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The 11 Best Amusement Parks in Florida?

Journalism: apparently we're doing it wrong. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- Recently, the loyal, hardworking writers of your favorite Disney website [Ed.: Us, right?] were in the newsroom, searching for inspiration. And by "searching for inspiration," we mean looking at competitors' websites for stuff we can rip off. And we came across an article published by a certain newspaper, entitled "The 11 best amusement parks in Florida, 2019 edition." Now, we're not going to name names, but this USA-based paper claims TO have ...
December 28, 2018 by X in Florida, Other
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A Space Mountain space mountain. Photo courtesy NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona.

Probe encounters Space Mountain lookalike on asteroid

Did Disney accurately predict mountains in space? GREENBELT, MD -- Images from NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe show an eerily familiar formation in deep space. There is a mountain in space that looks like Space Mountain, on an asteroid located 1.4 million miles from Walt Disney World Resort and Spa! Scientists from the Goddard Space Flight Center who are monitoring the probe's progress are baffled. Tomorrowland accurate? Disneyland included a Tomorrowland area from its opening. The land was intended to be a "step into the future," ...
December 27, 2018 by Marty in Other
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Closed for the holiday.

Uncle Walt’s closed for Christmas Day

That's right, we're not going to pretend it's some other obscure holiday. Actually, our boss, Uncle Walt, actually expects us to be working today. But he never comes in the office on holidays himself; he just stays in his yurt drinking eggnog and eating eggnog-flavored churros.* So we're taking advantage of the historically low park attendance on Christmas Day and heading to Walt Disney World. Maybe we'll see you there? Oh, and don't worry about us getting into trouble. Uncle Walt never actually ...
December 25, 2018 by Marty in Other
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Our gift to you - a free Churro Christmas Tree Ornament!

FREE CHURRO ORNAMENT! Our gift to you

A special "thank you" for your support over the decades. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q. -- We here at Uncle Walt's Insider love the holiday season, and this year we are especially grateful for you, our reader. [Ed.: By "you, our reader," we mean the person reading this right now. We're not suggesting that we only have one reader total. It would be pretty moronic to spend hours churning out quality theme park reporting day after day, not to mention the overhead costs associated ...
December 24, 2018 by Marty in Other
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Churros. Mmm... churros. Photo by Mark Mitchell [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr. Churros. Mmmmm....

REVEALED: Secret Disney churro recipe!

Here's one trade secret that finally sees the light of day! CELEBRATION, FL -- "Meet me in the alley to the left of Market Street Gallery if you want the recipe." That was the note slipped to this reporter on a recent visit to Magic Kingdom.  Could it be? Was the elusive recipe for the famed Disney churro finally within our reach? [Ed.: Or is it the famed recipe for the elusive Disney churro?] A closely-guarded secret As reported here before, Disney considers the recipe for ...
December 22, 2018 by Marty in Other
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