Podcast: The Ride

VOTE: August 2025 Club 3 Topic

This was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the Club 3 election. They did things that, frankly, nobody’s ever even imagined, even on other podcasts. You’ve seen some pretty rough podcasts. You’ve never seen anything like it. And we have all of the documents. So Brian Wilson, it was his concept, his idea, but he also got it from Crooked Bug Mane, crooked as a $3 bill. And it’s the most unbelievable thing I think I’ve ever read. So, you want to take a l...

Epic Universe Creature Clash with Carlye Wisel (Main Feed)

A tournament in July? Yes! It was the only way we could determine the best creature found in Universal's newest park, Epic Universe.

From dragons to birds to freaky sad rhinos, the boys and Carlye Wisel (Very Amusing Podcast) determine what creature stands above the rest!

Brian Wilson's Disney Album - In the Key of Disney (Club 3)

Honoring The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson in the most P:TR way possible, by listening to his little known Disney cover album! RIP Brian Wilson!

Give us your suggestions for August's Club 3 topic in the Patreon comments! Vote with your likes!

Scott made a Brian playlist on Spotify. Check out “Brother Brian” here:

https://open.spotify.com/...

Disneyland’s 70th (Main Feed)

Happy Birthday Disneyland! Your gift is a freewheeling conversation about your origins, your new robot and a whole bunch of weird stuff that somehow makes sense in the context of this bizarre podcast.

Cheers to your Platinum Anniversary!

Titanic: A Voyage Through Time with Marisa Pinson and Jon Glover (Main Feed)

Put on some clunky VR headsets! Marisa Pinson and Jon Glover (On Brand Podcast) take Mike and Scott to a virtual reality Titanic thing.

Hear their tales of being lectured by dead-eyed Playstation 2-looking characters, or how they awkwardly tried to use a Titanic toilet.

Michael Meets Eisner (Second Gate)

Last week, Mike posted a photo of himself and Michael Eisner.

This podcast is the story of that photo.

Unbuilt Islands of Adventure (Second Gate)

Taz instead of Cat In the Hat? Mr. Magoo instead of Ian Malcolm? Could have happened!

We explore some of the unbuilt concepts for Islands of Adventure. Would any of these rides made an already perfect park even perfect-er?

VOTE: July 2025 Club 3 Topic

Which topic will be the Mamdani populist hero, and which will be the bloated Cuomo carcass?

NOTE: Anthony Gioe is currently unavailable to "do whatever he wants" but we'll put that in the poll whenever he frees up

Epic Universe with Paging Mr. Morrow and Kevin Tully LIVE (Main Feed)

Live from the Tin Roof Orlando on beautiful I-Drive! This was the second live PTR show of the night and Mike was hammered. (Someone sent him a single complimentary shot of Casamigos during show 1).

The boys and Mr. Morrow recap their favorite things about Universal's new theme park including viking cones and monster feet.

Los Angeles! See Mike Carlson do Improv Comedy in Glendale, CA July 3rd! 7:30PM. With Jordan Morris! Lilan Bowden too! Tickets Below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improv-beach-tickets-1417821705889

Follow Improv Beach on Insta! Shows first Thursday of every month!

https://www.instagram.com/improvbeach?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

Space Mountain with Bug Mane (Club Kokopelli That's Me)

At long last! The definitive, exhaustive Space Mountain P:TR episode, with a guest who really knows his stuff: Bug Mane! 🐛 Recorded outside the abandoned Sears at the Buena Park mall, with special guests and fun surprises! 

Leave your suggestions for next month’s Club Kokopelli That’s Me poll in the Patreon comments! 🐛

Theme song remix (and permanent new theme music) by Andrew Koeth

Tiny Towns (Club Bug Free)

Mike and Scott discuss tiny towns! Some of the cutest, smallest widdle pwaces in all of theme parks!

Give us your suggestions for July's Club 3 topic in the Patreon comments! Vote with your likes!

Mickey's 60th Birthday with Joe Kwaczala (Main Feed)

In 1988, The Magical World of Disney aired an ambitious special celebrating Mickey Mouse's 60th birthday. Sitcom character guest appearances, a sorcerer Mickey return and a lot of references to MURDER. Eisner is in there too, don't worry.

The returning Joe Kwaczala helps us break it all down, from his personal VHS that includes all the original commercials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=377WMqwuQbs 2025-06-20 07:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make Believe (Second Gate)

There was a Mister Rogers ride at Pittsburgh's Idlewild Park for over two decades! Whoa!

