Originally Posted By Darkbeer Yes, you wonder why you see such a love of Railroads and Popcorn in the park... it goes back to Walt Disney's youth... <a href="http://www.justdisney.com/WaltDisney100/biography/01.html" target="_blank">http://www.justdisney.com/Walt Disney100/biography/01.html</a> >>Close to the Disney family farm, there were Santa Fe Railroad tracks that crossed the countryside. Often Walt would put his ear against the tracks, to listen for approaching trains. Walt's uncle, Mike Martin, was a train engineer who worked the route between Fort Madison, Iowa, and Marceline. Walt later worked a summer job with the railroad, selling newspapers, popcorn, and sodas to travelers.<< What a wonderful thing to see that the Snackie's would honor Walt's love with the election of Popcorn as the best snack in Disneyland! It is a classic, and deserving snack, even more so on the 50th!!!!
Originally Posted By teddibubbles SURE! you had to say POPCORN! lol you made me go make some you YOU BOY!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer But doesn't it taste good, Teddi??? Popcorn is Happy Food, and it taste great too
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan An excellent reminder of the legacy and tradition of Disneyland Popcorn, Mr. Darkbeer. By the way, have you seen these very cool popcorn poppers? <a href="http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-4648689-8451365?asin=B00064W968&AFID=Froogle&ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&ref%5F=tgt%5Fadv%5FXSG10001&" target="_blank">http://www.target.com/gp/detai l.html/601-4648689-8451365?asin=B00064W968&AFID=Froogle&ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&ref%5F=tgt%5Fadv%5FXSG10001&</a>
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Yes, Disney and Popcorn have had a long history... Walt made sure we had a Railroad around the park (which is currently getting it deserved 50th refurb), and he made sure that there were Popcorn carts around the park, not pin carts, not other modern snacks... But Popcorn, the snack he loved and sold prior to building Disneyland....
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I bet you Disneyland was simply intended merely as background scenery for people visiting his beloved popcorn wagons!
Originally Posted By quincytoo So Walt sold Popcorn...... Jeez ....the man did so much good in the world....why bring up such a ERROR OF JUDGEMENT on his part????? We all make mistakes...selling popcorn was Walt's mistake.....
Originally Posted By teddibubbles (as teddi dumps her popcorn bowl over quincytoos head!) OH EXCUSE ME!! are you siting there !!
Originally Posted By Ursula I also have a popcorn legacy. My grandfather and his father sold popcorn from a red popcorn wagon for a living in Idaho in the 1920's & 1930's. We have photographs of the wagon and of both of them working it. They also sold roasted nuts, but the popcorn was the biggest seller.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan That is really cool, Ursula! I love those old-time popcorn wagons. (They make smaller reproductions now, but they're pretty steep.)
Originally Posted By Ursula This one was very large. It was more like a store on a truckbed, but not quite. If I had a scanner, I'd send you a picture of it.
Originally Posted By teddibubbles cool ! .... so what is the kind of popcorn you guys eat at home the most? for me I like the movie theater stile of popcorn the most. I think its called Splash of butter? Its GREAT! ( have lots of boxs of it on hand!) HATE THE MINI SIZE BAGS GRRR !!! Have to watch out for that dumb ol word on the box!.. what weird person desided mini was an opt on POPCORN !!! for heavens sake! lol
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>They also sold roasted nuts, but the popcorn was the biggest seller.<< Just think, Ursual... if they had added TURKEY LEGS, they could have made a fortune for you to inherit, and today YOU could be Paris Hilton!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer You are welcome.... Enjoy that Classic, Wonderful Snack See, Popcorn is TRULY Happy Food...
