Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer It was added before 1977, I know that by looking at a guide book from that year. ~Didn't eBay this, so don't ask~
Originally Posted By HauntedMansionFan I really miss the Skyway! I suppose you might say that aesthetically it didn't work in Fantasyland but it was a nice little diversion from the crowds. Boy, did the 20K lagoon add some much-needed ambiance to that corner of Fantasyland. Now that whole area is so blah!
Originally Posted By TP2000 I do make mistakes in life, sometimes quite hilariously in public. But when I'm going to post something online for the world to see, I try and know what I'm talking about. I can't even imagine being a big corporation and posting things online that I don't have a good grasp of, or didn't bother to spend at least 25 seconds doing some super-easy online research on. I'm not an expert on the WDW parks. But I do know that Disneyland's Space Mountain opened in '77, and WDW's opened in '75. Basic, broad dates like that are easy to remember for at least the major iconic E Tickets, because I have a genuine interest in the parks. Clearly the people running Disney's corporate website don't have that basic level of knowledge or interest of the subject matter they are shilling to the world. That's a real shame, too. A quick 30 second Google search led me a couple sites that state the roof was added over WDW's teacup ride in 1973. If the video linked here is from the Fall of 1973, as was my initial hunch that now seems to be pretty accurate, that would mean the roof could have been built at any time in the previous 9 or 10 months and was a new structure when this film was shot. I caught a glimpse of some teenage girls in one of the first Skyway cabins on this film and saw their long, ironed flat hair a la' Marcia Brady and it instantly looked like the early 1970's to me. The polyester Sears Roebuck casual wear seen later on the Teacups also looks very Nixon-era to me as well. I'd bet two churros this footage was shot at some time from September-December, 1973. Although from the angle and intensity of the sun, it would seem more likely to be September or October. All in my humble, amateur opinion of course. ;-)
Originally Posted By joe80x86 Perhaps they should have labeled it "About 1975". In any case to those who complain about the labeling here is a reality check Disney isn't going to pay someone to spend hours trying to figure out the exact date of a user submitted video because 70-90% of the actual viewers won't know themselves and could care less! Except for a few fanboys who would simply find something else to complain about.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>Perhaps they should have labeled it "About 1975".<<< I'm pretty sure that's what "Circa" means. Has everyone gone to nit-pick academy? What possible difference could the exact year make...let's just say it was in the past.
Originally Posted By disney pete whatever year it was taken it brought back some great memories take a chill pill guys.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I'm not an expert on the WDW parks. But I do know that Disneyland's Space Mountain opened in '77, and WDW's opened in '75. Basic, broad dates like that are easy to remember for at least the major iconic E Tickets, because I have a genuine interest in the parks. Clearly the people running Disney's corporate website don't have that basic level of knowledge or interest of the subject matter they are shilling to the world. That's a real shame, too. <<< Exactly. I think one of Disney's biggest problems is that the people RUNNING the show don't know the HISTORY of the show. Which is absurd. How do you promote and further your product without that?
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I think one of Disney's biggest problems is that the people RUNNING the show don't know the HISTORY of the show. Which is absurd. How do you promote and further your product without that? << Easy. With catchy Uncle-Walt platitudes from the marketing department.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Easy. With catchy Uncle-Walt platitudes from the marketing department.<<< Rhetoric question, Leo. But seriously, between Waltisms and Toilets with Quail, what more could we want?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Has everyone gone to nit-pick academy? What possible difference could the exact year make...let's just say it was in the past." I think the problem in this instance is that it's so obvious that the video is not from '75 because Space Mountain is clearly in the early stages of construction.
Originally Posted By rhodisney I miss this ride..it was a great way to get out of the crowds of people, and just enjoy the view from above and your own family for a Peaceful few minutes. But it was hit the ground running again as soon as your gondola "stopped" at the other end. (I have nearly busted my butt not getting out of the thing fast enoughm,though!)
Originally Posted By fkurucz Actually, the first thing to cross my mind was that it looks like a home video taken on an old Super-8 (film) camera. Which got me wondering ... doesn't Disney have some professional footage taken from the gondolas? I have seen such footage from DL, but what about WDW? Another thought: I once saw a "movie" called "Disneyland after Dark" which was filmed in the mide 60's IIRC, almost 50 years ago. I found it fascinating to watch this time capsule. In the film all of the small children present are now middle age, and the teens and young adults are now seniors, and anyone who was older than that is probably now taking a dirt nap. Thinking about that gave me a sense of the timelessness about DL. I first rode in the skyway in the 60's when I was 6 years old and now that I'm middle aged I realize that people will be enjoying DL long after I have left this world.
