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Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastWinter Break Fun Day #4: Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted ChristmasHappy holidays! You didn't think we weren't going to torture Dorman one more time, did you? In this final holiday episode, we look back on O'Reilly's childhood memories with "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" and unlock a truly wretched piece of Christmas coal that we're certain many people are bizarrely fond of. Nostalgia's a hell of a drug! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-12-1354 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: Our Christmas Specials SpecialIn this final yuletide archive ep, Dorman and O'Reilly discuss their favorite holiday specials growing up. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-12-0648 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: The Vegas Sphere/Postcards from EarthFrom a year ago, Ryan explores the Vegas Sphere and sees the Darren Aronofsky film Postcards from Earth in all of its crazy glory! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-11-1555 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: Mega Orlando Trip ReportIn Sept 2023, Ryan O'Reilly did a mega Orlando trip including Disney World, a cruise and Retro Magic! Hear all about it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-10-181h 45Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS: O'Reilly Goes to Japan, Tokyo Disney & Universal Osaka!Follow the compass of your heart along with Ryan O'Reilly to Japan as he takes you on a three hour long PLUS journey to Tokyo Disney, Universal Osaka and beyond! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-10-113h 07Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: Dorman Goes to Japan & Tokyo Disney ResortIn this SUPER-SIZED, nearly three-hour-long podcast, Ryan Dorman recounts his 2023 trip to Japan including a visit to Tokyo Disney Resort! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-09-062h 44Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt Tokyo DisneyToday we have a split episode for you: first, Ryan Dorman talks about his trip to Aulani and we catch up on several news items, then we discuss some unexplored concepts for the Tokyo Disney parks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-08-021h 22Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastChristmas in July #3: Disney+ Short Film FestivalThis year, Ryan Dorman enlists us to watch five short films on Disney+: Le Pupille May the 12th Be With You Growing Fangs Twentysomething The Little Matchgirl --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-07-251h 45Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: Six Flags Over Texas Trip ReportFrom June 2023, we begin our bonus episode release, previously never before released to the public! Here Ryan O'Reilly tells us about his trip to Six Flags Over Texas plus more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-07-121h 12Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: Super Nintendo World Trip ReportFrom March 2023, Ryan O'Reilly gives his report from Super Nintendo World and MORE! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-06-281h 25Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastSpirit of California: ScamPark 2Get ready for a real Scamifornia Adventure as we look at the Spirit of California project slated for Tracy, California in 2012, which totally didn't rip off a failed Disney theme park. Also, Ryan O'Reilly gives his trip report to Kentucky Kingdom and Holiday World. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-06-141h 29Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastStan Freberg's EPCOT Inventions PavilionToday we triumph thru Ryan's head cold to examine Stan Freberg's quirky Inventions pavilion pitch featuring a queue that's a ride, a giant light bulb and a singing Thomas Edison! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-05-241h 09Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: Walt Disney Family Museum Trip ReportNext on our archive series we head back to August 2022 to hear Ryan O'Reilly's trip report to Northern California and experiencing the Walt Disney Family Museum, and so much more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-05-171h 17Making Better Decisions: Leaders in DataMaking Better Decisions: Leaders in DataBeyond Big Data - Darren O’Reilly - Making Better Decisions - Episode # 005On this week’s episode of Making Better Decisions, host Ryan Sullivan sat down with Darren O’Reilly, Senior Director of Software and Technology at JBT Automated Systems! Darren delves into the importance of using the right data over more data in making decisions, the challenge of managing massive data volumes with the increasing automation and use of robots in operations, stressing the role of AI and ML in improving efficiency and decision-making. It’s an insightful episode you don’t want to miss! Takeaways:Darren emphasizes that the crux of making better decisions lies not...2024-05-0945 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastFROM THE ARCHIVES: RetroMagic 2022!This week in our archives dive we go back to 2022 and Ryan O'Reilly tells Dorman about his trip to RetroMagic and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-03-2236 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDreamVision: The Scam ParkToday we check out Ron Logan and Rick Silanskas' "dream" park that was "funded" by con man Bryan Robinson, filled with some of the worst theme park ideas you've ever heard. Ryan Dorman also delivers some piping hot takes about his recent trip to Orlando. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-03-011h 24Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastMain Street Offshoots Part 1: Edison Square & Liberty StreetWe're back from hiatus with a brand-new episode about two Main Street expansion both planned by Walt Disney: Edison Square, with a familiar-sounding show sponsored by General Electric and Liberty Street, featuring a wax hall of Presidents! Plus, we have some news about the future of Unbuilt. