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Skip the Queue is a podcast for visitor attraction owners, directors and suppliers who want to improve their organisations and deliver a better experience for their guests.

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Hosted by @paulmarden.bsky.social
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This week on Skip the Queue, we’re looking ahead to 2026 and exploring the trends set to shape the attractions industry. Andy Povey sits down with:

Melissa Oviedo, Themed Entertainment Association
Martin Palicki, InPark Magazine
Edmond Chih, Entertainment & Cultural Advisors
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December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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New episode 🎙️

Andy Povey is joined by Rob Liddell from @bbcstudios Science Unit and Simon Clarke from @moonrakervfx to explore what happens when world-class storytelling meets cutting-edge visual effects in immersive experiences.

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#Immersiveexperiences
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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New episode 🎙️

Andy Povey is joined by Rob Liddell from @bbcstudios Science Unit and Simon Clarke from @moonrakervfx to explore what happens when world-class storytelling meets cutting-edge visual effects in immersive experiences.

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#Immersiveexperiences
When VFX meets visitor attractions - Rob Liddell and Simon Clarke | Skip the Queue
Andy Povey is joined by two guests at the forefront of this space: Rob Liddell, Executive Producer at BBC Studios Science Unit, and Simon Clarke, Creative Director and Founder of Moonraker VFX. Fresh ...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Joining us are two industry leaders who have formed a new creative partnership to create IPs for large format immersive experiences

Simon Clarke, Executive Creative Director & Founder of Moonraker VFX

Rob Liddell, Executive Producer, BBC Studios Science Unit

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#BBCStudios #VFX
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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👀 On the pod this week… get ready to engage all your senses!

We’re diving into how attractions can create truly immersive experiences using scent, sound, and motion.

Paul Marden, is joined by:

👃 Liam Findley – AromaPrime Theme Scents

🎶 David Wakefield – On the Sly

🎢 Matt Clarkson – Simworx
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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This week on Skip the Queue, we’re diving into the future of science and discovery centres and what the next 25 years could bring!

Recorded live at the #ASDC Conference

Featuring
Jo Quinton-Tulloch
Stephen Breslin
Shaaron Leverment
Natalie Whitehead
David Jones

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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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This week on Skip the Queue, we’re diving into the future of science and discovery centres and what the next 25 years could bring!

Recorded live at the #ASDC Conference

Featuring
Jo Quinton-Tulloch
Stephen Breslin
Shaaron Leverment
Natalie Whitehead
David Jones

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Reflect. Adapt. Thrive - Science and Discovery Centres the next 25 years. | Skip the Queue
In today’s episode recorded live at the National Science and Media Museum during the Association for Science and Discovery Centres Annual Conference we’re exploring what’s on the horizon for Science a...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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This week on @skipthequeue.fm, we’re diving into how data is transforming visitor attractions

@paulmarden.bsky.social talks with Prof. Jim Deegan & Ernesto Sánchez-Batista about the Tourism Data Dashboard and how it’s reshaping the Cliffs of Moher experience

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The Role Of Data For Visitor Attraction Management with Jim Deegan and Ernesto Batista- Sanchez | Skip the Queue
Paul Marden is joined by Professor Jim Deegan, founder of the National Centre for Tourism Policy Studies at the University of Limerick, and Ernesto Sánchez-Batista, a specialist in destination plannin...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Spookiest episode 👻

Andy Povey is joined by Doug Douglas from #Avonvalleypark, who shares the evolution of FEAR Scream Park 😱 #fearavonvalley

Doug shares how they’ve created an experience that transcends the generations, with FEARLESS for younger audiences

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November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Tune in to our spookiest episode yet… 👻

Andy Povey is joined by Doug Douglas from @avonvalleypark, who shares the evolution of FEAR Scream Park 😱

Doug shares how they’ve created an experience that transcends the generations

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#FEAR #AvonValley
Behind the Screams: How Avon Valley Masters Halloween Attractions - Doug Douglas | Skip the Queue
We’re joined by the team behind Avon Valley’s FEAR Scream Park, a family-run adventure park with more than 35 years of experience, and now home to one of the UK’s most terrifying Halloween events. W...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🎙️ Live from #VAC2025! This week on Skip The Queue, @paulmarden.bsky.social chats with @navigate_agency’s Simon Jones, @stephenspencer & @kellymolson.bsky.social on building high-converting online gift shops and the new Retail Ready #Playbook

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October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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🎙️ Live from #VAC2025! This week on Skip The Queue, @paulmarden.bsky.social chats with @navigate_agency’s Simon Jones, @stephenspencer & @kellymolson.bsky.social on building high-converting online gift shops and the new Retail Ready #Playbook

Listen: skipthequeue.fm/episodes/vac...
How to Build a High-Converting Online Gift Shop for Museums and Attractions | Skip the Queue
In this episode of Skip the Queue, recorded live at the VAC Conference 2025, industry experts Stephen Spencer from Stephen Spencer and Associates and Simon Jones from Navigate Agency join Paul Marden ...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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🎙️ This week on Skip the Queue, we’re live from #AVEAConference2025!

