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Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty

Rick from Ear to There Travel

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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35:30

Disney's Billion-Dollar Busts at the Box Office: Part...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/11/27

Rick and Maz continue their conversation about Disney movies that made over a billion dollars at the box office, but haven't had the cultural impact of some of their other films.

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31:12

Disney's Billion Dollar Busts at the Box Office: Part...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/11/20

Disney has had a lot of movies recently pull in billion-dollar takes at the box office. That doesn't neccesarily mean that all of those movies are building blocks for the company. Rick and Maz will talk about Disney's "Billion-Dollar Busts" from 2015-2019 in the next two episodes.

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35:20

Disney's Acquisition of Mirimax Films Under Michael...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/11/13

Before Bob Iger made multi-billion dollar acquisitions for Disney, Michael Eisner purchased some smaller companies that had a big impact. One of those companies was Mirimax. While Disney got credibility, respect, and money from the addition, they ended up having to make a deal with the devil. Rick will talk about that acquisition in the 250th episode of the show.

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35:19

Rare Characters from the Past at Disneyland and Walt...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/11/06

Rick and his co-host Sarah Says will talk about rare characters that guests used to be able to meet at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. They will then move on to some of the rare characters that are showing up for special events in the theme parks.

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36:27

International Disney Theme Parks

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/10/30

Rick will be joined by Jeff Gordon of Gordon Grubs for a conversation about all of the international Disney theme parks. There is so much to discuss between Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

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30:46

Destination D23 Announcements for Upcoming Movies

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/10/23

Rick and Maz discuss the movie announcements from the Destination D23 event earlier this year in Orlando, Florida. This will include most of the major Disney releases for the next few years. Both Rick and Maz have strong opinions on Disney's strategy.

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33:53

Spooky Author Beth Castrodale Talks About Her Horror...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/10/16

Author Beth Castrodale has a new novel that would be perfect for people who love the Halloween season. She also has an incredible story of overcoming a serious brain injury to pursue her dreams of becoming a successful writer.

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31:02

When Michael Eisner Did the Right Thing, and a Hotel...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/10/09

Rick does a hotel review for the place where he stayed on his recent visit to Walt Disney World. After that, Rick talks about how former-Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner had the chance to pander to the wrong type of people, but instead stood on principle and morals.

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31:41

Rick's Return Visit to Walt Disney World with New...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/10/02

Last week, Rick was back in Walt Disney World after six months in the Northeast. During his trip, he was able to experience new things that weren't there before he moved. On today's episode, he talks with Gillian about those new attractions.

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38:41

Looking Back on Past Episodes

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/09/25

Rick will talk about the 30th anniversary of Pocahontas with a superfan of the movie; how Wicked may be integrated in the Universal theme parks; and how someone can live the life of a travelling RV driver with someone doing it.

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31:55

The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/09/18

Eric, known as Main Street Electrical Arcade, recently visited the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California. Hear all about it on today's episode of the podcast.

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32:57

How The Walt Disney Company Handled 9/11

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/09/11

It was a traumatic day for almost everyone who witnessed it, but the Walt Disney Company had decisions to make immediately, and in the aftermath. Rick discusses those decisions.

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38:57

Talking About the Theme Park Announcements from...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/09/04

Rick is joined by his co-host Maz, as the two talk about the major theme park announcements to come out of last weekend's Destination D23 event in Orlando, Florida.

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33:51

Walt Disney World Attractions That We Miss

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/08/28

With all of the changes happening at Walt Disney World, it is important to remember that we have already lost a lot of our favorite things, but continue to love the theme parks. Nothing that has disappeared has caused us to turn our backs on Disney. Whatever we are about to lose, we will still continue to find things to keep us happy in the Most Magical Place on Earth.

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31:20

How the Walt Disney Company Acquired The Muppets

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/08/21

Michael Eisner didn't start the trend of the Disney Company acquiring intellectual properties, but he did speed up the process that was then taken to Ludicrous Speed by Bob Iger. The Muppets characters were among those that Eisner spent years trying to bring into the Disney umbrella.

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35:53

The Final Day of Muppet*Vision 3D at Disney's...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/08/14

Mouse-and-More Adam made sure to be at Disney's Hollywood Studios for the final day of public operation for Muppet*Vision 3D. He got to meet Jim Henson's daughter, and spend time with fellow-Muppets fans to celebrate the attraction. Hear all about that day in this episode of the podcast.

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32:53

Giving Our Regards to Broadway

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/08/07

Maz is on the show this week to talk about taking a vacation to New York City to see Broadway musicals. This is something on a lot of bucket lists, but what are the best ways to make it a successful trip?

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31:35

A Dick Tracy 35th Anniversary Conversation from a...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/07/31

After Rick talked about Dick Tracy with Maz earlier this year to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the movie, Sarah Says gave him a call to let him know that it is one of her five favorite movies of all-time. Of course, we have to hear from Sarah Says about this movie if she loves it so much.

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35:33

Staying Safe While Entering the Disney Community On-Line

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/07/24

Unfortunately, every few months will find another story about a popular Disney influencer or brand doing some horrible things...usually to women. The Disney community can be a great place to meet people in the safe environment of the theme parks, but there are some precautions you should take when entering through on-line spaces. Rick and Gillian will talk more about this in today's episode.

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36:19

Disneyland's 70th Anniversary and a Life Lesson from...

Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty ·

2025/07/17

70 years ago today, Disneyland opened for the first time on a hot day in 1955 that is now known as "Black Sunday." Everything that could go wrong did go wrong on that opening day. Sarah Says joins Rick on the show today to talk about that disastrous opening, and the special plans Disneyland has for the anniversary

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