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2024-01-191h 32Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastA Special Holiday Message from RyanUntil the END of 2023, a brand-new bonus Christmas special-themed ep is available at our Ko-Fi for FREE: https://ko-fi.com/s/aa9ce2e2af Check it out now! After 1/1/24, the episode will still be available for $1 for non-members. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-12-2204 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastWinter Break Fun Day #3: Modern Simpsons ChristmasHappy holidays! This year we look at two episodes from different eras of bad Simpsons: season 15's "Tis the Fifteenth Season" and season 31's "Bobby, It's Cold Outside". Which one is worse? Hint: it's the season 31 episode. C'mon. Duh. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-12-1552 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastEnchanted Snow PalaceWe travel into the unknown and encounter Marc Davis' Enchanted Snow Palace, a 1977 concept where guests would take an icy boat ride to meet the Snow Queen! No, not Elsa, but there are a lot of goofy snowmen who may or may not like warm hugs! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-12-081h 09Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBeavis and Butthead: The RideThis ride would've been FIRE! We travel back to the 90s and take a look at a pitch from MTVN Recreation involving a portable Beavis and Butthead simulator. You can find the glossary materials here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/x1h7646y12peoyz/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_-_The_Ride.pdf/file --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-11-241h 20Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBeastly KingdomOur longest episode yet! We roar into Animal Kingdom with a look at Joe Rohde's Fantasyland, that of Beastly Kingdom where we search for unicorns, glide to classical music and face off against a fire-breathing dragon! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-11-101h 57Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastMel Brooks' Hollywood Horror HotelWe take a peek into the possibility of Mel Brooks running the Hollywood Tower Hotel with this early iteration where comedy ruled instead of screams! Hop on an elevator and catch a movie monster or two as we see what happens when Michael Eisner tries to ensnare the master of parody with a semi-spooky E-ticket attraction! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-10-271h 05Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastCasper's Whipstaff ManorWe visit Casper the Friendly Ghost and his uncles the Ghostly Trio to check out Universal's unbuilt Whipstaff Manor dark ride based on the 1995 Casper film, where guests could ride on beds and choose their own route! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-10-131h 26Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS PREVIEW: TRON Review!We will be BACK from hiatus next week, but for now here is a preview of a bonus episode we did where you can hear my trip report from the past two weeks where I went to Walt Disney World, cruised on the Carnival Mardi Gras and attended RetroMagic! As a taste, here is my review of TRON Lightcycle Run! You can find the full episode for $1 or included with other bonus episodes at one of our membership tiers here: https://ko-fi.com/s/0c4132606f --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-10-0612 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS PREVIEW: Dorman Hates Encanto! (in Animal Kingdom)Hiatus! Ryan O'Reilly is on vacation, and Unbuilt will be back with new episodes in mid-October! For now, please enjoy this preview of this recent bonus episode that can be found at our Ko-Fi where we cover the recent Destination D23 announcements! Here, Dorman explains why he vehemently dislikes the possibility of Encanto in Animal Kingdom. You can find this episode and more available for $1 or on our bonus tiers at this link: https://ko-fi.com/unbuiltpod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-09-2210 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastMary Poppins (feat. Tony Goldmark)The east winds take us to a lovely London town and along with us we encounter Tony Goldmark of Escape from Vault Disney! In today's ep, we examine the various unbuilt Mary Poppins attractions in Disney history from Tony Baxter's Jolly Holiday ride to EPCOT's cancelled UK pavilion expansion! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-09-151h 29Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastParamount Park SpainWe journey to Murcia, Spain and examine an unbuilt bottom-up Paramount theme park with attractions based on movies you've heard of like Mission Impossible and Grease, and also based on films you've never heard of like Stardust and FairyTale! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-09-011h 00Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe Disney Cancellation Special In our fiftieth episode, we take a look at a myriad of Disney World projects that were never meant to be, but still announced by the company. Topics include: the Main Street Theatre, the Epcot Festival Center, Hyperion Wharf, Pop Century's Legendary Years, Reflections A Lakeside Lodge, the Play Pavilion and Spaceship Earth's most recent tabled redo! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-08-181h 32Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastGarfield's Theme Park (feat. Ryan Estrada)We are joined with Garfield cartoonist and expert Ryan Estrada to explore a never-made Indiana theme park called Garfield's American Adventure! Does the fat cat get represented well or should this be shipped in a box to Abu Dhabi? