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A current photo of the Magic Kingdom. Screenshot of Fallout 4 (modified) from ChikaHitujiya via Twitter.

Fallout 4’s “Nuka-World” is a VR Magic Kingdom!

Pictured: screenshot of a live feed from the Magic Kingdom. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Disney fans everywhere, deprived of the ability to visit their favorite parks, are looking for any way to get their theme park fix. They turn to YouTube for virtual rides and LEGO bricks to build their own theme parks. But one gamer has apparently discovered the "Holy Grail" -- a way to visit an exact replica of Walt Disney World as it exists today! We contacted online ...
April 25, 2020 by Walt in Florida, Other
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Creating Disney Parks at home; or, stay home long enough, and you'll start hallucinating Mickey too!

Recreating the Disney park experience at home

Why wait until the parks reopen to enjoy Disney magic where you are? UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- We at Uncle Walt's Insider feel your pain. We're cooped up here in the office with nothing to do. (Well, most of us are. Uncle Walt is still touring the closed Walt Disney World). And we've run out of Disney YouTube videos. But why sit around and mope? Until things return to normal, here are many things you can do in your own home ...
April 15, 2020 by Marty in Spotlight
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Disney Fabulous Five - Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto - dressed as their new theming requires, in pinstripe suits for the transition from the Mickey Mouse Club to the Mickey Mouse Mafia. Goofy has a Tommy gun

Mickey Mouse Club rethemed to Mickey Mouse Mafia

Controversial changes to the Fab Five and the Mickey Mouse Club. BURBANK, CA -- The Roaring 20s are back, after almost a century. With pandemics, division, and cynicism all around, darker approaches to storytelling are all the rage. Even popular, positive characters are being given gritty reboots. (See, for example, the recent Batman and Superman movies, and the upcoming Revenge of Mary Poppins.) It stands to reason that the executives at Disney are exploring some new theming options for its main characters. With the ...
April 14, 2020 by Ub in California, Florida, World
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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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More money, less time with your family! Photo by Roosewelt Pinheiro [CC BY 3.0 br] via Wikimedia Commons & kingdommagictravel.com.

Adventures by Disney: new “A Wrinkle in Time” Experience

Want to get away from it all, and then get right back to it? Looking to spend as little quality time with family as possible? CELEBRATION, FL -- Adventures by Disney has quickly become the go-to organization for well-planned vacations, particularly for families who are either too wealthy for their own good or too lazy to do research and book trips on their own. After some success with longer excursions, Disney recognized that many families do not actually want to spend much ...
May 11, 2018 by Walt in World
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