Season
Pass Podcast Episode 212: This is another show where Doug Barnes and
crew broadcast live from inside of the park. I think that this show does the
best job out there of bringing live audio to the listeners. Most other shows just
do not have the equipment and know how to pull something like that off, and
often times it comes across as too loud, distracting, and annoying. But these
guys have it down to a science. On this weeks show we get to meet some of the
people who make the Carolina region park Carowinds possible. Another thing that
this show manages to do best is highlight and present some of the smaller
regional parks to the listeners. There is a lot of history and operational
“wonk” talk in this show. Doug does a great job at asking probing questions,
and he really does have a sense for what the listener wants to hear. This show
was on in the background of my office while I was working, so I was not hanging
on to every word of the show, but I never found myself bored or tuning out from
the show. a great show, especially if you find yourself wanting to break away
from the usual Disney talk. Solid, well produced, and full of great info!
Coasterradio.com
701: On the show this week Mike and EB are reunited with some of their
former co hosts known as the “Joint Chiefs”. I was expecting some of the usual
theme park talk from the show this week, but the show started off really slow
and, to be honest, kind of boring. The first part of the show was spent by the
hosts catching up with each other. I do realize that this is the first episode
of the new season for Mike and EB and that this is the first time these guys
have talked in quite some time, but I found myself bored and uninterested by
the conversations of the guys talking about doing laundry and what not. Now I may
be in the minority there, but to me it was nothing short of boring and a waste
of my time. Since this was the way the show started off, I tuned out for a lot
of the restof the show. The live call from Mike at EPCOT was interesting but didn’t
really bring that much usable and unique content, but compared to the rest of
the show it was the best offering this week. I know that Mike and EB did a lot
of survey work of their audience during the summer and I know that they are
trying to re tool some of the things on their show, so I hope the rest of this
season is a lot better than the opening episode this week. Lets just call it a
false start, and come back next week with our fingers crossed.
In The
Loop Rebooted October 3: This weeks show from the Coaster Crew is a
little different and slightly scaled back. Due to the celebration of EPCOT’s 30th
birthday the show was not recorded live and regular co host Adam House is not
on. Gone is the usual news and Douche of the Week segments this week. Instead
hosts Clint and Legend talk with Scott Swanson of Busch Gardens Tampa to talk
about Halloscream. It was a decent interview with no surprises, but lots of good
info if you were curious about the event. Legend also adds to the show this
week with a little bit of a recap of some of the events at EPCOT’s 30th.
Clint talks about his recent trip to the Virginia State Fair. So the content on
this weeks show was not the best, but the hosts are funny and charismatic
enough, they can make the lightest of topics easy and fun to listen to. Im sure
with a full hosting staff and more content next week the show will be back to
its usual self. Don’t get me wrong, this weeks show was still neat to listen
to, just a little light on content.
Show of the Week :Inside the
Magic Episode 391: By far and away, the best show I listened to this
week. I am usually not the biggest fan of Ricky because this show can be really
one dimensional and fluff filled at times. Each week is kind of the same thing.
And that may not really be a bad thing if you like to know what to expect in a
show. Sometimes I like a surprise or two. This week, however, was the most
exceptional, complete, and comprehensive look at EPCOT’s 30th
anniversary. I thought that I was getting burned out on EPCOT shows and
content, but Ricky did an excellent job at recapping the event and he had the
best overall content of any show this week. One of the things that really
shined in this weeks show was the interviews from the event. Ricky interviewed
multiple people for the show and he used one of my favorite interviewing
tactics; he stayed out of the way of the interview and let his guest do the
talking. Often times the person conducting the interview finds a way to make
the interview about them (Lou M), but Ricky took a back seat and pulled some
great stories and information out of his guests. It did get a little bit
distracting at times as audio from other interviews in the area was bleeding
over into Ricky’s audio. But I guess that was something he could not help. Since
the content of the interview was so great, you kind excuse the overlapping
interview audio. Great job by Ricky on this weeks show; truly amazing!
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