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The Magic Kingdom's newest interactive game: Where's Waldo in real life!

New fun on crowded days: Where’s Waldo at the Magic Kingdom

Disney's latest interactive game offers a tasty prize as well. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Disney officials have announced a new step towards increasing guest enjoyment on the Magic Kingdom's most crowded days. No, not reducing the number of guests allowed in -- that just wouldn't be the Disney way! Instead, Where's Waldo, the popular book series, is coming to life at Walt Disney World! Interactive fun "Where's Waldo: the Interactive Experience" joins the Magic Kingdom's three other current live games: Sorcerers of the ...
September 11, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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Disney exterminates A Bug's Land.

A Bug’s Land closes; giant can of pesticide used

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 Disney Parks and Resorts and Spas chairman Bob Chapek. "You think they're gone, and boom, a week or two later the place is crawling with insects. So we've ...
September 7, 2018 by Marty in California
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Third Disneyland park location. Photo © 2018 Google Street View.

Disney to add third park between Disneyland and California Adventure

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 a legitimate rumor! In an effort to stay competitive in the Southern California theme park industry, executives at Disneyland Resort announced this morning that they will be adding ...
September 4, 2018 by Marty in California
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Closed for the holiday.

Labor Day news roundup

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 better.]  So for your holiday reading enjoyment, here are some news and rumors from around Walt Disney World and other parks worldwide, that we would write an article ...
September 3, 2018 by Marty in California, Florida, Other, World
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Possible new Disney park location in Michigan? Photo by rmhermen [CC-BY-SA-3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

New information unfolds about Disneyland Escanaba

This is gonna be good! UNCLE WALT'S HEADQUARTERS, SVALBARD -- Now that the initial excitement (or outrage) about the new Disney theme park in Escanaba, Michigan has subsided, we put in a Skype call to our favorite Disney spokesperson, Jun Disney (no relation) to see if there are any new details that we can share with our readers. She mentioned that while there's not much that's been finalized yet, there were a few new details, and unfolded a sheet of paper. [Ed.: ...
September 1, 2018 by X in Other, World
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