Originally Posted By xrayvision >>1986–1996, Big Thunder Ranch<<?????? Don't we still have Big Thunder Ranch behind BTMR. I know that the ranch goes through various overlays; but I thought the "Big Thunder Ranch" monkier still remained.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<<Never got to ride it, but they are coming back, albeit in a different form.> OK, I usually keep up on new things in DL, but I don't think I've read about new flying saucers! Or maybe I did, and just forgot. >> The new ride being developed will be in Cars Land in DCA. Instead of flying saucers, guests will "fly" Luigi's tires.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "I remember the Fantasyland Theater well. Does anyone remember the Welch's Grape Juice Bar that was nearby?" I wasn't born yet.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The grape juice there was always SUPER-cold, as I remember. Colder than in your fridge at home. So it always tasted just a little different (and better - in the way that hot dogs taste better at the ballpark). But Space Mist Punch (from the stand underneath the PM/RJ platform) and a frozen banana of the sort they had in the 60's/70's (way better than today's stale-nut variety) were THE summer nighttime snack for me.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ohhhh, I thought it was my imagination that Frozen Bananas were different now. I used to love them in the 70's (along with the grape juice bar and a tuna sandwich from Chicken of the Sea. MMMMMmmmmm I also miss the perfume place Mme Antoinnette's (?) in NOS where people could mix their own perfumes. As well as the one of a kind shop and of course the geode shop.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<The grape juice there was always SUPER-cold, as I remember.>> Yup. And the white grape juice was infinitely superior to the standard purple. At least for me. Drinks at DL are the things I remember most fondly, given the hot summers. White grape juice in Fantasyland, fresh-squeezed OJ at Sunkist on Main Street, the Jungle Julep drink at Sunkist I Presume in Adventureland, and my personal fave, the Tahitian Terrace Punch at Tahitian Terrace, which tasted like a combination of Jungle Julep and the standard Hawaiian Punch from the grocery store. When you were hot and parched during a long summer's day at DL, nothing topped these drinks. Sad to think I haven't been nostalgic for any DL drink in decades. It's all fairly generic now.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh man, that Tahitian Terrace punch was like nectar from the gods, I used to adore it (and everything else about the place). I was upset because our last time at DL, the only place we could get a virgin mint julep was the Blue Bayou, the other outlet near the train station never seemed to be open.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Sad to think I haven't been nostalgic for any DL drink in decades. It's all fairly generic now.> $3.00 bottle of Diet Coke doesn't do it for you, huh? . Thanks for the great DL beverage memories. I remember the first time I had Knott's boysenberry punch in the 1970s -- wow! Great stuff!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Another fav, and one of the few reasons (along with the pie and stage coach ride) to go to Knott's still. Mmmmmmmm, Boysenberry.
Originally Posted By Ohana The boysenberry punch is GREAT, and thanks Knott's for bringing back Pepsi!! AND I could sit in Mrs. Knott's all day and eat those biscuits smothered in boysenberry jam. YUMMMMMMM
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA We used to be able to buy the Knott's boysenberry punch concentrate at the grocery store and make it at home.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh cool, the only one I remember being able to get in the grocery store was the jam and pancake syrup. In the UK, not even those are available. Nobody seems to have ever heard of a boysenberry over here. I do love the boysenberry pie most of all though (or a funnel cake with boysenberries and whipped cream is good too) Though I was really disappointed with my chicken dinner last time.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 A boysenberry, remember, is a hybrid (invented by Mr. Knott and Mr. Boysen), not a natural berry, so it's quite possible it's not available in the UK. < Oh man, that Tahitian Terrace punch was like nectar from the gods, I used to adore it (and everything else about the place).> Me too. Best restaurant DL ever had. I did prefer the Space Mist punch, though. Mostly because they kept it so cold it actually "misted" and was sooooo good on a hot summer night when TL really jumped after dark.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Seeds are available, but very expensive and hard to grow here (I tried in the late 80's). Space Mist was good too. But the whole entering the restaurant and having a lei put on you like in Fantasy Island (to me as a kid anyway), being led to your seat, sipping on the punch as the waterfal parted and the band, dancers and firewalkers performed, pur magic. Add in the terryaki steak, rice and the fruit salad, yum.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Nah, it was all about the mahi mahi. I like mahi anyway, but they really prepared it nice, and had a good sauce on it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I might add it was the first place I ever had mahi mahi. It just sounded so Hawaiian I had to try it!
Originally Posted By friarthe <It seems weird to say it today, but I also always got a kick out of the display of coming attractions they used to have on Main Street. Something about having something to look forward to on your next visit.> I vividly remember looking at the Dumbo's Circus / Discovery Bay model and thinking it would be the coolest thing Disney ever built. (So grateful to eventually see TDS and DLP!) And those bananas -- they were IMPORTANT when I was little. Been jonzing for one the last few weeks. Maybe tonight - frozen banana in the rain?
Originally Posted By Dreamerica I remember the grape juice bar too, and the neat murals of the grape people on the walls!
Originally Posted By onlyme Oh man. I remember and rode everything that you guys have mentioned, except for the flying saucers. I love seeing the clip of the man riding those saucers with a big fat cigar in his mouth. Anyway, I miss it all. Now, the question remains: do I miss these attractions because I absolutely loved them at the time they were in operation or do I miss them because I'm a nostalgic old koot that longs (in some ways) for the DL of old. Sometimes, you don't appreciate things 'til they're gone.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance By the way Hans, I was just kidding about not being born when that Grape juice bar was around. I'm no spring chicken anymore.
