Kelly McCubbin
@kellymccubbin.bsky.social
Enterprise Architect - Theme Park Writer and Podcaster - the guy who brought you Uke-y Stardust and Purple Rain: When Ukes Cry - runDisney dilettante - Finnegans Wake evangelist... https://bio.site/kelly.mccubbin
What will be interesting is that this will serve as a litmus test for how much Disney's IP is worth these days.
OpenAI is hemorrhaging money and Google seems to be edging in with sheer ubiquitousness (and that very clever NotebookLM product).
Will Mickey Mouse move the needle?
OpenAI is hemorrhaging money and Google seems to be edging in with sheer ubiquitousness (and that very clever NotebookLM product).
Will Mickey Mouse move the needle?
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What will be interesting is that this will serve as a litmus test for how much Disney's IP is worth these days.
OpenAI is hemorrhaging money and Google seems to be edging in with sheer ubiquitousness (and that very clever NotebookLM product).
Will Mickey Mouse move the needle?
OpenAI is hemorrhaging money and Google seems to be edging in with sheer ubiquitousness (and that very clever NotebookLM product).
Will Mickey Mouse move the needle?
I'm no economist, but I thought that when you sold your intellectual property, the other company paid you. Not the other way around.
This is exactly why I'm not a millionaire, I guess.
This is exactly why I'm not a millionaire, I guess.
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm no economist, but I thought that when you sold your intellectual property, the other company paid you. Not the other way around.
This is exactly why I'm not a millionaire, I guess.
This is exactly why I'm not a millionaire, I guess.
Welcome, Carol.
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Welcome, Carol.
Islands of Adventure could become a year round Marvel/DC crossover!
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Islands of Adventure could become a year round Marvel/DC crossover!
I love this film. I've confused how it isn't more well known.
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I love this film. I've confused how it isn't more well known.
When he was first elected, I was devastated; not because of what he was going to do to the country, but because I absolutely couldn't believe that the American people had become that rotten.
Only about a quarter of the country voted for him, but that's about 75 million people that terrify me.
Only about a quarter of the country voted for him, but that's about 75 million people that terrify me.
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When he was first elected, I was devastated; not because of what he was going to do to the country, but because I absolutely couldn't believe that the American people had become that rotten.
Only about a quarter of the country voted for him, but that's about 75 million people that terrify me.
Only about a quarter of the country voted for him, but that's about 75 million people that terrify me.
It is not ok with me, no.
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It is not ok with me, no.
My earliest messages were on a Kate Bush BBS called "Lovehounds" which would not be what anyone would name it today, I suspect.
I was on rec.arts.disney around the time you were and also in the spin-off, FDC Muck. Chunks of that are still floating around in the ether.
I was on rec.arts.disney around the time you were and also in the spin-off, FDC Muck. Chunks of that are still floating around in the ether.
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My earliest messages were on a Kate Bush BBS called "Lovehounds" which would not be what anyone would name it today, I suspect.
I was on rec.arts.disney around the time you were and also in the spin-off, FDC Muck. Chunks of that are still floating around in the ether.
I was on rec.arts.disney around the time you were and also in the spin-off, FDC Muck. Chunks of that are still floating around in the ether.
Just a moment...
boardwalktimes.net
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As another Northern California Kaiser patient with prostate cancer, I can tell you that they didn't call the President when putting together my treatment plan.
They're pretty autonomous that way.
They're pretty autonomous that way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As another Northern California Kaiser patient with prostate cancer, I can tell you that they didn't call the President when putting together my treatment plan.
They're pretty autonomous that way.
They're pretty autonomous that way.
Wherever you get podcasts or from lowdown-plus-up.com/
We've got 2 eps for Halloween Week!
Knott's Scary Farm - Before Halloween Horror Nights, Before Oogie-Boogie Bash, Knott's Got Boysenscary!
And, Pete's Corner: Haunted Houses - History, Therapy and Why the Gorilla Must Escape
We've got 2 eps for Halloween Week!
Knott's Scary Farm - Before Halloween Horror Nights, Before Oogie-Boogie Bash, Knott's Got Boysenscary!
And, Pete's Corner: Haunted Houses - History, Therapy and Why the Gorilla Must Escape
The Lowdown on the Plus-up - A Theme Park Podcast
Kelly McCubbin and Peter Overstreet take on all aspects of theme parks - Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Six Flags - discussing them in historical context and then finding ways, to quote Walt Disney, to "plus them up!" No considerations of safet...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wherever you get podcasts or from lowdown-plus-up.com/
We've got 2 eps for Halloween Week!
Knott's Scary Farm - Before Halloween Horror Nights, Before Oogie-Boogie Bash, Knott's Got Boysenscary!
And, Pete's Corner: Haunted Houses - History, Therapy and Why the Gorilla Must Escape
We've got 2 eps for Halloween Week!
Knott's Scary Farm - Before Halloween Horror Nights, Before Oogie-Boogie Bash, Knott's Got Boysenscary!
And, Pete's Corner: Haunted Houses - History, Therapy and Why the Gorilla Must Escape