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    Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

    Anybody have a link where there is a before and after pictures of the new Magic Kingdom train station?

    I'd love to see what it looked like. And then the new additions.
     
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    Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

    I just did a quick Google search and there really isn't much to compare. The old structure looked like one of those temporary canopies from the 80's that we common and fairs and festivals at the time:

    <a href="http://v4.cache6.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/21164546.jpg?ir=1&redirect_counter=2" target="_blank">http://v4.cache6.c.bigcache.go...ounter=2</a>

    I do remember seeing this when I was last at WDW, but it's been a while, and I'm not sure how recent this photo is. Maybe there was a different building that was there before the current one was built.
     
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    Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

    GREAT find, Hans. Thanks. And actually, there is quite a big difference from the old one to the new one.
     
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    Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

    <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6978234851_2b46c05052.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm8.staticflickr.com/...5052.jpg</a>

    ^^^New Fantasyland station...
     
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    Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

    Oh for sure! What I meant was that there wasn't much of a station to speak of before the new Carolwood Park one was built.
     
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    Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

    Gotcha...
     
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    Originally Posted By tonyanton

    The former station essentially looked like that from when the station was added in 1988 for what was then called "Mickey's Birthdayland." Prior to this, Magic Kingdom only had two stations...Main Street and Frontierland (who's station was also razed and rebuilt when Splash Mountain went up in the early '90s).
     
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    Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp

    Actually, for a time, there was a train stop in Tomorrowland, close by where the restrooms are now. As you ride past on the train, you can still see the steps leading down to the train. Have no idea when this was taken out.
     

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