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    Early Access... News

    enMarch 17, 2016
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    About this Episode

    It's the first episode of Thanks for Riding Early Access... News; the show that discusses the amusement news of the day... and then discusses it some more.  The inaugural episode features the announcement by Six Flags of virtual reality coasters for 2016, reports of people getting sick on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey in CA and the newest price change of the FL parks (but mostly WDW) that was recently rolled out.


    released March 16, 2016 

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