Originally Posted By smd4 >>>They play it on LP Radio from time to time.<<< That doesn't mean it's on the actual attractions soundtrack...
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<vivid memory I hold is of the dinosaurs' battle, as seen from the steam train. Only problem is, my vivid memory places them on the wrong side of the train! I can still picture them to the left of the train, with the "lava" rollers coming in from the left, and the two dinosaurs lit in lurid red light.>> I must've been there with you...I can "remember" the train going that way, too. I saw all of that stuff on the left, too... Isn't that scary/neat? I don't know how to explain this false memory other than to say, "It's my memory and it's very true." (And, yep, the music's always come from inside the shack...although it seems like it really should be coming from outside) I love the muggy atmosphere. You can FEEL Pirates. You can feel the very air. And add the sky, the fireflies, the (hopefully) quiet boat drifting along....mmmmmmmmmagic.
Originally Posted By DLTheo <<I love the muggy atmosphere. You can FEEL Pirates. You can feel the very air. And add the sky, the fireflies, the (hopefully) quiet boat drifting along....mmmmmmmmmagic.>> Yep, that right there is what I love about that ride. I can take or leave the scenes in town, the burning, the well, etc. But all the mood setting at the beginning is truly a bit of Disney magic!
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I'm going to go way out on a limb and tell you that the old man in the rocker wasn't there from day one. I think he appeared one or two years after the opening in 1967. Can anyone confirm?
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove My brother went to Grad Nite in 67. I believe his enthusiastic description included the man on his rocker. I know it included the man with the hairy leg over the bridge...that is burned into my 12 year old memory!
Originally Posted By 9oldmen I, too, remember the old man not appearing until some time in the 70's. I could be wrong. In addition to creating false memories, i.e., "remembering" things that never were there, there is also the opposite phenomenon: noticing details for the first time, after numerous rides, which were there the whole time, but which you are sure are "new additions". It happens when you go to a place like Disneyland where there is so much detail. No one, unless they have a photographic memory (if such a thing exists), should be expected to notice everything, and remember things exactly. The same thing happens with movies. How many people notice new things each time they watch "The Wizard Of Oz"? Then, there's the people you really have to wonder about. The ones who do things like look at the Matterhorn, and swear that "It used to be taller, didn't it?"
Originally Posted By monorailblue As far as the train is concerned, there is one set of rolling stock with seats that face forward, instead of into the park. The first row of each car faces the rear--your back is toward the engine. If you were rolling along in that seat, everything would appear on your left. So there's nothing crazy at all. What you remember could very well have been what you experienced.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>How many people notice new things each time they watch "The Wizard Of Oz"?<< You mean like the scarecrow packing heat?
Originally Posted By retlawfan <<I love the muggy atmosphere. You can FEEL Pirates. You can feel the very air. And add the sky, the fireflies, the (hopefully) quiet boat drifting along....>> the dinner rolls... <<mmmmmmmmmagic.>>
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove LOL! Best laugh I've had tonight! LOL! (Just the idea of that gentle soul packing heat is enough to make me cry!) LOL!
Originally Posted By DEDE71755 Went on POTC again sunday and the guy on the porch had his pipe back. so i was right about something missing just had the item wrong.
Originally Posted By smd4 >>>I, too, remember the old man not appearing until some time in the 70's. I could be wrong. In addition to creating false memories, i.e., "remembering" things that never were there, there is also the opposite phenomenon: noticing details for the first time, after numerous rides, which were there the whole time, but which you are sure are "new additions"<<< You mean like the Old Man not appearing until the 1970s, in your recollection??
Originally Posted By Indy_Rider08 he never had a banjo. I have a video of him but for some reason it wont let me put it on here Anyway he is just rocking back and forth on his rocking chair. The banjo i guess is just music to go along with with the scene.
Originally Posted By Cindermomster There used to be two trains. One did go in the opposite direction. Maybe you saw the dinos from the other train. Of course I'm not sure if the train that ran the other way was still there after the dinos were put in. Grand Canyon came first, dinos came later. Yes, this is tellling, but I remember.
Originally Posted By Cindermomster Nope, no banjo. Just a pipe and rocker. Funny thing is I remember him appearing in the 1970's too. He wasn't there the first couple of times I rode.
Originally Posted By crazycroc I'll go watch Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow and report back as to weather I see the guy.
Originally Posted By smd4 "There used to be two trains. One did go in the opposite direction. Maybe you saw the dinos from the other train. Of course I'm not sure if the train that ran the other way was still there after the dinos were put in." Okay, I jsut want to point out that this is COMPLETELY INCORRECT. Never once did a train go in any other direction but clockwise around the Magic Kingdom. Ever.
