This was so fun! Thanks for having us! 🎉❤

@watcherpodcasts

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming on!!

@ninaryan2012

5 ай бұрын

I never thought I would see 2 of my favorite KZread channels together 😀

I'm a former cast member and was lucky enough to go on this ride prior to official opening while on a shift in Toontown. Someone came running into the break room yelling that Rise was doing secret cast previews for stress testing, so we all sprinted over backstage to ride it. I have never been so mind blown in my life; it was absolutely unreal the energy in that experience with all fellow cast members. It was so difficult to not tell all of my friends and family all the details until months later when it opened! Truly a masterpiece of an attraction. LOVING this podcast. You guys are great.

@Itsaudriscott

5 ай бұрын

This is how I rode it too! At another work location but they let us shuttle over! The cannons section really did scare me the first time!

@pattsworth

5 ай бұрын

@@Itsaudriscott Ah, so cool! Yeah, I worked in Entertainment (characters) so we had to rush over on a break since we couldn't miss set time. When they did secret previews for Smuggler's Run, I went into the land for the first time while holding hands with a Rey performer that I'd never met, and we cried in front of the Falcon, hahah.

@neonxfirefly

5 ай бұрын

Sucks for the people not on break

@pattsworth

5 ай бұрын

@@neonxfirefly Yeah, thankfully I think most people from my location that wanted to go were able to eventually! We spread the word and people were able to go on their lunches and breaks :)

@robbennett

5 ай бұрын

Yaaa... Soooo I designed the ride and built in my basement... Soooo..... '(said in my best Kristen wigg voice)

I never thought I'd be disappointed when I hear no ads/sponsors -- I hope this podcast finds the funding to continue until they cover every theme park attraction EVER

@basementdwellercosplay

4 ай бұрын

I hate it mainly cause the ads will come in while their talking and it's annoying cause the team clearly put a spot for ads to go that wont interrupt the conversation and it's not working on KZreads end

one of my grad school friends did an imagineering internship shortly before galaxy’s edge opened, and i jokingly asked her “you think disney is threatened by wizarding world of harry potter?” and she looked me dead in my eyes and said “they are 100% ABSOLUTELY threatened by harry potter” 🤣

@AdamLindell

Ай бұрын

Harry Potter kicks the ass of Galaxy's Edge still

Ordinary Adventures are some of the best people in the theme park vlogging community. So cool to see them here!

@katcalico9142

5 ай бұрын

They are some of my favorites!

@megan7792

Ай бұрын

They are Disney shills who are dishonest about their reviews. They are never critical of Disney and definitely bow to the mouse to stay on PR list

Kitra saying the cannons are great when they worked is me having experienced the “real” Yeti my entire College program summer 😂

this is the craziest crossover to ever happen to me i feel like ryan bergara is watching me through my windows

If Runaway Railway passes 10/10 with its projection mapped faces, Rise HAS to pass the Fine Wine test too. Come on - those projected faces vs these wild animatronic figures, the storyline, the music, the cast members interacting

@OnAHeroicMission

3 ай бұрын

YES this absolutely killed me. There’s no way the mapped faces and almost completely projected sets can get a fine wine pass and ROTR doesn’t 😆

@jacquelinemoeller7146

6 күн бұрын

Right?!?

Peter and Kitra were the perfect guests for this episode, a great listen!

1:37:22 I feel like for the Fine Wine question. It needs to be thought of, if you were a kid, and Rise has ALWAYS been a Disney ride for you. Will it be a classic for them? The PeopleMover, Big Thunder, Carousel of Progress, etc. Are these thrilling? No. But a trip to Disney wouldn't be complete for me without getting that hit of nostalgia on those rides. I would 100% think Rise is a ride a Disney kid of today will want to take their own kid on in the future. And thus. A fine wine 🍷

@tk98jd

5 ай бұрын

I was scrolling the comments to see if someone would say this. Many classic rides at Disneyland are dated but I love them because of the nostalgia factor. ❤

Byron's like I don't wanna speculate...meanwhile it was absolutely poaching 😂I love this podcast so much

I went on a solo Disney trip, and at the time wasn’t the biggest fan of Star Wars. I hadn’t seen the movies or anything but had been on the Star Tours ride. Due to the long wait times, I wasn’t overly fussed with going on rise of the resistance. I remember I was sitting on a bench in Galaxy’s Edge when I saw people SPRINTING past me and that’s when I realised it had just reopened and I thought to myself it would be the only time I would get on with a reasonable wait. IT WAS AMAZING. I could not get over it, I loved it so much that I braced the wait and waited to ride it again and also bought a lightning lane the next day. I went home (Australia) and couldn’t stop talking about how good it was. You definitely know a ride is good when someone who has no clue about the IP becomes obsessed with it ❤ (And also in true fashion, one of my ride through broke down as we boarded into the top of the drop tower. Can’t remember what room it was but it had a fake control panel but you best believe I was pressing all the fake buttons. It was also cool going through the backstage stairwell!)

