Uncle Walt's Insider Florida Archives - Page 84 of 114

Disney Skyliner artist's conception. (c) 2017 Disney.

Skyliner cars to include gift shops

Instead of 'exit through the gift shop,' guests will 'travel in the gift shop.' WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- New details have emerged about the Skyliner gondola system under construction at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Apparently each gondola car will have its own gift store, so Disney guests can shop as they travel. Disney (the company) spokesperson Jun Disney (no relation) tells Uncle Walt's Insider the concept behind the news. "The Walt Disney Company is dedicated to providing magical experiences for ...

A churro cart at Disney's California Adventure. Photo copyright 2018 Google / Street View.

Man using Street View billed for ‘virtual park admission’

Disney hails "virtual guests" as new revenue stream. PROVO, UT -- It's a fact of modern life that every one of us clicks to accept Terms of Service without reading or understanding what we are agreeing to. One Utah man found out the hard way that he should always read the fine print. The next best thing to being there? Edgar "Sonny" Larson of Provo, UT, recently had some time to kill, so he opened up Google Maps on his computer. As a Disney ...

August 2, 2018 by Marty in Florida

Artist's concept of Walt Disney World dome with color-change technology.

Disney experiments with various sky colors

More new technology for the Florida resort! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- There are scores of eager Disney fans who watch government offices for permit filings and patent applications, hoping to discover the "next big thing" Disney does before any official announcement -- as they did with the new Skyliner gondola system last year. Those fans may have just uncovered another amazing technology coming to the Walt Disney World Resort: changeable sky colors! As Uncle Walt's Insider's regular readers [Ed.: all four of you] ...

July 30, 2018 by Marty in Florida

Dad blinked in all 237 PhotoPass photographs

"I honestly wasn't trying to have my eyes closed." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Many families visiting the Walt Disney World Resort take advantage of the parks' PhotoPass service, where Disney photographers snap your pictures throughout the resort and make them available for purchase later. And while purchasing individual photographs can get pricey, Disney offers a "Memory Maker" all-inclusive package that allows downloads of every picture taken of your travel party plus some bonus ride videos, all for a set fee. The Washburn ...

July 25, 2018 by Marty in Florida

Goofy is spotted at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Photo by Jared [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, modified.

Goofy spotted in Universal’s Diagon Alley

Was he lost? Visiting? Defecting? Uncle Walt's investigates. ORLANDO, FL -- Popular man/dog/?? Disney character Goofy was spotted in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando on Sunday afternoon. A rare break in the wall-to-wall mass of bodies trying to make their way through Diagon Alley allowed several guests to glimpse Goofy strolling past Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. "I tried to follow him and get a better picture," Pikeville, Kentucky, resident Sam Husna told Uncle Walt's Insider. "But the crowd was moving ...

July 23, 2018 by Marty in Florida