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Audio-animatronic of Jar Jar Binks arrives at Disneyland Park.

Animatronic Jar Jar arrives at Disneyland

Everyone's least favorite character will help keep crowds down. ANAHEIM, CA -- Another milestone in the construction of the new Star Wars-themed land at Disneyland Park: the arrival of a Jar Jar Binks audio-animatronic character. The life-size figure of the annoying Gungan will be positioned in the main entrance to the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge area, interacting with guests, telling bad jokes, and occasionally singing. And the placement is apparently intentional. Crowd control "We anticipate huge numbers of people trying to pack into Galaxy's Edge ...
July 31, 2018 by Marty in California
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Artist's concept of Walt Disney World dome with color-change technology.

Disney experiments with various sky colors

More new technology for the Florida resort! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- There are scores of eager Disney fans who watch government offices for permit filings and patent applications, hoping to discover the "next big thing" Disney does before any official announcement -- as they did with the new Skyliner gondola system last year. Those fans may have just uncovered another amazing technology coming to the Walt Disney World Resort: changeable sky colors! As Uncle Walt's Insider's regular readers [Ed.: all four of you] ...
July 30, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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What Would Walt Do? You ask, Uncle Walt answers!

Hey Walt, what rides will be at the new Disney parks in our Pure Michigan?

And how long can Uncle Walt's milk this "Disney in the Upper Peninsula" thing? Submitted by Michael M., Warren, MI Hi Michael, Thanks for asking this important question. Of course there will be rides in the new Michigan parks, though around here we call them "attractions." The Imagineers are hard at work designing the new parks, so everything is on the table. But although the plans are fluid and could change at anytime, I can tell you that some of your old favorites are ...
July 27, 2018 by Walt in WWWD
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Dad blinked in all 237 PhotoPass photographs

"I honestly wasn't trying to have my eyes closed." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Many families visiting the Walt Disney World Resort take advantage of the parks' PhotoPass service, where Disney photographers snap your pictures throughout the resort and make them available for purchase later. And while purchasing individual photographs can get pricey, Disney offers a "Memory Maker" all-inclusive package that allows downloads of every picture taken of your travel party plus some bonus ride videos, all for a set fee. The Washburn ...
July 25, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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Goofy is spotted at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Photo by Jared [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, modified.

Goofy spotted in Universal’s Diagon Alley

Was he lost? Visiting? Defecting? Uncle Walt's investigates. ORLANDO, FL -- Popular man/dog/?? Disney character Goofy was spotted in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando on Sunday afternoon. A rare break in the wall-to-wall mass of bodies trying to make their way through Diagon Alley allowed several guests to glimpse Goofy strolling past Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. "I tried to follow him and get a better picture," Pikeville, Kentucky, resident Sam Husna told Uncle Walt's Insider. "But the crowd was moving ...
July 23, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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