Tall Guy Talks Travel with Rick Dougherty

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. 

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.  

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 dis…

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 charact…

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…

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…

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 …

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 pe…

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 takes a look back at some of the changes that started five years ago when the Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort theme parks reopened from the pandemic closures.  That time has had m…

With the 4th of July coming up tomorrow, Rick is going to share his ten favorite travel destinations in the United States.  These are his favorite places that he has visited.  There are cities he has…

Gillian is back for a second-straight week to talk about the 30th anniversary of her favorite Disney Princess movie, Pocahontas.  Rick is also going to share two unique travel stories that he has had…

Rick's good friend Gillian's favorite Disney Princess movie is Pocahontas.  That movie came out 30 years ago this month.  Gillian is going to be on the show the next two weeks to talk about the film.

Rick is joined by Sarah Says to do some more in-depth looks into Epic Universe.  The newest Orlando theme park is officially open at Universal Orlando Resort, and this channel continues to cover it.

In 1990, Disney released the movie Dick Tracy under the Touchstone Pictures umbrella.  Initially, the theme parks were full of Dick Tracy references, but that died down quickly, and you can hardly fi…

 Rick talks to his long-time friend Danielle, who took her family of three to Epic Universe for a preview.  She also stayed on-property, so this will be a pretty in-depth look at the newest theme-par…

Rick is joined by regular co-host Maz to talk about two of the most highly-anticipated lands at Epic Universe.  Universal's newest theme park opens to the public for real tomorrow.  Let's continue to…

Rick and Maz had to do an emergency recording session when Disney announced a brand-new theme park coming to Abu Dhabi.  Why pick Abu Dhabi?  What does this mean for the US parks? 

With Epic Universe opening in a few weeks, Rick allows his co-host Maz to vent a little about how JK Rowling's involvement in the new theme park will impact her enjoyment of it.  

Today is the 36th anniversary of the opening of Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World.  As Rick continues to look at the tenure of former-Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner, the creation of Dis…