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Too scared to experience Halloween Horror Nights? Never fear!! Lora Sauls (Assistant Director of Creative Development and Show Direction for Art and Design, Entertainment at Universal Orlando Resort) is on Very Amusing this week to share EXACTLY what you need to know if you fear HHN fog.
Lora's been working on Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort for almost THIRTY YEARS, which means she knows the event inside and out.
(The Queen of Halloween creating the scares and then telling us how to survive them?! ICONIC!!)
The thing is, even if you're not a horror fan, Universal's Halloween Horror Nights is basically a temporary theme park with state-of-the-art experiences that you kinda sorta need to see. And if you're too scared, I get it!! But Lora's about to drop some serious knowledge on why it's worth a shot, even if you're a fraidy cat…because she was once one too!!
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Universal's surprise coaster opening, the wildest Broadway production in NYC, popcorn price hikes at Disneyland, a laughable bucket list trip and the return of an old favorite television fixation?! All this and more, in our July Gab Sesh episode!
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Relevant Links:
Todd’s Fast and Furious story: https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2026-07-24/toluca-lake-noise-universal-studios-fast-furious-roller-coaster
Simone Biles bag: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbRTfmNOBud/
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We had to bring our sportiest friend of the pod on the horn to do a *mini episode* on WHAT THE HECK THE MUPPETS WERE DOING AT THE WORLD CUP!!!!
Enter: Madeline Hill, co-host of The Sports Gossip Show, genius behind the Impersonal Foul newsletter, and truly of the coolest smartest people in the world who *just happens* to know as much about pop culture as she does sports.
The Venn Diagrams of our interests have never overlapped this much, so this week's minisode is a convo about how we think The Muppets may have gotten there, and what it all means!
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Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
THE STREETS OF OLD MILWAUKEE ARE MARKED SAFE FROM ME NOT SEEING THEM BEFORE DEMOLITION!!!!
I zipped my lips since the second I visited this BRILLIANT soon-to-be-closed-and-moved museum on my trip back home to the Midwest and now I'm ready to proclaim that IT WAS A DANG DREAM!!!!
LIKE...IF EPCOT WAS A MUSEUM...IT WAS THIS!!!!! and I can't wait to tell you about it!!
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Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
A mini episode with all my essential info about Disneyland and some yapping about my faves! Whether or not you have an imminent trip, this one is as fun to listen to as it is to send to a friend who is traveling so you dont have to make them a whole guide! hehe
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Relevant Links…
Pixar Pals Entrance https://www.tiktok.com/@hannahgstrauss/video/7438119339997433134
Disneyland with Kids and Babies. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5aeNqTK0lLLDub2YrLY8aA
David Vaughan https://www.instagram.com/davidvaughn/?hl=en
@CaliforniaDisneyBliss https://www.instagram.com/californiadisneybliss/?hl=en
@We_don’t_wear_ears https://www.instagram.com/we_dont_wear_ears/?hl=en
@ChasingMagicDaily https://www.instagram.com/chasingmagicdaily/
@FoodsofDisneyland https://www.instagram.com/foodsofdisneyland/?hl=en
@BlakeSilva https://www.instagram.com/blakesilva/?hl=en
@TheMagicalMillennial_ https://www.instagram.com/themagicalmillennial_/?hl=en
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YEEEEHAW we’re answering all your questions on this Churros Hotline episode! Overseas Disney theme parks, D23 planning, Wisconsin Dells, French fries!? We’ve got it all!
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Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
It’s…a chaotic gab sesh! Call it a summer solstice or just my entire family wanting to be a part of the action but we got the gabbing done regardless of school being out (omg) and things being kooky bananas.
We’re talking everything from theme park rants to coffee hot takes to widow’s bay obsessions to my absolute go-to kitchen product that has changed my life in this episode!!!! Don’t miss it!!!!
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Listennnnn I just spent half a month at Disney World having two very different trips in the same place and boy do I have some THOUGHTS TO SHARE!! The good (how much money I saved with discounts!!!!) The bad (transportation jfc wtf!!!) and The Unexpected (number 18 will blow your mind!)
Tune in to hear ALL of them and all about my week-long trip to Walt Disney World!
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Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
It’s the end of the school year…so we’re passing out yearbook-style rankings across all of Walt Disney World with writer, podcaster and a hero of a man, Drew Taylor! (The Wrap, Light The Fuse, a bunch of books!)
Most underrated experience? Best non-Lightning Lane attraction? Most likely to close by 2028?
Find out our top rankings in this week’s very special episode!
Thanks to our special guest...Drew Taylor!
Read Drew's stories for The Wrap!
Buy Drew's new book!!
Listen to the official Mission:Impossible Podcast!
Follow Drew on Instagram and Twitter!
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Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans!
**THE ISSUE WITH OUR INTRO HAS BEEN FIXED -- IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE REFRESH YOUR FEED! EXTREME APOLOGIES + THX! - THE MANAGEMENT**
My voice is (mostly) back which means I have enough energy to scream into a microphone about EVERYTHING new at Disney World this summer AND what I think it all means for the future of Magic Kingdom + Disney as a whole!
This episode...ooh it has it all.
Full reviews of the half-dozen new rides and experiences at Disney World? CHECK!
A full Congress floor-style speech about Disney Hotels and the small yet powerful way they could improve exponentially? CHECK!
A heart-to-heart about the dirt pit @ Magic Kingdom and why it now fills me with hope and not dread? CHECK!
Grab a cup of coffee, go for a jog (ilu my runners), do the dishes, and get amped to have A BIG OL CHAT about all things Disney World!
Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing
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