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Lonely World -- tips for singles at theme parks.

Lonely World: Tips for Disney singles on Valentines Day

"Lonely World” is an ongoing series featuring romance tips for single adults visiting theme park destinations on their own. Are you alone on Valentines Day? You don't have to be! While everyone the world fawns over his or her significant other, you are free to have fun your own way -- and there is plenty of fun and camaraderie to be found for singles at Disney parks! So head on over to Disneyland or Walt Disney World and celebrate your singleness with ...
February 14, 2020 by Marty in Spotlight
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He has to holler just to be heard, but with every word he drops knowledge. Photos by Steve Wise & Ken Lund [CC BY-SA 2.0] & Steve Jurvetson [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, all jumbled up and remixed by Marty.

Lin-Manuel Miranda dedicates Disney’s Hall of Treasury Secretaries

The "Hamilton" star took a break from shooting "Mary Poppins Returns Again: the Cash-in." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Tucked into a corner of Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Spa, between Africa and Pandora, is a new attraction: Disney's Hall of Treasury Secretaries. The new show features animatronics of every U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, from Alexander Hamilton all the way up to whoever holds that job today. Hamilton writer/composer/star/prop guy Lin-Manuel Miranda was on hand to dedicate the attraction. Manuel dazzled the ...
February 7, 2020 by Marty in Florida
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Leaked photo of Disneyland Escanaba construction, probably. Photo by spejder.dk. Inset photo by Adirondack Explorer.

UPDATE: Disneyland Escanaba construction underway!

We're bumping our regular (Step)Moms Panel discussion for this breaking news! ESCANABA, MI -- Yoopers across the globe are celebrating, because they will soon have a Disney park in their own backyard. That's an expression, by the way. The park won't be literally in anyone's backyard. That would cause a lot of problems, and the park would have to be really small. Unless they found someone with a gigantic backyard. ... What were we writing about again? Oh, yeah. Silencing the doubters While some ...
February 5, 2020 by Marty in World
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Artist's concept of the Great Epcot Congressional Uprising of 2020. Photo from Library of Congress [public domain] via Wikimedia.

AI upgrade leads to brawl at Disney’s Hall of Congress

They should have known not to give them competing programming. EPCOT, FL -- A recent AI software upgrade at Disney's Hall of Congress, located in the dark alley behind the American Adventure Pavilion, led to an all-out brawl between the Democrat and Republican animatronic figures. The upgrade happened before the park opened, and Disney Imagineers were able to restore the original software from backup. Disney (the company) spokesperson, Jun Disney (no relation), shared details on the upgrade. Fox vs. CNN "Software upgrades are routine, and ...
February 3, 2020 by Walt in Florida
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Kudos to Google Maps for updating their images so amazingly fast! Photo © 2020 Google Maps, used by permission, and maybe modified a wee bit.

BREAKING: Brexit in effect; Epcot’s UK pavilion disappears

We interrupt your normally scheduled (Step)Moms Panel Discussion for this breaking news. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- While much of the United Kingdom celebrates its exit from the European Union and awaits what happens next, guests of Epcot were stunned to find that the UK Pavilion had disappeared. "It's just a bare patch of dirt now," says Gerald Myerly, a visitor from Boca Raton, Florida. "This was not totally unexpected," says Disney (the company) spokesperson Jun Disney (no relation), "especially to readers of Uncle ...
February 1, 2020 by Marty in Florida, World
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