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Artist's conception of the remodeled "Cinderellschwanstein Castle." Photos from Pixabay & Pxhere.

Disneyland Bavaria invades France; Disneyland Paris surrenders

Troubling brewing in the European parks. PARIS, FRANCE -- French news agency Agence France-Presse is reporting that Disneyland Paris surrendered to its Bavarian counterpart earlier today. Details are still sketchy, but apparently the park was responding to an invasion into French territory by Disneyland Bavaria Cast Members. Check back here for details as they surface. UPDATE Officials at Disneyland Paris confirm the surrender. In a translated statement, they express the desire to "maintain their culture and avoid the loss of life that resisting an invasion would ...
October 29, 2018 by Marty in World
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Steve, the replacement for Epcot's Illuminations. Photo © 2018 Disney (no relation).

Illuminations replacement: “a guy named Steve”

Disney goes low-tech for Epcot's new nighttime spectacular. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Illuminations: Reflections of Earth has been a crowd favorite at E.P.C.O.T. Center and Spa since the early 90's. Illuminations, a dazzling combination of music, fireworks, pyrotechnics, yogurt, lasers, torches, live marine mammals, and a rotating globe with continent-shaped video screens (which show scenes of earth's history, mankind's achievements, and occasional live sporting events), remains extremely popular. [Note: The yogurt thing might just be me. I always enjoy a drinkable yogurt during Illuminations.]  In ...
October 26, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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Artist's concept of Disneyland Hobbiton, the view up Main Street Middle Earth.

Disneyland Hobbiton coming to New Zealand?

Rumors... er, rumours fly about a new Disney/Peter Jackson venture. MATAMATA, NEW ZEALAND -- It sounds like amazing, and too good to be true. Insiders within the Disney company and Peter Jackson's Wingnut Films are passing along rumors that a new Disneyland-style park may be coming to New Zealand. Even better, the entire park will be both completely Disney, but themed to the Lord of the Rings stories and films. Sure, this may sound completely made-up, and fans desperate for this to be true will ...
October 25, 2018 by Marty in World
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Artist's sketch of the Vatican pavilion at Epcot. Public domain, courtesy Pixabay.

Lost Attractions: Epcot’s Vatican City pavilion

"Lost Attractions" is a recurring feature on Uncle Walt's Insider, where we shine the spotlight on planned attractions that were never built. Rumors are flying once again about pavilions being added to EPCOT Centre's World Showcase, the "permanent world's fair." No specific plans have been announced, but as our reader poll below shows, front-runners for the new pavilion include Guam, Cleveland, and Morocco. But to us, the most interesting rumor is for a pavilion based on the Vatican City -- because a Vatican ...
October 23, 2018 by Marty in Spotlight
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Also part Cherokee. Photo by Loren Javier [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.

DNA test shows Goofy up to 1/64 human

Now maybe President Trump will stop tweeting about him. BURBANK, CA -- In a statement released today, the Walt Disney Company and Spa settled questions that have "dogged" one of its more popular characters since his debut: Is Goofy a dog or a man? If he's a man, why does he have so many dog-like features? If he's a dog, how is it that he can walk and talk but Pluto can't? Historical accuracy After recent news stories demonstrated the unqualified success of his ...
October 18, 2018 by Marty in Other
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