Disney Lies

Fans of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom may be disappointed to hear that the plan to replace Tony’s Town Square restaurant with Ratatouille’s Rodent-Infested Rotisserie have been canceled. Apparently, both focus groups and the department of health were put off by the concept of a French rotisserie.

Remember that, although today marks the start of daylight saving time, you don’t need to worry about it if you are visiting Walt Disney World. WDW is its own county and does not recognize daylight saving time (because it’s “decidedly unmagical”). So if you set your watch ahead, remember that all parks and attractions will be open an hour earlier than posted times, but if you don’t reset your watch, remember that the rest of the state closes an hour earlier than posted times. (Or the other way around — we have trouble keeping it straight.)

And if you’re one of those people who has to call WDW dining as soon as they open this morning to make princess dining reservations, just call a couple of hours early and keep speed-dialing the number. That way, no matter how the whole daylight saving time thing works for you, you’re bound to be calling at the right time at some point.

According to an article on the Mike Molehill Web site, WDW’s Hall of Presidents is in for a few changes. First, the animatronic figure of the current President will no longer speak. Apparently, management is afraid that Hillary Clinton might win the Presidency, and they are afraid that a robotic Clinton might be too much for younger visitors to take.

More importantly, the show is going to be shortened and updated to make it more “hip” while retaining its educational nature. The Hall of Presidents: Under New Government will show what happens when Presidents of America’s past are confronted by Disney cartoon royalty such as King Louie and Prince John. It’ll be a singing, dancing, comparison of monarchy and democracy! (And be sure to stay until the crowd leaves so you can hear Zachary Taylor, just as the curtain closes, complain that the Tiki Room is “for the birds”!)

Rumors abound about Walt Disney World’s fifth park, Disney’s Night Kingdom. At this point, we don’t have a whole lot of information. All that we know for sure is that it will only be open after dark, it won’t have any lights, and it will share the same space as WDW’s Magic Kingdom.

According to one fan on a highly respected Disney fan message board, “It’s just going to be the Magic Kingdom with all the lights out, except that the lights will be on inside Space Mountain. Expect lots of cool surprises, like accidentally getting run into by other guests and not knowing when it’s okay to board the teacups because you can’t see them.”

More details will be made available as soon as they are made available — we promise!

Beginning February 24, Hannah Montana-inspired makeovers became available at WDW’s Downtown Disney Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. Reservations for the makeovers quickly sold out, with many parents complaining that scalpers snapped them up before real customers ever had a chance to purchase them.

One mother was almost hysterical that she had to pay $200 for daughter’s “The Full Montana” makeover, complaining that scalpers had driven the price so high that she could barely afford it, until she realized that $200 was, in fact, the makeover’s normal list price.