The Uncle Walt’s Insider (Step) Moms Panel answers your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] “Dear (Step)Moms: You ran an article last week saying Minnie Vans would now go…
The Uncle Walt’s Insider (Step) Moms Panel answers your real questions with their own totally reliable advice. [Lawyer-mandated disclaimer: do NOT rely on this advice. Our panel of experts may or may not be actual stepmoms, but they are definitely evil.] “Dear (Step)Moms: When does the Auto Zone on Main Street open? Do they have…
Disney decides if you can’t beat ’em, transport ’em. ORLANDO, FL — It’s almost heaven: Main Street West, Blue Ridge Big Thunder Mountain, Shanandoah Rivers of America. Life is old there, older than the trees that dot the landscape of Walt Disney World. The mountains are young there, never growing more than 199 feet. But…
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“You see, they’re like the Vans shoes. But a van.” ORLANDO, FL — Always trying to one-up their resort rival Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando announced today their own car service. Mimicking Disney’s successful “Minnie Vans,” Universal’s fleet of vehicles will be patterned after Van’s shoes, and will be known as “Van’s Vans.” Uncle Walt’s…
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Is this a sign of maintenance issues at the parks? ANAHEIM, CA and WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Uncle Walt’s Insider has learned that Car #19 at the Tomorrowland Speedway in Magic Kingdom, and Car #19 at the Autopia in Disneyland Park recently broke down on the same day. Although the two attractions are run…