Remember When...

Originally Posted By danyoung

>Remember when video cameras were two parts? The camera part was wired to a "portable" recorder.<

Broadcast cameras were the same way. I think I'm a couple inches shorter from my years traveling around the world with a 30 pound deck on my left shoulder and a 20 pound camera on my right!

 

Originally Posted By mrkthompsn

Remember everybody's gawd-awful gym shorts, tube socks and dark blue sneakers?

 

Originally Posted By Fe Maiden

^^^I remember a trip around '80-81 where a good portion of my wardrobe included those old Adidas matching shirts and shorts. I think I had every color they came in.

 

Originally Posted By Mouskateer

Remember when they had singing waiters at Flagler's at the Grand Floridian..

 

Originally Posted By mickey_ring

If it was posted here already I 'pologize for the repeat, but it had a real impact on me and my wife.
Remember when a specific WDW landmark was a pink cake? My hands were just shaking as I typed that. We were there with our infant daughter who had colic and was a screamer.
Before, during and after that WDW trip we were in a daze of disbelief at all the screaming, then the castle is pink. It was like some nasty alternate reality.

 

Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire

I think that is something nobody wanted to bring up lol

I remember that big pink...thing. ugh.

 

Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum

I'll take the "wand" and the "hat" over the "cake" any day of the week.

 

Originally Posted By wdwfan1

Remember when you could spend a week in Disney with half as much money as you do now.. : (

 

Originally Posted By mrichmondj

Remember when you could whoop it up in Whoop 'n Holler Hollow?

 

Originally Posted By NJFIREGUY

Remember Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit

Rememer Universe of Energy before someone said "gee We need and Ellen Degeneres Animatronic"

Remember taking pictures of Spaceship Earth from the "Sprial Staircase" of World of motion

Remember the first time you tasted Beverly

Remember Mickey Ice Cream Bars with the dipped ears vanilla face and choclate eyes and mouth

"when the car stops please step out to your right, step out your right please"

Remember when they made attractions for movies not movies for attractions (I swear if they put an Eddie Murphy AA in HM Ill go nuts)

Remember 20K nice to see they are making good use of the space

 

Originally Posted By xzoocrew

"Remember Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit"

My wife and I would sing this to each and laugh out loud. It was simple fun. This thread is kind of bittersweet. Somethings have been replaced and maybe they should have but gosh darn it I liked them.

 

Originally Posted By Lewis Goofy

Remember Stargate,The Studio Pizzeria, and Town Square Cafe.

 

Originally Posted By wdwfan1

<<"Remember Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit">>

<<Remember Stargate,The Studio Pizzeria, and Town Square Cafe.>>

Those were th singing fruits and veggies at The Land, am I correct???

Oh... I just loved the pizza when it wasen't round...

 

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Originally Posted By vbdad55

remember when they didn't have to erect restrictive gates at the entrance to ride cars and people were actually smart enough to wait until the rides stopped to get on ?

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

Remember when whole families could have fun togeather?

 

Originally Posted By wdwfan1

<<Remember when the MK was as clean and spotless as TDL continues to be now a days??
(sorry wdwfan2, could not resist )>>>

I will be in MK on the 30th of March.. I will take a good hard look.. There is one thing I've been thinking.. Being that your at the park as a CM or visiting there practically every day, since you live so close.. Do you think that the more often your there, the more negatives you see.. The average guest visits less then once a year or even once a month like I do... Odds are, if you spend large amounts of time in MK your bound to see more then the average guests do...

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

First up... I am not a CM. I was one back in 1981... and yes, being there often does make me more awared of the negatives, especially after visiting TDR a few days before going to WDW, But believe it or not... I can spot negatives as well at TDR when they grab my attention, but they are so so so so so infrequent over WDW's regularly frequent and very evident problems. Sorry if some of you get offended by it but I am just stating facts on what I see at both WDW and TDR on a regular basis.

 

Originally Posted By wdwfan1

Well we all go there (Parks) to enjoy them.. I guess when it really really jumps out at me I pay attention, but I try not to look for trouble... I want to enjoy and be happy, because.. lest we forget.. It's The Happiest Place On Earth"

 

Originally Posted By danyoung

>remember when they didn't have to erect restrictive gates at the entrance to ride cars and people were actually smart enough to wait until the rides stopped to get on ?<

I actually don't have a problem with this, as the gates are in no way intrusive to my enjoyment of the attractions. Unlike those stupid safety warnings at the beginning of Spaceship Earth, which totally distract from the immersion in the ride story.

>Do you think that the more often your there, the more negatives you see..<

Bingo. I was just there 2 weeks ago, and saw absolutely nothing to indicate that quality and cleanliness were declining. I wasn't going out of my way to look for it, but I wasn't wandering around with Disney pixie dust in my eyes, either. Every place - EVERY PLACE - will have times when something slips, when someone misses a round, where things get out of whack. But I just don't see the epidemic.

>Sorry if some of you get offended by it but I am just stating facts on what I see at both WDW and TDR on a regular basis.<

Hey, I'm long past being offended by you, my friend. And as I've said many times before, we need many watchdogs to keep the Disney bigwigs in line. But where we differ is in the degree of any kind of problem. You will actively recommend that others stay away from the MK due to its filthiness and the general shabbiness of the place. And I very strongly disagree with that, and can disagree from the viewpoint of a very recent visit.