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Johnny_Cage
08-20-2009, 04:14 PM
- When churros were a $1
- Michael Jackson's 3D "ride"
- The submarine ride before Nemo

keep it going, should be interesting to show how old we are.

Kayla's Mom
08-20-2009, 06:03 PM
I remember when there was a Fantasyland Autopia AND the one currently in Tomorrowland.

I remember being scared of Adventures Through Innerspace thinking that you really did shrink! I don't think I ever went on that ride....:laughing:

I remember being scared of the Tron portion of the People Mover. :scared1:

Good idea for a thread! popcorn::

darph nader
08-20-2009, 06:47 PM
I remember Ticket books,and the admission was $12.50.
No fantasmic,occasional fireworks,Frontierland b/4 BTMRR.
Small crowds,$7.50 t-shirts.(man,I'm showing my age)

Stacerita
08-20-2009, 07:20 PM
I remember parking in the Disneyland Parking Lot, and not the Parking Structure. And the parking entrance was on Harbor Blvd.

Johnny_Cage
08-20-2009, 07:38 PM
I remember parking in the Disneyland Parking Lot, and not the Parking Structure. And the parking entrance was on Harbor Blvd.

I somewhat remember that when I was a kid. What year was that? Early 90s right?

Stacerita
08-20-2009, 07:40 PM
I somewhat remember that when I was a kid. What year was that? Early 90s right?

Yep, before DCA.

Johnny_Cage
08-20-2009, 07:41 PM
I remember staying at Pan Pacific Hotel before it was called Paradise Pier.

Stacerita
08-20-2009, 07:43 PM
I remember when the Halloween party was at Disneyland, not DCA.

PrincessShmoo
08-20-2009, 07:57 PM
The Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland
Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse
Hall of Chemistry
House of the Future
Capt'n Hooks Restaurant
Fantasyland Theater (a real indoor theater with cartoons)
Tahitian Terrace Restaurant
Mission to the Moon (before Mars)
and DHs favorite: the Flying Saucers

:tink:

:cutie:

PinkBudgie
08-20-2009, 08:04 PM
The Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland
Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse
Hall of Chemistry
House of the Future
Capt'n Hooks Restaurant
Fantasyland Theater (a real indoor theater with cartoons)
Tahitian Terrace Restaurant
Mission to the Moon (before Mars)
and DHs favorite: the Flying Saucers

:tink:

:cutie:

Wow! :thumbsup2

I remember wearing an all day ride pass pinned to my shirt when you had a choice between that and a ticket book.

I remember Adventure Thru Inner Space ( "The Microscope Ride" ) was my favoirte ride.

I remeber the sky baskets.

I remember going to DL with my parents right after I met my future husband. I kept thinking I saw him everywhere. :lovestruc

I remember when DH and I went DL while DCA was under construction and we were so excited to see that and DTD when it was finished! :goodvibes

DLR29
08-20-2009, 08:07 PM
Because I'm so young, I have some more recent ones:

I remember...
-Waiting in line for at least an hour for JC during Christmas, using all of the upstairs queue
-When Star Tours, Pooh, HM, IASWH, and Pirates had FP
-Rocket Rods (I loved them when I was like 8) and its queue that was SO long
-(vaguely) the old sub ride
-Going to DL in December 2000 and seeing the construction of DCA, thinking "whoah, that roller coaster looks SO cool!" (hey, give me a break, I was 8 ;) )
-That was also the trip when FP was brand new and that was the coolest thing ever; to be able to skip the lines. :thumbsup2

Johnny_Cage
08-20-2009, 08:09 PM
The Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland
Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse
Hall of Chemistry
House of the Future
Capt'n Hooks Restaurant
Fantasyland Theater (a real indoor theater with cartoons)
Tahitian Terrace Restaurant
Mission to the Moon (before Mars)
and DHs favorite: the Flying Saucers

:tink:

:cutie:

I remembered the treehouse back in 94. It was aweseome!

Stacerita
08-20-2009, 08:36 PM
I remember when the Electrical Parade was the Main Street Electrical Parade.

jlmarr
08-20-2009, 08:40 PM
I remember seeing the Matterhorn under construction, the Midget Autopia, the Satellite View of America, the 20,000 Leagues exhibit, and getting vitamin samples at the Upjohn Pharmacy on Main St.

Stacerita
08-20-2009, 08:52 PM
I remember Videopolis and being jealous that I was too young to hang out there.

