prank Archives - Uncle Walt's Insider
Skipper Nic works hard for the money. Photo by DearCatastropheWaitress [CC BY 2.5] via Wikipedia.

Jungle Cruise skipper doesn’t realize he’s telling jokes

Oh, to relive the days when we truly believed there was a backside of water. ANAHEIM, CA -- The Jungle Cruise has been a crowd favorite since it opened at Disneyland in 1932, and at the Magic Kingdom six years later. It has all the hallmarks of an entertaining attraction: moisture, dad jokes about wildlife and primitive peoples, and gunfire. But apparently, one Jungle Cruise "skipper" isn't in on the joke! Don't tell Aaron Your reporter was perplexed when riding California's version of the ...
March 5, 2019 by Marty in California
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Festival of Fantasy Parade, on its 14th pass. Photo by John Frost [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.

Magic Kingdom parade stuck in infinite loop

Pranking Cast Members kept directing the parade back onstage. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- The popular Festival of Fantasy Parade at the Magic Kingdom typically passes through the entire park in under an hour. Yesterday it took 5 hours and 37 minutes. "It was the weirdest thing," Averill Godfrey, 26, of McComb, MS, tells Uncle Walt's Insider. "My boyfriend and I were camped out in the hub, watching the parade pass. But it never finished." Déja vu "I'd seen the parade before -- it's a ...
January 14, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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Disney Skyliner artist's conception. (c) 2017 Disney.

Disney admits: Skyliner is an April Fools joke

"We didn't think anyone would actually believe it." WALT DISNEY WORLD -- Put your dreams of riding a gondola away, Disney fans. It turns out the new Disney "Skyliner" at the Walt Disney World Resort is just an elaborate prank that got out of hand. "It started with some posts we read on Disney fan sites," spokesperson Jun Disney (no relation) tells Uncle Walt's Insider. "Some of the more obsessive fans noticed that Walt Disney World had filed permit requests for buildings that ...
April 23, 2018 by Marty in California, Florida
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News Brief - April Fools

“Giddy anticipation” for Uncle Walt’s traditional April Fool’s article

For over 37 years, Uncle Walt's Insider has delighted its readers with quality satire on the first day of April. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q. -- Regular readers of this website (both of you) have flooded Uncle Walt's offices with letters and emails, and posted on our Facebook and Twitter feeds with what one News Brief writer calls "giddy anticipation" of our traditional April Fools Day prank article. Historically, the writers at Uncle Walt's have reserved their funniest, most biting satire for the ...
March 31, 2018 by Marty in Other
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