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Empty promises on a Skyliner sign. Photo by wdwnt.com.

Skyliner now celebrates millionth -successful- passenger arrival

This milestone took a little longer. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Days after Disney released a video celebrating the Skyliner's gondola system's one millionth customer, another milestone was reached with less fanfare. As of yesterday, the Disney Skyliner has now successfully transported one million guests! "Different metrics" "Both milestones are correct," says Disney (the company) spokesperson Jun Disney (no relation), "but they just use different metrics. The video refers to one million guests boarding the system. Yesterday's million counts only guests getting out of the ...
October 31, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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UWI Step Moms Panel

(Step)Moms Panel: I really want to wear a costume to the parks!

The Uncle Walt's Insider (Step) Moms Panel answers your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] "Dear (Step) Moms: It's almost Halloween, and I have the cutest Fairy Godmother outfit to wear! The problem is, we're not going to Disneyland until mid-November. Can I still wear my full costume? (P.S. I already know about DisneyBounding. I want ...
October 30, 2019 by Marty in step-planDisney
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An Uncle Walt's exclusive: the new trailer for Frozen 2! Photo [CC0] via Elaine Smith on Flickr.

Frozen 2 to awkwardly wedge “Let It Go” into plot

You just knew it was going to be in there somehow. BURBANK, CA -- Time has flown by since Uncle Walt's Insider first debuted the sneak peak trailer for Frozen 2 almost one year ago. Now we are just weeks away from the release of the film! And of all the many surprises and new music we'll finally get, one song will not be a surprise at all. That's right: Let It Go will feature prominently in the film. Our source inside Disney Animation Studios, ...
October 29, 2019 by Marty in Other
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Knott's Mary Farm's 2019 crop. Photo by Matanya [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons & Pixabay.

Details emerge for this year’s “Knott’s Mary Farm”

Coming up after that? Knott's Carey Farm: a tribute to Drew Carey. BUENA PARK, CA -- The spooky Halloween version of Knott's Berry Farm, called Knott's Scarry Farm, is winding down. Soon the park will get its annual Christmas decorations up and be temporarily renamed "Knott's Mary Farm," as a tribute to the Virgin Mary. Theme park history fans will know, of course, that KBF's founder, Don Knotts, was a lifelong Catholic who left the priesthood to play Barney Fife on the popular ...
October 28, 2019 by Marty in California
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UWI Step Moms Panel

(Step)Moms Panel: How to answer “Is Mickey real?”

The Uncle Walt's Insider (Step) Moms Panel answers your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] "Dear (Step) Moms: The real Moms Panel ignores me whenever I ask this. Maybe you can help. How do I answer a kid (7 years old), in the parks, who asks if Mickey Mouse is real or just somebody in a ...
October 26, 2019 by Marty in step-planDisney
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