truck Archives - Uncle Walt's Insider
Freedom convoy at Epcot's Canada Pavilion. Photo by Steven Miller [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr, and Minas Panagiotokis/Getty Images.

Canadian “Freedom Convoy” relocates to Epcot

"Like the real Canada, but slightly less polite." WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- The self-proclaimed Canadian Freedom Convoy isn't over. It's just moved south. "We got the idea from our wonderful dictator, I mean, Prime Minister," said trucker Léonel Legrand of Montreal. "We learned from reliable sources that he was hiding here when we were in Ottawa. So after we got the boot from there, we came down here. "After all, the Canada Pavilion at Epcot is just like home. Just slightly less polite, ...
February 19, 2022 by Marty in Florida, World
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"Steve" peeks oot from behind a rock, eh? Photo by Joe Shlabotnik [CC BY-NC-SA 2.0] via Flickr.

PM Justin Trudeau spotted hiding at Epcot’s Canada Pavilion

Ottawa streets are clogged with protesting truckers? I'm going to Disney World! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Multiple guests visiting the Canada Pavilion and Spa at EPCOT Centre have reported seeing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hiding there. Cast Member Tracey B. tells Uncle Walt's Insider, "He mostly just keeps to himself, but he's nice enough if you talk to him. "Of course, he claims his name is 'Steve.' So just to be sure it was him, I played the audio of a ...
February 4, 2022 by Marty in Florida, Other
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Using a telephoto lens, a shy baby Simba One can just be glimpsed behind its mother. Photo by Michael Lowin [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom welcomes newborn Safari Truck!

It will be months before handlers can get close enough to determine the gender. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Spa has announced an addition to the Kilimanjaro Safari ride -- a newborn Safari Truck! Disney (the company) spokeswoman Jun Disney (no relation) is "very excited": "The Safari Truck breeding program has been around since the park opened," Disney (no relation) explained, "but until this month Disney (the company) has been unsuccessful at breeding a new baby truck." What's ...
September 24, 2020 by Walt in Florida
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Sign seen at the entrance of Kilimanjaro Safaris. Photo by BrokenSphere [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Secrets of the Savannah: Former Safari Driver tells all

You won't believe #4! The Kilimanjaro Safari Ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom will celebrate its 20th anniversary this spring. To help celebrate, Uncle Walt's Insider caught up with a former Safari Driver, and asked if she would share any good stories. Meet the Driver Jamie DeJameson worked at Kilimanjaro Safaris in the mid 2000's. She agreed to speak with Uncle Walt's on the condition that the editorial staff not try to play "Two Truths and a Lie" with her stories. Uncle Walt's is dedicated ...
March 19, 2018 by X in Florida
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