California Adventure rids the land of pests before repurposing the area. ANAHEIM, CA — In closing the “A Bug’s Land” area at Disney’s California Adventure, park officials are taking no chances that the infestation may return. “We’ve seen this happen many times in our offices when we just sweep bugs out of the way,” said…
Pictured uses of Go Away Green (L-R): 1. show building. 2. speaker. 3. Club 33 door. 4. Phil. BURBANK, CA — For decades Disney Imagineers have been painting buildings and objects within their parks a dusky shade of bluish-green they call “Go Away Green.” It’s a color whose entire purpose is to not draw attention, so…
This version has no singing snowman. ARVADA, CO — A Labor Day visit to their grandparents’ house turned traumatic for Ben Skyler, 7, and his 5-year-old sister Ariana, when their grandmother showed them the wrong movie. “My daughter and son-in-law had given us this Apple TV thing last Christmas,” says Betty Kijek, the kids’ maternal…
The as-yet-unthemed park will be sandwiched in the plaza between the two current parks. ANAHEIM, CA — As Uncle Walt’s Insider mentioned yesterday in a brief article intended to lighten our workload on a holiday weekend, Disneyland was considering adding a third park to the Disneyland Resort. And now we can confirm that it is…
Three-day weekend? Time to phone it in. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — It’s Labor Day, which means Disney parks worldwide will be closed to give their Cast Members a long weekend off to spend with their families. And what’s good enough for the Mouse is good enough for Uncle Walt’s Insider! [Ed.: Actually, it’s much…