The Gold Key Adventurers Society Podcast is the perfect resource for anyone interested in Disney World or travel in general. Join Dan, Heather, and Jeff as they share their wealth of knowledge and passion for all things theme parks, including insider tips and stories you won’t find anywhere else. From exploring new lands to revisiting classic attractions, they take you on a journey through the magical world of Disney and beyond. Whether you’re a seasoned theme park enthusiast or just starting your travel adventures, The Gold Key Adventurers Society Podcast has something for everyone. With a focus on Disney World, they cover everything from the newest attractions to the best places to eat and stay. But they don’t stop there - they also delve into other theme parks and travel destinations, offering valuable insights and recommendations to make your next adventure unforgettable. So tune in and join the fun! Make sure to visit our website at www.goldkeyadventurers.com for more information about the show and visit www.keytotheworldtravel.com for all your travel planning needs. And don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts!Thanks for listening!
Episodes
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Pencils down! The end of the school year means final exams, and this week the Gold Key Adventurers are making our oral reports on some of our favorite vacation spots in the US. But first, universal orlando’s city walk is open, where Americans dream of traveling while under quarantine, a stand up comedian visits the studio, and the sadness of Chinese bootleg theme park rides. Pack your lunch and sharpen your pencils, it’s time to hit the trail with the Gold Key Adventurers Society!
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
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Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Lights, camera, action! This week we discuss the films that spark our sense of adventure, and inspire our travel plans. Plus great news (finally) for theme parks, a tip for flying with small children, the world’s largest “book”,how to escape an angry gorilla, and Mexico’s answer to Slim Goodbody.
Films discussed include:
- Couples Retreat https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078940/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
- A Fish Called Wanda https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095159/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- Ghostbusters https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
- Around The World In 80 Days https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
- Doctor Dolittle https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061584/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2
- Raiders of the Lost Ark https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_11
- In Bruges https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- Midnight In Paris https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605783/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- Last Chance to See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409667/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
- The Man From Snowy River https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001979/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
- A Goofy Movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113198/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
- Lost In Translation https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- Akira https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- Easy Rider https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064276/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
- Wild America https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120512/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Links:
- Shanghai Disneyland Reopening, courtesy of Theme Park Professor
https://bit.ly/ShanghaiDisneylandReoped - Disney Springs Reopening, courtesy of Theme Park Professor
https://bit.ly/DisneySpringsReopen - National Parks Reopening Information
https://bit.ly/NationalParksReopen - World’s Largest Book, courtesy of Atlas Obscura
https://bit.ly/AOLargestPagoda - Bizarre Mexican Walkthrough Attraction of a Pregnant Woman
https://bit.ly/SelviaMagicaAlicia
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Elllliooootttt- this week we’re taking a tour of our favorite spots for food and drink around Universal Orlando Resort. But first: the week in theme park history, good news for astronaut tourism,a hobbit high rise and the crappiest theme park ever. Hop on your bicycle and put on the sorting hat, it’s time to hit the trail with the Gold Key Adventurers Society!
Links:
- This Week In Theme Park History
https://bit.ly/TPPHistory2 - Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Test Glide
https://bit.ly/VirginGalacticTest - Magic Mountain Hotel in Chile
https://bit.ly/MagicMountainChile - Man Caught Camping on Walt Disney World’s Abandoned Discovery Island
https://bit.ly/DiscoveryIslandCamper - South Korea’s Restroom Cultural Park
https://bit.ly/RestroomCulturalPark
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
The Ultimate Walt Disney World Bar Crawl
Bottoms up! Join us for an intoxicating and exhaustive tour of our favorite watering holes in Walt Disney World! But first, the week in theme park history, the strangest collections of museums around the world, and how to survive an encounter with a bear! Remember to stay hydrated and pack your bear spray, it’s time to hit the road with the gold key adventurers society!bar
Links:
- The Week in Theme Park History
https://bit.ly/TPHistory1 - Winvian Luxury Themed Cottages, Litchfield Hills Connecticut
https://bit.ly/WinvianLuxuryThemedCottages - How to Survive a Bear Attack, courtesy of Art of Manliness
https://bit.ly/AoMBearAttack - The creepiest items in the museum
https://bit.ly/CreepiestItemsAtTheMuseum - Chinese 4D Death Simulator Attraction
https://bit.ly/ChinaDeathSimulator
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
In or Out..Travel Edition
Are you down? That’s what we want to know as we challenge our adventure boundaries with some juicy travel propositions. But first, travel news becomes travel quick hits, as we share some of the stories and musings that have been entertaining us this week, including Nevada’s creepy clown motel and a borderline bonkers themed experience south of the border. Strap on your parachute and get in that shark cage, it’s time to hit the trail with the Gold Key Adventurers Society!
Since there’s not a whole lot of good news worth sharing in the travel world these days, we decided to retool our News Segment into a series of “Quick Takes”, stories that have caught our imagination, but might not be big enough to warrant a full episode of their own. We’ll also continue with our recurring bits, and add a few more for your listening pleasure.
This week, Jess introduces his new segment, The Week in Theme Park History. Heather tells us all about how animals have started living their best lives now that all the humans are hunkered down inside. Jeff shares a tip to help make your travel photography look more interesting and artistic- get low! Dan takes us to Nevada’s Clown Hotel and The Garden of Eden (in Kansas), plus shares virtual excursions courtesy of Air BnB, the most important survival skill an adventurer can learn, and a fancy travel cooler that’s Mando Approved.
Then for the main discussion segment of the show, we challenge each other to expand our adventure horizons with In or Out propositions. Bungee jumping...are you in, or out? Listen to find out what adventures we’ve been considering, and which members of the Gold Key Adventurers Society are all in, and which will take a hard pass.
Links:
- Animals Gone Wild
https://bit.ly/AnimalsGoneWildGKAS - Nevada Clown Motel
https://bit.ly/ClownMotelGKAS - AirBnB Virtual Excursions
https://bit.ly/AirBnBVirtExcursions - How To Escape From Quick Sand
https://bit.ly/EscapeQuicksand - Atlas Obscura: Garden Of Eden (in Kansas!)
https://bit.ly/AtlasObscuraGardenEden - Igloo Mando Travel Cooler
https://bit.ly/TheChildCooler - “Night Walk” Border Crossing Experience
https://bit.ly/NightWalkThemePark - Waitomo Caves- Black Water Rafting with Glow Worms
https://bit.ly/WaitomoGlowCaves
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Marty, you've got to come back with me...back to the good old days of the Magic Kingdom! We're talking our favorite attractions, shows and questionable citrus dishes from the quintessential Disney theme park that have gone the way of the dodo. Find the TARDIS key and polish up the flux capacitor, it's time to hit the trail with the Gold Key Adventurers Society!
Travel news is still slow this week, since most of us are still staying home and staying safe. Jess shares some updated closure dates for theme parks and Disney Cruise Line. Dan shared his own personal weird hotel experience at Ravenwood Castle, plus takes us into the Atlas Obscura to hear about the great land whales of Egypt. Heather told us about the trend of popular destinations and hotel chains sharing the recipes for their signature foods so you can make them yourself at home. Then Jess took us to the...stunning Loveland Park in South Korea.
Links:
- Universal Orlando Resort Closure Update
https://bit.ly/UOClosureUpdate - Update cancellations on Disney Cruise Line
https://bit.ly/DCLCancelUpdate - Loveland Park, South Korea NSFW!!!!!!
https://bit.ly/LovelandParkNSFW - Ravenwood Castle
https://bit.ly/RavenwoodCastleGKAS
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Hoka Hey, it's a beautiful day to have guests in the studio, so we invited the Outer Vibe come talk about inspiration and bucket lists. But first travel news, including unemployed cruise ships and the cheekiest hotel this side of the Mississippi. Tune your guitar and empty your spit valve, it's time to hit the trail with the Gold Key Adventurers Society!
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Survey says...ding ding ding! It’s all fun and games, until somebody forgets to make their fast pass selections! We’re playing Guess Who (or what or where?) Disney World style. But first the travel news, including the world’s fanciest treehouses and Dusseldorf’s premier nuclear facility turned theme park. Buy a vowel and make it a true daily double, it’s time to hit the trail with the Gold Key Adventurers Society!
Links:
- Disneyland and Walt Disney World Closure Extension
bit.ly/DisneyParkClosureExtension - Special Summer Dining offer for guests whose reservation was cancelled March-May
bit.ly/SummerDiningTPP - Swedish Treehouse Hotel
bit.ly/TreeHotelGKAS - Federal Government extends deadline for Real ID travel requirements
wapo.st/RealIDExtensionGKAS - Vietnamese Buddhist theme park
bit.ly/VietnamBuddhistPark - Wunderland Kalkar, theme park built in decommissioned nuclear power plant in Dusseldorf, Germany
bit.ly/DusseldorfNuclearPark
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Hiya, Pal! We’re here to help you bust those social distancing blues with some of our favorite ways to bring the magic of the Disney Parks into your home. Plus travel news, including weird hotels, Superheroes invading Disneyland, the Island of the Dolls, and a hellishly weird theme park from China. Queue up your favorite ride videos and mix up some Lapu Lapus, it’s time to hit the trail with the Gold Key Adventurers Society!
Links:
- Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort donate excess food during COVID-19 closures
https://bit.ly/DLFoodDonateTPP - Sun Cruise Resort
https://bit.ly/SunCruiseResort - Opening Details for Avengers Campus at Disneyland Resort
https://bit.ly/DLAvengersCampusTPP - Haw Par Villa:Buddhist Hell Park
https://bit.ly/BuddhistHellPark
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
As you may know, when The Gold Key Adventurers Society isn’t holding its weekly meeting, we all work as travel planners with Key to the World Travel. The last few days have been pretty rough for the travel industry as a whole. With the escalation of the COVID 19 outbreak worldwide,many popular travel destinations have temporarily shut down operations. We’ve been hard at work, helping our travel clients to reschedule their trips for later dates. As a result-we’re pooped, and it’s only Tuesday. Also, we’re officially on island time, so we can recharge and make sure next week’s show is full of the lighthearted travel fun you’ve come to expect of us.
We think you’re going to like next week’s show-Heather will tell you about all the sights, sounds and feels that went with being at Walt Disney World this past weekend, before they temporarily shut down operations. Then, we’ll share some of our favorite ways to enjoy the magic of a Walt Disney World vacation from the shelter of your own home.
Until then, we’re going to sit back and imagine we’ve drifted away, Lapu Lapu in hand, to the tropical paradise of the Poynesian Village Resort. Here’s how to make one for yourself:
First, gather your ingredients. You’ll need a dark rum of your choice(we suggest Meyers’s Jamaican Rum), sweet and sour mix, orange juice, and ice. Optional, but highly recommended, is a pineapple to craft into a drinking vessel.
If you’re drinking straight from the pineapple, island style, trim the crown, cut the top off the pineapple, and cut a notch in the outside edge to put your straw in. Then, use a pineapple corer to hollow out the fruit (careful not to spring a leak!)
Next, assemble the beverage. If you have a cocktail shaker, throw some ice in there. Then, add 2 oz dark rum (we suggest Meyers’s Jamaican Rum), 2 oz orange juice, 3 oz pineapple juice, and one ounce sour mix. Give it a good shake to mix it up and chill it down, then serve and enjoy. For an extra kick, you can float an ounce of Bacardi 151 on top.
We can’t wait to share more fun ideas and recipes to help bring the magic of the Disney Parks into your home. If you have ideas of your own that you’d like to share, send us an email to goldkeyadventurers@gmail.com, or send a text or voicemail to 616-378-6149, and we’ll share your ideas on the air!
As always, a huge thank you to our sponsor, Key to the World Travel. For all your travel needs, Key to the World's expert travel advisors are standing by. Make sure you tell them the Gold Key Adventurers sent you!
Thanks to Outer Vibe for the use of their song Hoka Hey off of the album Hoka Hey as the intro and outro of our show. For tour dates, merch, music and more, be sure to check them out at www.outervibe.com.
Make sure you subscribe to the show to make sure you don't miss a single week of adventure. While you're at it, how about leaving us a rating and review?
Word of mouth is the best way for us to grow our society of intrepid adventurers-if you have a friend or two who might enjoy our particular brand of adventure and silliness, send them our way.
The Gold Key Adventurers Society is always looking for new members! Find all our episodes, links and info at https://www.goldkeyadventurers.com
Listen to The Gold Key Adventurers Society
Remember, life is short and the world is wide. So go have an adventure!