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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.

Brought to you by @rubbercheese.com
Hosted by @paulmarden.bsky.social
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
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
👀 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
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
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
🎙️ 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...
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎙️ 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.

🎧 Tune in: skipthequeue.fm/episodes/ave...

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

Listen to this episode: skipthequeue.fm/episodes/nei...
October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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
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
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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#PodcastforAttractions
September 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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
🚨 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...
#STQS7
September 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Hola!

Andy Povey, Claire Furnival and @paulmarden.bsky.social Marden have touched down in sunny Barcelona for #iaapa Expo Europe 2025🌞

The @skipthequeue.fm team have got some fantastic interviews lined up - so stay tuned for our next episode dropping tomorrow

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#IAAPAexpoeurope
September 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Have you listened to the premiere episode of @skipthequeue.fm Season 7?

@paulmarden.bsky.social sits down with #iaapa Board Chairman, Massimiliano Freddi, the first Italian to ever hold the role in the association’s 107-year history t

www.youtube.com/watch?si=KTu...

#STQS7 #IAAPAExpoEurope2025
September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚀 The countdown is ON!

We’re heading to Barcelona for #IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 🎢
@skipthequeue.fm hosts Andy Povey & @paulmarden.bsky.social will be chatting with the brightest minds in attractions.

🎙️ First IAAPA episode drops Tue 23 Sept
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#STQS7 #SkipTheQueue #IAAPAExpoEurope2025
September 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🎙️ Season 7 premiere is here!

“Experience starts & ends with people. To be experiential, attractions must stay people-centric” – @IAAPA Chair Massimiliano Freddi

👉 Italy’s unique attractions
👉 The experience economy
👉 Power of collaboration
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#STQS7 #IAAPAExpoEurope
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🎙️ New @skipthequeue.fm episode!

@paulmarden.bsky.social chats with #IAAPA Chairman Massimiliano Freddi 🇮🇹 – the first Italian to hold the role in 107 years.

✨ IAAPA’s future
✨ Growing Leolandia
✨ People-first leadership

👉 Listen now: skipthequeue.fm/episodes/mas...

#STQS7 #PodcastforAttractions
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We’re going LIVE from @iaapa.bsky.social Expo Europe next week!

Daily episodes with Peter van der Schans (IAAPA), Choni Fernández (Port Aventura), Andreas Andersen (Liseberg), Andy Hadden (Lost Shore Surf), Jerome Giacomoni (AEROPHILE)

Catch Andy Povey & Paul Marden
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#IAAPAExpo2025
September 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎙️ Skip the Queue Season 7 kicks off!

Trailer episode: “Go Big, or Go Home”, @paulmarden.bsky.social & Andy Povey talk:
✨ @marykingsclose & @wbtourlondon
✨ What’s next for Skip the Queue
✨ The brand-new Playbook Series with

#stephenspencerandassociates & #navigate
Listen now: lnkd.in/g4DXB9qG
September 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
You heard it here first.. IAAPA Europe 2025, here we come!

@skipthequeue.fm is heading to sunny Barcelona at the end of the month to talk to some of the best minds in the industry & we're dropping a new episode every day!

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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4UhF...
September 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🎙️ New Season, New Look! 🎙

@skipthequeue.fm Season 7 is here 🚀 with new hosts Andy Povey & Sinead Kimberly joining @paulmarden.bsky.social

Fresh episodes, playbooks & live event insights starting with IAAPA Europe!

▶️IAAPA Chair Massimiliano Freddi (out Sept 19)

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September 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🎢✨ Big news… @skipthequeue.fm is back for Season 7!

This season is jam-packed and we can’t wait to share the first episode with you - dropping tomorrow!

So, buckle up. Season 7 is here, it’s bigger than ever, and it’s time to Skip the Queue. 🚀

#Season7 #AttractionsIndustry #PodcastLaunch
September 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM