So today, we finish up our news stories for the month of October, and last week I thought we

would have a lighter episode today, but no, we've had a number of announcements and revelations

over the past week, which has created a chunky and layered episode with many interesting

stories. We'll take a look at both the Florida and California

resorts. We'll even touch down briefly into one story now percolating up around the

beachfront Disney Resort in Hawaii. And we'll look at the opening timeline for Epic Universe

and how Universal is using fan interest in this new park to leverage

guests away from the Disney Resort and into their parks and hotels. But before we get to all

of that, I have another round of Bandcamp subscribers that I need to thank.

We're an ad-free listener-supported podcast, so these here are the people who keep this whole enterprise going.

Gratitude today is going out to Stanley, Lewis, Callum, Chuck, Steve, and Jesse. Thanks to each of you and to all of our

band camp subscribers for keeping this podcast going. And now we've got a lot to cover. So let's kick in to the show.

Let's start with this, Lightning Lanes.

We've talked about this issue before, but the constantly changing rules and products associated

with lightning lanes at both Disneyland and Disney World make the experience of using and booking

the attraction reservation service very difficult for the average tourist.

To put it this way, let's say that you went to Disney World last December for your annual vacation.

If you were to go back there this coming December, you would find that not only the rules,

but also the names for various Lightning Lane products have all changed in some way since your last visit.

If you're at a Disney park every couple of months,

you've probably followed these changes just fine. But if you're in the largest group of Disney

World tourists, that is people who go every couple or three years, Disney is asking for you

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