Other Archives - Page 36 of 49 - Uncle Walt's Insider
Disney's Castaway Cay -- now on every itinerary! Photo by Josh Hallett [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr.

Every 2019 Disney cruise will stop at Castaway Cay

Pacific and European itineraries will add many days at sea to reach the private island. CELEBRATION, FL -- Passengers on Disney Cruise Line's many Caribbean itineraries have long enjoyed a visit to Castaway Cay, Disney's private island in the Bahamas. But beginning in 2019, every Disney cruise, no matter where its primary destination, will included a day at the tropical paradise! Secluded and beautiful When Disney began operating cruise ships back in 1632 [Note: double-check this before publication], it was the very first cruise line ...
October 4, 2018 by Marty in Other, World
Read more
StupidGuestTricks.com, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uncle Walt's Insider.

BREAKING: Uncle Walt’s to acquire StupidGuestTricks.com

The rumored $1B buyout was modeled after Disney's purchase of Go.com. UNCLE WALT'S H.Q., SVALBARD -- Uncle Walt's Insider is pleased to announce its acquisition of StupidGuestTricks.com. Stupid Guest Tricks, a website founded within minutes of the creation of the internet, is a forum-based discussion site which focuses on theme park stories and bad guest behavior. It reaches an estimated 7 billion people each week, or would if they would just put the address in their web browsers. "The timing could not be better," ...
September 29, 2018 by Marty in Other
Read more
Photo of Vault Disney courtesy of Disney, duh.

Disney classics not yet made into sequels

We help Disney to know what movies to make next. UNCLE WALT'S H.Q., SVALBARD -- With Christopher Robin still in theaters, Mary Poppins Returns coming in December, and announcement of a new live action Song of the South, you may be asking, what's left of Disney's classic films? What other movies from their history could they possibly remake or add a sequel to? Well, our crack team of researchers here at our Longyearbyen headquarters [Ed.: where it's illegal to die, by the way] have assembled a list ...
September 27, 2018 by Marty in Other
Read more
Miss Tilly before and after restoration. Before photo by Matthew Hull via wdwinfo.com. After photo courtesy of Magnolia Shrimping Ltd.

Miss Tilly repaired, returns to shrimping

Typhoon Lagoon's iconic shipwreck is fully restored and renovated! PORT SALERNO, FL -- It's a boat that is very familiar to fans of the Walt Disney World Resort's Typhoon Lagoon water park. Miss Tilly is a shrimp boat that was deposited on the top of Mount Mayday after 1989's storm, a storm that also conveniently created the ideal conditions for a water park. The Miss Tilly has been perched on top of the mountain ever since, useless and decaying. Until this year. It's a bit of a Fixer ...
September 19, 2018 by Marty in Florida, Other
Read more
Song of the South: the Ride. Photo by Joe Penniston [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] via Flickr.

Controversy: Disney announces live-action Song of the South

Every other animated feature has had a live remake, so now it's Song of the South's turn. BURBANK, CA - Continuing with its latest business model of remaking beloved animated features, Disney announced that it had begun production of a live-action reboot of the 1946 classic Song of the South. "We feel that this reboot has been necessary for decades," said ABC Disney spokesperson Stephen White. "While the film has received a lot of flack for expressing old sentiments, we'd like to retell the story ...
September 17, 2018 by Ub in Other
Read more