PinkBudgie
08-20-2009, 08:55 PM
Anyone remember the ladies underware store on Main Street? Before my time, but it sure seems like an odd store to have at DL. :lmao:

KAT4DISNEY
08-20-2009, 11:08 PM
I remember:

The Mule Ride
Ticket books
When the monorail went to DL Hotel
America Sings
Watching them test Rocket Rods (but it was gone before I got back there again!)
The Skyway and passing thru the Matterhorn
Pirate ship in Fantasyland

Peri
08-21-2009, 06:17 AM
The mule train - my very favorite!
Tuna sandwiches on the pirate ship.
Wearing a DRESS and socks to Disneyland
My mother wearing a DRESS, pearls (a la June Cleaver) and HEELS all day!
The total thrill of being in California and going to Disneyland - year after year for so many years.
Thanks, Walt and Mickey!

nunzia
08-21-2009, 07:46 AM
Memories!
I remember:
Adventure through Inner Space
Mine Train Mules
Flying Saucers
Monsanto House of the Future
E Tickets
REAL Mermaids in the Submarine Lagoon
The Fantasyland Skyway
The Saga Hotel (don't know exctly where it was, but it had a mini golf place by it)
I have an old mini Blue Bayou menu and Monte Cristos were $2.25
Then when my own kids were little, we'd go to the shop on main street where they took your familie's picture then super imposed Disney-esque stuff around it..like early photoshop..then you picked it up later in the day.

Wow..I'm old

nunzia
08-21-2009, 07:47 AM
The mule train - my very favorite!
Tuna sandwiches on the pirate ship.
Wearing a DRESS and socks to Disneyland
My mother wearing a DRESS, pearls (a la June Cleaver) and HEELS all day!
The total thrill of being in California and going to Disneyland - year after year for so many years.
Thanks, Walt and Mickey!

YES! I have a picture of my grandmother standing in front of the Chicken of the Sea ship..
and I second your thanks to Walt....

pixiewings71
08-21-2009, 02:43 PM
I remember parking in the Disneyland Parking Lot, and not the Parking Structure. And the parking entrance was on Harbor Blvd.

I remember that!!! My first trip the parking lot was where DCA is now. :)

- When churros were a $1
- Michael Jackson's 3D "ride"
- The submarine ride before Nemo

keep it going, should be interesting to show how old we are.

I remember the subs and Captain EO.

I remember when the Electrical Parade was the Main Street Electrical Parade.

First time I saw the EP was my first trip, DL only, no DCA. I still love the EP! :lovestruc

YES! I have a picture of my grandmother standing in front of the Chicken of the Sea ship..
and I second your thanks to Walt....

I 3rd it!! I was 21 my first trip to DL, it was a quick day or two, we used old WDW no expiration passes to get in. My next trip was years later, DD9 was a baby, she didn't go with us, she stayed at Gma's in Oceanside while my ex and I took the 2 older girls, DD13 was 4, DD21 was 12, we got 2 day tickets, still no DCA, just DL. DCA construction was annouced a couple years later IIRC. Let's see, we didn't get back until April 06, we had a GREAT time, so much so that we went back July 07 and upgraded to APs at that time. So for me the memories aren't as old school as some, but it doesn't matter, the memories are still magical. :)

Oh, here's one, I remember the old school character meals!! My first trip we did one, we went to a CS place and got a prepacked breakfast at the counter and sat down at the tables (think Coke Corner tables and the ready packed fruit plates at RBT, but they also had eggs and pancakes that way I think.....) then the characters came around to see you. I remember Mickey was there but honestly I don't remember where it was.....

Disneylvrforever
08-21-2009, 06:34 PM
Let's see, I remember...

In DL:
When the Old Hag acutally had an apple in her hand & not a hologram (she scared me so much)
When Ursula dominated the stage in Fantasmic (she scared me too)
Watching the Disney version of the Nutcracker @ the Fantasyland Theatre (the Rat King was so scary)
When everyone started dancing @ the end of Captain EO after defeating that creepy spider looking lady (why does Disney have so many scary things?)
Seeing the abomidable snowman on the Skyway (hi Harold!)
Being too scared to go on the Astro Jets bc they were too high
When the Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthough had scary looking dolls
When Delta Airlines hosted CircleVision
Seeing the CircleVision lobby from the People Mover
The Monorail Cafe & having a placemat where you had to find Mickey (like Where's Waldo)
The old Goofy's Kitchen w/ characters on the wall & Stromboli's, where GK's is now
When the atmosphere character Capt. Hook didn't smile (why is he now?)
When you didn't have to be @ least 5' to ride in the front of Splash Mt. (apparently you do now since a CM didn't let my little cousin ride in the front)
When the park would close early a lot (on the weekends) for private parties (they were so fun)
Mickey's Halloween Treat in 1995 & the candy being held in a cauldron (my bf Prince Phillip was also there :lovestruc)
The DL Marathon (not half) & meeting Indy for the 1st time
My friend's mom loosing her car in the huge parking lot
Waiting for the light blue & beige tram to make it's stops in the parking lot

