Disney takes advantage of the park shutdown to do some major maintenance. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — The Disney parks, like so many businesses during the coronavirus shutdown, are taking a financial hit without guests (other than our Uncle Walt, of course). Still, they are finding some advantages to the closure. With no guests around,…
![The Tree of Life strikes oil. Photo by Jaimie Michaels [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, and John Trost [CC0] via Wikimedia.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/tree-of-life-strikes-oil-768x432.jpg)
Black gold. Texas tea. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Details are sketchy, but apparently the oil rig used to construct the Tree of Life is more than just a frame. Guests at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Spa, and Nahtazu are reporting a plume of oil sprouting from the top of the Tree. The situation…
![He has to holler just to be heard, but with every word he drops knowledge. Photos by Steve Wise & Ken Lund [CC BY-SA 2.0] & Steve Jurvetson [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, all jumbled up and remixed by Marty.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lin-manuel-miranda-dedicates-hall-of-treasury-secretaries-768x432.jpg)
The “Hamilton” star took a break from shooting “Mary Poppins Returns Again: the Cash-in.” WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Tucked into a corner of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Spa, between Africa and Pandora, is a new attraction: Disney’s Hall of Treasury Secretaries. The new show features animatronics of every U.S. Secretary of the…
![Construction continues on the second-largest Ferris wheel in Central Florida. Photo by BrokenSphere [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikipedia Commons.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/worlds-largest-ferris-wheel-animal-kingdom-768x432.jpg)
When completed, the new “Wheel of Life” will be the second-tallest in Central Florida. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Spa continues to expand. And now the Tree of Life will be complemented by a large Ferris wheel, to open in the Spring of next year! “We are tremendously excited…
“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….