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Groot joins the Enchanted Tiki Room. Photo by Ken Lund [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr, modified.

Tiki Room birds unionize, demand higher wages

If their demands aren't met, they'll fly the coop. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- "Most little birdies will fly away, but the Tiki Room birds are here every day." That's the opening line in a complaint filed Thursday with the National Labor Relations Board against the Disney Company. In the complaint, the birds "and other performers" in the Enchanted Tiki Room say that they are underpaid, and have threatened to form a union. The labor dispute is well-timed by the performers, as Disney was ...
July 26, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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Jack Skellington joins the Teacup ride! Photo by William Warby [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr.

Nightmare Before Christmas overlay coming to WDW!… on the Teacups?

So, good news and bad news. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- There is a favorite holiday ride modification at the original Disneyland Park in California -- and now it's coming to Florida! Just maybe not like we expected. For the past 37 years [Ed.: Eleven years before the movie debuted? Marty, quit making up numbers], Disneyland's Haunted Mansion has been transformed with the popular Nightmare Before Christmas overlay. The change happens in the Fall and stays through January, so that the overlay covers two major holidays! ...
July 25, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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The new Disneyland Skyliner. Photo by Robert J. Levy [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia, modified.

DisneyLAND Skyliner opening date set!

Something's a little screwy about the date we found, though. ANAHEIM, CA -- Uncle Walt's Insider has already reported that the new Skyliner gondola transportation system will connect with Disneyland in California. So last week, Disney officially announced the opening day of the Skyliner at Walt Disney World in Florida. And today, Uncle Walt's Insider has confirmed an opening date for the gondola system at Disneyland! It opens on June 23, 1956! We admit, we'll need to do some further checking. That date seems ...
July 23, 2019 by Marty in California
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Uncle Walt's Insider Puzzle Time!

Puzzle Fun – Discover a message from Uncle Walt!

It's Super Puzzle Fun Time again! UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- We hadn't had puzzle time here at Uncle Walt's Insider in a while! So we thought we'd give you something fun to while away those chilly summer days. (It's chilly here on Svalbard, at least.) Here is a well-known quote from our own Uncle Walt. Just find which letters correspond to which numbers, and the quote will appear like magic! (Especially if you print it out and actually write down the ...
July 22, 2019 by Marty in Spotlight
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A pin shows Minnie Mouse with a racist flag. Photo by AntiquesNavigator.com.

Is Minnie Mouse hiding a white supremacist past?

A late-1980's pin surfaces with Minnie and a racist symbol. BR'ER BANK, CA -- Just when the controversy over Donald Duck's Nazi history had finally settled down, the Disney Company finds itself on the defensive again. And this time, it was because of a character no one expected. Minnie Mouse has some explaining to do. Pinning down her background Several Uncle Walt's Insider readers [Ed.: Two counts as "several," right?] called our attention to a 1989 official Disney pin which features Minnie Mouse and the Betsy ...
July 20, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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