Our little-“known” facts series continues! Ah, Space Mountain — it’s everyone’s favorite ride in the world that combines both space and mountains. But do you know all there is to know about it? If not, don’t despair! Uncle Walt’s Insider is here to provide some incredible, newly-written-discovered trivia about Space Mountain! There are multiple Space…
Our little-known “facts” series continues! Disney’s California Adventure would have been Walt’s favorite park if he’d been alive to stop it. But how much do you really know about this former parking lot? We’ve done the research so you don’t have to! So settle in for some incredible, newly-written-discovered trivia about California Adventure! It’s not…
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We also know a guy whose great-uncle’s roommate’s stepbrother swore he said “It all started with a mouse” back in 1924. But he was referring to something different. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Walt Disney said that, right? Wrong. It was Tom Fitzgerald, a Disney Imagineer, who actually said “If we…
Our “little-known facts” series continues! Imagineers are some of Nature’s most misunderstood creatures. Fortunately, we here at Uncle Walt’s Insider are here to create clear up the confusion surrounding these cute little guys! So settle in for some incredible, newly-written-discovered trivia about Disney’s Imagineers! The name “Imagineer” is a combination of two words “Imagi” and…
What better way to kick off a new series than with Walt’s original park: Disneyland Paris! We’re starting a new article series here at Uncle Walt’s Insider, where we make up unearth some extraordinary facts about theme parks around the world and other park-related topics. Even the most diehard fans may not have heard the…