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Disney guests videoing other guests videoing. Photo from Clifflix via YouTube.

Study: Disney park crowds now 90% vloggers & livestreaming

Most folks just stay home and "visit" Disney parks throughYouTube. UNCLE WALT'S INSIDER H.Q., SVALBARD -- A new study commissioned and funded by Uncle Walt's Insider (via free churro coupons) has some surprising results. Apparently over ninety percent of guests entering Disney theme parks worldwide do so to take video of the parks -- not for their own benefit, but for their YouTube channels! Breakdown Those results may not come as a shock to anyone who has been at the parks recently, seeing as ...
July 11, 2019 by Marty in World
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Disney is adding military might to its parades! Photo by Jennifer Lynn [CC BY 2.0] via Flickr & chuckgray via Pixabay.

Disney parks to add tanks, military flyovers to daily parades

It worked for the Fourth of July! BURBANK, CA -- After seeing the success and universal acclaim from the media for the nation's Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C., Disney Parks are getting into the spirit and adding military displays to its daily parades! Bob Chapek, Chairperson of Disney Parks & Resorts & Spas, made the announcement Tuesday. "We are excited to announce that Disney is partnering with the United States Armed Forces to add some incredible shows of force to our live ...
July 10, 2019 by Marty in California, Florida, World
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Epcot's Future World, after everything is put back. Photo courtesy Disney (the company).

All of Epcot’s Future World being relocated outside gate

The remodeling is more extensive than we thought. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Things are changing at Epcot! At first, it was just the large grave markers Leave a Legacy tombstones monuments being moved outside of the front gates. Then it was Spaceship Earth accidentally being dismantled. All of this is in preparation for massive renovations to the main corridor between the entrance and World Showcase. Now even more changes are coming to Epcot. While some websites say that certain elements of Future ...
July 8, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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Groot joins the Enchanted Tiki Room. Photo by Ken Lund [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Flickr, modified.

Rumored Tiki Room overlay – not Moana, but Guardians of the Galaxy

There will be no Moana / Tiki Room overlay. It's Groot and Star Lord instead! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Fans of (the Magic Kingdom copy of) Walt Disney's original Tiki Room had their hackles raised earlier this week, as rumors swirled of a Moana overlay coming to the attraction. Thankfully, park officials quickly quashed that story, stating strongly that Moana will not be taking over the Tiki Room. Instead, the Guardians of the Galaxy will be joining Pierre, Fritz, and all of the singing birds, ...
July 5, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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A giant putter descends from on high at Epcot. Photo via DepositPhotos. Possibly modified just a bit.

Panic at Epcot as giant putter descends

It was a spectacle unrivaled in theme park history. Wonder what happened next? WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- For one Florida man, an ordinary day spent drinking at Epcot ended in an extraordinary way -- racing for his life out of the park. Jesse Sanfford, 23, of Haines City, visited the park with several buddies for a day of "drinking around the world." They started in the Mexico pavilion for tequila, then began working their way around Epcot's World Showcase, sampling an alcoholic ...
July 3, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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