The Dark Ride

This week on an all need episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we head back to the virtual tavern to drink beers and discuss some crazy news going on in the Disney Universe! Starting with the news that the beloved Happily Ever After nighttime spectacular will be ending for good in September. So sad. *sips beer* Then we discuss the man who jumped the berm at Magic Kingdom and tried to s...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we continue our mini-tournament where we drink all 11 of Epcot’s World Showcase Pavilions! Can you smell the fish and chips in the air? Because this week we’re headed to the United Kingdom Pavilion! The home of Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, and Dick Van Dyke‘s really bad English accent impression! There...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we begin our much anticipated mini-tournament where we drink all 11 of the Epcot’s World Showcase Pavilions!!! This podcast was made for drinking and so were these pavilions so we’re the right place! But - we’re starting off in what some might consider the wrong place - Canada! That’s right, we’re going counterclockwise baby...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we hold on tight and brave our way through some very raging rapids at Universal’s Islands of Adventure to ride - Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges! The ride where there are lots of spectacular splashes and tons of silliness that will make you laugh, scream, and wish you brought an extra set of clothes! So, will that blowhard...

Cowabonga Baby! This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we continue hot-podcast summer by drinking yet another of the great Orlando themed water parks – Typhoon Lagoon! This storm-ravaged tropical bay is the perfect place to cool down during the hot summer months (if only it was currently open *cry-face emoji*). That’s right, it’s time to join Miss Tilly the shrim...

This week on an information-packed episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we head back to the virtual tavern to drink Coronas and discuss some crazy news going on in the Disney Universe! Starting with an interview with Alex of @alex64gaming on Instagram who is the person who shared with the world the now infamous video of the women who jumped off of the boat on the ‘Living WithThe Land’ ride to steal a cucumb...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we head back to the beach to drink the water park that’s disguised as a ski lodge - Blizzard Beach! This is a divisive one with Adriane believing that the theming should have leaned into more of a holiday vibe and Ryan thinking it would have been more well-suited as an Olympic Village. But one thing that they both agree on i...

This week on a hilariously drunk episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we head back to the virtual tavern to drink strong IPAs and answer a bunch of fun listener questions! That’s right, you asked and we answered some of your craziest queries like: What’s the most overrated Disney movie? And what do you miss most about being a kid at Disney? And as if that wasn’t enough, we finished the show with a rousing g...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we drop into Universal’s Islands of Adventure to drink the one and only - Jurassic Park River Adventure! A water raft ride 6.5 Billion years in the making! Did you know that when built, the 85-foot plunge was the largest theme park water descent ever constructed? Or that the baby stegosaurus and its mother who are sharing a...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we stumble down to an old fashioned swimming hole to drink the now defunct Disney legend - River Country! That’s right, just off the shores of Bay Lake once stood Disney’s first water park. It closed in 2001 and sat abandoned for almost 2 decades and in the process gained a cult-like following thanks to some creepy footage c...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we head back to the Virtual Tavern to take down some beers while taking down some listener questions! We also discuss the similarities between Gilligan’s Island and Tom Sawyer Island. And we finish the show with a rousing round of Truth or Drink where you’ll find out the answers to questions like - Who are Ryan’s least favor...

This week on an all new episode of Drunk Distory presents ‘The Dark Ride’ we go back to the days of yore to encounter one of the most terrifying rides to ever grace the Magic Kingdom. That’s right, hide yo kids, hide yo wives it’s ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter week! The ride that every sadistic parent dragged their child on when they got tired of them whining for another Mickey Ice Cream Bar....

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ presented by Drunk Distory, we hop aboard some adorable neon-colored saucers to face-off against the Evil Claw! That’s right, it’s ‘Alien Swirling Saucers’ week. One of three Toy Story Land attractions, this charming little ride has us whipping back the White Claws! We finish the show with a nail-biting round of Theme Park Truth or Drink where you...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we head back to the virtual tavern to tackle a Tower of Terrifying listener questions! That’s right, you asked them and we answered your craziest queries like: Where would we want our ashes spread at Disney? What’s the biggest fight we’ve ever had at the parks? And the nosiest question of all - are we an ‘item’? As if that wasn’t enough, we even f...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we board our happy little spaceships, Duff beers in hand, and get ready to attack the citizens of Springfield! That’s right it’s Universal’s Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl week! The Simpson’s themed aerial carousel that urges you to let it all out, literally. So will this Treehouse of Horror send your stomach all the way into the stratosphere or wil...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we hop aboard a tram to the past where two hours of your park day was spent on a ride and not a line! That’s right, we’ll be drinking the now defunct Studio Backlot Tour, a magical excursion through Catastrophe Canyon, the exterior of The Golden Girls house and a boneyard filled with old movie cars and spaceships! A tour that could only be wondrou...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we go back in time to the days when edutainment really meant something at Disney! That’s right, we’ll be drinking Epcot’s ‘Horizons’ the ultimate defunct dark ride of yester-year. And we won’t be drinking alone because we are very excited to have Luke Dunsmore the editor of ThemeParkPortal.com and the host of Theme Park Portal podcast join us in t...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we meet once again in our Virtual Tavern to drink about all things Disney! On this bar trip we discuss what is the ultimate Disney memorabilia that each of us would like to own. We also talk about our favorite types of souvenirs to buy for ourselves and to bring back home for others. Oh and we find out that one of us really wants a snow-globe from...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we finish up our Park Icon “Minnie” Tournament and end it with a bang, or should I say a ball? That’s right, we’re talking about Epcot’s own Spaceship Earth, and not just the incredible ride part, but the amazing park icon part! So, will this particular icon have the balls to beat out the other three Walt Disney World park icons? There’s only one...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we invite you to join us at our Virtual Tavern as we wax poetic about all things Disney while downing some ice cold beers! On this particular bar trip we discuss what the first day of each of our Disney World vacations usually looks like, our favorite Disney World Resorts, and the most dangerous thing Ryan has ever done at Disney! Any guesses what...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we continue our breakout tournament and drink the newly anointed Hollywood Studios park icon the - Tower of Terror! This park has gone through its fair share of icons, and even though the Tower of Terror is a great freaking ride as evidenced by it being the current leader in our ride ranking system, is it a great park icon? Like great enough to be...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we continue with our breakout tournament and drink another of the Walt Disney World park icons to determine which one is the most iconic! So today we’ll be taking a safari jeep over to Animal Kingdom to drink the largest artificial tree in the park, The Tree of Life! With its light up leaves, animal carvings, and a 4D attraction enclosed this icon...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we begin a new “Minnie” tournament and drink all four Walt Disney World park icons to determine which one is the most iconic! We start at the start and so we’re drinking Cinderella Castle first! And we have a special guest join us, Amy Rogers who has single handedly taken an engagement ring photo in front of each park icon weighs in on which one b...

This week on a very special episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we discuss one the shortest, but no less great, of the Epcot festivals - The Epcot International Festival of the Arts! This year they are calling it a “taste” but apart from a few missing (but not really missed) offerings it still packs a major punch! Halfway through the episode we go live from Epcot to the festival and try some eats and drink...

This week on an all new episode of ‘The Dark Ride’ we take a space shot ride over to Universal Orlando to “Marvel” at Doctor Doom’s Fearfall! This is an exciting episode because our Fantastic Two podcast hosts are joined by a third - that’s right, Ryan’s mom drops in to make a solid case for her love of this attraction and why you should too! So will Universal’s answer to Tower of Terror sling sho...