Originally Posted By wonderingalice I need a little help from our Tomorrowland experts... What year did the Bell System phone and science displays (adjacent to the Circarama/Circle Vision 360 Theater) go to "Yesterland?" Were they still around after the 1967 makeover? Thanks in advance!
Originally Posted By Ursula You mean the phone booths that were big enough to fit six people? They were still there when I was a pre-teen, if that helps.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* Yeah, those were the ones! Yep, it DOES help! Thanks very much, you pretty, YOUNG thing, you! ;-)
Originally Posted By oc_dean Those telephone booths existed from 1967 to 1983. They were removed in 1984 when Circle-Vision's film was replaced with "American Journeys". There were two exact locations. Along the left wall... as you exited the theater .. and along the doorway leading out of the building. The ones against the left wall just left a blank wall ... And the ones along the doorway became a larger "doorway" opening to get in and out of the new "Premiere shop" ... with such "futuristic" clothing .. sporting The Mighty Ducks of 1984 .
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Awesome info, oc dean! And so I have to ask for more, of course... ;-) Did the Bell System have any displays in place PRIOR to 1967?
Originally Posted By oc_dean Yes. Bell became the sponsor in 1960 when the circle-vision film was changed from "Tour of the west" to "America The Beautiful" that year. They did have a series of displays. Not exactly as advanced to what they did in 1967 .. but they did have something.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Any other questions? Would you like to talk about - "The Disney characters in 'it's a small world'" subject? Just kidding! ~
Originally Posted By oc_dean Actually .. I just realized something ... while the ones dotted along the building front were removed .... I seem to remember a few booths remained ... till the area was remodeled for the NASA exhibit. I bet someone can confirm that for me.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Oh .. I left out ... a few remained along that left wall I was describing .. as you left the theater. (Against the wall that seperated the "Coke Terrace" kitchen from circle-vision.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* No thanks on the iasw thing! ;-) I remember the NASA exhibit... When was that? (I don't remember it well enough to remember that... *LOL*)
Originally Posted By oc_dean It opened as part of the 1998 New Tomorrowland. I think construction began for Buzz in 2003 .. So that would be when it closed.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer wonderingalice, do you know how many times you've tortured me like this? You always manage to come up with these half-forgotten little pearls that we tended to just walk by half the time but now wished we had paid better attention. I'd just about buried the Nasa exhibit in the back of my mind too...and that wasn't that long ago. many thanks to you and oc_dean for bringing back some really good memories.
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie We would ALWAYS cram into the phone booths and call Grandma from Disneyland.
