The Season Pass: The Essential Theme Park Podcast

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week the Season Pass Podcast returns to the Baxter residence for the fourth TSPP with  Disney Legend  and WDI Advisor,  Tony Baxter ! Doug Barnes (Owner/Producer of the Season Pass Podcast), Brent Young (Creative Director/President of Super 78), Robert Coker (Owner/Editor of  thrillride.com ), Ryan Harmon (President of Zeitgeist), and Tony, discuss the creative process an...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP is back for the 2014 Thea Awards and TEA Summit podcast finale.  The BIG word for the TEA Summit Finale is GLOBAL!   Discussions on the Thea Awards with recipients: Titanic Belfast ’s Tim Husbands (CEO), Conal Harvey (Director of Harcourt Developments), & John Doherty (Creative Director); Carrousel des Mondes Marins (Marine Worlds Carousel) ’s Pierre Orefice (Director of...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP is back at the 2014 Thea Awards and TEA Summit to talk with the Thea Award winners for the Revolution Tru-Trackless Ride Systems, Oceaneering Entertainment Systems. Doug, Brent and Robert sit with Bill Bunting (Manager of Business Development for OES) and Dave Mauck (Vice President & General Manager of OES) to discuss their journey into the themed entertainment industry,...

Nick’s ERT: Nick and The Universal Trackers.     Join Nick as he sits with Tim and Jenn Tracker (from  Youtube.com/thetimtracker ) to discuss his trip to Universal (with a bit of Disney thrown in for good measure!).  

*Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP is back at the 2014 Thea Awards and TEA Summit for more conversation on the award recipients. This episode is all about the SPECTACULAR!  Discussion on the creative process behind Universal Studios Japan’s The Song of an Angel with Mike Davis (Executive Producer of Universal Studios Japan), The Fire Test at the Dutch Railway Museum ( De Vuurproef , Het Spoorwegmuseum ) wi...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP closes out its biggest Halloween coverage year ever with a MASSIVE Hauntastic Special at the official home park of the Season Pass Podcast , Knott’s Scary Farm for Halloween Haunt 2014! Discussion on the bold new direction of Knott’s Haunt, creative process behind the new scares, dissecting new mazes Voodoo & Tooth Fairy , plus conversations with the brilliant people behi...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week, TSPP goes back to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Vallejo, CA) for Fright Fest 2014!  Discussion on creating the annual event with Terry Overstreet (Director of Entertainment), updates at SFDK with Nancy Chan (Communications Manager), and dissecting SFDK’s newest scare maze Boathouse at Blood Lake with Charles Laureano (Rides Supervisor/Scare Master).  Also, stereo nar...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week, TSPP goes back to California’s Great America for Halloween Haunt 2014!  We dissect the creative process and development of Haunt and the HUGE leap forward CGA took this year to create a scarier, more intense, unbelievably enjoyable event.  Great conversations with Clayton Lawrence (Entertainment Manager/Haunt Master) and Roger Ross (Public Relations Manager) about t...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week, TSPP goes back to Universal Studios Hollywood for Halloween Horror Nights 2014!  We dissect the creative process and development of HHN and its new mazes with the Creative Director of Entertainment Production, John Murdy.  A great conversation on the origins of this year’s amazing attractions, plus a small selection of live walk through clips of the environments fro...

