You remember when Jim Reid Anderson donned a chef's cap and gave us the information for Six Flags' new 2020 ride additions? Maybe not, so we bring you our reactions to the announcements from the day the video came out. Locked in the Theme Park Families' vaults for all these months, we're happy to refresh your memories of what the parks are getting. What did we like and what did we find surprising? Lots! So let's take a trip down memory lane and see if these rides do open in 2020!

In this episode, we have a huge exclusive, as we are pleased to announce that a new celebrity is starting his own theme park-Joe Exotic with his Exoticwood! Find out what exciting rides his new park will have! We also discuss our epic trip to Arizona and California, culminating with our first ever trip to Magic Mountain. How does it fair against Cedar Point? Andrew's News looks at Knott's memberships, Dolly being Dolly, and Wild Water West's Raptor! Our Ride of the Day gives you a new vantage point and our Tip of the Day looks at future membership issues. Who likes to party? Joe does!

This was an episode recorded in July of 2019 and finally uploaded for your enjoyment! Our next TPF Quest looks at your suggestions for changes you'd make to make coasters better! We thank our participants who helped us with the Star Wars skit! Such talent! Andrew's News looks at new coaster openings and Great Adventure changes! We review Airtime from Holiwood Nights! Our Ride of the Day is a hopping good time and our Tip of the Day helps you to not miss out on that elusive credit. Enjoy!  

After a lengthy hiatus, we are back! Bored with the coronavirus isolation. We are back to help you through these tough times! We have our shortest Andrew's News in history. Andrew and I will explain what's been going on and why we haven't recorded in so long! Our Tip of the Day looks to relieve the boredom a bit! We've got numerous episodes coming very soon! Enjoy and thanks for sticking around!

On this episode, we welcome back friends from In the Loop, Clint and Shari Novak to discuss Funland of Fredericksburg news and his experience at Coney Island. Andrew's News looks at two theme park lawsuits and the Sea World teaser video. We discuss our trip to Fantasy Island in New York, a few attractions in the Niagara Falls entertainment center on the Canada side, and the Novaks' first trip to the wonderful park, Canada's Wonderland. Our Ride of the Day is one of the weirdest looking flat rides, and our Tip of the Day looks at Clint's park.  Enjoy!

We are so pleased to give our audience an exclusive look at the wonder that is Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland which opens next month. We start with Andrew's News which examines Hershey's possible new coaster name, Kennywood's progress with Steel Curtain, and continued King's Island coaster rumors.  As new Coaster Crew members, we share our experience at Carowinds for the club's event and review Copperhead Strike. We had a great time with great people and had lots of Fury rides, which makes any trip great! We play the exclusive audio that an important contact sent us revealing some of the new experiences at Galaxy's Edge, with never heard before footage. Our Ride of the Day gets a bit bumpy and our Tip of the Day examines helping nervous riders with a slow and steady pace. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

We start by discussing all of the new coasters that have opened so far. Andrew's News looks at Dolly's fast new car, Disney's bathroom break, and a Blue Streak tunnel! We spend plenty of time discussing our trip to Canada's Wonderland where we attended the media day for the opening of Yukon Striker, the world's tallest, fastest, longest dive coaster (we loved it). We play two interviews we conducted, one with new friend of the show, Grace Peacock, Director of Communications, and Sophie Bolliger, director of sales for Bolliger and Mabillard. For our Ride of the Day, our brains get scrambled and for our Tip of the Day, take a trip on the wild side. Join us next episode where we'll feature our trip to Carowinds with the Coaster Crew and play an exclusive from Galaxy's Edge. 

First we listen to a trip report to Carowinds sent from our show friend, Dave from Ohio, who has some hot takes about his time at opening weekend- don't get burned! We talk to Ryan Freund about his love for El Toro at Great Adventure. His reason for marathoning this beloved wooden coaster is very emotional. We chat about our recent experiences at Great Adventure, Carowinds with the Coaster Crew, and Kings Dominion with friends, which will talk about in our next few episodes We are excited about going to this week's media day coming at Canada's Wonderland for Yukon Striker! Report coming soon!

In Part II, we start by discussing the pure magic that is the Crayola Experience video that has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels on YouTube.  We discuss Drew's favorite ride (REALLY!), Magnum, and he gives some great advice on how to ride this without any pain. He also states why he loves it so much. We discuss Hershey, living in Orlando, 2019 memberships, and things to look forward to in the 2019 theme park season. Drew supplies his own Ride of the Day and Tip of the Day, where we learn about a ride in Indiana and a way to maximize your time at Sea World. Our sign off is an ode to Drew with a favorite pastime that he has had to cut down on since fatherhood started.

Adding to our list of theme park friends, we invite Drew the Intern from the In the Loop Podcast to join us a long discussion that we break up into two episodes. For Andrew's and Drew's News, we discuss Copperhead Strike, Drew's unique cup obsession, Green Lantern leaving Magic Mountain, and Sesame Street's big Orlando opening. We chat about ITL's big event FreeRT that's almost four years in the making. We start to discuss Drew's background about his childhood and how he got his love of coasters and theme parks. From there, we head to college and how he got involved with Disney and In the Loop.  Part 2, next episode, continues from there.