The WDW News Today Podcast - without News Today · Tom Corless & Eric Morton

Biggest Pandemic Losses at Walt Disney World - The WDW News Today Podcast: Episode 74

·1 hr 8 min·4 clips

Free Fast Pass died in March 2020, and park spontaneity disappeared with it.

The episode points toward the topic in the title, but the hosts start by acting like the episode number is basically a rumor. They joke that listeners should go back and hear the first 73 shows if they want the full dynamic. Eric and Tom lean into their usual banter, including the running gag that the show only half reaches its topic. Vegas comes up fast. Tom likes the city enough to call its food scene unrivaled, and says he would write about it if he were the essay type. That turns into a debate about tipping. Buffet gratuity becomes the clearest example. One host points out how strange auto tipping feels when you have mostly served yourself. They compare that with traditional table service and note how messy the system can feel even for ordinary guests. The talk widens to visitors from other countries. One host says travelers should do the homework before arriving in America. Japan gets named as a place where leaving money is the faux pas. Europe gets praised for the cleaner card transaction, where the server brings the machine and the card never really leaves your hand. They connect that difference to the idea of a living wage instead of a culture of guessing generosity. The whole exchange stays close to daily behavior instead of theory. It feels like two people trying to make sense of the norms around them. Then the show drops into printer logistics. A printer problem has become the day’s main practical annoyance. The table of printers has been moved. Most of them are offline. One may work, if you can identify the right one. The hosts treat that with exactly as much seriousness as it deserves. They do not try to make it glamorous. They just live in it. The closing minutes return to familiar show business. They mention an upcoming meet-up at Jock Lindsay's. The Halloween Hangar Bar is on the calendar. The episode ends the way it began, with a mix of logistics, in-jokes, and the sense that the show works best when it lets the conversation wander before circling back. Even with a title hanging over it, the real shape is loose room talk with snacks, etiquette arguments, and a printer problem in the middle.

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A Disney Parks chat that leaves room for Vegas food, buffet tipping, and printer trouble.

This WDW News Today episode spends a long stretch on Vegas food, buffet tipping, travel etiquette, and even printer trouble before the named topic finally shows up. That delay feels deliberate, because the hosts clearly like to let the conversation wander.

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You get a banter-heavy WDW News Today episode that detours through Vegas, tipping, and printer chaos before it lands on the announced topic.

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