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Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty

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Rick from Ear to There Travel discusses topics related to travel, Disney, Universal, and cruise lines with fellow travel agents, and others involved in the theme park and travel communities.

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32:36

Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of The Little...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/09/26

After talking about the animated classic two weeks ago, Rick and Sarah Says talk about other versions of The Little Mermaid. From musicals, to television, to theme parks, to live-action, there are a lot of different versions of the story.

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31:03

Michael Eisner's Life Before the Walt Disney Company

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/09/19

Over the next few months, Rick will be doing one episode per-week on former-Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner. Today, Rick is looking at the ways in which Eisner's early life differed from that of Walt Disney, himself.

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33:14

The 35th Anniversary of The Little Mermaid

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/09/12

The 35th anniversary of the original Disney animated feature The Little Mermaid is coming up in November. To celebrate, Rick is joined by co-host Sarah Says for a conversation about the movie that isn't just nostalgic for many of our listeners, but also served as the kickstart to the Disney Renaissance.

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37:56

Talking Disney and M*A*S*H

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/09/05

Rick is joined by fellow-Disney and M*A*S*H fanatic Shan. They will talk about the ideal ways to enjoy a Walt Disney World vacation, and they will talk about the greatest television show of all-time.

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31:21

Covering the Remaining D23 Expo Announcements, and News

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/08/29

After covering the Walt Disney World announcements from the D23 Expo with Maz the past two weeks, Rick will be going over the remainder of the theme park announcements for the other Disney parks throughout the world. He will also be talking quickly about the five-year anniversary of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Walt Disney World, and going over the menu items for Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival.

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33:22

More of the D23 Expo Announcements for Walt Disney World

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/08/22

Rick and Maz spend a second-straight week discussing the D23 announcements for Walt Disney World. They get into Maz's favorite park, Disney's Animal Kingdom. They talk about the announcement that has Rick most intrigued.

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35:35

Reacting to the D23 Expo Announcements for Walt...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/08/15

Rick and Maz are very passionate about the announcements from this past weekend's D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. For the next two weeks, the two of them will discuss the announcements for Walt Disney World from the Expo. Today's conversation even includes a mention of some of the things that weren't announced, even if we expected them.

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30:53

Hiking Trails, and Fresh Air

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/08/08

Author and Hiker Ethan Gallogly, who wrote the book "The Trail: A Novel" will be Rick's guest on the show this week. The two will discuss traveling as a way to get reconnected with nature through hiking, and exploring locations that aren't theme parks.

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31:20

runDisney Veteran Talks Running on Both Coasts

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/08/01

Rick is joined by runDisney veteran Natalie. Along with some of her college friends, Natalie is starting her own podcast to follow their preparations for runDisney races on both coasts of the United States. Hear about the races that have returned to Disneyland, and the extremely popular races at Walt Disney World.

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31:10

Halloween and Theme Park After-Hours Events

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/07/25

To most of the Northern Hemisphere, late-July is the middle of summer. In the Orlando-area, it is time for Halloween. On today's episode, Rick talks with his friend Gillian, as the two talk about why they are thinking of skipping the special-ticketed events in 2024.

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34:50

The Disney Company's First Large-Scale Abandoned Project

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/07/18

In the mid-1960s Walt Disney was very busy. He was not only scooping up land for his Florida Project, and his hopes for an experimental, prototype community of tomorrow. Walt also had plans for a ski resort in the mountains of California. Why didn't it work? The authors of the book "Disneyland on the Mountain: Walk, the Environmentalists, and the Sky Resort That Never Was" will be on the show today to answer that question.

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35:03

Wrapping Up Our Tier-List for Disney's Hollywood...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/07/11

Rick and Maz started a tier-list for all of the attractions in Disney's Hollywood Studios back in June. Today, the two of them will finish ranking those attractions. Before that, Rick talks with a representative from Locks-of-Love about his donation of hair for sick children.

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35:54

Disability Access Changes at WDW, and Re-Imagining A...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/07/04

On the 4th of July, Rick is going to take a look at the American Adventure in Epcot's World Showcase, and he will talk about the different changes he would make to the attraction. Speaking of changes, Disney has made a lot of changes to their Disability Access Service. Rick is going to go over those changes in the first week of Disability Pride Month.

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30:02

Attraction Tier List for Disney's Hollywood Studios

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/06/27

After Maz and Rick ranked all of the attractions at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and it was extremely popular, they are back to do the same thing with Disney's Hollywood Studios. Ranking Star Wars, Toy Story, Muppets, and more, it is bound to be controversial.

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37:27

Former-Disney Cast Member Discusses Her Old Job and...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/06/20

Rick will be joined by former-Walt Disney World cast member Miranda, who currently works for Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando. Miranda will talk about working in the aquarium in the Seas Pavilion in Epcot, and she will discuss what she does to help animals in the Orlando-area. After that, Rick's wife Courtney will be on the show to do a dining review for Storybook Dining with Snow White at Artists Point in Disney's Wilderness Lodge. This is the second time the two of them have eaten in this

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33:34

Accessibility and Wheelchairs at Walt Disney World

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/06/13

One of the reasons we love Walt Disney World is because the resort has a tradition of being accommodating and accessible to different types of people. While there have been some changes to impact that accessibility recently, this episode is focused on navigating the parks with a wheelchair. Rick is joined by his wife Courtney to talk about a weekend with a wheelchair at the theme parks.

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34:20

Preparing for D23 Theme Park Announcements: Part Two

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/06/06

Rick and Maz continue their two-week conversation about what to expect from the D23 Expo coming up in Anaheim, California from August 9th-11th. There are a ton of theme park announcements to be expected from the event, and the two co-hosts will try to guess at some of those new things.

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34:53

We Prepare for Disney's Theme Park Announcements for D23

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/05/30

The D23 Expo is on the way August 9th-11th in Anaheim, California. There will be a ton of announcements at the event; specifically about the theme parks. Today and next week, Maz joins Rick to discuss what they hope to hear at D23, and whether they think things will actually come to fruition this time.

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35:09

The Author of "Walt and His Park: Stories You...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/05/23

Rick's former-boss Phil Gramlich has taken his knowledge of Disneyland, and he has put it together into his new book "Walt and His Park: Stories You (Probably) Haven't Heard." Phil will talk about the book; his time as a Disney cast member; his travel agency; and so much more.

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33:09

Having Fun Retheming Spaceship Earth at Epcot

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2024/05/16

There have been rumors, and even official plans for changes to Spaceship Earth at Epcot in Walt Disney World. This refurbishment of the ride was scheduled to start in May of 2020, but a global pandemic intervened. With a new D23 Expo on tap for August of this year, Rick has fun speculating if there will be a change to the attraction. In this episode, he plays a little armchair-imagineering for the anchor attraction for his favorite WDW theme park.

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