In DCA (hey, they might be the newest, but they have an evolving history too):
Eating @ the ABC Bistro
Riding Superstar Limo (the agent was creepy, but everything else was cool)
ABC Primetime Weekends (I saw John Ritter there weeks before he passed away :sad1:)
When they had X Games pros come & seeing ramps on the Golden State stage
Being there the same day as when the 5th Dimension was to perform (I wish I stuck around to see them, I love Aquarius)
Watching the Hyperion's 1st Show Steps in Time w/ kids in a bed & an eccentric fairy godmother

GRUMPY PIRATE
08-21-2009, 06:40 PM
buying extra e-tickets from a booth near main street.

PrincessShmoo
08-22-2009, 05:14 PM
buying extra e-tickets from a booth near main street.


If you are talking about the ticket booth at the Train Station - I remember..... working there!
:cutie:

GRUMPY PIRATE
08-22-2009, 05:38 PM
If you are talking about the ticket booth at the Train Station - I remember..... working there!
:cutie:

Hmm, first time I visited was 1971.

jernysgirl
08-23-2009, 02:18 PM
Then when my own kids were little, we'd go to the shop on main street where they took your familie's picture then super imposed Disney-esque stuff around it..like early photoshop..then you picked it up later in the day.



We have one of these pictures too! That was probably mid-to-late 80's?


Others that I remember:
* The Skyway Buckets
* When the Electrical Parade was actually on Main Street
* The Hunchback & Pocahontas stage shows
* The original Castle walk-through
* Being there opening week of Splash (that line took forever! :lmao:)
* Cruising on the People Mover
* Loving the Country Bear Jamboree
* Watching Captain E-O
* Seeing Ducktales and the Gummi Bears in a parade
* The Subs before Nemo
* The Swiss Family Treehouse
* The Mike Fink Keelboats

nunzia
08-24-2009, 08:01 AM
We have one of these pictures too! That was probably mid-to-late 80's?


Others that I remember:
* The Skyway Buckets
* When the Electrical Parade was actually on Main Street
* The Hunchback & Pocahontas stage shows
* The original Castle walk-through
* Being there opening week of Splash (that line took forever! :lmao:)
* Cruising on the People Mover
* Loving the Country Bear Jamboree
* Watching Captain E-O
* Seeing Ducktales and the Gummi Bears in a parade
* The Subs before Nemo
* The Swiss Family Treehouse
* The Mike Fink Keelboats
I miss the Peoplemover :(
Isn't there a rumor they are redoing Swiss Family Robinson? Maybe they'll bring back the PROPER Treehouse!
I remember they used to have a REAL early entry thing..it was part of a package and included breakfast at Tomorrowland Terrace. You could ride rides like crazy, and then right when the park opened go get your breakfast, nice one too! And some characters would walk around. We were there on one of thse packages when Indy opened and we went round and round..rode it 4 times in a row...what fun.

Lynzer Torte
08-24-2009, 02:07 PM
I miss the Peoplemover :(
Isn't there a rumor they are redoing Swiss Family Robinson? Maybe they'll bring back the PROPER Treehouse!
I remember they used to have a REAL early entry thing..it was part of a package and included breakfast at Tomorrowland Terrace. You could ride rides like crazy, and then right when the park opened go get your breakfast, nice one too! And some characters would walk around. We were there on one of thse packages when Indy opened and we went round and round..rode it 4 times in a row...what fun.

I remember that too! They had it the first time we went in 97. You'd get a nice bfast at Tomorrowland Terrace and there would be a few characters mingling with guests.
Now THAT was the way to do "Early Entry"!:lovestruc

DizMe
08-25-2009, 07:00 AM
Lots of good ones!

I remember always getting a big Welch's grape juice from their stand. I can't remember where it was...somewhere near Coke Corner?

My favorite ride when I was a kid: The Flying Saucers

Having teryaki chicken and coconut cake while watching the live show at the Tahitian Terrace

Riding the vehicles on Main St. because that was about all you could do with those particular tickets (A?)

