Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-76892.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Enjoy a Skyway ride over mid-70s Fantasyland at Walt Disney World - user submitted video t</b></a> <p style="text-align: center;"><img height="271" width="449" src="http://laughingplace.com/files/latest/20110318-5.jpg" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Enjoy a brief ride over the Magic Kingdom in a circa 1975 home movie submitted to Disney Parks.</p>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Cool video, however I think that year is incorrect. Space Mountain is clearly in the early stages of construction and it opened in January of '75. This must be around '74 or even '73.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Oh the good old days. Even though I was only going to DL durring that time.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt My first trip to WDW was in 1975, and I remember how new everything looked. The newness of the place is really obvious in the video clip.
Originally Posted By standor The park was beautiful in those days. I remember the book of tickets. you had to ration the tickets to see the attractions that you wanted to. I miss the skyway.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer It is a interesting vid, though, would have loved to have been able to visit then.. look at how CLEAN everything looked!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I too miss the skyway -- the only downside was seeing the roofs of some builsings that were less than magical...butoverall much fun
Originally Posted By leobloom How cool is it that the DL Skyway went THROUGH the Matterhorn? The Skyway added some kinetics to Fantasyland, but so did 20K. Oh well, at least we have the magical memories. *Cue the wistful violin music*
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ Aesthetically, yes. It was an eyesore. But it was a nice little D Ticket.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I think DL was improved with the removal of the skyway, but the vast expanse of TL and FL in Florida benefited from the way it tied each land together.
Originally Posted By TP2000 It always amazes me how clueless current Disney employees are, especially those in the corporate office or those in Florida. This video is labeled several times as being from "1975", when it's clearly not. Space Mountain opened at WDW on January 15, 1975. This video shows Space Mountain in the very early stages of vertical construction. I pegged it as being from the fall of 1973, and a 20 second Google search led me to an August, 1973 picture from the Orlando Sentinel archives that looks like the stage shown in the video. It's not rocket science (get it?) to figure out that a ride that opened January 15, 1975 couldn't have been filmed in "1975" in a very early stage of construction. Sheesh! ;-) But really, it seems like it's a bunch of total amateurs who have very little grasp of what subject matter they are working with at Disney nowadays, especially in Burbank and Orlando.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Wow, I hope you never make a public mistake in your life.<<< Well, he does have a point. History, being something important, should be checked out when publishing something.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think it's also worth noting that the two parts of the video clearly aren't from the same timeframe, since the teacups are under the roof. I don't know when exactly it was added, but I know that it wasn't there in the early 70's. Looking at how guests are dressed, I would guess that it was filmed in the late 80's/early 90's.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I immediately knew it wasn't 1975 because I first visited in 1974 and Space Mountain was being readied for opening then. I also noticed the roof on Tea Party and am almost 100% sure that it wasn't there on my first few visits.
