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The Peña family, with an unhappy Mama Elvira. Photo by Michael Gray [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr; [CC0] via PxHere & DepositPhotos.

Grandma discovered at Lost & Found after five days

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 & Found in City Hall -- after five days apart from her family. "It started so simply," says Bolivar's son-in-law Oscar Peña Gimenez, 34, who was visiting Walt Disney ...
May 10, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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Aircraft about to land at Walt Disney World's new airport. Photo by Todd Anderson, courtesy Disney Parks Blog.

New WDW airport opens sooner than expected

You'd think they'd wait until the runway was poured. EPCOT CENTER ATC CENTER, FL -- Less than one hour after we announced the opening of a new airport at Walt Disney World Resort and Spa, the first flights arrived at the airport. Several eagle-eyed readers called us to let us know that a flight of six aircraft passed over Epcot, on their way to land at the new airport! They aren't 737s, so we know it's not Southwest We are not sure which airline made ...
May 9, 2019 by X in Florida
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True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks.

True Tales of Stupid Guests: Episode 9

"True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks" is an ongoing series, where we share believable stories of park guests' unbelievable stupidity. FROM STUPID GUEST TRICKS -- StupidGuestTricks.com is a website founded to provide Disney Cast Members and other theme park employees a place to vent about some of the idiots they've dealt with. Most Cast Members will tell you that 99% of the guests they deal with are wonderful, but there's always that 1% that lead to aggravation -- and ...
May 8, 2019 by Marty in Spotlight
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The world's 5th richest man, er, duck. Photo © Walt Disney Productions.

Scrooge McDuck refusing to release tax returns

He's being touted as a replacement for Bob Iger. But what do we really know about him? DUCKBURG -- Famed ultra-wealthy Disney character Scrooge McDuck, the fifth-richest person in the world (and richest duck), is in the running for CEO of the Disney Company when Bob Iger steps down. [Ed.: There's a "down" joke in there somewhere.] But some detractors say we don't know enough about him, and are demanding to see his tax returns. So far, McDuck has refused. Conflicts of interest? One shareholder [Hi, ...
May 7, 2019 by Marty in Other
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Churros. Mmm... churros. Photo by Mark Mitchell [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr. Churros. Mmmmm....

Disney announces new churros, we think

The churro changes will be amazing! Maybe! We didn't catch every detail. UNCLE WALT'S H.Q., SVALBARD -- Our regular readers [up to five now!] know that we here at Uncle Walt's Insider love churros. That delicious cinnamon sugar treat is so perfect that even Philistines whose warped taste buds prefer cream cheese pretzels admit that churros "aren't half bad." Apparently, though, "perfect" can be improved on? Following yesterday's Churro de Mayo celebration, we received a call that shocked us to our core. Disney has found ...
May 6, 2019 by X in Other
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