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Toy Story Land in Hong Kong, which is also being shipped to Florida. Photo by Laika ac from UK [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Florida Toy Story Land “Made in China,” imported from Shanghai

"Disney wants things to seem real, and toys are made in China." Disney fans in the United States are celebrating the recent announcement of the opening day of the new Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios (June 31, 2018), but international fans are not so excited. For months, guests at Shanghai Disneyland have been treated to views of what appeared to be construction of their own Toy Story Land. Now it appears, though, that Shanghai's construction was not for their own ...

March 5, 2018 by Marty in Florida, World

Hey, it's Uncle Walt's News Brief graphic with logos from several other websites!

News Brief: Snopes, Facebook rate Uncle Walt’s Insider ‘110% accurate’

We're, like, beyond true here. UNCLE WALT'S H.Q. -- In the wake of Christian satirical news site The Babylon Bee being threatened by Facebook for promoting "fake news," Uncle Walt's Insider released a statement today reassuring its readers that they can completely trust what they read here (see the full text of the statement below). In fact, as the statement says, both fact-checking website Snopes and the Facebook truthiness division (or whatever they're called) have evaluated every article ever appearing on Uncle ...

March 3, 2018 by Marty in Other

Be Our Guest Restaurant at Magic Kingdom. Photo by HarshLight [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

Pizzafari, other restaurants to become “Deluxe Dining”

'Be Our Guest' was just the first to be announced. Disney foodies and fans of dining at the Walt Disney World Resort are still adjusting to the news that the Beauty and the Beast themed Be Our Guest Restaurant will become a prix-fixe, deluxe dining restaurant (requiring two table-service credits on the Disney Dining Plan). The move is widely seen as necessary to help pay off the multitude of legal fees and settlements of lawsuits filed by the Beast's support staff after ...

March 2, 2018 by Marty in Florida

News Brief: music video shoot coming to Disneyland!

News Brief: “Major” music video to be shot at Disneyland

Who says that Video Killed the Radio Star? ANAHEIM, CA -- A source close to Disneyland Resort Hotel Operations has informed Uncle Walt's Insider that a "major recording artist" will be shooting a music video at one of the hotels of the Disneyland Resort. The source mentioned a precedent for music videos being filmed at Disney Hotels. "Ever since the Beach Boys filmed Kokomo at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and DVC Villas and Wedding Pavilion and Spa, bookings have been off the ...

March 1, 2018 by X in California

"Porg on a stick" and other goodies soon to debut at Disney's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.

“Porg on a stick” and more coming to Galaxy’s Edge eateries

Disney tries to repeat the success of Pandora's grilled Banshee in the new Star Wars area. As workers at the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts continue construction on Star Wars: Galaxy Edge, chefs in the Disney test kitchen are also hard at work constructing the menu that will offer out of this world delicacies. From "Aunt Beru's Blue Milk" to "Porg on a stick" and more, Uncle Walt's Insider was given an exclusive invitation into the kitchen to try these innovative ...

February 28, 2018 by Walt in California, Florida