Disneyland 70th & Universal Epic Universe Grand Opening Celebration

Addicted to the Mouse: Disney Podcast | Disney World, Universal, & Cruise Vacation Planning

Dan and Leslie Lowry

Kids & Family, Education, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On today’s Disney Podcast, we are talking about the two huge events happening on both coasts. On the West Coast, Disneyland began its 70th Anniversary Celebration that will continue through Summer 2026. One of the amazing Fantastical Vacations Travel Advisors, Ashley, attended the opening event and everything that Disney has added looks so incredible, from Paint the Night Parade to Wondrous Journeys Nighttime Show. Then over here on the East Coast, May 22nd is when Epic Universe officially opens to everyone and we are attending a multi-day media event this week leading up to the grand opening, bringing everything Epic Universe has to offer to you. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	It is a big week for both the Walt Disney Company in Disneyland and also Universal Orlando Resort, grand opening for Epic Universe.
0:08.3	Hello and welcome to Addict of the Mouse.
0:09.7	Today is Sunday, May 18th.
0:11.3	You're listed in episode number 694, and we are talking all about the Disneyland 70th that just kicked off and the Epic Universe grand opening event which is coming up this week.
0:36.9	Hey everybody, Dan and Leslie here. Thanks for joining us today. It's a big week for those companies,
0:42.7	but also for us a little bit. A little bit. I wish you, side note, could see us during the intro music.
0:49.4	You're not supposed to tell people what we do. Oh, we were just dancing on the couch.
0:54.7	So anyway, but listen to that little jingle for the last eight years, so still dancing to it.
0:59.7	We do a little, a little jig.
1:03.3	It looks a little different every time we do it.
1:05.9	But yeah, we have fun.
1:08.7	Anyway, okay, so yes, so let's set this thing up.
1:13.2	So our agency was invited to send a representative out to the Disneyland
1:17.7	70th grand opening celebration, which was last week.
1:21.7	And one of our elite travel advisors was out there chronicling everything.
1:27.0	So we're going to talk a little bit
1:27.7	about that and everything coming. We're just going to recap it because he's did a whole podcast
1:31.1	on it back in December. And then this week, we are attending the three-day grand opening media
1:40.5	event. Like, I was surprised they're doing two media events for Epic Universe.
1:46.3	I know. We've already done one. And I'm also surprised that we were invited to both of them.
1:50.3	So like, are you sure you got the right people? Is this an erroneous email? But, uh, don't question
1:57.2	it. Do not question it. But no, I mean, we're, we're very, very honored and humbled by the fact that we were invited to this grand opening celebration. And excited. And so, so excited. So I've seen people post recently that we're staying at Helios, like, that got to kind of, they've been practicing the grand opening celebration
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