I believe the difference would be that Fast Lane and the Express Pass are now completely separate, unlike previous years when Fright Lane + Fast Lane were combined into one pass at a lot of parks. This is looking like a good way to generate more revenue while cutting down on the number of people who use both the Fast Lane and (now) Express Pass lines on any individual night.

Been stuck in my head recently…

Plus it sounds like express is multi use on everything except The Conjuring, and you get 1 time of that included.  That’s actually a heck of a deal.

I went for the 2nd time last month....it was as I remembered it....only worth staying for a max of 3 hours....lasted 2.5. Operations were awful...one train ops on the coasters that were open. Firebird went down for guest illness at 11:15....wasn't back up and running until 12:45. Batwing was down....Superman was great but one train ops with lackluster dispatches made a 2nd ride not viable. Wonderwoman's swing (the funtime sky flyer) was down....many other rides down too. The best part of my visit honestly was the SLC.

I believe I saw that Six Flags Over Texas completely cancelled their new water parade, possibly for the reasons given above.