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-08-041h 06Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastChristmas in July #2: EraserheadMerry Julymas! Once again we let Ryan Dorman chose a film for us to discuss, and this year he has chosen David Lynch's 1977 surrealist body horror Eraserhead! How much about parenting will we learn? Find out today! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-07-2555 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDisney's Wizarding World of Harry PotterToday we look at Disney's attempt to create a Harry Potter land, filled with completely underwhelming rides and attractions! Also we check out Universal's Villain Con: Minion Blast! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-07-211h 07Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe American Adventure RideThis Fourth of July week we take a look at Marc Davis' original 1975/1976 concepts for The American Adventure, including an omnimover ride with an original song! To purchase bonus episodes or gain early access to episodes, check out our Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/unbuiltpod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-07-071h 09Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS PREVIEW: Dorman Reviews Tokyo DisneySea!Today we have a treat: a 14-minute chunk of our 2 1/2 hour PLUS discussion about Ryan Dorman's recent trip to Japan, including his thoughts on Tokyo DisneySea! The full episode is available now for just $1, or through one of our tiers at https://ko-fi.com/unbuiltpod! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-07-0517 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastAtlantean Encounter We dive in to Atlantis as we look at the proposed thrilling redo of Disneyland's Submarine Voyage: the Atlantean Encounter, based on 2001's Atlantis the Lost Empire. Will thrill-seekers escape the clutches of the Leviathan? Will we address the recent Titan Submersible incident? Well, the answer for that last one is no since the episode was recorded several weeks prior. That we just call bad timing! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-06-301h 27Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastLost Continent's Lost ReplacementsWe chopper back over to Islands of Adventure to take a look at the many possible replacements for the public domain land The Lost Continent! Could it be Rudolph, Harry Potter or even Willy Wonka? Thanks to Alicia Stella of OrlandoParkStop.com for the information for today's show. You can check out her original article here: https://orlandoparkstop.com/feature/unbuilt-attractions/5-never-built-replacements-for-the-lost-continent-at-islands-of-adventure/ Orlando ParkStop is currently running a Stop Hate charity campaign for the month of June. Donations accepted towards The Trevor Project here: https://orlandoparkstop.com/charity/ Special Thanks to Jerry Skids...2023-06-091h 19Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDisney's America - Part Two (feat. Jaalin Harvey)It's the epic conclusion to our episode on Disney's America! Jaalin Harvey from A Podcast For All Things, But Mostly Disney continues to join us as we discuss why the history theme park was never built, the political controversy and fallout, as well as imagining the alternate reality where it came to be. Also announcing our Ko-Fi "Unbuilt Unlimited", where you can enjoy bonus episodes and other exclusive content such as early access to episodes. Check it out here: https://ko-fi.com/unbuiltpod/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show...2023-05-261h 20Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDisney's America - Part One (feat. Jaalin Harvey)It's an EPIC, slightly, kind-of patriotic two-parter as Jaalin Harvey from A Podcast For All Things, But Mostly Disney joins us to talk Disney's America! In the first half of the episode, we discuss how Disney's America, a failed Virginia history-based theme park, came about and what was to be included in it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-05-191h 39Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastLucasPortWhat happens when George Lucas is on top of the world? He gets his own enormous fully-indoor multi-level theme park expansion, that's what! Crystalline domes, rocket jets, many girders and beams, Alien Encounter and a massive Star Wars roller coaster with multiple tracks?! Celebrate Star Wars Day with this look at a project that could only exist in the 1980s! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-05-041h 23Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastCancelled Dubai Parks: Volume TwoWe return to Dubai and take a look at several parks that were going to be a part of Dubailand, including an F1-themed park, a Marvel Superheroes park and even... Waterpark City?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-04-141h 16Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnrealized Vegas Theme ResortsWe drive from Hollywood to Sin City as we return to Las Vegas to check out some never-built resort oddities such as a tacky recreation of the Titanic, a hotel shaped like cowboy boots, various cities and even the Moon! It's an insane grab-bag of bizarre ways to ensnare your wallet! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-03-311h 10Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS: Super Nintendo World Trip Report (and more!)We'll be back with a brand-new full episode next week, but for now enjoy this trip report where Ryan O'Reilly takes us on a California road trip and visits the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, Universal Studios Hollywood (with Super Nintendo World) and the Disneyland Resort! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-03-241h 25Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDisney-MGM Studios EuropeWe conclude "Hooray for Hollywood" with a look at the original plans for EuroDisneyland's second gate, Disney-MGM Studios Europe! Today a dumpster fire sits on what was planned to be more akin to a grander, more fulfilling vision of Hollywood excess, but French!  