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Restroom Fastpasses coming to Walt Disney World

From its beginning, Disney's Fastpass+ system has been exclusively focused on Walt Disney World Resort attractions, helping guests wait less to ride their favorite rides, or for reserved seating at some live shows. But now Disney is expanding Fastpass+ to other facets of the parks, and will soon issue Fastpasses for select popular restrooms around the World. Less wait for free First used in 1999, the Fastpass system provides Walt Disney World guests with an alternative to the traditional ride queue. In its ...

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Disney Parks Moms Panel adding canine panelist

Although Disney Parks and Resorts has not yet officially announced the newest members of its online panel of vacation experts, the Disney Parks Moms Panel, we do know that 2018's class will have a surprise first. On the heels of Walt Disney World Resort's controversial announcement that dogs would now be allowed to stay at certain Disney hotels, the Moms Panel is adding its very first canine advice panelist. Real guests giving seasoned advice Beginning in 2008, the Walt Disney World Resort sought ...

November 20, 2017 by Marty in California, Florida, Other, World

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Cinderella Castle Suite listed on Airbnb: News Brief for November 19

Disney fan berates arriving tourist for calling Orlando airport tram a "monorail" Orlando International Airport security had to intervene on Friday when self-described "Disnerd" Neal Stutz of Golden, Colorado, began shouting at another arriving passenger aboard one of the airport's automated people movers, after that passenger referred to it as a monorail. "It's not a monorail!" Stutz tells Uncle Walt's Insider. "It drives me batty to hear people call it that, when clearly it travels on a double pathway. And don't even ...

November 19, 2017 by Marty in California, Florida, Other

You won’t believe what Disney is doing next!

Disney fan sites have been reporting a drastic change coming from the Disney Company, and fan message boards and news sites have been stumbling over themselves to either confirm or refute the rumors. Research from our own Uncle Walt's Insider team has suggested that the news is actually real, and now Disney itself is confirming the story. In spite of the mixed reactions -- including near-outrage from some quarters -- it is actually happening, A history of excellence The Walt Disney Company has ...

November 17, 2017 by Marty in California, Florida, Other, World

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Pyongyang Disneyland plans revealed

Shortly after halting construction on the previously-announced Disneyland Texas Resort last week, the Walt Disney Company today revealed its plans to build a Disneyland-style theme park in an unlikely location: Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Disney theme parks through the years The first Disney theme park, Disneyland, was built in Anaheim, California, in 1955, and that location later added a second gate, Disney's California Adventure. In 1971 the Walt Disney World Resort opened southwest of Orlando, Florida, and ...

November 15, 2017 by Marty in World