![Norway (we presume) with a Norwegian flag flying. Photo by mroach [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/norway-flag-768x432.jpg)
A message to our first Scandinavian fan club! UNCLE WALT’S INSIDER H.Q. — Following the revelation that the headquarters of Uncle Walt’s Insider was currently located in Svalbard for tax purposes, we received a surprise visit from the head of our Norwegian Fan Club! (A surprise, because not only did we not know we had a Norwegian…
![Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor at the Magic Kingdom Park, plus Stitch. Photo by Michael Gray [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr, plus Stitch.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/monsters-inc-laugh-floor-stitch-768x432.jpg)
Why let a perfectly good animatronic go to waste? WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Rumors continue to fly around major changes coming to the Walt Disney World Resort — from gifts shops in the new Skyliner gondola cars and attraction queues, to a Tron retheming of the steam trains, to changing sky colors on the…
The historic Bavarian landmark will look even more familiar when Disney is done. BAVARIA, GERMANY — Everything seems to come full circle eventually! The Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle was inspired by Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle, and now Neuschwanstein will get a makeover — inspired by Cinderella Castle! In April, Uncle Walt’s Insider reported that the Walt…
![Walt Disney World Railroad before the Tron retheming. Photo by Jackdude101 [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WDWRR_-_Lilly_Belle_2016_2-768x432.jpg)
“Yes, we are retheming another attraction to Tron. But not the Speedway.” WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — The Magic Kingdom Park took another step towards construction of the new Tron Lightcycle Power Run roller coaster last week, shutting down the Tomorrowland Speedway and the Walt Disney World Railroad for the duration of the construction. And…
![The newest overnight accommodations at Magic Kingdom. Photo by Sam Howzit [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/disney-swiss-family-robinson-treehouse-768x432.jpg)
“No, I didn’t have permission.” WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Zeb Olson, a 23-year-old self-described “adventurer” from Somerset, PA, recently accomplished what many dream of but few achieve: for almost a week, he lived inside the Magic Kingdom Park, 24 hours a day. “Like a lot of Disney fans,” Olson tells Uncle Walt’s Insider, “I’d…