Ryan's last almost fail is insane but I still enjoyed this episode. as much as I knew I would. I feel like we take for granted how much nostalgia plays into our love for older rides we all love and not take into account that we will someday feel nostalgia for the rides of today. The outdated tech on a good ride just becomes part of its charm, it only becomes a joke if the ride wasn't great to begin with.

@jen6373

5 ай бұрын

I agree. As a person who only goes to a theme park every 5 years or so, the concept of riding it 3-4 times in a few years and then getting bored isn't even an option. So I'm definitely looking forward to re-riding it in a few years

Can’t believe Radiator Spring Racers failed the average tourist test and you guys passed this one, Ryan’s hate for Cars and love for SW swayed him 😂

I don’t think it can pass the fine wine test given that some parts of it are already not working and we’ve seen Disney leave issues like this in “B mode” for years and years (ie. Yeti) so, for that reason alone, it’s already not aging like a fine wine. The only people that will feel like this aged like fine wine in 20-years are super hardcore Star Wars fans like these guests.

@megan7792

Ай бұрын

Plus the Star Wars IP is dead in the ground.

Woah Ordinary Adventures! These collabs are fantastic. Maybe we'll get a Magic Journeys collab as well?

When rise of the resistant first opened, another youtuber suggested using your own cellular service instead of the park's wifi. Best advice ever and we were able to get one of the early boarding group.

I have never clicked a Watcher Podcast video so fast....HECK YES to this collab!!!

Feb 2020 I tried 2 times to get on RISE at Disneyland with my phone but failed. My 3rd attempt I got to the front of the line at the Adventureland entrance at rope drop, and ran to the kiosk to get a physical boarding pass … i got group 11. I hurt my knee … but it was worth it. 😂

@C_M_R

5 ай бұрын

Nice. Hope the knee is ok now. Did you take vid of the run? Lol

@killervirgo

5 ай бұрын

@@C_M_Rknee is good now, thanks. No video because I was focused on running .. but got pictures before and after the run at the kiosk and my boarding pass.

im absolutely loving this podcast, for the first time in my life i actually look forward to tuesdays lol! ive also started listening to the saddest podcast on earth which is super fun as well. i hope you can continue this podcast for a long time, it’s a gem!! patiently waiting for a spaceship earth episode 🫣

@sierra4766

5 ай бұрын

This is unrelated, but as a kid on Tuesdays, I was always at my narcissist dad's house and hated Tuesdays. This comment made me realize I don't hate them as much anymore because I love these two's takes. Thanks for that realization.

I saw Ordinary Adventures on the thumbnail and was like 'oh they have a cool cover right now' and then noticed Ryan and was really confused. Did a doubletake and then realized Watcher was who posted it. Never have I clicked so fast in my life!

We need Provost on a canoes episode!

I love when the content creators I watch collab!

Gotta say these collabs are absolutely top tier 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

This ride is world class because there will always be people who love Star Wars and it makes you feel like you’re in Star Wars. But I was wearing a Darth Vader shirt while watching this so I might be biased.

i agree that rise of the resistance is the greatest ride ever. i love it so much and i hope others are inspired to create a ride like it. the first time i went, i waited in line for an hour, got to the front, and it shut down for an undetermined amount of time. i waited an hour and a half and my group wanted to leave. i was willing to keep waiting for the A-team but we came back when it was almost closing only to get the D-team-the people who are at the end of their shift and are tired. nobody was acting anymore 😭😭 the next time we went there first and the A-team rocked my socks off. i even got yelled at which i LOVED.

I’m so obsessed w this podcast please keep making episodes.

woahhh watcher x ordinary adventures…. the collab i never knew i needed

I was just thinking you all should do a collab with Ordinary Adventures! Dreams do come true!

