![Correcting the record. Cover photo by Gervacio Rosales [CC BY 3.0] via Wikimedia. Inset photo of Tom Fitzgerald [CC BY-SA] via pirates.fandom.com.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tribute-to-tom-fitzgerald-768x403.jpg)
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…
![View from the front row of the slightly-scaled-down show. Photo by ellenm1 & Wally Gobetz [CC BY-NC 2.0] via Flickr. Inset photo by David162se [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia. Cheerios by General Mills.](https://unclewalts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/new-fotlk-now-on-video-768x403.jpg)
We prefer it being part of the Safari queue. DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM, WDW, FL, USA, EARTH, MILKY WAY — Park officials at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park, Resort, Spa & Butcher Shop claim that The Festival of the Lion King has returned. This news is, in fact, wrong. What has “returned” is a smaller show, with…
We review a Sith bakery in honor of Star Wars Day, May the Fourth. And because we’re Uncle Walt’s Insider, we do it a day late. LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL — “Come to the dark side,” they said. “We have cookies.” Now, I’m not sure who the mysterious ‘they’ is, but I had previously heard…
Feet: the original “people mover.” MAGIC KINGDOM, FL — Just in time for the amazing summer weather in Florida, officials at Walt Disney World have re-opened the Tomorrowland Transit Authority Peoplemover — after the installation of sidewalks. Disney (the company) spokesthey [Ed.: What?] Jun Disney (no relation) spoke with our imbedded reporters [Ed.: What exactly…