Hosted by Mike's Podcast · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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- If you’ve ever worked at a Theme Park, Waterpark or Guest Service Provider of any type, or had friends/relatives have.- If you’ve ever visited a Theme Park and wondered what it’s like to work there, and what goes on behind the scenes.- Have you ever wondered what it was like before, during and after the Opening of Walt Disney World in 1971?- Are you curious about attractions in other countries?- Did you ever dream about designing and building roller coasters or Waterparks?- Then this podcast is for you, and the E-ticket is free.
Mike's Podcast hosts Welcome Aboard Thrill Seekers and Adventure Lovers, a leisure show with 21 episodes published.
Short Description — S2 • E7 Mike Patrick returns with two wild Summit Stories — a downhill bike crash that leads to a helicopter ride, and a high‑speed sprint down the WV Turnpike to reunite an injured camper with his in
S2 - E6 1,000 Days till Jamboree A 3 a.m. call in Abu Dhabi. A $50 million gift. Ten thousandacres of raw wilderness. And a deadline: 1,000 days. In this episode, MikePatrick reveals the high‑stakes, high‑adventure story
The Pizza That Had to Be Perfect” In the fall of 2010, Mike Patrick arrived in Abu Dhabi tohelp open the world’s fastest roller coaster — but the story that stole theshow wasn’t about speed at all. It was about a pizza.
For decades, one story has bounced around the attractions world like gospel:a mysterious man in a tiny booth outside Bristol Zoo quietly collecting parkingfees for twenty years… only for everyone to discover he didn’t wo
S2 • E3 — The Suez Canal Caper What happens when a determined dad in Cairo decides he’sgoing to surprise his son aboard a 900‑foot U.S. container ship… in the middleof the night… in the Red Sea? In this episode, Mike pul
In this episode Mike Salutes Memorial Day and shares a harrowing story of Naval history and heroism that his family never knew before his Dad's passing in March. He also teases an upcoming story about a crashed B-17 head
S2 E1 30 feet, not 30 meters…… Description A simple measurement error turns a 30‑foot dive tower into a 90‑foot monster— and suddenly Mike is the only one crazy enough to climb it. In this season‑openingepisode, Mike tak
Podcast Description — Season 1, Episode 15: Don’t Swim Shamu A quiet July morning at SeaWorld Orlando turns into one ofthe most unforgettable moments of Mike Patrick’s career. In this grippingbackstage story, Mike—then D
S1 E14 –Sorry Sir, Disney Doesn’t Take American Express (Podcast Description) Afurious hotel guest. A rejected American Express card. A crowded dining room.And watching it all from the next table… Dick Nunis himself. In
S1E#13 AdmiralOverboard (“sort of”) A dawn rendezvous with a Navy destroyer, six‑footGulf waves, a furious Bos’n, and one very determined RearAdmiral—what could possibly go wrong? In thisepisode, Mike rides out with the
S1‑E11 — “Faster Than a Saturn V, Baby” On Good Friday 2010, Ifinally strapped into the back seat of an F‑15 Eagle after four years of waiting, one groundedjet, and a detour living in Cairo. What followed was the wildest
Mike takes an emotional moment to pay tribute to his Dad's passing on 3/28/26, and manages to recover and share a couple of unscripted stories about Harleys and Shoplifters. He also tells how the Polynesian Hotel and the
S1E9: Two Kinds of Motorcycle A childhood of banana‑seat bikes and SteveMcQueen reenactments leads Mike into a lifetime of two‑wheel adventures—froma sputtering 90cc Yamaha to a Harley Street Bob at age 60. Along the way
S1E8 Almost Died, But I Didn’t Get Hurt Description. A simple trip to inspect a movie prop turns into a full‑blownaviation thriller when Mike’s Cessnalines up to land on a quiet grass runway…only to find a twin‑engine Be
Podcast Episode Description –S1 E7: “Hope That Anti‑RollbackHolds” When a brand‑new roller coaster breaks down onthe busiest week of the year, twenty‑four guests end up stranded on a45‑degreelift hill… and a young area m
Episode 6: Fort Wilderness UFO Encounter A fog‑shrouded road. A silent, toweringshape hovering in the darkness. And one exhausted Disney cast member drivinghome at 2:30 a.m. who suddenly isn’t so surehe’s alone out there
E5 — “Fort Wilderness Scavengers” In this episode, Mike Patrick heads back to the wild earlydays of Walt Disney World to tell the true story of how Fort Wilderness wentfrom an underfunded experiment to one of the most be
Join Mike Patrick, veteran themed entertainment professionaland storyteller, as he takes you behind the scenes of the beer business andtheme park operations in "Launching the Brand." In this episode, Mikeshares insider s
Episode 3 “If You Wait Until You’reReady to Open, You’ll Never Open” Step back into the final,frantic 90 days before Walt Disney World opened its gates in 1971. In thisepisode, Mike Patrick takes you behind the construct
S1E2: The Road to Disney; Part Deux Step back into1970s Orlando—long before the theme parks, traffic jams, and endless souvenirshops—as Mike Patrick continues his true story of how an ordinary 18‑year‑oldkid found himsel
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