In the Loop

After a month of travel we return to cover all the exciting announcements and the unfortunate news that has occurred in the industry. And we spend way too much time trying to guess the weight of a fake tree at Fun Spot.

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Surprise we’re back earlier than usual to recap all the recent theme park announcements.

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It’s state fair season, roller coaster announcement season, and business results season which means there is a lot to talk about in this four hour show. And a vintage theme park toilet arrived in the mail.

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This felt like an end of summer episode with so many parks making announcements so early in the summer. We cover the announcements, recent visits to Disneyland, Six Flags and Lost Island and try to figure out why parks are closing.

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All the latest theme park news, great listener questions and report back from the 180 drink cruise.

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We’ve had a few weeks to think on the Six Flags/Enchanted Parks deal. Why does SeaWorld hate Big Bird? Cedar Point should be sold to who? And as you’d expect there is a lot of cruise talk.

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Quick reaction show about Six Flags selling seven parks to EPR Properties and being managed by Enchanted Parks and former Six Flags CEO. Will Valleyfair get a new coaster? Magic coming to Michigan’s Adventure? Worlds of Fun becoming an immersive destination?

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It’s the offseason which means cruise season. The guys recap their cruises including to Antarctica, as well as all the theme park news from the last month.

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We catch up on the latest amusement park news before our annual theme park Santa tradition where we share what we think each park should get for Christmas.

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Lots of talk about the Six Flags and Sea… we mean United Parks results. What will the future look like and what parks could be sold. Come for the hot takes on what parks we say to sell. Stay for the bad takes by Hyde on saying a certain chain won’t buy any more parks just hours before they announce they bought another park (we recorded this the night before Herschend bought Silverwood).

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Would Yankees fans want to ride a roller coaster overlooking Fenway Park? That plus more brass ring carousel talk than ever been talked about on any podcast ever (and that’s just a few minutes). A special guest joins at the end to take a literal victory lap.

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It’s August which usually means announcement season except this year it means lots of not so great news for Six Flags. But it could be worse, they didn’t get scammed out of millions while trying to build a theme park in the middle of no where.

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Legend and Molly share stories from their recent 4,376 mile road trip with lots of visits to amusement parks and tourist attractions.

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This is the longest podcast we’ve done so we asked ChatGPT to listen and name it. It didn’t hold back and threw some shade with the title. Siren’s Curse review, 2026 weak roller coaster lineup, Dollywood prediction, why Lost Island should be like Savannah Bananas, and so much more (obliviously given the length).

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After catching up on trips to Epic Universe, Indiana Beach, Cedar Point and more, we dig into the good and bad news of late. Is Elitch Gardens saved? What’s going on at Six Flags? What is Dollywood building?

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Big theme park news lately and we cover it all… such as Six Flags America getting upgrades, and the new bars at Cedar Point. Also trip reports from our Northern California and Japan theme park trips. And that big Disney story that Hyde proclaimed wasn’t going to happen.

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It is an all Epic Universe show. Talking about the rides, food and drinks, themed lands and answering any questions that came in about the all new theme park.

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Hershend buys Palace, we ride the closure train, what might Six Flags unload and lots more.

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Hyde goes to Norway, Legend embarks on Virgin Voyages, lots of news and some good listener questions.

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Listeners submitted over 50 parks for us to come up with what Santa should give them. And Santa is coming in hot with some hot takes on what each theme park needs… including bulldozing some roller coasters while adding others.

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