Very Amusing with Carlye Wisel - A Theme Park Podcast

Wanna know the BEST way to say hello to a famous person? The secrets behind filming Young Sheldon? Or how The Big Bang Theory's extended universe is inextricably tied to Disney?! …Well, then you're gonna LOVE this week's episode!  We are joined by entertainment journalist, red carpet reporter and two-time author Jessica Radloff to discuss her newest book — Young Sheldon: The (Jucier-Th...

This week, we are diving DEEP into the wackiest, wildest, COOLEST trip I've ever been a part of: the Disney Believe reveal! We spent a few days aboard the Disney Wish uncovering clues about Disney Cruise Line's newest ship (launching 2027) and even though you've likely seen my posts and the reveal itself, there is SO much you do not know about what happened on board!! (And...I may or m...

WARNING: week’s episode will make you laugh out loud at work!!!  My colleagues Julie Tremaine and Carly Caramanna came by Very Amusing to discuss their new Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook and how they created the perfect vintage recipes and stories for any nostalgia-obsessed Disney fan!  We’re getting into ALL of it, including: The scientific swing Disney took to make their BBQ sauce! A lat...

Come join me on a wildly deeply reported tour of the most confounding museum on planet earth. And yet — for all its quirks, pitfalls, Star Wars props and shocking reveals, I walked away beyond excited to go back to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Why? Well, because there's never been a museum to spark this much conversation — which, in a way, is the ultimate narrative art, ain't it? (Ju...

In today's fully reported episode, we are diving deep into Universal's new behemoth of a ride— my official review, my advice for when you visit, and what makes this coaster special — while also expanding upon the debate you may have seen online of nearby homeowners' extensive noise complaints.  Because...on Tuesday, I had so much fun riding Universal Studios Hollywood's new Fast &a...

Chef, Author, Writer, TikTokker and all-around human delight Shay Spence is here this week to discuss, well, EVERYTHING! His new book, Meals You Can't Mess Up , is such a genius concept that i WILL be cooking from it when it drops September 22 (buy it now!!), but even more thrilling is that we got to chat about his career, his Disney World faves and make him super uncomfortable as I yell at hi...

Buckle up, because we’ve got a bunch of VERY honest chit-chat ahead! From tummy issue updates and the products I’m loving right now to the very real consequences of critiquing something you love — can’t believe I’m saying as much as I did on this week’s episode — this gab sesh has a little of everything! ! ! ! ENJOYYYYY! Relevant Links: Dollywood Story for the LA Times ! Hanni Water Balm lotion ! ...

What’s that you say? A bunch of very fun things at Walt Disney World that I desperately want to do and think you would too?! That’s what we’re getting into on this week’s WDW Bucket List episode! From freebies I can never remember to my genius idea for high tea to my long-kept secret about the thing I still haven’t done (ACK!!!), this one has all the Disney vacation inspiration you’re craving (and...

This week, we welcome my dear friend and colleague Zach Laks on the show to school us about EUROPA PARK! Did you know that random German theme park with the fake Spaceship Earth has a PHANTOM OF THE OPERA COASTER INSIDE!? Or that they have even more country pavilions than Epcot?! This one is a theme park doozy and I can't wait to share it all with you! RELEVANT LINKS: Zach’s website ! Zach’s r...

I am OBSESSED with The Mouselets — the hilarious sister-duo who do such extensive and entertaining coverage of Disney Parks -- that we all thought, hey, why don't we gab about the D23 news together?! So! Prepare yourself for a MEGA episode this week, giving our full, unfiltered takes on all the new theme park lands, rides and experiences coming to Disney World and Disneyland! (And, while we&#3...

Is it some Reputation : Taylor's Version clownery for theme park news? Or just one journalist's very grounded predictions that have actually business and financial reasoning for coming true? ONLY TIME WILL TELL! Tune in for my very fair, balanced, accurate and truly kind of revolutionary D23 predictions. Nothing crazy kooky here, truly — just a couple dozen things I GENUINELY believe will...

Too scared to experience Halloween Horror Nights? Never fear!! Lora Sauls (Assistant Director of Creative Development and Show Direction for Art and Design, Entertainment at Universal Orlando Resort) is on Very Amusing this week to share EXACTLY what you need to know if you fear HHN fog. Lora's been working on Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort for almost THIRTY YEARS, which m...

