Lowdown on the Plus-Up - A Theme Park Podcast

Is there any better tribute the the magical world of Disneyland than this room-sized model at the Walt Disney Family Museum, "The Disneyland of Walt's Imagination"?
We think not.
Happy 70th Birthday Disneyland!

You may know that Kelly had surgery for cancer last year. Now he's raising money for the American Cancer Society and will be running for the ACS team at the Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon.
If you'd care to donate to a very good cause, here's the link: main.acsevents.org/g...

Much appreciated.

That's right, sometimes we relax with Sean Holland's amazing simulated version of 1982 EPCOT, Futureport '82.

Give it a try!



futureport82.com/hom...

That's right, sometimes we relax with Sean Holland's amazing simulated version of 1982 EPCOT, Futureport '82.
Give it a try!

futureport82.com/hom...

In our Tomorrowland episode, we talked about the influence of Victor Gruen on Walt's ideas about urban living.

If you look very closely at the books on the shelf to Walt's left, you'll see Gruen's "The Heart of Our Cities"!
Nicely done, Imagineers.

#Disneyland
#WaltDisney

boardwalktimes.net/w...

Current events meet our last episode in this classic DC cover!
It's the newest episode of The Lowdown on the Plus-Up:The Amity Inversion — Jaws at Universal

lowdown-plus-up.com/

This week on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up...

boardwalktimes.net/t...

In "The Amity Inversion - Jaws at Universal" (boardwalktimes.net/t...), we talk about the cool trackless Aquatopia vehicles at Tokyo DisneySea.

The Aquatopia boats are not actually boats, they're cars wading in a couple feet of water. The effect is pretty cool, nevertheless!

#UniversalStudios

If you rode JAWS at Universal between June–Sept ’90 and it actually worked…you’re in rare company. 🦈💥

Learn the secrets of "Scene 4" on this week's episode of The Lowdown on the Plus-Up: The Amity Inversion - Jaws at Universal.

lowdown-plus-up.com/

#UniversalStudios #JawsRide

Imma ask that nobody post a picture of the drained Rivers of America in Florida without a spoiler warning.
My heart can't take it.

Pete and I take on the troubled, and terrifying, history of Universal Studios' Jaws ride in this week's The Lowdown on the Plus-Up.
It was a make or break attraction for the Orlando park... it broke.
Join us! Wherever you get your podcasts.

boardwalktimes.net/t...

#UniversalStudios #JawsRide #Jaws

Coming on Monday, Pete and Kelly are going to need a bigger boat.

Subscribe to The Lowdown on the Plus-Up wherever to you injest your podcasts.

The greatest representation of Metropolis on screen is from the Fleischer Brothers.

We imagine the theme park that could've been in our episode "Folks Here's a Story 'Bout Minnie the Watcher - Fleischer Land!"

@JamesGunn, we're available for theme park consultation if you're hiring!


#Superman

We are obsessed with the rotating ice tunnel from the Universal Hollywood Tram Tour.

Many of us remember it as the "Six Million Dollar Man meets Bigfoot" tunnel, but it was originally created to simulate a scene from "The Eiger Sanction".

More vintage Universal coming in the podcast on Monday!

Coming next Monday on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up: are your ready for the big chomp?
Jaws, the movie, turns 50 and so we visit Jaws, the ride!
#UniversalStudios
#Jaws

Tomorrowland guests lined up for Space Station X‑1. It showed Earth from “orbit” using a backlit painting. It was a 19th‑century cyclorama with an atomic‑age paint job!
More on WHEN THE MOTION STOPPED — TOMORROWLAND LIVE AT THE HOJO! → lowdown-plus-up.com/
#Disneyland #Tomorrowland

It is the 50th Anniversary of Disney World's Tomorrowland Transit Authority (aka PeopleMover), and Disney hasn't forgotten!
To hear a special recorded message from Mr. Tom Morrow in celebration, The Mouse has set up a hotline at 407.939.5233.
It's delightful!
#WaltDisneyWorld
#Tomorrowland

Truth be told, we can't find a fault with this argument...
mcsweeneys.net/artic...