Plus: we discuss the recent Haunted Mansion movie teaser and stick around to the end for some bonus Star Wars chatter! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-03-101h 17Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastOUTTAKES: Tron, TikTok, PrimeTime & More!We'll conclude our Hooray for Hollywood miniseries next week, but today enjoy a couple of hilarious outtakes from our last few episodes! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-03-0314 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastCopperfield Magic UndergroundIllusions abound as David Copperfield teams with Michael Eisner to create a magic-themed restaurant on the border of Disney-MGM Studios as we continue our Hooray for Hollywood series!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-02-2459 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastMickey's MovielandNothing can stop us now! We continue to proclaim Hooray for Hollywood as we check out another unbuilt Disney-MGM Studio attraction, "Mickey's Movieland", where guests got to experience the making of a Mickey cartoon. Interactive exhibits, museum pieces and a bizarre dark ride along with a complete recreation of Disney's old Hyperion studio were the highlights!  Plus: we discuss the recent opening of Disneyland's version of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-02-101h 09Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastRoger Rabbit's HollywoodHooray for Hollywood continues as we drive thru the tunnel into Toontown with a proposed Roger Rabbit expansion to Disney-MGM Studios! Rideable trolley cars, a wild motion simulator bus ride, a Baby Herman dark ride, roller coasters, bars, clubs, mallets, weasels, toons, Jessica Rabbit and more! We also talk about the recent closures at Universal parks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-01-271h 40Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastOUTTAKE: Dorman's Web Slingers PSAWe have a bonus outtake from yesterday's episode with a five-minute discussion about Ryan Dorman's recent Disneyland visit, and a surprising take on a divisive attraction! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-01-1706 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBurbank's Disney-MGM Studio BacklotHooray for Hollywood! We begin a brand-new series of episode dedicated to all things Disney-MGM Studios and what could've been! Today we explore the never-realized concept for taking a Burbank mall and turning it into a colossally insane film-themed headache with streetmosphere, E-ticket rides, underwater steer and over-the-top nightclubs alongside your standard Gap and Hot Topic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2023-01-161h 31Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS: Unbuilt LIVE in Las Vegas!Originally we were going to be on break, but instead we were able to conjure up some LIVE magic as our co-hosts met in person for the first time and recorded an 87-minute long conversation about Las Vegas in the 90s, Avatar 2 and Disneyland trip planning! We'll be back next week with our first installment of Hooray for Hollywood, a brand-new series about unbuilt Disney-MGM Studios-related attractions! NOTE: please be aware that we were using new audio equipment and dealing with the unique challenge of recording in a single space without a splitter. Editing was done to...2023-01-061h 27Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastWinter Break Fun Day #2: "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas"Happy Holidays! It's our last episode of the year, and we roll out the CRT into the classroom once again before our winter break! This year we tune into "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas", where all our "favorite" prehistoric "friends" make us "laugh" with their "hysterical" Christmassy "hijinks" guest-starring some unfortunate people! It's an animated Scrat-astrophe! WINTER BREAK FUN DAY SONG Music and Lyrics by: Ryan O'Reilly Produced and Arranged by: Bing Glenn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-12-1643 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe Grinch's Sleigh RideIt's the holiday season, so this year we're heading over to Universal's Islands of Adventure to examine an unbuilt roller coaster based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Get ready to careen down Mount Crumpit with the-the-the... THE GRINCH! Also, Dorman tries to steal the MCU, it's a whole thing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-12-091h 09Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastSpongeBob's Bikini BottomWHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?! We could've, if only Universal Studios Beijing went with their plan to construct an indoor SpongeBob land! We discuss this idea, plus IAPPA and wrestling with the very idea whether or not Bikini Bottom is somewhere one would want to visit!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-11-251h 32Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastU.S.S. Enterprise Las Vegas (feat. Chandler Desrochers)Live long and prosper with this brand-new episode of Unbuilt where we are joined by Chandler Desrochers from Podcast Without a Cool Acronym discussing Landmark and Downtown Las Vegas' crazy plan to construct a LIFE-SIZED Starship Enterprise! Guests would've climbed aboard and live their Star Trek adventure in a mighty monument to nerdiness.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-11-111h 15Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastEPCOT Month: WestcotWe conclude EPCOT Month with a look at the unbuilt WESTCOT Center, the west coast's equivalent of EPCOT with a condensed Future World and World Showcase, along with a 300ft variation of Spaceship Earth? Is Figment ready to start California Dreamin? Do the residents of Anaheim realize they may be shooting themselves in the foot with their protests? Do we play the DuckTales theme way too much? Find out on this epic finale to EPCOT Month! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-10-281h 27Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastEPCOT Month: Unbuilt World Showcase RidesWe head back to World Showcase and look at individual attractions proposed for various pavilions such as the Rhine River Cruise, an Italy boat ride, the Matterhorn (but not as you know it) and several ideas for Japan including a Mt Fuji coaster! May also contain a long argument about the DuckTales franchise! Aufiderzen! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-10-211h 09Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastEPCOT Month: Unbuilt Future World PavilionsToday we're taking you to the land, air, sea and... the bloodstream?! In this week's installment of EPCOT Month, we look at various rejected concepts for Future World pavilions such as the original plans for The Land, The Living Seas and the Life and Health Pavilion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-10-141h 39Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastEPCOT Month: Unbuilt World Showcase CountriesHabari, shalom, hola and hello to another episode of EPCOT Month! Today we sail to four different unbuilt World Showcase ports from Africa, to Spain, to Israel and even one you may not see coming!  Please consider donating to charity to help with Hurricane Ian rebuilding efforts in Central Florida: https://www.feedhopenow.org/site/TR?fr_id=1340&pg=entry https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2022/red-cross-responds-to-hurricane-ian.html https://convoyofhope.org/ https://www.volunteerflorida.org/donatefdf/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...2022-10-071h 11Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastEPCOT Month: Project GeminiIn our first EPCOT Month installment, we look at Project Gemini, a proposal to reinvigorate Epcot with a rollercoaster inside Spaceship Earth, an Autopia, an internet cafe and a whole lot of trees! We'll be back next week! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-10-011h 08Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastEPCOT Month TrailerOn October 1st, the 21st Century begins as we celebrate EPCOT's 40th anniversary with WEEKLY shows! We'll be covering: -Project Gemini! -Unbuilt World Showcase Countries! -Unbuilt Future World Pavilions! -Unbuilt World Showcase Attractions! -Westcot! Trust us, you don't want to miss out! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-09-2301 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS: We Eviscerate the 2022 D23 Parks Panel!In the longest episode of our show to date, it's a bonus episode where we plunge into the "announcements" from the 2022 D23 Parks Panel and more! Stay tuned to the end for a special announcement regarding our next upcoming slate of shows! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-09-161h 40Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe KidZone Curse (feat. Alicia Stella)Cue the annoying laughter of Woody Woodpecker as Alicia Stella of Orlando ParkStop joins us to examine multiple never-built concepts to replace KidZone at Universal Studios Florida! We go into deep freeze with Ice Age, put on noise-cancelling headphones with the Smurfs, travel thru warp pipes at early Nintendo concepts, go on a safari looking for Pokemon and so much more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-09-021h 33Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastWestern River ExpeditionHowdy, partner! Saddle on up to a wild new episode of Unbuilt where we take a deep dive into Marc Davis' long-lost classic Western River Expedition, which was slated to become the east coast's variation of Pirates of the Caribbean until guests asked... "hey, where's Pirates of the Caribbean?" Find out all about it with a side of cornbread, beans and uncomfortable racism! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-08-191h 37Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS: Walt Disney Family Museum & More!Much apologies about a lack of a full episode this week, but we have a big one next week! For now, enjoy an EXTRA long trip report where we discuss Ryan O'Reilly's trip to Northern California where he goes to the Walt Disney Family Museum, the Winchester Mystery House and more!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-08-121h 22Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastChristmas in July #1: The Secret of the Magic GourdMerry Julymas! I offered Dorman to force me to watch a movie so he chose the 2007 Walt Disney Pictures-co-produced Chinese film "The Secret of the Magic Gourd" with a really awkward English dub starring High School Musical's Corbin Bleu.  CHRISTMAS IN JULY SONG: Music and Lyrics by: Ryan O'Reilly Arranged and Produced by: Bing Glenn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-07-2556 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastCritter Country 500Start your engines, y'all! This week we bear and grin it with a look at Critter Country 500: a plan by WDI in the mid-90s to salvage Disneyland's Country Bear Jamboree with a racing dark ride retrofit based on Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Races! Plus we discuss Disneyland's 67th birthday! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-07-221h 17Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastInsane Unrealized Roller CoastersPull down on your over-the-shoulder restraint, today we take a look at several unbuilt roller coaster concepts, including a figure-eight loop, a gyro coaster, a surfing zipline and even a towering monstrosity named the PolerCoaster! Plus we chat about the recently (barely) opened Lost Island Theme Park! