the jazz band triumphed over the orchestra, where sexy usurped formal, where a very different theme park empire began, and died.Welcome to Fleischer Land. Keep an eye out for hidden Bettys!Thanks for listening!We'd love it if you would give us a cheeky little review on your podcast platform of choice. They're really helpful.Come visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1511094196139406 or drop us a note to co...

    1h 39m

  7. AUG 19

    They Died with their Boots On - The History and Future of the Disney Shooting Galleries

    When we pick up a fake gun and shoot it at a fantastical electric target, what are we trying to become? What do we think Frontierland is? Who is Paul MacGlashan and how did the guy that designed Disney's shooting galleries help win WWII? And, most importantly, How did Kelly and Pete find themselves so mired in the kind of Disney current affair news that they usually avoid like the plague?It's the history of SHOOTIN' STUFF at Disney Theme parks!(Also, a link to that Frontierland article w...

    1h 33m

  8. JUL 28

    The Ballad of Bumping Biff - Back to the Future: The Ride

    Fire up your Flux Capacitors, people, because we're heading back, back, back in time!We're traveling to the early-20th Century to visit some houses that ought not spin the way they do, the '60s to visit that same Not-Really-A-World's-Fair that we keep yammering on about and, of course, the '80s - where Huey Lewis lives.It's the ride that saved Universal Theme Parks, Back to the Future!Thanks for listening!We'd love it if you would give us a cheeky little review on your podcast platform of cho...

    1h 41m
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Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet take on all aspects of theme parks - Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Six Flags - discussing them in historical context and then finding ways, to quote Walt Disney, to "plus them up!"   A Boardwalk Times Podcast     https://boardwalktimes.net/       https://boardwalktimes.store/

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