Uncle Walt's Insider Florida Archives - Page 82 of 114

Churros. Mmm... churros. Photo by Mark Mitchell [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr. Churros. Mmmmm....

Festival of the Churro coming to EPCOT

To be fair, every day is a Churro Festival to us. E.P.C.O.T., FL -- The annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival is just days from starting, but Walt Disney World aficionados are already planning for a new event that promises to be even more popular: the EPCOT Centre Festival of the Churro! Epcot - Rotten with Festivals EPCOT Center is known for its award winning festivals and events that turn Walt Disney World's second-oldest Park & Spa into a major attraction, loved by ...

Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor at the Magic Kingdom Park, plus Stitch. Photo by Michael Gray [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr, plus Stitch.

Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor adds Stitch as heckler

Why let a perfectly good animatronic go to waste? WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Rumors continue to fly around major changes coming to the Walt Disney World Resort -- from gifts shops in the new Skyliner gondola cars and attraction queues, to a Tron retheming of the steam trains, to changing sky colors on the overhead weather dome. But now, shortly after Disney announced the addition of an adults-only late-night comedy show at the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, that attraction is getting ...

August 22, 2018 by Marty in Florida

Walt Disney World Railroad before the Tron retheming. Photo by Jackdude101 [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Walt Disney World Railroad to receive Tron overlay

"Yes, we are retheming another attraction to Tron. But not the Speedway." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- The Magic Kingdom Park took another step towards construction of the new Tron Lightcycle Power Run roller coaster last week, shutting down the Tomorrowland Speedway and the Walt Disney World Railroad for the duration of the construction. And now Uncle Walt's Insider has learned that the Railroad is not just being refurbished during its closure -- it is being fully rethemed as another Tron attraction! Rumors ...

August 20, 2018 by Marty in Florida

The newest overnight accommodations at Magic Kingdom. Photo by Sam Howzit [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr.

I lived in the Magic Kingdom 24/7: an Insider exclusive

"No, I didn't have permission." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Zeb Olson, a 23-year-old self-described "adventurer" from Somerset, PA, recently accomplished what many dream of but few achieve: for almost a week, he lived inside the Magic Kingdom Park, 24 hours a day. "Like a lot of Disney fans," Olson tells Uncle Walt's Insider, "I'd visit Walt Disney World and think, 'man, I wish I could live here' -- but it was just, you know, a vague dream. Then they created the Cinderella ...

August 18, 2018 by Marty in Florida

One of many entrances to the Walt Disney World property. By Flickr user Gerard McGovern [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Man wanders TTC all day: park admission unused

"Where are the rides?" WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Paul Notaro of Balch Springs, Texas, spent most of Thursday at Walt Disney World -- but he did not enjoy it. "So many of my friends absolutely love Disney World," Notaro, a 34-year-old accountant, tells Uncle Walt's Insider, "so I was curious. I was in Tampa on business and had a free day before my flight back, so I thought I'd check it out." Notaro purchased a one-day park admission through the Disney website and ...

August 17, 2018 by Marty in Florida