Our little-“known” facts series continues! Ah, Space Mountain — it’s everyone’s favorite ride in the world that combines both space and mountains. But do you know all there is to know about it? If not, don’t despair! Uncle Walt’s Insider is here to provide some incredible, newly-written-discovered trivia about Space Mountain! There are multiple Space…
![Hard to believe we used to breathe air that hadn't been sucked through a dirty rag! Photo by JeffChristiansen [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/disney-magic-kingdom-before-the-face-diapers-768x403.jpg)
Giant mice and dogs used to be the main fear. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Cast Members at the Walt Disney World Resort, Spa, and Sanitorium are sharing a new phenomenon with Uncle Walt’s Insider: fear of seeing uncovered human faces. “We used to only have to deal with small kids being afraid of the…
![View from the front row of the slightly-scaled-down show. Photo by ellenm1 & Wally Gobetz [CC BY-NC 2.0] via Flickr. Inset photo by David162se [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia. Cheerios by General Mills.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/new-fotlk-now-on-video-768x403.jpg)
We prefer it being part of the Safari queue. DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM, WDW, FL, USA, EARTH, MILKY WAY — Park officials at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park, Resort, Spa & Butcher Shop claim that The Festival of the Lion King has returned. This news is, in fact, wrong. What has “returned” is a smaller show, with…
We review a Sith bakery in honor of Star Wars Day, May the Fourth. And because we’re Uncle Walt’s Insider, we do it a day late. LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL — “Come to the dark side,” they said. “We have cookies.” Now, I’m not sure who the mysterious ‘they’ is, but I had previously heard…
Feet: the original “people mover.” MAGIC KINGDOM, FL — Just in time for the amazing summer weather in Florida, officials at Walt Disney World have re-opened the Tomorrowland Transit Authority Peoplemover — after the installation of sidewalks. Disney (the company) spokesthey [Ed.: What?] Jun Disney (no relation) spoke with our imbedded reporters [Ed.: What exactly…