Originally Posted By Friar Tuck and Roll Remember having Guidebooks with maps of each individual land or pavilion in the case of EPCOT Center instead of the cummbersome guidemaps they give now?
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum Remember PoTC before it was Pirates of the "Politically Correct" Carribean?
Originally Posted By Labuda Remember Hall of Presidents before they ruined it by giving the sitting President (whoever s/he may be) a speaking role?
Originally Posted By tonyanton Along the lines of post #81, remember when the guidebooks had a brief description of each attraction, shop, and food location?
Originally Posted By mickey_ring For post 80... I was 11 in 1976 when my family flew to WDW. Somewhere in a shoebox there is 8mm silent color film of taxiing planes close-up outside at Orl Airport. Close up even though the old, wind-up movie camera had no zoom feature! Close up 'cause the planes were RIGHT THERE by the fence.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Remeber when SNOW WHITE was a PG-13 ride?< I don't think Otown has quite figgered out this thread . . .
Originally Posted By Mouskateer Remember When They Had Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes At MK Pic Below <a href="http://www.myfilestash.com/userfiles/karol4u/Karols" target="_blank">http://www.myfilestash.com/use rfiles/karol4u/Karols</a>%20Pix/canoes.jpg
Originally Posted By Mouskateer sorry.... <a href="http://www.myfilestash.com/use" target="_blank">http://www.myfilestash.com/use</a> rfiles/karol4u/Karols%20Pix/canoes.jpg
Originally Posted By Labuda (I loved the canoes! Rode canoes for the 2nd time ever on July 15, 2005 - 18 years to the day since I first rode them out east @ WDW - yay to Disneyland for still having them!!! And yay to the 21 other LPers who joined me for this momentus occasion!) Remember when you FIRST set foot on Disney property and originally felt that magical feeling you still feel today?
Originally Posted By Mouskateer <<<Remember when you FIRST set foot on Disney property and originally felt that magical feeling you still feel today? >> Never had the opportunity to ride the canoes... : ( But our children are grown and the two of us still get goosebumps when we walk down Main St and see the castle..
Originally Posted By Blue Ridge Marie Remember when a live steel drum band played in Adventureland? Magic shop on Main Street? Mickey Mouse Revue?
Originally Posted By smctopia Relive all these memories and more at my page... Visit Walt Dated World <a href="http://waltdatedworld.bravepages.com" target="_blank">http://waltdatedworld.bravepag es.com</a>
Originally Posted By avromark Remember the trip to WDW, in your then new 82/86/89 Chevy Caprice Estate wagon, complete with brushed aluminum around the windows, chrome rocker panels, and wood siding, sitting in the velour seats facing backwards with the window down, and being happy with your cassette walkman and a cooler at your feet? Before DVD players, Nav systems, integrated iPod, electronic tri-zone air conditioners When you had to yell at the front to put down/up the window, wait for someone to open the door? Remember when there was no such thing as a "value" resort? Remember the cleanliness and being one of the only people in your class who got to go to "both" Disney parks? Remember when you could attend the opening of a new park? Remember when you could go to River Country and relax? Remember when your trailer would pull your SUV in the strong wind? Remember having the awe of a child? Remember the side trips to that big "Garden" place, seeing gators etc? Remember the Xanadu (spelling) home?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost One of the sadist things one could have is too good a memory. I remember going with the family to Kissimmee and staying in an Econo Lodge close to Xanadu. This was in the mid 80's. The hotel was new had a really nice pool and jacuzzi. Out front along 192 was a drainage ditch with a nice little landscaped wooden bridge over it. I have pictures of my girls standing on it. Last year I stayed fairly close to that hotel so I walked over to check it out. The Pool and Jacuzzi had been filled in and covered with concrete for a cheesy patio with a couple of chairs, the exterior was falling down in places and the bridge, still there, was rotted and unable to hold anyone up. It was surrounded by beer cans, plastic bottles and junk. Sad is the only acceptable word I can come up with and I wish my memory was as good as it is. Very depressing.
