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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast

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We take on all aspects of theme parks - Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, 6 Flags - discussing them in historical context and then finding ways, to quote Walt Disney, to "plus them up!" www.lowdown-plus-up.com

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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🎢 That story and more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast — theme park history, every episode. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Charlie LaVere had a million-selling record as a vocalist, and Bing Crosby trusted him enough to rehearse 'Road to Morocco' with him privately — instead of with the full studio orchestra. LaVere wrote the Golden Horseshoe Revue songs a few years later. #ThemeParks
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Disneyland's landscaping budget ran dry. So Bill Evans got ahead of the bulldozers clearing land for the freeways, tagged the trees he wanted, and paid $25 a tree for the demolition crew to leave them standing. His team boxed the roots and hauled them to Adventureland.
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We cover stories like this every week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast, part of the Boardwalk Times network. Find it in your podcatcher, or at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The giant Skull Island gates from the original 1933 King Kong were later burned down for the Atlanta fire sequence in Gone with the Wind. If you know what to look for, you can see them behind Clark Gable and the horse. #FilmHistory
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Disneyland's Jungle Cruise opened in 1955 with almost no vegetation — the plants hadn't had time to grow. Walt's fix: have Bill Evans label all the tiny saplings with long Latin names so the sparse greenery looked instructional. Turn the liability into a feature. #ThemeParkHistory
A vintage Disneyland attraction poster for the Jungle Cruise, featuring ornate illustrated lettering surrounded by lush tropical foliage, exotic flowers, a large coiled snake, and a central scene of …
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We cover stories like this every week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast, part of the Boardwalk Times network. Find it in your podcatcher, or at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Steven Spielberg walked up to the King Kong Encounter programming console, said 'I heard you guys know what you are doing' — and then recognized the engineer as his college roommate and the best man at his own wedding. They hadn't seen each other in six years.
A bass drum head painted with the name 'Firefly Five Plus Lou' sits atop a wooden cabinet in a warmly decorated interior, surrounded by a Tiffany-style lamp, floral arrangements, ornate woodwork, and…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🎢 That story and more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast — theme park history, every episode. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bob Gurr built the King Kong animatronic so that any mechanical failure would cause the figure to stand upright and hold position. A machine engineered to fail in the safest possible direction. #ThemeParkHistory
Dramatic illustrated artwork depicting a roaring giant gorilla lunging toward terrified tram passengers, with a fiery cityscape visible in the background. The scene captures riders reacting in fear a…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bonita Granville Wrather — the woman behind the Disneyland Hotel's third tower — was cinema's first Nancy Drew. Four films in two years, starting in 1938. There's also a steakhouse named after her. History contains multitudes.
A vintage promotional brochure cover for the Disneyland Hotel in Southern California, showing the hotel's mid-century modern tower building with 'Hotel Disneyland' signage, and in the foreground, gue…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We cover stories like this every week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast, part of the Boardwalk Times network. Find it in your podcatcher, or at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Bob Gurr built the King Kong Encounter's 10-foot animatronic head with 29 computer-controlled movements. He was so proud of it that he rode inside the head as it cycled through its motions — sometimes with eight coworkers. Sometimes while the show was open. #ThemeParkHistory
A massive animatronic King Kong figure roars with mouth wide open, revealing large teeth and tongue, with a cityscape backdrop visible behind him. The figure is positioned near bridge cable anchor po…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Star Trek: The Experiences - Universal, Las Vegas and Ticonderoga | Lowdown on the Plus-Up
EPISODE SUMMARYIn this episode of The Lowdown on the Plus-Up, Kelly and Pete return to their nerd roots to explore the theme park legacy of Star Trek. From the original 1966 series to Deep Space Nine, the two dive into Gene Roddenberry’s ideals, the franchise’s optimism, and the surprising role L...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's Star Trek's 60th Birthday! Celebrate with us, Lowdown-style! We discuss the rise and fall of Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas, Universal's interactive Trek experiences, and the Elvis-impersonator who built the entire Enterprise in upstate New York. Link below. #StarTrek
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Harry Nilsson was terrified of looking unprepared in front of conductor Gordon Jenkins. So he quietly spent hours rehearsing standards with a pianist named Charlie LaVere. (LaVere had co-written the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland.) Nobody knew about it for years.
A vintage-style illustrated poster for 'The Golden Horseshoe' advertises 'the grandest most spectacular shows in the West,' featuring a central illustration of a glamorous saloon dancer in a red gown…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We cover stories like this every week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast, part of the Boardwalk Times network. Find it in your podcatcher, or at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Disneyland brought in a team of consultants to design a new Autopia car. They all disagreed with each other. The result reflected everything everybody wanted — and was, per Bob Gurr, worse than the car it replaced. Also it broke the curbs.
A line of colorful ride vehicles in orange, red, yellow, and blue sit queued on a track at a theme park, with a monorail beam, lush trees, and a large artificial rocky mountain peak visible in the ba…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🎢 That story and more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast — theme park history, every episode. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Here's what the road sign doesn't tell you: Katella Avenue — one of the main roads leading to the Disneyland Hotel — is named after two little girls. Kate and Ella. Their farmhouse literally sat by the train tracks that eventually became the road. The street outlasted the farm. #DisneyHistory
A vintage promotional booklet cover for 'Gourmet Restaurants at Disneyland Hotel,' featuring a mid-century illustrated scene of a tall hotel tower, low-rise buildings surrounded by palm trees, and a …
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Pete and Kelly are back doing something they rarely do: discuss current news! But with this year's D23, everything new is old again, so we jumped in the pool! boardwalktimes.net/d...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🎢 That story and more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast — theme park history, every episode. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When Walt Disney walked through the empty interior of Sleeping Beauty Castle to plan its walkthrough, the first sign something was wrong was Emil Kuri's white pants turning black. From fleas. There were nearly 100 cats living in there. Walt had them neutered and adopted.
A black-and-white photo of a man in a hat sitting on a grass lawn beside a toddler, with an ornate fairy-tale castle featuring tall spires visible in the background. The scene appears to be from the …
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey everyone, If you've listened to our show, you know we love small, independent, attractions like the Oregon Vortex. The Vortex is struggling to re-open after a flood a few years ago. If you can help them with anything, it would be appreciated. GoFundMe link below.
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Disneyland Hotel was one of the first hotels in California to use solar water heating. Early satellite teleconferencing. Computerized check-in. The hotel built on looking forward. Its towers are now named after Disneyland lands. Tomorrowland is not among them. #DisneyHistory
A pink shopping bag from Taylor & Hume's Magicland, a toys and souvenirs shop located in the Disneyland Hotel, featuring a retro illustration of the hotel's towers with a monorail passing in front. T…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We cover stories like this every week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast, part of the Boardwalk Times network. Find it in your podcatcher, or at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wally Boag performed nearly 40,000 shows at the Golden Horseshoe. He was also Walt's choice for the voice of Tigger. After Walt died, they recast the role. Just — recast it. And moved on.
A vintage-style promotional poster for the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland's Frontierland, featuring can-can dancers framed within an illuminated horseshoe, with ornate Western scroll decoration…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🎢 That story and more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast — theme park history, every episode. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The animatronic Lincoln at Disneyland stands six foot seven. Lincoln himself was six foot four. The extra three inches were there to fit all the hydraulics and electronics inside him. The technology had to live somewhere. #DisneyHistory
A black-and-white photograph of an animatronic figure dressed in a dark suit and bow tie, seated in a chair beside a small table holding an open book and an oil lamp, with an American flag and heavy …
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Dancing Waters at the Disneyland Hotel traces its lineage back to a 6'9" circus strongman who built a hydraulic water organ in the 1820s. Giovanni Belzoni later turned it into a phantasmagoria spook show. World of Color is his great-great-great-grandchild. #Disneyland
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Kelly McCubbin @kellymccubbin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My new piece for Boardwalk Times. D23 isn't filling my emotional needs... but we could work it out! #disneyland #d23 #disney
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D23, I’m Not Sure That We Can Go On Like This - Boardwalk Times
D23… We need to have a talk. It’s hard to say where our relationship stands at this moment, but let’s say that we have entered the “trust but verify” phase. Look, I know that you never actually SAID t...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We cover stories like this every week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast, part of the Boardwalk Times network. Find it in your podcatcher, or at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wally Boag's boat broke down on the Jungle Cruise. He had a Golden Horseshoe show to make. So he removed his hairpiece, held it above his head, leaped out of the boat, swam to shore, kissed a hippopotamus on the head, and ran. The show went on. #DisneyHistory
A man in a cowboy hat, vest, and chaps stands beside a woman in an elaborate red off-the-shoulder gown with black feathered headpiece and long black gloves, posed together on a stage with a golden cu…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🎢 That story and more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast — theme park history, every episode. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Main Street Opera House was the first building constructed at Disneyland. Not as a showpiece — as a lumber mill. That's why it's so big. #DisneyHistory #Disneyland
A person in a Minnie Mouse costume operates what appears to be a vintage telephone switchboard, standing at a large panel filled with cables, jacks, and switches. The black-and-white photo captures t…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Autopia opened at Disneyland in 1955 as a vision of America's multilane highway future. Eisenhower hadn't signed the Interstate Highway legislation yet. The future had arrived before the future existed. #ThemeParkHistory #Disneyland
A vintage-style attraction poster for Autopia in Disneyland's Tomorrowland, featuring colorful futuristic cars speeding along a winding elevated roadway with a sleek midcentury building in the backgr…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We cover stories like this every week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast, part of the Boardwalk Times network. Find it in your podcatcher, or at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Upstairs at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon sits a Coinola C2 player piano that most guests have no idea exists. It still works perfectly. It has been there a very long time. #Disneyland #ThemeParkHistory
A woman in a red ruffled strapless gown with black beaded trim and long black gloves poses with a man wearing a white cowboy hat, dark vest, and Western-style clothing, both smiling against a gold cu…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🎢 That story and more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast — theme park history, every episode. Search for it in your podcast app, or listen at lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Ray Bradbury came back from Paris, stood at Sleeping Beauty Castle, and recognized a Viollet-le-Duc spire — the same design he'd just seen on Notre Dame. He called John Hench that night. It had been there from the beginning. #ThemeParkHistory
A fairy tale castle with pink and purple illuminated spires is reflected in a still moat at night, with a stone bridge in the foreground and flowering plants along the water's edge. Blue decorative b…
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Want the full story? The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Podcast digs into theme park history every episode. Search your podcast app, or visit lowdown-plus-up.com
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The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
 Theme park history with no guardrails. Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet go deep on Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and the forgotten amusement parks that deserve to be remembered — uncovering the stories behind the attractions, the Imagineers and showmen who built them,...
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Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast @lowdown-plus-up.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Before Frontier Village, Laurie Hollings did stop-motion photography for King Kong and helped animate Fantasia's pink elephants. The man who built a Wild West town for Bay Area kids had a genuinely strange path getting there. #ThemeParkHistory
A colorful illustrated map of Frontier Village theme park, showing the park's layout with various attractions, a central lake, a main street area, rides, and decorative Western-themed figures includi…
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