Originally Posted By Hista98 So i know that it reopened in may of 1983, but does anyone know when the redo started? also did they have the whole land closed or was it done in sections??
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I can't remember exactly when it closed, but yes, pretty much the whole land was closed. If I recall, It's a Small World and the Matterhorn may have been open in stints, but they closed the whole thing and redid it. It made the DCA redo seem small potatoes in comparison (not talking about the attractions, but the way the refurb project was done)
Originally Posted By Hista98 i know dca took forever to build. what was wierd was is that they were done with it by july 200 buyt left it closed til 2001 due to testing
Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ He said DCA redo, not the original building of. They didn't have to worry about guests inside the park when they first built DCA, but it is one of the things they have to worry about during the redo, hence the comparison to fantasyland 83. - Anatole
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo According to Yesterland, work began in 1981 <a href="http://www.yesterland.com/pirateship.html" target="_blank">http://www.yesterland.com/pira...hip.html</a> And it was definately closed by 1982.
Originally Posted By HMButler1979 According to the Nickel Tour, Snow White and The FL Theatre closed in the Winter of '81 w/ Toad, Pan, and Alice closing in Spring of '82
Originally Posted By monorailblue During the reconstruction, the Skyway ran, at least part of the time. It was round-trip from Tomorrowland only, but you could ride out over the construction, and ride back. I did that once with my dad at a SoCal Gas private party. A good memory.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I recall being there late in summer of '81 and they'd already started demolition on the hamburger stand that used to be where the Village Haus is now.
Originally Posted By tonyanton Does anyone remember the TV special about the re-opening? I think it was about some little girl who was sad because she was moving away and wouldn't get to see Fantasyland before it reopened.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ya, I was looking for it on Youtube, but it does not appear to be there. It was not just a case of not seeing it, she was upset she would not be able to say goodbye to her friends beforehand.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Disney theme park TV specials during the 70's and the 80's were the worst. Does anyone remember the TV special for the opening of WDW's Space Mountain, staring the one and only Lucy Arnez? Horrible.
Originally Posted By RTShark77 I was there in 83 and MH was open.thats all remember went with an old girl friend and we all we remember our dating days lol
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL >>>Does anyone remember the TV special for the opening of WDW's Space Mountain, staring the one and only Lucy Arnez? Horrible.<<< OMG, is THAT who that was...totally agree, truly , TRULY awful!! Does anyone recall if the New Fantasyland special was the one that starred Danny Kaye and Drew Barrymore? If so, I actually thought that one was kind of cute.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I think Drew and Danny were for the EPCOT Center opening....Drew returned with John Forsythe ("Dynasty") for the DL 30th TV special.
Originally Posted By SFH Wasn't the Fantasyland preview special featuring that girl from "Poltergeist"?
