Welcome back to Going Beyond the Castle! Episode 42 delivers peak chaos energy as Fred Briley, Podcast Princess Lori Talamo, and Chaos Twin #1 Ashley Rude face off in the ultimate 2025 Disney Fantasy Draft — plus a lightning-fast Universal bonus round that none of them were emotionally prepared for.

From mispronunciations to Turf Toe debates, HR threats, and Fred almost slashing tires (lovingly!), this episode goes completely off the rails… which honestly is the most reliable part of the show.

In This Episode

🎢 Round-by-Round Draft Madness

Listeners get to watch the three hosts battle in seven rounds of Disney picks:

1. Resort

2. Ride

3. Snack

4. Table Service Restaurant

5. Quick Service

6. Show

7. Character Meet & Greet

Highlights include:

• Lori forgetting how drafts work until 5 minutes before go-time

• Ashley insisting she has ALWAYS been Chaos Twin #1

• Fred threatening to revoke votes from everyone related to Lori

• The great Soren vs. Rise of the Resistance argument

• The Mickey Bar Controversy™

• Cheeseburger Spring Rolls becoming a personality trait

• Ashley picking Cosmic Ray’s out of pure spite

• Lori betraying Ashley by drafting Pizza Moon

• The tire-slashing running joke that will not die

• And the devastating moment Lori forgets to pick Toothless and spirals into instant regret

💥 Universal BONUS ROUND

A rapid-fire, five-second-per-pick Universal draft includes:

• Cabana Bay vs. Portofino vs. Hard Rock

• Hiccup’s Wing Gliders, Monsters Unchained & Revenge of the Mummy

• PB&J Mac & Cheese cones (???)

• Pumpkin Juice

• Cowfish, Mythos, Circus McGurkis & more

• And Fred yelling “LA HACIENDA!” at literally the wrong park

😂 Pure Chaos Moments

• Lori’s computer dying mid-draft

• Jen from HR becoming a recurring character

• Ashley showing Eli’s awkward Olaf photos

• Football injuries somehow becoming part of the episode

• Multiple accidental curses

• Lori despairing over Toothless

• Fred insisting Pop Century is a moderate “in his heart”

🗳 Time to Vote!

All three draft boards will be posted across the Going Beyond the Castle social channels, and YOU get to vote on who wins.
(And according to Ashley, whoever gets the least votes… gets fired.)

🔔 Announcements

• New episode drop day: Thursdays!

• BIG surprise announcement coming the same day

• Fred doesn’t know what the announcement is

• Lori is panicking

• Ashley is plotting