I love this! Ordinary Adventures is so great! Please do a foodie one with Magic Journeys!!!

As a Hollywood Studios lover (apologist?), them asking “What else is there to do in Hollywood Studios?” felt like a kick to the stomach lol love this series though!

@allysonrinchiuso8471

5 ай бұрын

Right?!? Not everyone is that big of a Star Wars fan and wants to spend their day in GE. Personally I’m waiting 3 hours for Tower of Terror and then hopping into another 3 hour que for Rock n’ Roller Coaster before I’m waiting 60 minutes for Rise of the Resistance.

such a good ride!

Kitra and Peter brought me here 🫶🏼 so fun getting to know them outside of their channel.

One time we were waiting in the lightning lane for rise and it went down. We waited like 45 minutes, it went back up and then we were the first people on the ride. Empty ship not a person in sight. It really added to the experience and made it feel even creepy, like we actually got captured by the first order.

ORDINARY ADVENTURES !!!!! They're seriously my fave disney vloggers, so happy to see them here!

SO EXCITED TO SEE ORDINARY ADVENTURES HERE ❤❤

I was Disneyland on opening day of Indiana Jones. The wait time was 7 hours. It started on Main St. Super fun experience. I also rode Rise the first time at Disneyland on reopening day after the pandemic. The cast members sent me through alone and it was so fun and creepy to experience it alone.

When those doors open after the hologram room and that imperial assault music plays while all the engines are starting up and the cast members are escorting you to the front of the shuttle doors, that moment just lives in my head rent free. It’s so sick and just starts the entire experience perfectly.

I LOVE Ordinary Adventures!! I’ve never been more excited for any podcast episode ever in my life

Loved the review, and it was awesome seeing Ordinary Adventures! I've ridden the ride 30 times or more I'd say (I was there opening day for both parks).... I can confirm I went on right at dusk just after the sun set, they only have night and day mode as I remember noticing it was night in the ride vehicle windows showing Batuu and it had been much lighter still outside.... This is my absolute favorite ride of all time by a huge margin, even having been on newer stuff like Beauty and the Beast in Tokyo... two things I'll mention as my favorites I didn't hear is (1) Watching your ship fly from Batuu out the rear window, and (2) I absolutely love how at the end when your ride vehicle locks into place before the drop, you see someone in the window across the way from you triggering their rescue pod which drops, so it makes it even more awesome when yours does moments later! Also as for emotional connection, is Byron's heart made of stone not to rejoice at having found Beck at the end? :-) I also think you should have added a special 11th test for Ride of the Resistance, Ride Merch, just so ROTR could have scored one higher than any other ride.

I always listen first and then head to KZread to click and watch! Amazing episode, amazing pod!

Was looking forward to this!😊 Ordinary Adventures?! Even better!!

This randomly popped up on my feed - probably because of Ordinary Adventures - but glad it did. I love the Muppet Vision hack strategy, I am a very bizarre person, Muppet Vision has a special place in my heart, so this perfect! Even if it doesn’t work you still get to have a Muppet Vision moment. 🤣

My two favorite channels collide!

This is a great podcast but I am so glad you have ordinary adventures because they are the best and when I go to Disneyland, I’m a passholder I ride rise of the resistance at least twice every time I’m there the best ride

ORDINARY ADVENTURES MAKE ME SMILE! THEY ARE SO SWEET AND GOOFY! And Ryan is so adorable 😊.

One small tidbit, during the transport where Poe leaves to get backup, if you look out the back, you will see Poe’s x-wing go into hyperspace

Dude what a great episode…yeah I’m biased due to Imma huge OA fans. But the true honest opinion of this ride for everyone was great especially trying to get a perfect score was a true highlight of the episode…plus watching Ryan uncomfortable due to he’s own scoring process lol

