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Animal Kingdom’s “Ride the Tiger” attraction to remain closed

The popular wild animal encounter "just had one mauling too many." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Uncle Walt's Insider reported in November that Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park's popular “Ride the Tiger” experience was “suspended indefinitely.” Park officials confirmed Wednesday that the once popular encounter will not reopen. The attraction, an extra-cost experience located next to the Maharajah Jungle Trek, had received numerous complaints, and at least three guests were hospitalized over a period of several months for “bites and scratches.” In addition, Uncle Walt's ...
March 29, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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A totally nice, behaving tour group from Brazil. It's not everybody, okay? Photo by Scott Smith [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] via Flikr.

Seven tips for Brazilian tour groups

Note: the following article was written in English and translated into Portuguese using Google Translate. Any errors in translation, poor grammar, or insulting language are therefore not the responsibility of Uncle Walt's Insider, unless of course we put them in the original article on purpose. The original English version can be found on page two. O Walt Disney World Resort, na Flórida, recebe muitos visitantes internacionais durante todo o ano. A maioria viaja para os Estados Unidos com a família ou amigos, ...
March 28, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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News Brief about baldness. Inset photo by Ambernectar 13 (CC BY-ND 2.0) via Flikr.

Magic Kingdom “tunnel sludge” can cure baldness

Forget Rogaine, this stuff actually works! ORLANDO, FL -- A College Program cast member at Disney's Magic Kingdom Park has discovered a use for the mysterious slime in the utility tunnels beneath the park. Walt Disney World guests have often heard about the "Utilidors," the mysterious tunnels under the Magic Kingdom, but cast members working in the MK know that the tunnels are home to a mysterious "sludge" that will drip down from random spots in the ceiling. Fergus McMichaelson, a college program Cast ...
March 27, 2018 by X in Florida
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Disney Skyliner artist's conception. (c) 2017 Disney.

Confirmed: new Disney Skyliner will connect with Disneyland

The magical Orlando-to-Anaheim gondola ride is expected to take almost four days. Last year's announcement of a gondola transportation system coming to the Walt Disney World Resort has excited Disney fans worldwide, and launched many heated discussions on Uncle Walt's Insider user forums. Now Uncle Walt's can confirm that the new "Disney Skyliner" system is coming to the Disneyland Resort in California. The new Skyliner will not only operate within Disneyland, but will actually ferry guests between the California and Florida resort ...
March 26, 2018 by Marty in California, Florida
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A parking lot that kind of looks like the Polynesian. Photo by airbus777 from Washington, DC, USA (Saipan airport terminal) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Disney clarifies: NO charge for resort parking; just for leaving

Overnight parking remains free to resort guests, unless they want to drive away. WALT DISNEY WORLD -- Disney fandom has been abuzz in the last week since the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida announced that resort guests could no longer park a vehicle overnight at their resorts for free. After the initial announcement, matters where confused when the new charges appeared on the official Walt Disney World website, then were removed, and then reinstated. Uncle Walt's Insider has gotten to the bottom ...
March 22, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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