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-07-081h 19Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUniversal's Cartoon World Part II: Looney Tunes & MoreWhat's up, doc?  We wrap up looking at the first version of Islands of Adventure by exploring an entire packed land filled with the wacky characters straight from outta Termite Terrace alongside a Popeye dinner show, a crazier version of Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls and... a Mr. Magoo bumper car ride?! I say, boy, I say, you better listen! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-06-241h 27Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUniversal's Cartoon World Part I: DC ComicsThe first part of a two-part series where we step into the second gate at Universal Orlando before Islands of Adventure: Cartoon World aka Tooniversal studios, where Universal was seeking to mine the IP of Warner Bros! In this installment, we discuss about the DC Comics attractions including a Superman motion simulator with a twist, a BatWing attraction and an absolutely mind-boggling indoor special effects-laden stunt show where the Joker entraps an audience and makes awful puns! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-06-101h 16Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUpdate & Orlando ParkStop Charity EventHey everybody! So sorry that there isn't a full new episode this week but we have a little something here to tide you over. We briefly chat about the recent Kenobi show and tease the next couple of episodes, but most importantly we are promoting Orlando ParkStop's Stop Hate Charity Event which starts Saturday June 3rd. Find out more here: http://orlandoparkstop.com/charity "Park Stop is having an online Charity event starting Saturday June 4th, featuring limited edition art sales, theme park memorabilia auctions, raffle prizes, and trivia! All to benefit The Trevor Project and help prevent LGBTQ youth...2022-06-0408 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastTomorrowland 2055 (feat. Tyler Green)Travel in time with us to 2055, or more specifically, 1992 when Imagineers were planning on reviving Tomorrowland at Disneyland into a crystal-laden, alien-supernatural wonderland featuring Alien Encounter, the Timekeeper and an animatronic show full of bizarre extraterrestrials! Tyler Green joins us to discuss the never-made revamp Tomorrowland 2055! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-05-201h 12Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt Star Wars RidesMay the Fourth Be With You! We celebrate Star Wars day by, well, looking at never-made Star Wars rides, of course! We look at a roller coaster that splits in half to take you either down the light side or the dark side of the force, an unmade Episode I version of Star Tours and some rejected Galaxy's Edge ideas!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-05-041h 04Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS: Ryan at RetroMagic!We will be back with a brand-new episode next week but for now, enjoy this bonus episode as Ryan O'Reilly recaps all of the incredible fun he had at RetroMagic hosted by RetroWDW.com and the Lake Buena Vista Historical Society! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-04-3035 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastCancelled Dubai Parks: Volume OneWe take a trip to the middle east, Dubai in the UAE to be specific! Today we gander at three cancelled Dubai theme parks all from some of the top names in the industry... but not all created by them! We'll be exploring more cancelled Dubai theme parks in 2023! After today's episode, the show will be taking a brief hiatus for the rest of April, but will return in early May. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-04-151h 11Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastOUTTAKES: Chicken Little Goes to Disney's AmericaHow else do you follow up a silly episode with some silly outtakes! Listen to us poke some fun at Disney's America, a topic that rest assured, we will get to someday, as well as briefly discuss Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2005 magnum opus CHICKEN LITTLE. We'll back with a new episode next week! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-04-0808 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUrsula SpinnerBY POPULAR DEMAND! We finally take a look at the sadly never-built Ursula from the Little Mermaid-themed spinner attraction that was to be at Disney's California Adventure. Join us as we get emotional and introspective over this heartbreaking loss of themed entertainment. Enjoy this exclusive, never-before-seen concept art of the attraction: https://imgur.com/sIpiD6r There also might be stuff after the topic, but it's not that important. Not nearly as important as the crown jewel of unbuilt attractions! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-04-011h 04Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDick Tracy's CrimestoppersCalling Dick Tracy! Head back to 1990 when Michael Eisner thought the yellow trenchcoat-wearing detective would be America's hottest new action hero, and was planning an E-Ticket ride that armed tourists with tommy guns!  In addition: we talk about the new immersive Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience! Today's episode is ad-free in solidarity with the current LGBTQ protests due to both harmful legislation and corporate indifference, namely that of The Walt Disney Company. We encourage you to donate to one of the following charities:  https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ https://zebrayouth.org/ https://do...2022-03-181h 15Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe Simpsons Unbuilt Rides (feat. TheRealJims)Woo-hoo! TheRealJims (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRealJims), Simpsons expert joins us today as we examine three different unbuilt Simpsons rides and lands! This brand-new cromulent episode is sure to embiggen your souls as we seek a Simpsons satirical dark ride, an alternate idea for Universal's "The Simpsons Ride" and even an entire unbuilt Simpsons land! