I've been pretty patient with this stuff myself, but looking back now, that initial ticket drop in October feels like ages ago. It's really crazy just how close we are to the opening date, and we don't really even have tickets widely available yet. It's less than 90 days away now. The Superbowl has come and gone. What's going on?
If I'm asking this kinda stuff; a hyperfan local / former TM; I can only imagine how my uncle in Slidell, Louisiana is taking it in. Who knows when he'll be down to check out the park. It probably won't be anytime in the first 8 months, certainly, and it's worth noting he definitely won't be going to USF or IoA without Epic either.
I exist around a lot of theme park-adjacent circles, and I've heard a lot of people say "Yeah, I'm really excited for Super Mario and Dragons and the Monster ride, but I'm probably not gonna be able to go for a solid year or more. Too expensive; I don't wanna deal with the crowds; etc." I wonder how prevalent this sentiment is among the GP.
This park is unprecedented in a lot of ways. I don't think anyone knows what to expect going into this opening season. We have guesses, based on what's happened before; Hagrids, SW:GE, Universal Escape, DAK, Volcano Bay; maybe it'll play out exactly like any of those, but each one is so incredibly different from what's happening with Epic that I'm not all that confident in any of those comparisons.