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April 27, 2015

Ep 30 – Summer 2015 Outlook with Banks Lee

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On today’s show Banks Lee joins us to discuss the Summer 2015 Outlook. We discuss Legoland, I-Drive 360 and Uncle Lou’s odd Ebay listings. Before Banks joins us Kyle and Ken cover the Punch List with a conversation about area apartments, timeshares and reality shows staring Jackie Siegel.

Show Info

Music

Song 1 (At beginning)
Song 2 (Main Event Intro Song)
Song 3 (Closing Song)

Hosts

Ken
Kyle
Jay
Special Guest- Banks Lee

Recording Dates

Punch List – 4-23-2015
Interview – 4-25-2015

Show Notes

Punch List

Apartments mentioned on today’s show

I-Drive

McDonalds is moving next door
SLR/I-Drive pedestrian overpass (none of the stuff Ken said lines up with anything officially announced…)

Other local tourism news

McDonald’s by UCF gets touch screen ordering
Kyle Mentions- An indoor event complex with an indoor theme park
LBV Outlets are adding 110,000sq ft
Westgate Town Center readies to open
Siegal’s are going on WifeSwap!
Marriott Executive condos in Tampa’s Channelside

Main Event

Interview with Banks Lee

5 Takeaways from the interview

Even Banks is getting tired of waiting for Universal to announce Kong
Banks likes how SeaWorld responded to the coaster rumors and believes Universal could learn from it
SeaWorld can become more than a sea life attraction if they build the next coaster properly
Gator Spot at Fun Spot might be the breakout attraction this summer
Locals are going to I-Drive, now the attractions there need to respond with annual passes for locals

April 14, 2015

SideChat 9 – Yo-Yos of the High Class

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Uh oh, Ken and Lissa go at it today when the discussion turns to what demographic Disney is currently targeting. Change is coming but who will it be for? Downtown Disney, Ferrari World and Disneyland60 are brought up in this Uni vs. Disney fight. Jake tries to break up the fighting by talking CityWalk but Lissa and Ken see right through it. They continue their discussion on who Disney is going after by talking acts at Food & Wine, Legoland Hotel pricing and who really shops at Sunglass Hut. In the end in classic sitcom style everyone still loves each other and the show ends with Jay, Jake, Lissa and Ken all jumping into the air High-Fiving each other while jamming out.

Show Info

Music

Hosts

Jake of JakeOrl

Recording Dates

March 28, 2015

Show Notes

Legoland Florida Hotel pricing
NASCAR I-Drive
Hash House A Go Go
Ken Recommends- Giraffa’s
Is Ferrari coming to Orlando? Dubai | Spain | Korea
Ken – “We can probably expect a hotel to eventually go in to Skyplex.”
Ken Recommends- Walt’s Frozen Head on Twitter
Don’t forget- Orlando has a The Palm Restaurant.
Jake Recommends- Adding more shopping to CityWalk Orlando
Disneyland60 Shingles WTF?!
Jake Recommends- Not offering less for your money
Ken Recommends- Pig Floyd’s
The Great Villains Unleashed Flop of 2014
Lissa Recommends- Updating the list of acts at Food & Wine
Ken Recommends- Cher and Elton John performing at Epcot
mmmhops

April 7, 2015

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

Special Guests

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

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

March 16, 2015

OTR Ep 26 – Ringling and the Brits

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On today’s show Jason of Orlando Fun & Food weighs in on the shocking news coming out of Ringling Brothers. Then Jay and Ken talk about some recent news before Kyle joins. Kyle and Ken interview Simon and Susan of Veness Travel Media. Simon is the author of ‘The Brits Guide to Orlando,’ the best selling guide of its kind in the U.K. Simon and Susan discuss their observations in the changing demographics of Orlando tourism and how the larger trends in Florida are affecting it.

Show Info

Hosts

Special Guests

Jason of Orlando Fun & Food
Simon & Susan of Veness Travel Media

Recording Dates

Interview with Jason- March 8, 2015
Interview with Simon and Susan- March 5, 2015

Music

Show Notes

Ringling Brothers/Feld Entertainment

SeaWorld

Disney

I-Drive

World’s Largest Perkins coming to Skyscraper at Skyplex
World’s largest McDonalds coming to I-Drive Map | Ken’s article from 2013
I-Drive 4-Pass

Other Tourism in Central Florida

Oasis of the Seas coming to Port Canaveral
Josh Gonzales on The Park Blogger and Mighty Men of Mouse

Main Event

March 12, 2015

OTR – SideChat 7 – Here Come The Lions

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In today’s SideChat we’re joined by Simon and Susan of Veness Travel Media. Simon is the author of The Brits Guide to Orlando, the #1 selling Orlando travel guide in the U.K. For this special SideChat though we pick his brain on soccer. He is a regular writer for MLS.com and SkySports.com. He has also written about American sports for most major British newspapers and has been featured on the BBC. Today we discuss the Orlando City Soccer Club’s first MLS season, what this new team means to Orlando tourism and how Kaka will impact Brazilian tourist’s vacation plans.

Show Info

Ken Storey

Kyle

Jay

Special Guests – Simon & Susan of Veness Travel Media

Show Notes

Orlando City Soccer Club

Kaka

South Florida Condo Sales

MLS Largest attended games

Atlanta confirmed as an expansion

SunRail