Clunky, click-clacking robots! A human guide that performs live, stilted dialogue! It all takes place in a weird forest!

If you want to watch the ride before you listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3c3s-4L-Uk&t=2s

PizzeRizzo with Alicia Stella and Melia Schnefke LIVE (Main Feed)

Live from Orlando, a beautiful rat funeral for a somewhat controversial rat-centric pizza restaurant. This episode contains cheers, boos and very special Pizzerizzo-related guests!

Goodbye sweet rat-prince!

The Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant (Second Gate)

Class of '55 sails on!

Pre-1982, Disneyland's Fantasyland contained a massive pirate ship and lower deck restaurant.

An average meal there: tuna in a heavy pie crust and a glass of thick whole milk. A perfect 50s lunch!

Baseball X Theme Parks with Hal Rudnick (Main Feed)

Hal Rudnick(Screen Junkies) laces up his cleats and The Good Boys double knot their comfortable, arch-supported shoes to examine the intersection of baseball and theme parks!

More Fantasmic! (Second Gate)

We're back to finish the job.

(The job is having a breezy, fun, somewhat informative conversation about the Fantasmic shows around the globe).

VOTE: June 2025 Club Kokopelli That’s Me Topic 🐛

Bzz bzz, Club Kokopelli That's Me skittleskribers! Summer's here, you know what that means- puddy weather! Cast your vote in this month's poll, then get back to smoking that rock at JC Penney.

Reminder: the runner-up rolls over to next month's Club KTM poll.

2nd reminder: Covfefe was Matthew mcconaughey in the tesseract trying to tweet Covid thru Trumps hand

VOTE: June 2025 Club 3 aka Club Bug Free Topic

He's gone. All is calm. Maybe a little too calm 🐛

Note: the idea about Jason's fortune telling was not used because his Popeye tarot cards have not yet been printed

Jellyrolls with Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano (Main Feed)

For almost 30 years, Jellyrolls rocked Disney World guests with it's dueling piano magic.

But now? High energy piano versions of popular music will be sung no more. Jellyrolls has closed.

Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano return to Podcast: The Ride to unpack their feelings about this historic place. Will they side with Jellyrolls lover Mike or Jellyrolls disliker Scott?

And where does Jason stand on this important matter?

The stakes have never been h...

Breastaurants (Club 3)

Topics we haven't done a full episode on:
1. Space Mountain.

2. Pirates.

3. Mr. Toad.

Give us your suggestions for June's Club 3 topic in the Patreon comments! Vote with your likes!

Stitch Toilet Paper Castle (Second Gate)

On November 16th, 2004, Stitch celebrated the opening of his new ride by desecrating Disney World's iconic castle.

It only lasted a day, but the memories will make a certain type of park visiter mad forever.

A Perfectly Cromulent Simpsons Episode with Alan Siegel (Main Feed)

Alan Siegel, author of "Stupid TV, Be More Funny", brings tales from the Simpsons writers' room, Disney jail and Moe's Tavern (the one at Universal).

Los Angeles! See Mike Carlson and Marissa Strickland do Improv Comedy in Glendale, CA May 23rd! Ooo La Loo Improv! Tickets Below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ooo-la-loo-improv-tickets-1343231003089

Disney Abu Dhabi (Second Gate)

The boys discuss Disney's newest venture.

Area Loop Playlists

Here's all of the area loops mentioned in the this week's episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbaU8Mv36XU&list=PLvU1GoGLjcfRjy0AsVLttJTne3WZ-BItI

And here's Kevin's playlist "Liminal Oasis"

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Area Loops with Kevin Tully (Main Feed)

Some people call area loops: "theme park background music." Others refer to area loops as: "the noise coming out of a speaker that emotionally corresponds to the type of themed space where the speaker is located."

Regardless, theme park lands wouldn't be the same without area loops!

Kevin Tully returns in a non Avatar-related scenario, to chill and jam out with this eclectic selection of area loops.

American Gladiators Orlando Dinner Theater (Second Gate)

Orlando is/was truly the greatest place on Earth.

Where else could you eat atrocious food while watching jacked-up American Gladiators kind-of fight?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_kAb3dh3EA

Universal Fan Fest Nights with Paul Scheer (Main Feed)

Paul Scheer returns to discuss the first ever Universal Studios "Fan Fest Nights," a non scary Halloween Horror Nights-type event.

Fan Fest nights offers immersive experiences like walking on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise or getting yelled at by any number of Back to the Future characters (even obscure ones)!