When Byron, at the 45:00 mark, starts talking about his experience with getting information on the virtual queue, and then getting up early to get the best opportunity, that was me. January 16, 2020. Family trip to Disneyland. 5 of us, months in the planning, but we unbelievably picked the perfect week, as that Friday, our last day in the park, the 17th, Rise of the Resistance would debut. From researching the pitfalls at Hollywood Studios, I knew I had to ask as many questions of Cast members as I could. Fast forward the night of the 16th. I walked back and forth from the hotel to the esplanade, checking the gates. 11:00pm the gates closed, 12:30am people start lining up in front, and I make the decision to stand in front of gate 10 with 4 people in front of me. By 1am, the lines are past the monorail pillars, and I call and have anyone that want to go, come over and stand with me (at that time I wasn't sure about the holding lines and getting the virtual queue if you didn't get into the gates early). 5:30am the gates open, and we wait on main street, then the hub, then entrance to Tomorrowland and finally up near the old fast past kiosk by Astro Blasters. The time hits, and I believe, because we clocked in so early after the gates opened, we were lucky to get virtual group of 12. Quick decompression, grab a coffee and head to the hotel for a quick shower. Then... we get a notice, 30 minutes to enter the queue. Best day ever at Disneyland, best ride ever and memories we will never forget. Everything that anyone says about that first time, day or opportunity to see RotR, does not compare to being there.

Shout out Slashfilm Cast, It was part of my weekly routine back then

OMG OF COURSE Ordinary Adventures would do Rise! I think this may be my favorite of the podcast so far, the discussion and debates were so engaging, I could've listened for even longer. AMAZING collaboration, guys!!

my favorite youtube worlds collide! thank you for this collab, happy fan girl over here!

When I first started listening to the pod I thought to myself, I hope they get ordinary adventures on!

YES WITHE ORDINARY ADVENTURES NOW TOO???? I love this podcast so much🥺❤️❤️

I'm only here cuz of the Ordinary Adventures.

2 of my favorite KZread channels crossing over ordinary adventures and watcher 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Would love to see an episode on the Starcruiser

My husband and I went to Disneyland for the very first time in October last year 🎃 I had hyped Rise of the Resistance up a lot, despite only seeing videos of it, so we roped dropped and hurried towards it, we ended up only waiting in line for 20 minutes 😅 We got on the ride and just as we got into the first room it broke down, we sat there for just about 20 minutes and got escorted off the ride backstage and everything (I was so excited about it 😂) We of course got a lightning lane and got on it later that day, it was truly amazing, but I just find it so funny, I hyped it up so much and then it broke down within the first minutes after we got on it 😆

My favorite Disney KZreadrs, my new favorite podcast, and my all time favorite attraction. What a time to be alive!! Another great episode!!

Can we just keep ordinary adventures on the podcast? The 4 of you work well together

1) Great to see Ordinary Adventures here!! 2) I've done the way-too-early admission thing when I went to the 50th on July 17, 2005. I'm glad I did it but it was nuts. 😄 3) Ryan mentioned the live actors in Haunted Mansion - I actually experienced that! When I was a kid, in the door knocker area there was a knight that slightly lunged towards us as we rode by. Scared the crap out of me because I wasn't expecting it.

I tell people to this day that the cannons used to move and they dont believe me 😢

My friends and I went opening weekend for Rise in Disneyland, and man, standing around on main street with everyone glued to their phones and waiting for the boarding passes to open was such a wild experience. Thanks for the reminder of those fun memories!

I’M HYPED!! Favourite ride on my favourite pod!

This was a really great episode. I appreciate the due diligence and thought experiments you put these rides through. I think you all put this ride through the ringer and ultimately came up with the best conclusion.

I love the ride every time I’ve gone on it. I think it’s a brilliant ride. 10/10

1st time watcher of Watcher Podcasts. Great deep dive. Glad to see Peter & Kitra! Have never been on this ride but already know, it's going to be best ride of all time. It's an experience more than simply a ride. Can't wait to see it myself oneday! Will be crying!

This podcast is a game changer for this realm. Hosts are perfect with some heavy handed guests, just perfect. Thank you and keep it going!

Stormtroopers in the hangar bay walking around like Peter mentioned have happened! They’ll use the hangar as a rain location whenever there’s inclement weather. Doesn’t happen very often, but it does happen. Loved this episode! So happy you got Ordinary Adventures on!

Nobody understands how much i love this silly little podcast

I would love to watch them review a Tokyo Disneysea ride like Sinbad

Peter and Kitra! I love you guys! I am just now getting around to your Tokyo videos and I find myself smiling from ear to ear watching you experience the Tokyo parks! You guys have some of the best quality Disney content on the whole inter webs! What a great collab! I am loving this podcast!

love love love this! I love both your channels so when two worlds collide! Hopefully this gives peter and kitra more fans! They deserve it!

