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Uncle Walt's Insider Week in Review

Uncle Walt’s Insider Week in Review for April 5

Here's what you missed while doing something much less important!  Appearing this past week on Uncle Walt's Insider: Monday (STEP) MOMS PANEL: IS 'UNCLE WALT' ACTUALLY STILL TOURING WALT DISNEY WORLD? - Sure, no guests are allowed in the parks. But being named 'Walt' has its privileges! Tuesday C'MON. ARE DISNEY CHURROS REALLY THE BEST? - We are the authority on churros. Especially Disney churros. And this article proves it! Wednesday DISNEY BUYING "WALK-THROUGH VATS OF HAND SANITIZER" FOR PARK REOPENINGS - Why wash hands when you can ...
April 5, 2020 by Marty in Uncategorized
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What Would Walt Do? Special Report - Inside the WDW Shutdown

Visiting Walt Disney World during a shutdown – Part 2: EPCOT

Our Uncle Walt is at Walt Disney World — but no one else is! This is the second installment of Walt’s trip report from inside the (closed) gates. EPCOT, FL -- Hi loyal readers, thanks for asking. By now you’ve probably received a communication in the post that states that all Disney parks are shut down indefinitely. The most frequent question we continue to receive during this time is, “What are the parks like during a shutdown?” I am still isolating myself at ...
April 4, 2020 by Walt in Florida, WWWD
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Where Cinderella Castle used to be. Photo © 2020 Google Earth (modified a bit).

Cinderella Castle “sent out for cleaning”

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, Disney is able to do some major repairs and cleaning to the parks. A recent aerial photograph shows that Cinderella Castle is not in its usual Magic Kingdom ...
April 3, 2020 by Marty in Florida
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UWI Step Moms Panel

(Step)Moms Panel: “‘Comment below’? How? There’s no comment section.”

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: I'm stuck at home like a lot of people, and I ran out of things to do days ago. Out of desperate boredom, I started reading things on your website. So I began to notice that every article ...
April 2, 2020 by Marty in step-planDisney
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Prototype of new Disney walk-through hand sanitizer tank. Photo courtesy freeskins.co.

Disney buying “walk-through vats of hand sanitizer” for park reopenings

It's "the easiest way to stop our guests from bringing disease." BURBANK, CA -- While many companies are retooling to create masks or ventilators, the Disney Company is going a different route. They have contracted with several manufacturers to build hundreds of "walk-through submersion vats." "We're just looking ahead, to try to get the parks open as soon as possible," says Disney (the company) spokesperson Jun Disney (no relation). "Even before this Chinese virus, we've always known the biggest 'ick' factor on our ...
April 1, 2020 by Marty in California, Florida, World
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