Originally Posted By Dave >>>In addition to Sleeping Beauty's Castle and the Partners Statue<<< I've never seen the train stop at those locations before. Is it something new ??
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki Definitely New Orleans Square. Just everything about it makes it a magical spot for me in DL, brings back memories from long ago.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Okay, I'll be weird... (What's new, right? ;-) Main Street Station is my favorite to look at from the front entrance to Disneyland (an absolute icon from that vantage point, but the inside and on-deck circle doesn't do much for me). NOS is my favorite to wait to board (the telegraph, the flowers, the buildings surrounding). Toontown is the most silly fun (the lopsidedness, goofy suitcases, etc.) Tomorrowland... Isn't much more than a bus stop in North Las Vegas. *LOL* Merely a place to embark/disembark to save the feet - nothing else.
Originally Posted By Hound I prefer the Frontierland Train Station in New Orleans Square. I especially like it since it is a copy of Ward Kimball's Grizzly Flats Depot. It really reminds me of an old time train station in a small town.
Originally Posted By skywilliams Even though the Tomorrowland Station is the least favorite of all the train stops, the trip between there and Main Street Station is fantastic! the New Orleans Station is my favorite but there is something I like about the Tomorrowland Station at night. Looking into Tomorrowland, with Autopia and everything else lit up. It is very cool to behold.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer It would be even better if you weren't forced to walk through the "smoking area" when you go to get on from Tomorrowland or leave from there.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 ~~~I've never seen the train stop at those locations before. Is it something new ??~~~ Please go back and read my post #10. I never said the train stops at Sleeping Beauty's Castle or the Partners Statue. I'll break it down for you... Sleeping Beauty's Castle is an icon of DL, in my opinion. The Partners Statue is an icon of DL, in my opinion. Main Street Station is another icon of DL, in my opinion. That doesn't mean the train stops at the hub or in front of the castle.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer The horse-drawn streetcars are almost like a train, even the track looks similar...and they do stop near Partners and the Castle. It's a stretch but work with me.
Originally Posted By wa6oqc Re message #9 I find two things wrong with your message. #1 The text if you decipher the Morse code. "To all who come to Disneyland welcome. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future." #2 The Morse code you used was the International Morse Code (common Morse code used today) not American Morse Code (aka Railroad Morse Code) which is used at the railroad station. Back to the topic; I like Main street station for its nostalgic appeal. Too bad they had to put in the hedge on the berm that takes away the photo opportunities. I like New Orleans Square because with the tunnel, hotel, railroad station and water tower in the background you can take more realistic looking photos of the trains.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I know there's a website out there that has the "code" of the dedication speech. Here it is: <a href="http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/Disneyland/Secrets/Square/Morse.html" target="_blank">http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/D isneyland/Secrets/Square/Morse.html</a>
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer >>Re message #9<< Thanks for the clarification. A few years ago there was an article about how the orignal Morse code had become degraded over the years and it was redone. The article included the text I copied and pasted. Since I don't don't have a clue as to what all those little dots and dashes actually represent I was unaware that I was committing a DLRR fax paus. I intended the post as a little lighthearted humor, not for historical accuracy nor to offend anyone. The URL that Pirate Princess posted is a reprint of the original article where I copied the text from. I have compared what I posted to the the article's version and, to my untrained eye, it appears to be the same. My assumption was that, since this was the same author who helped Disney restore the Morse Code sound track, it should have been correct. I also apologize about the other mistake, it had been years since I had read the article and I had forgotten the slight variance from the original dedication speech. Chris, Thank you again for the correcting my mistakes. Maybe you could post the correct American Morse Code version sometime, I would love to have it for my collection. It will always be one of my favorite sounds in the park. Just wanted to add that I loved your pictures from the Big Meet too.
Originally Posted By DismayingObservation Gotta be Main Street Station followed by NOS for reasons stated. I love that big live steam model on display at Main Street. Wouldn't mind something like that in my yard. Running. With full-scale crossing signals. Does anyone else think that a narrow gauge steam train stopping in a place called "Tomorrowland" is a bit juxtaposed?
Originally Posted By imadisneygal I was always told that the message at the Frontierland Station was transmitted in Land Line Telegraphy. Is that the same as American Morse Code/Railroad Morse Code?
Originally Posted By DismayingObservation If I recall my DRR history correctly, it's Land Line Telegraphy and Lillian Disney was proficient in it having worked in the biz.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer I had always heard and old story of Walt checking out the Frontierland Train Station, upon realizing that the telegraph was tapping out a rather ribald message, he then turned to a couple of his employees and suggested that they might want to change it as his wife knew Morse Code. Does anyone know if this actually happened or if it is just an urban legend?
Originally Posted By p-n-p06 New Orleans Square for all reasons mentioned prior to my post...like that it's in view of HM and the river also. TL station is just SAD.
Originally Posted By retlawfan I too consider NOS station my favorite. With the Morse code, the water tank, the recorded conversations from nearby windows, it really gives you the feeling of "being there". In a CLOSE second is Main Street Station, as you actually get to enter the station. In a DISTANT third is Toontown station, as it is cute, but not much more. Tomorrowland doesn't even rate.
