We tackle the myths, legends, and tall tales that have sprung up about Disney parks. UNCLE WALT’S H.Q., SVALBARD — Disney Parks and Resorts and Spas are, without question, the most popular parks, resorts and spas ever created by a rodent. With so many people attending every year, it’s only natural that some rumors and…
![The mismatched socks of the Dapper Dans. Photo by Daniel Orth [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flikr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dapper-dans-disneyland-768x432.jpg)
Troubling treatment of first-year performers. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Emil Horton*, 28, has been singing with the Dapper Dans at the Magic Kingdom for almost eleven months. While Horton describes his role as “loads of fun” and “the job of a lifetime,” he tells Uncle Walt’s Insider that rookie “Dans” can be subjected to…
Only one Universal-centered article in two months. UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — Uncle Walt’s Insider has received a written complaint from the offices of Universal Studios, protesting that our website has published only one article about Universal theme parks in the last few months — and even that one seemed to mock Universal for not being…
![Lucifer, the first feral cat named Disneyland Ambassador. Photo by Jean [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/feral-cat-disneyland-ambassador-768x432.jpg)
It’s Disneyland’s first non-human Ambassador in over eight years. ANAHEIM, CA — He’s one of the fortunate few that actually gets to live at the Disneyland Park. And now he’s been named as a Disneyland Ambassador, and will spend the next year as an “Emisssary of Goodwill” and official host of the popular park. He’s…
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Everything old is new again. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Before the Walt Disney World Resort and Spa even opens its Skyliner gondola system, concept artwork has been leaked showing a future part of the system — and it’s a shocker. First, the new route will pass over Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Spa….