The Tomorrow Society

07/15/2025

It's been six months, and I'm finally back on a podcast! It's the time of year again for the Amazing Race Canada, aka Canada's favorite summertime adventure. I've been podcasting about each season with Jessica Liese over at Rob Has a Podcast, and we're back for Season 11. This time it's on video too!

SUBSCRIBE to RHAP at: https://link.chtbl.com/rhapTen teams of racers are on the journey of a lifetime, and your TARCan experts are hot on their heels to reca...

06/05/2025

I've continued to add full transcripts to the site of my podcast interviews with Disney Imagineers. I just added my third show with Ethan Reed from Episode 184. On that show, we talked about his Little Golden Book, Santa Stops at Disneyland, paid tribute to Alice Davis, and a lot more. It's worth a read (or listen!) if you missed it.

Ethan Reed returns to the Tomorrow Society Podcast to talk with Dan Heaton about his new Little Golden Book Santa Stops at Disneyland.

06/02/2025

We visited Six Flags St. Louis last week, so I took the opportunity to update my coaster rankings for that park. The Boss is SO ROUGH, so I had to drop it down three spots. They really need to either work on making their coasters smoother and replace them. I don't think that will be a priority for the new Six Flags, though. Hope the park survives, even with its challenges. Check out my rankings!

Dan Heaton ranks the nine rollercoasters at Six Flags St. Louis, including The Boss, American Thunder, Mr. Freeze, and the Screamin' Eagle.

05/20/2025

I wrote a new blog! Four months after my Universal Orlando trip, I finally ranked all eight coasters at the two original parks. The bottom and top picks were easy, but the middle was more challenging. It will be interesting to see where the coasters at Epic Universe would fit in this list.

Dan Heaton ranks all the roller coasters at Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure, including the VelociCoaster and Hagrid's.

04/25/2025

New blog post! Well, sort of. I actually just updated my Top Ten Coasters rankings to add the VelociCoaster and make a few other tweaks. It did pretty well! I also re-wrote parts of it and added a few new honorable mentions that might make the list with a few more rides. I still have a lot more to ride, but we're getting there!

Dan Heaton ranks his top 10 roller coasters, which include rides from Disneyland, Kings Island, Six Flags Great America, and Holiday World.

04/10/2025

It was really fun to revisit this interview with Mark Page from Episode 180. He's such a great artist, and I had a blast talking with him. The full transcript of this interview from October 2022 is now available; it's worth a read and listen!

Imagineer Mark Page joins Dan Heaton on the Tomorrow Society Podcast to talk about his work as a Concept Artist and Art Director at Disney.

03/24/2025

I recently added two more full transcripts from Tomorrow Society Podcast interviews with Imagineer Scott Hennesy and Adam Bezark. Both worked on so many cool attractions including The Living Seas, Spider-man at Universal, Pirates in Shanghai, and a lot more. Links to each of the shows are in the comments! They're worth a read (and a listen!).

03/06/2025

Another new full transcript has been added to the site. It was really fun to look back at my second interview with Imagineer Ray Spencer in Episode 169. We talked about his work on the Hatbox Ghost at Disneyland, updates to the Matterhorn, the Pirates Lair at Disneyland, and Trader Sam's. This was a fun one!

Imagineer Ray Spencer returns to The Tomorrow Society Podcast to talk about the Hatbox Ghost, Trader Sam's, the Matterhorn, and more.

02/15/2025

I just added my latest full transcript of one of my favorite interviews in the history of the Tomorrow Society Podcast. It's with former Disney Imagineer Josh Shipley, who talks about Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, his theater background, working on Marvel attractions with Joe Rohde, the Disney Kingdoms books, Evermore Park, and more. It's worth a listen (or read)!

Imagineer Josh Shipley joins Dan Heaton on The Tomorrow Society Podcast to talk about his career including Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

01/27/2025

NEW PODCAST ALERT! We have reached the end of this awesome podcast journey. On the final episode, I look back at the show's history, answer listener questions, and include a supercut of some of my favorite moments. Thanks for being part of the Tomorrow Society Podcast during the past 10 years!

On the finale of the Tomorrow Society Podcast, Dan Heaton looks back at nearly a decade of the show's history and answers listener questions.

01/18/2025

NEW PODCAST - We're back! I finally returned to the Universal Orlando resort last weekend and had an incredible time there. I talk about the VelociCoaster, Bourne, Hagrid's, Universal Express, and everything else from our trip on Episode 249 of the Tomorrow Society Podcast. One episode left before the podcast finale!

Dan Heaton gives a trip report of his weekend trip to the Universal Orlando resort in early January, including the VelociCoaster.

01/15/2025

I've added a few new full transcripts to the Tomorrow Society site lately from some fun podcasts going back to late 2021 and early 2022. The first is an Imagineering Roundtable with Ethan Reed and Joe Lanzisero in Episode 155, and the other one is with Imagineer Tim Landry. Both links are in the comments below!