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A parking lot that kind of looks like the Polynesian. Photo by airbus777 from Washington, DC, USA (Saipan airport terminal) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Disney clarifies: NO charge for resort parking; just for leaving

Overnight parking remains free to resort guests, unless they want to drive away. WALT DISNEY WORLD -- Disney fandom has been abuzz in the last week since the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida announced that resort guests could no longer park a vehicle overnight at their resorts for free. After the initial announcement, matters where confused when the new charges appeared on the official Walt Disney World website, then were removed, and then reinstated. Uncle Walt's Insider has gotten to the bottom ...
March 22, 2018 by Marty in Florida
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A churro cart at Disney's California Adventure. Photo copyright 2018 Google / Street View.

Study: Street View in Disney parks most used to stare at churro carts

"We thought people would go all over the parks, but once they find a churro cart, they stop." Just two weeks after Google announced that its Street View service was expanding to feature the interior of all 14 Disney parks worldwide, an internal study shows that most folks use the service to find and then stare at churro carts. The next best thing to being there Google launched Street View in 2007, providing a way for viewers to see the world from street level ...
March 21, 2018 by Marty in California, Florida, World
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Guardians of the Caribbean

“Pirates” rethemed: “Guardians of the Caribbean” now open

The whole "auction" update was just a ruse. ANAHEIM, CA & WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- The Disney Company announced last year that its popular Pirates of the Caribbean rides at Disneyland and Walt Disney World would be renovated, to change the "bride auction" scene to something less likely to make Disney guests think about human trafficking. Now that both rides have been closed, Uncle Walt's Insider has learned that big changes were planned for the ride all along, and the auction ...
March 20, 2018 by Marty in California, 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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Mickey and Minnie wave to the crowds. Photo source Depositphotos_69250695_original.jpg.

Update: characters, parks changing under “radical” Disney plans

Turns out the previously-announced changes were just the beginning. The winds of change continue to blow at The Walt Disney Company. After the controversial measures were first reported by Uncle Walt's Insider last November, Disney fans and detractors alike have been lighting up the internet arguing the pros and cons of the moves. In spite of the response, the company forged ahead with making the modifications permanent in January. And now, Uncle Walt's has learned, more radical changes are on their way that ...
March 16, 2018 by Marty in California, Florida, Other, World
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