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-03-041h 00Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDisneyland's OzFollow the yellow brick road to our conclusion to the Frontierland expansion series as we get swept up by an idea from Tony Baxter to build the land of Oz, specifically based on the 2013 Sam Raimi-directed, James Franco-starring film "Oz: The Great and Powerful". Would it have been popular if built, or is there truly no place like home? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-02-181h 10Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastGeyser MountainHowdy! We continue our Frontierland Expansion series with a look into Geyser Mountain, a Tower of Tower-style thrill ride that was going to tower over Disneyland and Disneyland Paris, where guests would take drilling machines deep into the Earth, only to rocket out via an enormous geyser! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-02-0459 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBONUS: The Island at the Top of the World ReviewAs promised, this week's bonus episode has us suffering through the 1974 Walt Disney Pictures "classic" The Island at the Top of the World.  "An American archaeologist, lecturing in Norway at the beginning of the 20th century, embarks on a strange mission to find the young son of a wealthy Englishman who has mysteriously disappeared in the Arctic Circle. With the help of a French aeronaut and an Eskimo guide, he discovers a verdant valley, populated for over 1,000 years by time-forgotten Vikings." Will we survive the incredible boredom enough to find something to talk about for a...2022-01-2827 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe Unbuilt Rides of Stratosphere Tower Las VegasIn today's episode, we explore two insane, never-made ideas for Bob Stupak's Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada: a life-sized King Kong that climbed the legs of the tower with guests on-board inside, and a massive 700-ft-tall fish hook-shaped coaster that took riders up to speeds of 125 MPH straight down to the Las Vegas Strip. It's a gamble that failed to get past the craps table! Plus, we also discuss the recent closure of the NBA Experience! NOTE: This episode originally debuted 9/3/2021, reuploaded due to needing remove a piece of audio for copyright reasons. If...2022-01-271h 07Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDiscovery BayOur Frontierland Expansion series continues as we look at Tony Baxter's unbuilt (masterpiece?) work "Discovery Bay"! A land with a literal mountain full of backstory and plethora of attractions, it includes a suspended dark ride based on "The Island at the Top of the World", an animatronic show with a magical man and his dragon, a river ride full of dinosaurs, roller coasters, and even a fireworks factory! Come explore this unknown world with us as we try and figure out if it was a tragedy or better off undiscovered. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com...2022-01-211h 30Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastDumbo's CircuslandHappy new year! We start out the year with a prologue to our Frontierland Expansion series, looking at the land that was meant to serve as the transition between Fantasyland and a whole new land that we will discuss in our next episode. Dumbo's Circusland was going to be a wacky, joyful new area with multiple dark rides, an elevated Dumbo spinner and even a (gulps) clown-themed restaurant. (beware of Toodles) Join us as we run away to the circus on today's episode!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2022-01-071h 03Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastWinter Break Fun Day #1: Jingle All the Way 2 (Starring Larry the Cable Guy)Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and happy Winter Solstice! In our last episode of the year, we roll out the CRT TV into the classroom and do something different before our winter break: watch a bad Christmas movie and riff on it! This year, we endure "Jingle All the Way 2" starring everybody's favorite tow truck voicing comedian, Larry the Cable Guy! In this "hilarious" "sequel", Larry is a put-upon dad who's trying to get his child of divorce a stuffed talking bear when his ex-wife's new husband tries to foil him at every turn! And there's...2021-12-171h 06Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe Unbuilt Nightmare Before Christmas RideHappy holidays! Today we take a look at Imagineer Christopher Merritt's student portfolio concept for a suspended dark ride based on the 1993 Tim Burton classic "The Nightmare Before Christmas"! Is this concept better than Haunted Mansion Holiday could ever imagine? PLUS: we talk about how we enjoy spending the holidays in the theme parks, and even around our own homes! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-12-101h 07Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastOUTTAKES: Epcot Odds and EndsWe'll be back with our holiday episode next week, but for now enjoy a collection of outtakes from last week's extra-long Epcot-centric episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-12-0310 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastThe Original EPCOT Space PavilionIf you can dream it, you... probably still can't do it, but we're going to imagine! Today's episode takes us back to 1996, when a proposal was filed to turn Epcot's aging Horizons attraction into a brand-new experience based on space. Yes, that eventually happened, but nothing at all like this! Follow us onto the Speculator as we speculate about "Space: A Journey Beyond What Is Known" for an extra-long, extra-Epcot episode!