Originally Posted By Mouskateer Remember when the train cars at PI weren't used for just ticket booths.. But for the train at Ft. Wilderness... <a href="http://www.filehigh.com/serve/14469/124240.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.filehigh.com/serve/ 14469/124240.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Remember - Long ... before ... the ol' Model-T! Remember when driving up World Drive was a L-O-N-G Drive? Remember tuning into the Welcome to WDW AM Station as soon as you entered World Drive? Remember the You're-almost-there WDW AM Station when you crossed the FL/GA state line? Remember the absence of EPCOT Center Drive? Remember when the Grand Floridian Resort was nothing but marshland? Remember when the Grand Floridian Resort was brand-spank'n new? Remember when the Contemporary Resort was the king hotel of any hotel anywhere? Remember when the Contemporary had a giant arcade - and no convention hall? Remember when the Magic Kingdom parking lot would fill up far beyond the back of the lot, well into the grassy knolls? Remember when any parking lot was well managed? Remember the rows of concrete pylons in the Magic Kingdom parking lot leading to who-knows-where? (Future monorail to EPCOT Center) Remember "The Vacation Kingdom". Remember when you could stand in front of the American Adventure and see out into the Lagoon? Remember when you couldn't wait to ride the greatest waterslides ever - in River Country? Remember the glory days of NO FASTPASS? Remember Earth Station? Remember the Odessey Restraunt? Remember the spinning drum full of plants in Listen to the Land? Remember when World Showcase didn't have the two open-air buildings up front selling merchandise? Remember the Swan Boats? Remember the World Showcase Transporation System, which included the ferry boats across the lagoon? Remember when the Lagoon was pretty much clear and free of fireworks apparatus and was free of explosive by products? Remember when Tom Sawyer's Island was actually a pretty popular attraction? Remember Exxon? GE? Eastern Airlines? The Edison Electric Institute? Kraft? United Technologies? Bell Systems? Sperry Univac? RCA? Kikkoman? Remember the all-new Chevy Lumina in the World of Motion? Remember the little Maglev train model in Transcenter? Remember Mike Fink's Keelboats? Remember the Rainbow Tunnel? the pin tables? Figment's touch screen paint? the bubble machine? the sound stepping stones? the electronic symphony? the electronic kalidescope? - and the pretty elevator that reached all of that? Remember Bit? Remember PRE - Mickey's Birthdayland? Remember PRE - Splash Mountain? Remember PRE - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad? Remember when you had to ~wear~ your Worldpassport on a lanyard around your neck? (when it was a substitute for the individual tickets). Remember the "Tops" in Communicore? Remember the EPCOT Center Educational Outreach Center in Communicore? Remember the celebration of the LATEST addition to World Showcase, oh say, ~~20~~ years ago?? Oh I could go on and on and on.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney This is the best topic thread on this board in a long time. So many memories ... sad that so many things just are gone in the bigger is better world of WDW marketing. Anyone remember the perfume shop in Liberty Square? How about eating fried chicken and lemeonade on the porch of Aunt Polly's? Or have a frozen grape bar at the Welch's juice bar? Remember when busses only went to DD and thru the FW campground, and there was no hiddeous depot in front of the MK? Remember when the parks were open late enough that you could actually park hop at 10:30 p.m.? Remember when there wasn't a single traffic light on property? But Jack Wagner was on WDW Radio giving you up to date welcome information? Remember when there were restaurants at WDW that had REAL, ENFORCED dress codes? Remember when strollers weren't double-wide and never had a child over age 3 or 4 riding? Remember when the Disney-MGM Studios at a real two hour-plus studio tour? Remember having a drink at the Catwalk bar? Remember when you had to book years in advance to get a room (at rack rate) at any WDW resort for the holidays and summer breaks? Remember when ODV didn't exist -- and carts selling cheap glow swords were the stuff of circuses? Remember the Epcot Circus Spectacular? Remember when both halves of Epcot opened at the same time -- and closed at the same time? Remember when people weren't afraid to wonder off WDW grounds? Remember a WDW withOUT character meals, pin lanyards, timeshares and extra magic hours that still had so much more to offer? Oh well ... I have family visiting from New England and have been touring them around, and they notice so many of the things I do. And they aren't huge Disney fans like me. But I had a hard time explaining to my sister's husband why the Adventureland Veranda has been mothballed since 1993 yet the Pirate and the Parrot, which expanded into all the shops that used to be there for seating, is almost never open anyway. And from my SO who just walked in ... 'Remember when you couldn't buy McDonald's fries or those disgusting turkey legs in the MK?' I am not against change, but a thread like this shows that most of what's been lost hasn't been replaced by anything of substance.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Remember the World Showcase Transporation System, which included the ferry boats across the lagoon?< Umm, yeah, I remembered them just last week when I rode on the ferry. . .
