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Uncle Walt’s Insider Food Blog: Why I Love the Finding Nemo Cupcakes

Ub from Ub's Analysis gives his totally fresh opinion on this new cupcake! UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD - Have you seen the new Finding Nemo Creamsicle cupcake? All I can say is, "YUMM!" Let's face it. When you go to a Disney Park or Hotel and select your food, why are you selecting it? For educational purposes? Maybe back in the 80s, but this is 2020, and putting Disney characters on food is nothing new. So why not make a cupcake with ... Read more
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Ub’s Analysis: the Finding Nemo Cupcakes have got to go

In which we give Ub space to express an opinion publicly. This can't be good. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD - Have you seen the new Finding Nemo Creamsicle cupcake? All I can say is, “Ewww.” Let’s face it. They’ve been trying to make eating Finding Nemo characters a thing ever since someone caught the chef at Coral Reef putting Pacific blue tang caviar on various dishes. Some say it actually came from Dory, but she couldn’t remember when asked. But this new ... Read more
The inspiration for the rethemed MIne Mine Mine Train. Photo by colorblindPICASO [CC BY-NC 2.0] via Flickr.

Confirmed: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train being rethemed to Finding Nemo

Disappointed guests and constantly low ridership leads to the change. MAGIC KINGDOM, FL -- The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train was to be the crown jewel of the Magic Kingdom expansion known as New Fantasyland. But the out-of-touch executives in Burbank did not realize the public disdain for Walt Disney's first feature-length animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It may be the lack of interest in the source material, or just the poor ride experience, but the attraction is constantly a ... Read more
Fish... don't do that.

Dad struggles to explain fish anatomy after Disney on Ice

"Thanks, Disney." OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Caleb McIlherny, 6, and his 4-year-old sister Cassidy, love the Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo. So when their dad Robert McIlherny discovered that the Nemo characters and story would be featured in a Disney on Ice production at the Oklahoma State Fair last year, he made sure to get tickets for the whole family. It was a decision he still regrets. Questions, questions, and more questions "It was definitely the wrong age to take them," McIlherny admits. "A couple years younger, they would have ... Read more
The Jar Jar attraction 'crushes' the former interactive turtle! Get it?

“Gungan Talk with Jar Jar” is a huge success

Everyone's favorite Star Wars character replaces a boring turtle! WALT DISNEY WORLD -- Some were shocked back in January when Epcot’s The Seas with Nemo and Friends pavilion abruptly canceled "Turtle Talk with Crush" and replaced it with a similar experience involving Star Wars’ Jar Jar Binks. Although said to be a temporary change - a "test run" according to Imagineer Carly Aldenkamp - the show has proved to be incredibly popular with families. Aldenkamp told Uncle Walt's Insider, “This will eventually be ... Read more