Originally Posted By WorldofDisney ABBA? Wow, I'm impressed! At Grad Nite 1982 (my high school graduation year) We had Tommy Tutone at Tomorrowland Stage. The only other things I remember from that night was riding the skyway roundtrip over an under construction Fantasyland (hmmm...that was 9 years after the photos in this thread were taken) and getting wet on the Matterhorn in a suit. Oh, we also fell asleep in the Country Bear Jamboree and rode Adventure Through Inner Space many times. The photos on this thread are awesome -- they bring back a lot of memories from a time when E Tickets were contraband.
Originally Posted By goofyrn Did they take part of the matterhorn mountain off,it looks bigger in the picture? Also what happen to the rocket part of the rocket ride?
Originally Posted By ssturgeo Gosh, 70's...how about the 50's!! Guess I should see if I could get some of my OLD pictures scanned one of these days!!! Sharon
Originally Posted By DlandDug My one and only childhood trip to Disneyland was the Summer of 1972. I think we took about three photos! The Electrical Parade is about the same as shown in these photos, except that the extensive Pleasure Island set is missing. Also the Dwarfs' mine for Snow White. While there have been other special additions (Mickey's birthday cake... Return to Oz... small world) the basic parade has remained the same. Of course, in 1972, the first year of MSEP, the Electrical Parade was a series of flat boards with lights outlining designs. I was there the second week that parade ran-- but we went home before dark and I never got to see it...
Originally Posted By 1Gee1 Thanks for sharing those pictures with us! It's always such fun to take a trip back in time. People are always afraid of change at DL, but haven't some of those changes been good ones! Our Grad Nite was (ugh) June 14, 1967!...the seventh annual Grad Nite. (Wow, I'm not that old, am I?) I still have all the brochures, tickets, etc. It cost $7.00 for admission and $1.00 for the souvenir photo! The back of the ticket states, "Date dresses for girls and coats and ties for gentlemen are mandatory. Boys may NOT wear sweaters, and girls may NOT wear miniskirts. Only those properly attired will be admitted." We didn't have any big names performing that night. We had: The Aggregation, The Regents, The Individuals, the Young Men...who were those people?!?! However, they did give away a "1967 Mercury Cougar...the Car of the Year!" That night was the first time I rode Pirates. We were all in awe of that attraction...couldn't figure out if we were inside or under the real stars! Boy...those memories are really lighting the corners of my mind!!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <We didn't have any big names performing that night. We had: The Aggregation, The Regents, The Individuals, the Young Men...who were those people?!?> It wasn't grad night, but I had the privilege of seeing Duke Ellington at DL, not long before he died. I doubt I'll ever do better than that.
Originally Posted By dlkozy You have to remember that ABBA was not that big of a name in 1973-they didn't start recording until 1972 so they were still pretty new. But they were GREAT!
Originally Posted By 1Gee1 ^^^How fun to see someone when they were just "up and comers!" Hmmm...I wonder what ever happened to The Regents and the Young Men. I guess the "Young Men" are now the "Old Men," anyone ever heard of them???
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I could never understand why DL never added new floats to the MSEP... if memory serves me right, there was a Hercules Electrical Parade in NY when the movie came out. One of the floats was a giant Hades head. The parade could be updated often so it could be fresh each time. And I wasn't born AFTER 1973. Just thought I'd say that.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Rats... that should read I wasn't born until after 1973 OR I was born after 1973. Take your pick.
Originally Posted By homedisney I'm so glad that there were pictures of the MSEP Small World float. That was my favorite!
Originally Posted By RAM1984 Daannzzz, Thank you so much for finding and posting these pix. You cannot know how much this means to me and my family. My first trip to DL was in 1964 and we have two pictures. (I think that is all my parents took. Film and developing were expensive.) 1973 was, however, the first time we took our oldest daughter (then only 4 months old.) She was facinated by the electrical parade (as were we). We lost all of our family's pictures in a house fire in 1984 so many DL pictures are gone forever. We went every other year while our kids were growing up. These pictures can help to fill in some of the gaps in the family Disney scrapbook Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! It is hard to remember all of the changes over the years. Of course some of them have been excellent but I do miss the People Mover and Carousel of Progress.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz You are welcome. I always keep my eye open for photos from that time period. I am going to find all of our old photos (some slides and get them onto a web page some how. I am sorry to here that you lost so much personal stuff. It is great that we can locate pictures on the web.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>We didn't have any big names performing that night. We had: The Aggregation, The Regents, The Individuals, the Young Men...<< The Aggregation: <a href="http://www.lysergia.com/LamaReviews/reviews7.htm#AGGREGATION" target="_blank">http://www.lysergia.com/LamaRe views/reviews7.htm#AGGREGATION</a> Th Regents: <a href="http://theregents.net/regtrib.html" target="_blank">http://theregents.net/regtrib. html</a> (probably not the same group, though) The Individuals: <a href="http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=individuals" target="_blank">http://www.trouserpress.com/en try.php?a=individuals</a> The Young Men: <a href="http://www.theres_no_such_band_on_the_net.com" target="_blank">http://www.theres_no_such_band _on_the_net.com</a>
Originally Posted By Disneydanny <Oh, we also fell asleep in the Country Bear Jamboree> That's why the Vacation Hoedowon was introduced a mear 4 years later.. to wake you up. lol
Originally Posted By WorldofDisney ^^^ Is that why the Hoedown was introduced? Now I know! Actually, I sort of miss the bears being there -- when I'm at the Frank Wells Building in Burbank, I make it a point to see the baby bear (from the Five Bear Rugs) displayed in the Disney Archives window. It still brings a smile to my face (ah, memories).
Originally Posted By RAM1984 "There was, blood on the saddle; and blood all around..........." Oh yeah! I miss it.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz "There was, blood on the saddle; and blood all around..........." Oh Man. I am taking my brother and sister in law on the frist trip to Walt Disney World in December. I am so looking forward to them seeing the best, god old version of the Country Bear Jamboree!!! OOOoppppsss. No. It is the Christmas version. Doh!!!!
