One truly deserving new Disney Legend! And also eleven people. ANAHEIM, CA — Disney has announced the latest round of Disney Legends to be honored at the 2019 D23 Expo, held annually in Anaheim, CA. The tribute dates back to 1987, when Fred MacMurray (star of The Absent-Minded Shaggy Flubber Millionaire) was honored as the…
Look likes someone’s gonna have to be digitized to regain control. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Disney’s 1982 computer-trip adventure Tron and its sequels (Tron: Reloaded, Tron: Revolutions, and The ReTron of the Jedi) are the inspiration for a new roller coaster currently under construction in the Magic Kingdom. The new coaster will be entirely computer-generated,…
![Dead parrot tribute at the Enchanted Tiki Room. Photo by Sam Howzit [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tiki-room-dead-parrot-768x432.jpg)
It may not be dead, though, but just resting. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — As anyone who has ever set a backpack down in their Glendale, CA, offices knows, Disney Imagineers love to hide things. More specifically, though, they love to place Hidden Mickeys and tributes to other favorite things inside of attractions. While the…
![Three o'clock parade, time unknown. Photo by John Frost [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/three-oclock-parade-768x432.jpg)
We knew Congress was a Mickey Mouse operation. WASHINGTON, D.C. — People grumble about the change from Daylight Savings to Standard Time and back again, and the grumbling is only growing louder. But how do we fix the problem? It’s no secret that time zones are difficult to figure out — especially when you change…
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A “simple misunderstanding” is prolonged when the family keeps getting free stuff. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — The Peña family of Silver City, NM, is celebrating their reunion with family matriarch Elvira Bolivar, after becoming separated from her at Florida’s Magic Kingdom theme park last week. Bolivar, 63, was located at the park’s Lost &…