![I'll never let go, Jack. Er, I mean Mickey. Photo [CC0] via Pxfuel & clipart-library.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/disney-magic-to-be-scuttled-768x403.jpg)
Why don’t they ever sink ships to create natural reefs? PORT CANAVERAL, FL — The Disney Magic is the latest victim of the Covid-19 shutdown. Disney Cruise Line announced today that the Magic, the first cruise ship in the Disney fleet, will be sunk and turned into an artificial reef. With the high cost of maintaining the ship during…
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The next would have been Disney’s Rhode Island Adventure. BURBANK, CA — Newly-released documents from the Disney Archive show that the company once considered building a “Disney’s <State> Adventure” park in every state. When the California Adventure park opened in 2001, the Mouse anticipated that it would be a huge success, and a model to…
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And for some reason visits every non-Disney theme park. UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — Fears that Monorail Blue was lost in a volcano after its goodwill tour reached Hawai’i were thankfully unfounded. The Monorail goodwill tour has resurfaced in southern California. The tour continues to raise controversy over its stop choices (not to mention the continued…
But now we’ve lost track of where it is. HONOLULU, HI — After stopping in 22 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states plus Texas, the 2018 Monorail Goodwill Tour has reached the Hawaiian Islands. Here are some photo highlights from the various Hawaiian landmarks visited on the tour: Any idea what could have happened to it?…
Apparently a lava fissure opened under Maleficent’s head. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — The ongoing eruption of Mount Kilauea in Hawaii has claimed a new victim — Maleficent the fire-breathing dragon, until now a fixture in the Magic Kingdom Park’s Festival of Fantasy Parade. A spokesperson for Disney Parks and Resorts and Spas tells Uncle…