“This whole trying to make a buck without ticking off a tyrannical Communist regime thing is hard!” — Adam Silver, maybe WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Seeking to avoid the international controversy this year’s China tour has brought, NBA Kommissar Commissioner Adam Silver announced that next year’s Global Games would be held in the World…
Docking at the Morocco and Germany Pavilions may not satisfy the “non-U.S. port of call” requirement, though. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — In what is being called a cost-saving measure, the Walt Disney World Resort and Spa has reflagged its fleet of “Friendship boats.” The boats now are officially registered in the Bahamas. Having foreign-flagged…
The new Uncle Walt’s Insider Skyliner gondola is the most popular one, naturally. REEDY CREEK, FL — It’s been a long time in coming, especially since Uncle Walt’s Insider was founded over 80 years ago. But the Disney Company is finally honoring our humble website with it’s own Skyliner gondola car! Finally, the recognition we…
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The new “Illuminations, Y’all: Reflections of Texas” debuts this weekend. DALLAS, TEXAS — Texas fans of the Walt Disney World Resort and Spa are seeing some familiar gear at Dallas’s Fair Park lately. The video globe that once was the centerpiece of Epcot’s Illuminations fireworks show is the most recognizable, but apparently all of the…
Italy’s representative at Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays goes on trial. ITALY PAVILION, EPCOT, FL — After a shocking ruling, well-known Christmas character La Befana will no longer appear at Epcot’s Italy Pavilion and Spa during the Festival of the Holidays. The beloved storyteller has been found guilty by the Reedy Creek District Court of…