Originally Posted By Hista98 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 of course it was open, by that time the redo was done, plus the matterhorn wasn't part of the redo as it remained untouched.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I posted links for 1974's "Sandy in Disneyland" and 1980's "Kraft Salutes DL's 25th Anniversary" on YouTube, but they've been taken off. The latter was hosted by Danny Kaye, who would host the EPCOT opening with Drew Barrymore (well, I think she was just a guest). Drew would indeed do DL's 30th with John Forsythe. Meanwhile, Marie Osmond was a guest on both specials, while The Jackson Five was a guest on "Sandy" and a lone Michael was a guest for the 25th. I think I prefer the older DL specials to the new ones...I can't stand the new WDW Xmas parades...In fact, when was the last time DL actually had a special? Wasn't it for DCA? If I recall, that special wasn't very good, although the ones for LightMagic and Tomorrowland 98 (syndicated, hosted by Alex Trebek) were decent. We need another random Celeb-at-DL special...some singing, some dancing, but a lot of shots of the stars actually riding and enjoying the rides...someone likable and not necessarily on the Disney payroll... Heck I'll even take the pairing of Disney-Loving Celeb with Disney-disliking Celeb-Who-Later-Likes-It-At-The-End-of-The-Special.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 The construction was definitely done in stages and sections. The entire land was not closed all at once that I remember. I believe moving the Carrousel was one of the first things they did. I visited Disneyland in June of 1982, before I moved to SoCal and one dark ride section was under construction, then, while the rides on the other side were still operating. The Carrousel had already been moved. The Tuna Boat & Scull Rock were still there. I have a picture of this. I moved to CA in August and visited once or twice more that year. To my regret, I wasn't so much into taking pictures of everything going on back then, so I didn't really get any photos of the construction other than the one I mentioned. I do remember riding the Skyway over the construction, but, it was at night. The late Heather O'Roarke was the little girl in the Fantasyland special, which was titled "Believe You Can... And, You Can!" along with Morey Amsterdam.