#themeparks
#disneyland
#EPCOT

Did you know 1965's *Conan the Adventurer* with Frank Frazetta's genre-creating cover cover was the first paperback ever to move a million copies?

#FrankFrazetta #PaperbackHistory #SwordAndSorcery #LowdownPlusUp #Podcast

Check out Lowdown on the Plus‑Up: FIRE & BABY OIL → lowdown-plus-up.com/

We talked about the relationship between Conan and He-Man toys on our episode, Fire and Baby Oil - Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular. Our friend @Carnivius sent a breakdown of the whole crazy story.
Check it out!
battleramblog.com/he...


lowdown-plus-up.com

#Conan #HeMan #UniversalStudios

How do you sell kids’ toys from an R‑rated movie?
You… don’t.
Mattel’s abandoned *Conan* line morphed into **He‑Man and the Masters of the Universe.** Yep—Skeletor owes his grin to a real outlaw’s mummy. #Universal

Find out more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up podcast: lowdown-plus-up.com/...

Did you know that at one point Walter Knott owned 2 Gravity Shacks?
He had one built in his fake Calico and one in real Calico. The Knott's Berry Farm one is gone, but the other is still kicking!

More in AMERICA’S ADDICTION TO GRAVITY – MYSTERY SPOTS → lowdown-plus-up.com/

#knottsberryfarm

🚂 Confusion Hill sports a switch‑back Mountain Train. It climbs redwood slopes in zig‑zags, then dives THRU trees watched by… more chipalopes.
The Lowdown on the Plus‑Up Podcast: AMERICA’S ADDICTION TO GRAVITY – MYSTERY SPOTS → lowdown-plus-up.com/
#RoadsideAttraction #WeirdUSA

The illusion you see in Gravity Shacks comes from a 1930s optical experiment called the *Ames Room*—later used to shrink Hobbits and to detach Mr. Wonka from the hoary confines of size.

Find out more on AMERICA’S ADDICTION TO GRAVITY – MYSTERY SPOTS → lowdown-plus-up.com/

#RoadsideAttraction

boardwalktimes.net/a...

James Bond in Rocket Belt

21 seconds. That’s all the Bell #RocketBelt got before fuel ran dry. Blink and you missed the future. 🚀
Find out more on The Lowdown on the Plus-Up: THE ROCKET BELT SAGA → lowdown-plus-up.com/ 🚀⏱️

#RocketBelt #21Seconds #Disneyland

Kelly's photo of a trompe l'oeil piece by outsider artist , Death Valley Junction resident, ballet dancer, Marta Becket from late in the evening at the Amargosa hotel.

Learn more in AMERICA’S ADDICTION TO GRAVITY – MYSTERY SPOTS → lowdown-plus-up.com/

#RoadsideAttraction #ThemeParkHistory

🦌🐿️ Confusion Hill’s legendary cryptid, the *chipalope*, is said to be half chipmunk, half antelope. Chester I even ‘gained self‑awareness’ and vanished into the redwoods…

Find out more on The Lowdown on the Plus‑Up: AMERICA’S ADDICTION TO GRAVITY → www.lowdown-plus-up.com

#LowdownPlusUp #Podcast

America’s Addiction to Gravity — Mystery Spots The Lowdown on the Plus-Up Season 2, Episode 1.

Welcome to a place where physics no longer play by the rules... at least according to that guy in the overalls over there.
It's the first episode of Season 2 of The Lowdown on the Plus-Up: America’s Addiction to Gravity — Mystery Spots

#roadsidearractions

boardwalktimes.net/americas-add...

We have stared at this model at the Walt Disney Family Museum so much! It's amazing!
One thing though, when Walt was alive, wasn't the channel that flowed water from The Jungle Cruise to the Rivers of America above ground?
#Disneyland