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The new Fantasmic "fire dragon" effect at Disneyland. Photo courtesy CNN.

Disneyland adds amazing new fire effect to Fantasmic show

Burn, dragon, burn! Disney inferno... ANAHEIM, CA -- Guests viewing the Saturday evening performance of Disneyland's Fantasmic show were given a special treat: the addition of a new fire effect! During the Maleficent dragon scene, rather than just breathing fire, the dragon itself turned into a spectacular, menacing "fire dragon," composed of flames from head to tail! Guests report that the effect was stunning and very unexpected. (Several Cast Members said the same thing.) While the new fire effect is amazing, insiders tell ...
April 25, 2023 by Marty in California
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Just today's resumé haul. Image by Quinn Dombrowski [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr.

Buzzfeed, Vice reporters: please stop sending us resumés

We don't intend to be cruel but, well, we have standards. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- To all recently laid-off reporters from Vice, Buzzfeed, Vox, and other similar media outlets: you have our sympathy, but please stop sending your resumés to Uncle Walt's Insider. We'd have to drop our accuracy standards way too much to hire you. Sorry. This was too mean, wasn't it? It feels like it was too mean. Comment below! Need more Uncle Walt's in your life? Be sure to ...
February 12, 2019 by Marty in Other
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Disney is moving all of its official news to Uncle Walt's Google Plus page!

Soon, all official Disney news will come from one source: Google+

Disney is partnering with Uncle Walt's and our award-winning Google+ page for all its official information. UNCLE WALT'S H.Q., SVALBARD -- The Walt Disney Company announced today that, beginning April 2019, all of its official news will be broadcast through Google Plus! This will include any news releases regarding Disney Parks, Resorts, Spas, Crematoria & Cemeteries, Churro Carts, and Foot Rub locations. But it gets better -- all these official Disney updates will be released exclusively on the Uncle Walt’s Insider Google ...
December 14, 2018 by Walt in Other
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News Brief: Alien, Klinger and more are official Disney Princesses!

News Brief: Alien, Corporal Klinger now Disney Princesses

Disney's purchase of Fox brings many new princesses into the family. BURBANK, CA -- The Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox's assets brings a stunning array of well-known characters into Mickey's domain, and today the company made official what many predicted: the title of "Disney princess" has been granted to many of those characters. Newly-crowned princesses include Olive from Little Miss Sunshine, Corporal Max Klinger from M*A*S*H, Scrat the prehistoric squirrel from the Ice Age movies, the robot from Lost In Space, Mary Richards from ...
January 27, 2018 by Marty in Other
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Just some of the Disney vloggers who accidentally met at Hollywood Studios.

News Brief: Every Disney vlogger converges on single location; YouTube implodes

In a stunning coincidence, every single active YouTube Disney vlogger just happened to show up in the same spot at the Studios on Thursday. DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS -- A chance meeting between well-known video bloggers, or "vloggers," SirWillow and TimTracker at Disney's Hollywood Studios last Thursday quickly escalated, as dozens of Disney vloggers converged on the site, apparently coincidentally. Witnesses report a crowd of dozens of the YouTube stars on Grand Avenue near the MuppetVision theater, including Adam the Woo, Justin Scarred, World ...
January 23, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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