CoasterRadio.com #408

Mike is back from Walt Disney World and has stories from all over the resort.

He also has a full review of Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at The Magic Kingdom.

There are also stories from the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival and tons of audio clips from all four Disney theme parks.

Also, EB has new Spring vacation plans and the guys continue their discussion about Backyard Imagineering for Halloween.

Plus, more info about the progress of The David Arquette Project!

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Live Updates from Walt Disney World!

We're going to take a break from the regular podcast this week to bring you live updates from The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida!

Starting Wednesday night and going all the way through Sunday, we'll be updating the Twitter feed and our blog with images and audio from the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Animal Kingdom and the rest of WDW.

If you're not following us on Twitter yet, now's the time to start! The majority of the content this week will be there.

Twitter is also the preferred way to contact us with any picture requests, but you can also e-mail us too. (The e-mail address is over there on the right!)

We'll be back with a new podcast on Thursday, October 15th!

Until then, enjoy the updates from Orlando!

Live from Walt Disney World - Day 1

I've been working pretty hard lately, so I decided to become Clark W. Grizwald and take the "whole tribe across country" for a little Walt Disney World vacation.

It's past 1am here in Orlando and we just finished a FULL day where we visited three parks.

We started off at Disney's Hollywood studios where we tried out the new Toy Story Mania. This is by far the best Disney "shooter" ride. It blows away Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. Eating at the 50's Sci-Fi Drive in Theater was a blast too.

We then moved on to Disney's Animal Kingdom, where we took a spin on Expedition Everest. Sadly, I can report that the Yeti was not functioning, so I did not get to yell "It's HUGE! It's HUGE!" Bummer, man.

After that, we moved on to Magic Kingdom where we rode Pirates and Haunted Mansion. The new effects on both attractions are stunning. Speaking of stunning, the Wishes fireworks show was really amazing.

On the way back to our car, we got to ride with the driver on Monorail Red. I even got to take a picture of me in the pilot's seat. Very cool stuff.

Over the next few days, I'll update the blog with photos "as they happen". So you can see what the Collins Clan is seeing.

If you have any specific things you want to see pictures of, let me know by commenting in the forum.

OK, I'm beat! I'm off to bed.

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The numbers are in....

Last week, the Themed Entertainment Association and Economics Research Associates released their Attraction Attendance Report.

If you're interested in the business side of the amusement industry, it's a pretty interesting read. It's also fun to read if you're only interested in why the lines were longer at your favorite park.

There are a couple of interesting items in the report, but one that has my head spinning....

Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom is #1 in attendance for 2007 with 17,060,000 guests.

Wait a second.... if you divide that by 365 days, that means that the Magic Kingdom averaged 46, 739 guests per day. Is that even possible? I always thought that a crowded day at the park was when 25,000 people were in attendance.

I was also surprised to see Busch Gardens Europe beat out Cedar Point in pure attendance numbers. Although, BGE's attendance did jump 12.5% with the addition of Griffon. But Maverick wasn't too shabby of an addition either.

In the world of waterparks, I was also surprised that Disney's Typhoon Lagoon beat out Blizzard Beach in guest numbers. I suppose it could be because of the addition of Crush N' Gusher, but I always thought that Blizzard Beach was the more popular of the two.

Did anything in the report surprise you? Talk about it in the CoasterRadio.com forums!