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-11-261h 37Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastINTERVIEW: Robin Stewart Hall - Former VP of Knott's Design & ArchitectureLast week we took a look at Knott's Berry Farm attempting to expand its silos to other regions and even turn their own grounds into a massive resort destination, now we are meeting one of the masterminds behind these unrealized dreams: THEA-award-winner Robin Stewart Hall, former VP of Knott's Berry Farm Design and Architecture. If you've been to Knott's and similar attractions in the past 30 to 40 years, you've seen his work as he designed Knott’s Camp Snoopy, Ghost Town Alive, Kingdom of the Dinosaurs, Jaguar, Bigfoot Rapids, Mystery Lodge, Boardwalk, Camp Snoopy at Mall of America and Ghost Ri...2021-11-1937 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastKnott's Berry Farmed OutKnott's Berry Farm... Branson? Sacramento? Japan?! Good grief! Today we grab our fun buns over to a wild exploration of the grand vision that the Knott's family had in the 1990s, imagining a world where boysenberries and roller coasters could be enjoyed together worldwide with a brand-new theme park franchise! In addition, we also take a peek at a master plan to take the existing Buena Park location and turn it into a multi-day resort destination!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-11-121h 07Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastNever-Built Haunted Mansions & Museum of the WeirdHappy Halloween! Today we look at seven pitches for the world-famous Haunted Mansion during its nearly two-decade-long development, plus Rolly Crump's brilliant unrealized Museum of the Weird. Together we unearth creepy concepts such as gruesome story-driven walkthroughs, a truly terrifying pitch by Marc Davis and the Haunted Mansion... as a boat ride?! Start the campfire as we get into some awesome ghost stories just in time for the spookiest night of all! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-10-301h 24Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastBOO-NUS: Muppets Haunted Mansion ReviewShocka-wocka!  Is it an unbuilt attraction if all the sets are digital? Nevermind, we'll be back with a NEW spooky episode next week (which may be responding to your sympathetic vibrations), but today we kick back and talk "Muppets Haunted Mansion", the brand-new special from Disney+ that takes the Muppets and plops them right into the sights and sounds of the world-famous Disney dark ride! Is it as great as Gonzo or as flat as Gauzey the Hatbox Bear's set? Check out our thoughts now! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/s...2021-10-2237 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastCreatures' Choice Awards (Disney-MGM Animatronic Show)Hooray for Horrorwood!  Today we take a look at Kevin Rafferty and Cory Sewelson's bonkers idea for an animatronic spectacular called "The Creatures' Choice Awards", allowing audiences the chance to watch a kooky, spooky awards show filled with monster robots such as Eddie Frankenmurphy, Elvira and even Godzilla...'s legs. Is it terrifyingly terrific or a monster bust of an idea? PLUS: we review the newest Epcot attraction, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-10-1500 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastOUTTAKE: WDW 50th Golden Statues!Ryan O'Reilly is on vacation this week, so enjoy this special outtake where we have a laugh over all of the golden statues... and what golden statues we would've liked to see. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-10-0808 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastGhostbusters: The Hauntington HotelIn the immortal words of Ray Stantz from the 1995 classic "Casper": "Who you gonna call? Somebody else." Today we take a look at the mid-80s attempt to bring Ghostbusters to the Six Flags theme parks with Sente Technologies and Roger Hector's "Ghostbusters: The Hauntington Hotel" shooting dark ride, a first-of-its-kind prototype at the time. Is it a big twinkie, or a complete bust, and how does it compare to the Ghostbusters attractions we eventually got?  PLUS: we take a nostalgic look back at Walt Disney World's opening for its 50th anniversary and preview its e...2021-10-011h 08Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastMuppet Studios (feat. Blake Roark)Hi ho, listeners! Today we are joined by Blake Roark (@NeilNevins) to discuss the (kind of) never-built land Muppet Studios, featuring the Great Gonzo Pizza Pandemonium Parlor, the Swedish Chef Cooking School and the amazing Great Muppet Movie Ride! It's a can't miss discussion of alternate Muppety universes! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-09-171h 27Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt Jurassic ParkWelcome, to Unbuilt Jurassic Park! We take a look at various attractions that were planned for the Jurassic Park land at Universal's Islands of Adventure, including Jeep Safari, HelicopTours, Raptor Racers and an Amber Mine B&M Hypercoaster! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-08-2056 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastS.S. DisneyCome aboard onto our maiden voyage as we discuss Jim Cora and Mark Hickson's absolutely insane idea to build a floating Disney theme park on the top of a supertanker! Plus, we talk about recent changes to the Jungle Cruise! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-08-061h 16Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastIntroductionWelcome to Unbullt: An Unrealized Theme Park Podcast! In this introductory episode, we break down how the show will be, our philosophy and what we hope to accomplish! Come back for a grand sail on the S.S. Disney on Friday! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-08-0423 minUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park PodcastUnbuilt PromoEnjoy this promo for "Unbuilt: An Unrealized Theme Park Podcast", debuting August 2021! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-oreilly0/support2021-07-1701 min