Bizarre Backrooms Twilight Ride + Books That Need Theme Park Lands (w/DFB alum Cassie Green)

Can your favorite book become a world-class theme park ride? Sometimes it works—and sometimes you get an official Twilight dark ride featuring a stripping animatronic. This week on Park Peeps, former Disney Food Blog star and future author Cassie Green joins us for a "Page to Park" segment, reacting to the weirdest real-world literary attractions before we pitch our ultimate book-inspired theme park lands. From Dubai’s high-speed Hunger Games Capitol Bullet Train roller coaster to China's hilarious backrooms-style Twilight ride, we break down the bizarre history of book-based attractions—and then build the immersive park lands that desperately need to exist. In this episode, we cover: • Real Page-to-Park Weirdness: Dubai’s Hunger Games Capitol Bullet Train coaster and China's uncanny Twilight Saga: Bella’s Journey dark ride. • Literary Theme Park Wishlist: Pitching full theme park lands for Percy Jackson (Camp Half-Blood!), Dune (Arrakis!), and The Lord of the Rings (Middle-earth!). • Outrageous Park Pitches: Tyra Banks’ Modelland novel and replacing Disney’s Hall of Presidents with The View’s Hot Topics table (inspired by Ladies Who Punch). Plus, we have an opening weekend review of and report from Kennywood's Phantom Fall Fest, including tea on whether or not Herschend's takeover is working wonders for the park, or if the horror haunt is indicative of more bad news for one of Pennsylvania's best amusement parks. New episodes of Park Peeps stream every Tuesday—subscribe so you never miss a drop!