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True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks.

True Tales of Stupid Guests: Episode 11

"True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks" is an ongoing series, where we share believable stories of park guests' unbelievable stupidity. FROM STUPID GUEST TRICKS -- StupidGuestTricks.com is a website founded to provide Disney Cast Members and other theme park employees a place to vent about some of the idiots they've dealt with. Most Cast Members will tell you that 99% of the guests they deal with are wonderful, but there's always that 1% that lead to aggravation -- and ...
June 29, 2019 by Marty in Spotlight
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Lunch at Epcot! Photo [CC0] via Pixabay.

Exotic ingredients coming to Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival

You won't blubber or say neigh to the Great White dishes coming this year! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Each year dozens, maybe hundreds, of guests flock to Disney's Epcot Resort, Spa, Hair Care & Tire Center to take part in the park's second-most popular event, the Food and Wine Festival! Festival guests get to try new food offerings, learn from some of the best chefs TV has to offer, and test the limits of their bodies by drinking excessively in the Florida ...
June 26, 2019 by Walt in Florida
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The Country Bear Escape featuring Stitch. Photo by Disney, modified. (We put a bear on it.)

RUMOR: Country Bear Jamboree will merge with Stitch’s Great Escape

Details are scarce, but we are happy to make stuff up. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Rumors have been swirling around the Magic Kingdom of a possible permanent end to the Country Bear Jamboree. Uncle Walt's Insider of course predicted this after several guests were mauled by the Country Bears last year. But now we can report that the Bears are not going away forever, but will soon join another closed attraction, Stitch's Great Escape. "Country Bear Escape featuring Stitch" "This is a perfect ...
June 25, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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A few of the non-Disney gondolas. Photo by DisneyTouristBlog.com, used by permission, modified.

Skyliner delayed; wrong characters put on gondolas

Walt Disney World's new gondola system has... too much character? WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Just months from its projected opening, the Disney Skyliner and Spa gondola system has encountered a new snag. Rather than leave the vehicles wrapped as originally planned, they decided to decorate each ride vehicle with cartoon characters. One problem: no one told the designers that they were limited just to Disney characters. There's variety, at least Ride vehicles show characters from such non-Disney properties as Shrek, the Flintstones, H.R. Puff-n-stuff, Star ...
June 24, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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Construction continues on the second-largest Ferris wheel in Central Florida. Photo by BrokenSphere [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikipedia Commons.

“Almost record-setting” Ferris wheel coming to Animal Kingdom

When completed, the new "Wheel of Life" will be the second-tallest in Central Florida. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Spa continues to expand. And now the Tree of Life will be complemented by a large Ferris wheel, to open in the Spring of next year! "We are tremendously excited about this new addition to the park," says Disney (the company) spokesperson Jun Disney (no relation). "The hat is coming down again, and the new 'Wheel of Life' ...
June 20, 2019 by Marty in Florida
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