So today on the podcast, we begin our news stories for the month of October 24.

The beginning of October always starts Disney's new fiscal year.

It's also the anniversary of the opening of the Magic Kingdom and Epcot as well as the Florida resort as a whole.

It was 53 years ago this week that the first guest came to Disney World,

a resort that was initially conceived by Walt, but later finished and opened by his brother Roy.

So I guess it's appropriate that our stories today mostly focus on the Florida resort.

There are two chunky stories in which we get

down into the weeds about various movements inside the Disney Company and then one short piece

to wrap it all up at the end. We've got a lot to cover today. So if you're ready, let's go.

Let's start with the Cars project for the Magic Kingdom. This is a project

that as announced would take over land presently being used by Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island.

To create a Cars area inside of Frontierland, with two attractions, one large e-ticket and a much smaller ride for younger visitors.

It is not a clone of Carsland at DCA, but it does have the feel of Radiator Springs Racers

and arranges it for a western-themed outdoor road rally.

But to use a Cars-related theme, this project now has hit a minor speed bump.

Before this project can move forward, Disney needs to explain how it's going

to handle stormwater runoff in areas under construction. And I do realize that stormwater runoff

may not be exactly the sexiest topic we've ever covered, but this topic does pull in one of the

controversies that has been front and center

on most every online Disney discussion forum, the pending closure and removal of Rivers of America.

Rivers of America, despite offering some lovely views to park guests, has a practical function as well.

It is essentially a stormwater collection area that leads runoff into other canals

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