Ep 28 – Floating Cars Get Across The Pond

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First up today is a Punch List with Jay and Lissa plus we’re joined by Jake who is taking the Caption E.O. news pretty hard. After a touchy exchange between Ken and Lissa regarding Disney Jay brings up some UOR news.

Then for the Main Event today we have Part 2 of the interview with Simon and Susan of Veness Travel Media (Part 1 was posted March 16). They give their unique insights into the local British tourism trends and weigh in on all the news including Star Trek attractions, Star Wars and where SeaWorld goes from here.

Show Info

Music

Song 1

Song 2

Hosts

• Ken
• Kyle
• Jay
• Lissa of Magical Enchanted Vacations

Special Guests

• Jake of JakeOrl
• Simon & Susan of Veness Travel Media

Recording Dates

• Punch List- March 28, 2015
• Interview with Simon and Susan- March 5, 2015

Show Notes

Punch List

WDW

• Tomorrowland in Future World. Is Caption EO leaving for good? Does this point to future developments (Carousel of Progress rumor)? Innoventions Westis closing April 29 and in Disneyland its closing for 2 months, what does this mean?
• Pirates of the Caribbean closed for the summer.
• 50 Cent’s audio company is sponsoring Star Tours. WTF?
• Theme Park Insider noticed what looks to be a new road being built near DHS. Is this the new entrance?
• Trader Sam’s opens. Will the lines be a staple of this new bar?
• Amphibious Cars arrivedand they look awesome!
• Marvel store coming to DTD

UOR

• Updates to (what is likely) Kong from Amusement Buzz

Legoland Florida

• Lego Friends announced as final room theme of LLF Hotel. Is it smart to focus so heavy on a gender specific brand

MAIN EVENT

Part 2 of the interview with Veness Travel Media (Part 1 is here)

5 Takeaways from the Interview

1. Paramount is bringing an ‘American style’ park to U.K. and it will be interesting to watch how its received.
2. Simon and Susan think gaming will be a bad mix for Orlando
3. Tampa, Daytona and Miami have the adults covered, Simon and Susan think Orlando should be family focused
4. SeaWorld does a great job of conservation but they could do more to focus on it
5. 192 may have to give up on tourism as the main draw for certain segments of the road, but not the entire road.