Nick joins Season Pass Holder Matthew Summers to guide him through his first scare maze event - at Thorpe Park's Fright Nights. They also spend the easier part of the day doing Legoland (for the first time) and Chessington World of Adventures. We also feature an interview with Sean Coogan, who's Thorpe Park's live entertainments manager. Closing out the episode is a discussion with Lee Conway, Nic...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week Window to the Magic takes over the Season Pass Podcast for a binaural haunted adventure thourgh all the mazes of Knott’s Scary Farm Haunt 2014.  Surround yourself with the Macabre.  Spoiler alert: This audio contains all five Skeleton Key Rooms.   Links: Window To The Magic Podcast MiceChat Touring Plans Pixie Vacations Season Pass Closing Song - Wheels by Enuff Z’nu...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* Season Pass Podcast Halloween Coverage is back for 2014 and the team visits a new haunt experience for TSPP—Dark Harbor at The Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA!  Doug Barnes, Dusty Sage ( MiceChat.com ), Robert Coker ( thrillride.com ) and Norm Gidney ( MiceChat.com ) sit with Dark Harbor's Creative Director & Production Designer, JJ Wickham, and Co-Talent Director, David Wally, t...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* From Scare LA 2014, it’s the event review show recorded on location, August 9 & 10.  Audio from the show floor, plus interviews with Scare LA’s Head of the Education Department, Ben Dickow, and the Art Director of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, Chris Williams.  Also, interviews from the 2013 Haunted Hollywood Sports Media Event.  Scary Fun!! Enjoy!   E...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* From Scare LA 2014, it’s the Garner Holt: I Was A Teenage Haunter panel.  Recorded on August 10, Garner Holt discusses how he started his business as an ambitious young teen wanting to create haunted houses and theme park rides in his backyard, malls, and anywhere else he could legally (for the most part) build his palaces of entertainment.  This is the live feed in-front of a...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP’s first podcast from the 2014 Scare LA Halloween Convention . The Season Pass is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the beloved Disneyland classic, The Haunted Mansion . Doug Barnes,  Brent Young, Robert Coker, and Theme Park Adventure’s Rick West sits with Disney Legend Alice Davis to discuss her career in Walt Disney Imagineering, stories of Walt and Roy Disney, creati...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week the Season Pass Podcast is back at the TEA Summit 2014 for a very special conversation with Disney Legend Marty Sklar . Marty is the Former Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering and worked under Walt Disney since the beginning of Disneyland .  He shares his beginnings in the industry, past Walt stories, and his crazy tour for his new book Dream It! Do it!   Classic...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week the Season Pass Podcast returns to the Baxter residence for another nostalgic chat with Disney Legend and WDI Advisor, Tony Baxter ! This is TSPP’s THIRD interview with the highly acclaimed retired Imagineer; as Doug Barnes (Owner/Producer of the Season Pass Podcast), Brent Young (Creative Director/President of Super 78), Robert Coker (Owner/Editor of thrillride.com...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week The Season Pass Podcast is back at the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) Summit from April of 2014 to have an in-depth interview with writer and themed entertainment veteran Kile Ozier.  Kile has worked in the industry for over 20 years and has helped in creating great projects such as Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, the TEA NextGen initiative, and much...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week The Season Pass Podcast looks deep into the newest convention to hit Los Angeles, Scare LA!  Doug Barnes and Robert Coker sit with the creators of the Scare LA Halloween Convention, Lora Ivanova & David Markland, along with ThemeParkAdventure.com ’s Rick West & Johanna Atilano, to discuss their passions for Halloween, the origins of Scare LA, and what to expect for t...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week The Season Pass Podcast is at Knott’s Berry Farm once again...yup...The OFFICIAL Home Park of TSPP!  Here’s the audio recorded on June 12th, 2014, for the re-opening of the newly refurbished Calico Mine Ride and Camp Snoopy !  Doug Barnes, Robert Coker, Jeff Tucker (Knott’s Entertainment Supervisor), and Tom Zeliff (NoLimits and ThrillNetwork.com ) share interviews w...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week The Season Pass Podcast is in Europa Park, Germany.  Nick Hutson and Lee Conway join Europa Park’s Project Architect, Frederic Pastuszak, to discuss the amazing world famous resort as well as creative process and the newest attraction to the park, the immersive family coaster/dark ride, Arthur!  Tons of Fun — Enjoy this over seas adventure!   Upcoming Events: SCARE L...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* TSPP is back at the Thea Awards!! Part one of our coverage on the 2014 TEA Summit and Theas is all about DISNEY!   Discussion on the creative process behind TEA award recipients: Hong Kong Disneyland’s attraction Mystic Manor with Director of Creative Development for Walt Disney Imagineering Japan (formerly Hong Kong) Mark Schirmer, and Enchanted Tales with Belle with Imaginee...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This TSPP is all about Pacific Ocean Park!  One of the greatest theme parks in California’s history…you never heard of!  Chris Merritt (Co-Author of Knott’s Preserved) returns to the Season Pass with Doug Barnes, Robert Coker and Dusty Sage ( MiceChat.com ) to discuss his new book on one of the most infamous parks ever, P.O.P.!  The book is called Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* Here is the most important Season Pass Podcast episode we have ever produced.  Please listen to hear how you can help keep TSPP on the air as well as reminisce with Doug, Brent and Robert over the best of TSPP’s past 270 shows!  Matt Ouimet, Anthony Daniels, Knott’s Haunt, Cedar Point, the Amazing late Will Koch, and much more!  Intro music is YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE’s “We Come Runni...

*Subscribe @ iTunes* This week the NoLimits coaster simulator team is back on the Season Pass Podcast.  Tom Zeliff (3-D Modeler) and Kevin “Crayola” Stone (Graphic Designer) discuss the functions and future of NoLimits 2 with NOT JUST Doug Barnes and Robert Coker…but YOU!  This episode was recorded live over BlogTalkRadio on April 27th, 2014.  Tons of Q&A and complete Roller Coaster Geekery ahead....