To reply to Bezzer's comments - the reason perhaps the review of British news and smaller parks is a bit sparce is purely because I have no time/funds to get to these places. Also, the lack of industry news is because we're not a news show - we're a show that goes behind the scenes into the amusement industry. News can be found anywhere - but where can you find 3 seperate interviews with John Wardley or Tim Delaney or Disney Composer Alan Menken talking about theme parks?
Only when there's a huge news story (ie Fantasyland Expansion or something) do we muse on it for a bit.
Also, it's not my show - so I can't bring everything I'd like to the table, as we have episodes scheduled for weeks in advance - which is why we don't really do it as a news show, because between the time we record and release the episodes, it might be that a few weeks has thus passed.
I am glad I inspired you to check out Dickens' world - it really is worth a visit to support it.
Thanks for sharing your views on the seasonpass!