Paul Marden explores why gift shops are vital to the attraction experience — plus chats with Irish tourism leaders on AI, accessibility & 1,000-year celebrations.

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#STQS7 #ecommerce
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Something new…

Introducing our first Playbook, ‘The Retail Ready Guide To Going Beyond The Gift Shop’.

We’ve teamed up with Stephen Spencer + Associates & Navigate Agency to explore how and why you should take your gift shop online

Download free now: pages.crowdconvert.co.uk/skip-the-que...
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Our bags are packed and we’re heading to #AVEA next week.

We’ll be recording a special episode from the event to explore what’s shaping the future of our sector in Ireland.

With Navigate Agency and Stephen Spencer + Associates

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#AVEAconf25 #visitorattractions #tourism
October 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Paul Marden took The Traitor’s oath… 😱
We went behind the scenes of The Traitors: Live Experience where the challenge for Neil Connolly and Immersive Everywhere was how to truncate 14 days of somebody's life down into a two-hour experience

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October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Celebrity The Traitors starts tonight! 🙌

We go behind the scenes at The Traitors Live Experience.

Neil Connolly, Creative Director at The Everywhere Group, who have brought one of the UK’s most talked-about TV shows into a highly immersive live experience
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October 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Celebrity The Traitors starts tonight! 🙌

We go behind the scenes at The Traitors Live Experience.

Neil Connolly, Creative Director at The Everywhere Group, who have brought one of the UK’s most talked-about TV shows into a highly immersive live experience
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Behind the scenes at The Traitors Live Experience - Neil Connolly | Skip the Queue
This week on Skip the Queue, we’re stepping into the turret and turning up the tension, as we explore one of the UK’s most talked-about immersive experiences. Our guest is Neil Connolly, Creative Dir...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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This week on Skip The Queue 🎧

🌍 Choni Fernández, @portaventuraworld.bsky.social — how they became the first carbon-neutral theme park

🔮 Jakob Wahl, #IAAPAHQ
💡 Elliot Hall
☕ Matt Barton & Melissa Oviedo
🚀 Kevin Murphy
💬 Jacob Thompson

Listen now: skipthequeue.fm/episodes/cho...

#IAAPAExpoEurope
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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This week on Skip The Queue 🎧

🌍 Choni Fernández, @portaventuraworld.bsky.social — how they became the first carbon-neutral theme park

🔮 Jakob Wahl, #IAAPAHQ
💡 Elliot Hall
☕ Matt Barton & Melissa Oviedo
🚀 Kevin Murphy
💬 Jacob Thompson

Listen now: skipthequeue.fm/episodes/cho...

#IAAPAExpoEurope
Green by Design - Choni Fernández | Skip the Queue
In this episode, we chat with Choni Fernández, Chief Sustainability Officer and Customer at PortAventura World, Find out how it became the world’s first carbon-neutral theme park and a certified B Cor...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Our final show from #IAAPA Expo Europe is live! 🎙

Andy chats with Andreas Andersen, CEO of #Liseberg, on resilience after the Oceana fire + leadership in uncertain times

More insights from #IAAPA_EMEA, #ProSlideTech, #Katapult & #MarwellZoo

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September 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Our final show from #IAAPA Expo Europe is live! 🎙

Andy chats with Andreas Andersen, CEO of #Liseberg, on resilience after the Oceana fire + leadership in uncertain times.

More insights from #IAAPA_EMEA, #ProSlideTech, #Katapult & #MarwellZoo.

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#STQ
Leading with Authenticity - Andreas Andersen | Skip the Queue
Insights from Day 3 of IAAPA Expo Europe featuring Zoos, Theme Parks and Water Slides
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September 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Next @skipthequeue.fm episode is live!

Andy Povey chats with Jérôme Giacomoni, co-founder of #AEROPHILE, on turning a dream to “make everybody fly” into a global business🎈

More IAAPA show floor:
Laura Baxter
Thomas Collin
Sohret Pakis
Peter Cliff
Rheanna Sorby

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September 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Next @skipthequeue.fm episode is live!

Andy Povey chats with Jérôme Giacomoni, co-founder of AEROPHILE, on turning a dream to “make everybody fly” into a global business🎈

More IAAPA show floor:
Laura Baxter
Thomas Collin
Sohret Pakis
Peter Cliff
Rheanna Sorby

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Magic in the Sky - Jérôme Giacomoni | Skip the Queue
In this Episode, Jérôme Giacomoni, co-founder and Chairman of AEROPHILE - tells the story of how a simple idea, to “make everybody fly”, led to being the world leader in tethered gas balloons and imme...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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🚨 Our first #IAAPAExpoEurope episode is live! 🚨

We kick off with Andy Hadden of #lostshore on raising £100M to build Scotland’s surf resort 🌊

Plus chats with DOF Robotics, TÜV SÜD, Accesso & Tomorrowland on the future of attractions

🎧 Listen: skipthequeue.fm/episodes/and...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM