![Festival of Fantasy Parade, on its 14th pass. Photo by John Frost [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/festival-of-fantasy-parade-loop-768x432.jpg)
Pranking Cast Members kept directing the parade back onstage. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — The popular Festival of Fantasy Parade at the Magic Kingdom typically passes through the entire park in under an hour. Yesterday it took 5 hours and 37 minutes. “It was the weirdest thing,” Averill Godfrey, 26, of McComb, MS, tells Uncle…
![Vintage characters return to Disneyland next year! Photo by matterhorn [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] via Disney Wikia.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/vintage-mickey-mouse-costume-2-768x432.jpg)
Modern guests will relive the nostalgia and mental trauma of Disneyland’s early years! ANAHEIM, CA — The Disneyland Resort and Spa will celebrate its 65th anniversary next year, and the celebration promises to be something special! Disneyland President Josh D’Amaro announced Friday that the year will be “retro all the way,” so that guests will…
Woohoo! It’s “free”! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Fans of the Walt Disney World Resort and Spa are rejoicing that so-called “Free Dining” packages are now available. For a limited time, guests can book a package deal involving a hotel stay and park admission and receive a free dining plan for each member of their…
Art imitates life, and vice versa. NACOGDOCHES, TX — There are some things you just don’t do: You don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t spit into the wind. You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger. And you definitely don’t film a live action movie involving deer in east Texas during hunting…
“The wand chooses the wizard. And causes uncomfortable family situations.” ORLANDO, FL — For many children, the wand ceremony at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a joyful and fun experience. But when a wand chose Ron Ingram, 12, of Orlando, and clearly showed him to be of magical heritage, his No-Maj (or “Muggle,”…