![Space Hill at Disney's Magic Kingdom Park. Photo by Evan Wohrman [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/space-hill-at-disneys-magic-kingdom-768x432.jpg)
“Space Hill” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. ORLANDO, FL — What’s in a name? Well, for Space Mountain, and perhaps the other “Disney Mountains,” quite a bit! In a shocking development, researchers at the Disney Institute have concluded that Space Mountain no longer qualifies for mountain status. It is only a hill,…
Pictured: Artist’s concept of the Camelot Inn & Suites Skyliner Station on Harbor Blvd. DISNEYLAND, CA — Disney Parks and Resorts and Spas has just released new details on the coming Disneyland version of the Skyliner gondola system. Uncle Walt’s Insider can now confirm that the Disneyland Skyliner will connect to all 49 Good Neighbor…
![Guests try out the new Disneyland handcar on the former monorail track. Photo by FASTILY [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia and the National Park Service [CC0].](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/disneyland-dumps-monorail-for-handcars-768x432.jpg)
“With California shutting down electrical power, it’s the natural next step.” ANAHEIM, CA — In a sign of the times, Disneyland is replacing its entire monorail fleet with guest-powered handcars. This signals a move away from environmentally suspect (and unreliable) sources of energy, such as electricity, to renewable sources like people. “Of course the Disney…
![The proposed Disneyland monorail extension and new stations! Photo by atsirlin [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/disneyland-monorail-extension-768x432.jpg)
What’s next? A Disneyland gondola? ANAHEIM, CA — Plans filed with the city of Anaheim, CA, show that Disney plans to extend the Monorail with stops at all 3 Disneyland Resort hotels. This will put Disneyland hotels in direct competition with the three hotels that surround the Seven Seas Lagoon at the Walt Disney World…
![Party at Club 33! Maybe! Photo by Josh Hallett [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/club-33-sign-768x432.jpg)
Time to celebrate in style! UNCLE WALT’S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD — Dearest Insider readers, we are just a short few clicks away from having one thousand Likes on our Facebook page! (It took over two years, which seems a bit long to us, but we’re not bitter. Much.) [Ub: Speak for yourself, Marty.] And when we reach…