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Episodes
Feb 24, 2025
Feb 24, 2025
49 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas: Opening date, ticket pricing, haunted houses
- No more virtual queues at Walt Disney World for Tiana, Guardians
- Level99 ‘social gaming’ coming to Disney Springs at NBA / DisneyQuest building
- Universal Kids theme park in Texas: All lands revealed
- 86 concept images of the new Disney Adventure cruise ship, sailing in 2025
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Feb 17, 2025
Feb 17, 2025
44 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser documentary coming fall 2025
- Disney Springs happy hour crawl: 11 spots, 1 epic day | Report
- Step into Isla Nublar! Jurassic World attraction opening from Universal in Thailand
- Netflix Bites restaurant serves ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Bridgerton’ food
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Feb 12, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
59 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Red Car Trolley permanently closed at Disney California Adventure; take a look back
- Favorite bites from Parkside Market in Downtown Disney
- Luke Skywalker coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland — but when in the timeline?
- 9 new Harry Potter wands coming to Epic Universe
- 51 food and drink items revealed for Epic Universe restaurants
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Feb 4, 2025
Feb 4, 2025
53 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Star Wars hotel at Disney World to become offices for Imagineering
- ‘Coco,’ ‘Incredibles’ fans will be excited for these new Pixar Place Hotel suites
- Best and worst new food at SeaWorld Orlando’s Seven Seas Food Festival 2025
- Best and worst new food at Universal Mardi Gras 2025
- Universal Fan Fest Nights 2025: Guide to new after-hours event at Universal Studios Hollywood
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Jan 27, 2025
Jan 27, 2025
35 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Volcano Bay Nights debuting at Universal Orlando for 2025 season
- Epic Universe tickets, pricing for Universal Orlando annual passholders
- Opening Day at Universal Stella Nova Resort!
- Muppet*Vision 3D closing June 8; Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster adding Muppets at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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Jan 20, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
1 hr 1 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Epic Universe early park admission details for Universal Orlando hotel guests
- DinoLand, U.S.A. closing timeline: What’s still open + what’s coming
- Best and worst new food at Epcot International Festival of the Arts 2025
- List of 59 Disney Villains starring in new show at Hollywood Studios
- Disney on Broadway celebrates 30 years
- ‘Alien Encounter’ immersive show in Los Angeles paying tribute to Magic Kingdom attraction is a bloody good time
- Haunted Mansion debuts new bride, attic scene changes at Disneyland
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Jan 13, 2025
Jan 13, 2025
34 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Busch Gardens Mardi Gras 2025: Everything we loved (and ate)
- Six Flags acquiring full ownership of Six Flags Over Georgia by 2027
- ‘The Last of Us’ attraction in the works from Sony
- Epic Universe construction update: Super Nintendo World portal bursts with color
- New Orlando attractions opening in 2025 at Universal, Walt Disney World, and SeaWorld
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Jan 9, 2025
Jan 9, 2025
33 min
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Topics of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Disney World free dining plan 2025: Dates, resorts, booking window
- Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster closing at Universal Studios Florida in 2025
- World’s tallest roller coaster officially canceled for Orlando, Skyplex land for sale near Epic Universe
- Two new ‘Wizard of Oz’ roller coasters now open
- Epic Universe construction update: Frankenstein Manor aglow with electricity in Dark Universe
- Epic Universe construction update: Fire test at ‘Frankenstein windmill’ Burning Blade Tavern in Dark Universe
- Epic Universe construction update: Grand tour of How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk
- Epic Universe construction update: Quidditch signage in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic
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Dec 30, 2024
Dec 30, 2024
53 min
Join Attractions Magazine contributing writers and correspondents as they bring you news and discussion about all things themed entertainment and parks, including Disney, Universal Studios and beyond on The Attractions Podcast.
Topic of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Harry Potter movies returning to theaters August 2024
- Epic Universe Classic Monsters windmill is alive, out of scaffolding
- New Tiger Lily scene now in Peter’s Pan’s Flight at Magic Kingdom
- Beyond Big Thunder: Everything we know
- Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster song choices reduced from 30 to five
- Crayola and Nerf will be next-door neighbors in Pigeon Forge
- Slide coaster: Introducing a launched water slide roller coaster
- Six Flags potentially selling theme parks after Cedar Fair merger
- Epic Universe: No single-day tickets or park hopping at first
- Spirit Christmas replacing Spirit Halloween in select locations
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Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024
33 min
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Topic of conversation on this week’s episode of The Attractions Podcast:
- Miguel and family from ‘Coco’ debut as face characters at Disney Treasure restaurant
- Maui ‘face character,’ Te Fiti puppet debut in ‘The Tale of Moana’ show on Disney Treasure
- The Disney Treasure: An Oral History | Maiden voyage commemorative retrospective
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