Today on the podcast, we have our monthly news and analysis episode. We have three stories.

We'll look at how Inside Out 2 is changing Disney's fortunes at the box office. We'll talk about a

recently inked agreement between Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District,

what this agreement means for Disney

and how this agreement is the key to moving forward on large theme park projects in Florida.

We'll also talk about what those projects are and where based on some permits, those projects are right now.

Lastly, we'll talk a little about Disney legend Richard Sherman, who passed away a few weeks ago.

And I have some special audio to go with that segment.

Also, I'll just put this up front. We're not going to be able to cover all of the news in this week's episode.

Next week we'll have another slate of stories, where we look at Tiana's Bayou Adventure, the drone show over at Disney Springs, and the just-opened Communicor Plaza at Ep Epcot and a couple of other things.

So we have a lot to get through this week and next.

But before we jump into all that, I need to thank a few more new Bandcamp subscribers.

We're an ad-free listener-supported podcast.

I am grateful to each and every person who supports us over on band camp because without them, this podcast would simply cease to exist.

Today, thanks are going out to new subscribers, L.M.

Endor Express, Parrot Head Tom and Marcus. Thanks to each of you for

supporting all we do here. And now here's the show. Let's start with this.

It's been a difficult year for many of the Disney studios, including Pixar.

During the pandemic, Turning Red, Luca, and Soul premiered on Disney Plus.

In part, they were there to attract new

subscribers to the streaming service and in part they were there because most theaters were

closed due to COVID. But the line of streaming Pixar titles taught audiences that they

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