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Empty promises on a Skyliner sign. Photo by wdwnt.com.

Skyliner reopens; riders advised to pack for an overnight stay

Repairs now give "better than 50%" chance of completing your journey. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Just a little over a week after the Great Skyliner Immobility of One-NinerTM (and Disney's unpopular attempt to turn it into an attraction), the Disney Skyliner gondola system has reopened to guests. Park officials report that repairs and changes made to the system now give it much higher reliability rating, "better than 50%." Your humble reporter [Ed.: Who?] called to ask what length of time the 50% ...
October 15, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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Churros. Mmm... churros. Photo by Mark Mitchell [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr. Churros. Mmmmm....

FACT CHECK: Are churros better than cream cheese pretzels?

By a mile. Claim Churros are better than cream cheese pretzels. Rating TRUE, DUH. Analysis Recently opinion-checking website Snopes.com, in a transparent effort to bolster its flagging reputation, reached out to Unclewalts.com to fact-check the claim that churros are better than cream cheese pretzels.  So Snopes spokesperson Juns Nopes (no relation) went along with our very own Uncle Walt on a fact finding mission to Main Street, U.S.A. Mission: compare the delicious churro to the abomination that is the cream cheese pretzel.  After taking a bite of her churro, ...
October 10, 2019 by Walt in Other
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Statue of Walt's ultimate dream come true: the churro. Photo © Disney via insidethemagic.net & mouseinfo.com.

New Epcot statue: Walt admiring a churro cart

Early concept art left out this important detail. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Much of the news out of the D23 Expo and Spa a little over a week ago concerned changes being made to Epcot Centre. In addition to previously-covered items, such as the dismantling of Spaceship Earth and retheming of all Epcot restrooms to Moana, the park is also getting a statue of Walt Disney. The statue, to be installed in a new area called Dreamer's Point, is said to honor ...
September 5, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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UWI Step Moms Panel

(Step)Moms Panel: Weird to go to WDW as a single, childless adult?

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.] "Is it weird to go to Disney world as a single, childless adult?" - Zach Harris, Hartwick NY X: It depends on your intentions, but in general, I'd say it's not weird. Everyone has their happy place, and maybe Disney is yours. ...
August 21, 2019 by Marty in step-planDisney
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Imagineer Joe Rohde and his magic elixir. Photo by elisfkc [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia.

Disney DNA behind Joe Rohde’s secret elixir

A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a little bit of Walt, and you can be a Disney genius, too! GLENDALE, CA -- During a routine visit to Imagineering Headquarters in Glendale, CA, Uncle Walt Insider's crack team of reporters discovered the secret behind Joe Rohde's creative genius. Many believe it comes from the alien lifeform that dangle from his ear, but newly discovered information has this super reliable news organization changing our minds. First, we spotted a bottle labeled, ...
July 24, 2019 by Walt in Other
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