Wore my Star Wars shirt to bed and woke up to this video dropping I love it

Love this matchup. Great content and great collab.

I have been binging these videos one after the other for the last several days and loving it. When i saw Peter and Kitra I squealed. Love this episode!

Gah! Ordinary adventure! Too fandoms colliding! ❤

“I want to see a shirtless Adam Driver in this ride!” I died. LOL! On the other hand, whenever I go on this ride with my son, we leave feeling excited. We have paid to ride and waited.

the point about living vicariously through those you’re with is so real! I’ve only been on it once with my best friend who wasn’t a huge theme park person like me. Even though -I- was excited, getting to see her experience the excitement and wonder I get on every ride on this one was priceless (or $19 for the lightning lane lol). I loved it but my love for it is also in how much I want others to experience it and getting to see that joy on their faces!

1:07:32 “No. I wouldn’t like that, Byron.” Lolol

Ordinary Adventures! 🥰 Peter and Kitra! 🎉❤🎉❤

I want you to know I had to watch this in short segments because it's so long but here I am the NEXT day finally getting to the end and enjoying every minute of the final 20 min here. Great guests great podcast. I don't even really like them parks but this is just so well thought out and fascinating.

I just got to experience this ride so now I can finally listen to the podcast and I’m HERE FOR IT

This is my favorite episode by far! We got lucky and ran right into the ride as we were passing by to go to onto smugglers run. My friend yelled "Run!" and I didn't even question it. I had my children by the hand and was like RUN!! We were 10th in line. It was THE BEST ride experience we had ever been on and am so grateful for the timing when we walked by. This episode made me relive the ride and emotions. Absolutely amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

My very being exploded when I saw Peter and Kitra in the thumbnail! 😍 My 2 world's just collided and I wasn't ready for it! 😭❤️

This ride made me feel like a little kid again. I was in AWE! Thank you for doing this pod, it’s the best part of my week!!

Most of my family aren't big Star Wars fans but we loved the ride

Great episode guys! Love that you are passionate about the topic and podcast with your research. Keep it up!

Rise of the Resistance was my first ride in a Disney park... ever. So glad it got a perfect score! This was as close as I can likely be to ever being in the world of the movies I watched as a kid.

NEW FAVORITE PODCAST!!!!!

I love this podcast so much, thank you for letting us live vicariously through you having these conversations, I also have always wondered what would happen if you desperately needed to use the restroom once you're in the star destory and now I know, thank you for solving that mystery for me XD.

My daughter was so mad at me for taking her on this ride. It was all our first time no one knew what to expect, and when darth kylo ren cut into the space ship she stifled her cry knowing that he’ll hear her if she’s loud.

My favorite thing about Rise are the cast members. Especially the “First Order Officers”. The FACT that they GET to be RUDE to Guests. SIGN ME UP FOR THAT GIG! I have a friend who’s a First Order officer, her stories are seriously THE BEST.

@AstralHiGH

3 ай бұрын

You'll have to go through hell at the Jungle Cruise for months then if you're a beautiful woman with a big b*tt you'll get the position

the last jedi does indeed kick ass!!!!

OMG THIS COLLAB???????

I’m not even a Star Wars fan. I’ve watched like one movie, do not care about the story or characters. But Rise Of The Resistance is my favorite theme park ride ever. It blows my mind and when I try to describe it to people I know I’m not doing it justice. I’ve never been so immersed in a story as this ride. It’s incredible. Visiting WDW in a couple weeks and I’m so stoked to get on it again. (And yes, I’m one of the suckers who pays for LL.) Edit: Now that I’ve finished the ep I feel like the fine wine test suffered from Star Wars fan bias. As a non-Star Wars fan, I ride this multiple times every time I go to WDW. But you can already see how Disney and Universal are scrambling to create rides that will outdo the other, and that includes Rise. As someone who has no emotional connection to Star Wars as a franchise, once other rides have this scale (which I’m confident they will), I’m not sure I’ll be as enthusiastic about riding this. Not that their answers are any less valid, but still.

A pro that was missed, the integration of the original score. I legitimately get emotional as we are fleeing to the escape pods hearing the theme playing from the trench run.

Thank you!!

Ok I would LOVE to see yall do podcasts discussing the parades and shows as well! This is such a fun show for all of us theme park fans

I worked at DHS and had to do opening crowd control for, had the microphone making dad jokes and giving MDE instructions… def a fun time to be working