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What Would Walt Do? Special Report - Inside the WDW Shutdown

Visiting Walt Disney World during a shutdown – Part 3: Hollywood Studios

Our Uncle Walt is at Walt Disney World — but no one else is! This is the third installment of Walt’s trip report from inside the (closed) gates. DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, 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 ...
April 11, 2020 by Walt in Florida, WWWD
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Steven Tyler, before and after finger reattachment surgery. Photo from reddit & @cabel via Twitter.

Disney history: three years since Steven Tyler’s finger was surgically reattached

Losing his finger was a real shocker. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- This month marks the third anniversary of Steven Tyler having his ring finger surgically reattached! Each and every day Steven Tyler and the rest of Aerosmith shock thousands of guests as they are welcomed, by the band themselves, to the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios. (Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, as you may recall, was only built after the plans for a Newsies-based ride fell through.) And for ...
August 6, 2019 by Walt in Florida
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Some new place opening soon in Disney Parks. First we've heard of it. Photo courtesy Disney.

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge already disappointing fans

Apparently the entire land is CGI. Just like the new Soarin'. BATUU, FL -- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge has not welcomed a single guest, but reports are already coming in that fans are not happy. A growing legion of Star Wars fans are boycotting this new land, and the reason may surprise you. "Blasphemy!" "Worse than Episode 1-3!" "No churros?" Those are just some of the comments we uncovered during our minutes-long investigation. We reached out to one of these disappointed fans, Wookieluvr421, to ...
April 26, 2019 by Walt in California, Florida
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Demo day. Photo courtesy HGTV.

Chip Gaines to join Disney Imagineering

Now every day at Disney can be Demo Day. GLENDALE, CA -- In a joint press release, The Walt Disney Company and Magnolia Inc. have announced a partnership that brings Chip Gaines to the Imagineering team at Disney. Imagineering spokesperson, Xander "X-Ray" Romano, shared the vision behind the partnership, "We're all huge fans of Chip and the work he has done on the hit HGTV series Fixer Upper. During the design phase for Toy Story Land, now open at Disney's Hollywood Studios located ...
July 16, 2018 by Walt in California, Florida, Other
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Toy Story Land in Hong Kong, which is also being shipped to Florida. Photo by Laika ac [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

Toy Story Land opening canceled

Guests expecting the new land to open today will be disappointed, but there's a good reason for the shutdown. DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, FL -- In a shocking turn, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Spas has announced that the new Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios will not open after all. Guests who have endured years of construction walls and have had today's date circled on their calendars (or whatever the iPhone equivalent of that is) for months are sure to ...
June 30, 2018 by Walt in Florida
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