Universal's surprise coaster opening, the wildest Broadway production in NYC, popcorn price hikes at Disneyland, a laughable bucket list trip and the return of an old favorite television fixation?! All this and more, in our July Gab Sesh episode! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questi...

We had to bring our sportiest friend of the pod on the horn to do a *mini episode* on WHAT THE HECK THE MUPPETS WERE DOING AT THE WORLD CUP!!!! Enter: Madeline Hill, co-host of The Sports Gossip Show , genius behind the Impersonal Foul newsletter, and truly of the coolest smartest people in the world who *just happens* to know as much about pop culture as she does sports. The Venn Diagrams of our...

THE STREETS OF OLD MILWAUKEE ARE MARKED SAFE FROM ME NOT SEEING THEM BEFORE DEMOLITION!!!! I zipped my lips since the second I visited this BRILLIANT soon-to-be-closed-and-moved museum on my trip back home to the Midwest and now I'm ready to proclaim that IT WAS A DANG DREAM!!!! LIKE...IF EPCOT WAS A MUSEUM...IT WAS THIS!!!!! and I can't wait to tell you about it!! Support our silly little...

A mini episode with all my essential info about Disneyland and some yapping about my faves! Whether or not you have an imminent trip, this one is as fun to listen to as it is to send to a friend who is traveling so you dont have to make them a whole guide! hehe Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram !  Twitter !  TikTok !  Facebook !  Website !  Support our silly little podcast by booki...

YEEEEHAW we’re answering all your questions on this Churros Hotline episode! Overseas Disney theme parks, D23 planning, Wisconsin Dells, French fries!? We’ve got it all!  Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend mo...

It’s…a chaotic gab sesh! Call it a summer solstice or just my entire family wanting to be a part of the action but we got the gabbing done regardless of school being out (omg) and things being kooky bananas. We’re talking everything from theme park rants to coffee hot takes to widow’s bay obsessions to my absolute go-to kitchen product that has changed my life in this episode!!!! Don’t miss it!!!!...

Listennnnn I just spent half a month at Disney World having two very different trips in the same place and boy do I have some THOUGHTS TO SHARE!! The good (how much money I saved with discounts!!!!) The bad (transportation jfc wtf!!!) and The Unexpected (number 18 will blow your mind!) Tune in to hear ALL of them and all about my week-long trip to Walt Disney World! Relevant Links… Zootopia Shangh...

It’s the end of the school year…so we’re passing out yearbook-style rankings across all of Walt Disney World with writer, podcaster and a hero of a man, Drew Taylor! ( The Wrap, Light The Fuse, a bunch of books !) Most underrated experience? Best non-Lightning Lane attraction? Most likely to close by 2028? Find out our top rankings in this week’s very special episode! Thanks to our special guest.....

**THE ISSUE WITH OUR INTRO HAS BEEN FIXED -- IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE REFRESH YOUR FEED! EXTREME APOLOGIES + THX! - THE MANAGEMENT** My voice is (mostly) back which means I have enough energy to scream into a microphone about EVERYTHING new at Disney World this summer AND what I think it all means for the future of Magic Kingdom + Disney as a whole! This episode...ooh it has it all. Full r...

We're doing a *mini-episode* this week because I lost my voice screaming about Kermit the Frog (in my defense, who wouldn't!!!) so we are instead going to focus on MY INTERVIEW WITH A FRIGGIN MUPPETS ROCK BAND!!!!! This experience changed me for my entire life and im so delighted to share it with you!!! I will be back in full force NEXT WEEK when my voice actually works, so I thank you for...

and I'm literally here!!!! it's 1:30am I should be asleep but instead I'm here so delighted to tell you about all the new things at Disney World that I'm planning to experience this week. while I'm here! because I'm here! this one is fun fun fun so ENJOY!!! Relevant Links: Eater Universal Map ! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan...

I am DELIGHTED to welcome LA Times' Todd Martens back onto Very Amusing for a new concept we're calling 3x3, wherein myself and one of my colleagues battle it out with our hot takes about three topics we each bring to the table. This week, the author of LA Times' incredible new Mr. Todd's Wild Ride newsletter comes on the show to discuss ride removals, Disneyland vs. Disney World,...

We all have been sleeping on Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade...and that ends today!!! Cross this one off the dream episode bucket list, because we're about to learn the ins and outs of how Macy's puts on these spectaculars on the eve of their 100th parade, right down to wind tunnel testing and the freaking FDNY (!!) I was jaw on the floor this ENTIRE interview, and you will be too. Macy&#39...