It’s odd that they’d put out a second remake so close to the first. UNCLE WALT’S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD — Disney is remaking 1994’s beloved animated classic The Lion King! I know what you’re thinking — didn’t they just do that? Yes, yes, they did, and it’s in theaters now. In fact, your humble reporter…
“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….
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If their demands aren’t met, they’ll fly the coop. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — “Most little birdies will fly away, but the Tiki Room birds are here every day.” That’s the opening line in a complaint filed Thursday with the National Labor Relations Board against the Disney Company. In the complaint, the birds “and other…
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So, good news and bad news. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — There is a favorite holiday ride modification at the original Disneyland Park in California — and now it’s coming to Florida! Just maybe not like we expected. For the past 37 years [Ed.: Eleven years before the movie debuted? Marty, quit making up numbers], Disneyland’s…
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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…