Partying at the Neon Cactus once (at the old DLH)

Staying in a cabana room next to the Oriental Garden at DLH

Paddle boats on the "lake" at DLH and wondering how on earth they managed to get so much dye in the water :lmao:

Carousel of Progress

Walking from the Magic Lantern Motel across Katella and directly into the DL parking lot entrance

Wearing a dress, stiff petticoat and gloves to DL

Wearing white pedal pushers and a striped "surfer" t-shirt to DL

Wearing a bell-bottom suit to DL

Wearing a sundress to DL

Wearing jeans to DL

Wearing sweats to DL

Mary Jo
08-25-2009, 07:37 AM
My memories include:

* Riding the mules. I used to really look forward to that
* Train through Nature's Wonderland
* The Frito Restaurant
* The Matterhorn with two holes for the baskets
* The Matterhorn bobsleds ride being so much lighter and you could look up and see the baskets above you
* Carousel of Progress
* Golden Horseshoe Saloon show (I used to love that show)
* When Pirates of the Caribbean opened and the first time riding on it. The ride convinced me it was dark already & I was surprised it was still daylight outside
* Skull Rock
* The anniversary where you would win a prize everytime you went to Disneyland. I won plenty of ice cream bars, and once won a free trip to Disneyland (I think that was the 30th)
* Dancing with Mary Poppins in front of it's a Small World
* Disneyland without Toontown
* Going on the Peoplemover and looking down on the Tomorrowland attractions. I used to think that was so cool, and then they had Tron, then they went to a speedway type room
* Party Gras Parade, Lion King Celebration, & the Hercules & Mulan parades
* Riding the monorail to the DL Hotel, but never getting off
* Tahitian Terrace when the hula girl came out from the waterfall

minniegirl25
08-25-2009, 12:58 PM
Oh I remember the early entry days too, with the breakfast at Tomorrowland Terrace and riding a bunch of rides over and over! That was alot of fun, early entry is not as fun anymore. It was something about the breakfast, even the kids breakfasts came on a Mickey shaped plate too I remember. I remember the Rocket Rods totally, watching them test them forever, and then finally getting to ride them over and over but the line was always way over 90 minutes, but it was so worth it!! Oh the days..... It still is fun, but just so much more fun as a child, and now watching my DD4 is fun all over again :yay:

Docter419
08-25-2009, 06:18 PM
I remember staying at the "Grand" hotel. NOT THE GCH! The one that used to be across from the park. I also remember riding the skyway and being scared of the yeti!

spacemermaid
08-25-2009, 09:20 PM
I remember...

Dinner & a show at the Tahitian Terrace...it was the perfect thing to do after watching the Tiki Room show & riding the Jungle Cruise! If I could bring back one thing at Disneyland that's no longer there, Tahitian Terrace would be it!

Adventure Thru Inner Space....I thought I was *really* shrinking! I liked how it was always cold in there, and the musty smell. (weird, I know)

Tomorrowland in the 80s...it was my favorite place, EVER! There was the Peoplemover (with the TRON tunnel), the Captain EO movie (made my parents stand in line for 4 hours to see it the week it came out!), the Skyway to Fantasyland, Star Tours (when it was new), the phone booths that the whole family could sit in & talk on the phone, America Sings (cute show; it was always the last ride of the night on family trips when I was little), Space Mountain (when it still had the escalator ramp at the front & a restaurant at the unload area outside), the Rocket Jets (when they were up high atop the Peoplemover station), Circlevision (which my mom refused to take me into because it made her motion sick), and Mission to Mars (which caused me to have a meltdown at the age of 5 when I thought we were really leaving planet Earth :rotfl2:).

I also remember all the little shops that used to be at the Disneyland Hotel, where the Monorail station was. The toy shop was the best...I still have the giant stuffed Mickey that I got there on my first visit!

dizzymomx4
08-25-2009, 10:25 PM
OMG SpaceMermaid! I remember all of those things too!!
How funny...I always remind my kids of what thy missed!!:goodvibes

Disneylvrforever
08-26-2009, 01:41 AM
I also remember all the little shops that used to be at the Disneyland Hotel, where the Monorail station was. The toy shop was the best...I still have the giant stuffed Mickey that I got there on my first visit!

I loved visiting that toy shop! I had no idea why so many of those rooms in the shopping area was empty though. I always thought that was weird.

99haunts
08-26-2009, 02:38 AM
I remember when there was a magic shop on main street. My brother and I always loved it! On our last trip my mom asked "didnt this used to be a magic shop?" to which the young man behind the counter said "Yeah, back in the dawn of the dinosaurs". Needless to say, she was slightly offended and said "Gee thanks a lot. When did it go, 5, 10 years ago?" Wanna know what he said? "About 2 months ago". :rotfl:

She was not too happy when we left. But I had a good laugh about it.:lmao:

spacemermaid
08-27-2009, 03:22 PM
OMG SpaceMermaid! I remember all of those things too!!
How funny...I always remind my kids of what thy missed!!:goodvibes

Yay! Someone else remembers!

spacemermaid
08-27-2009, 03:24 PM
I loved visiting that toy shop! I had no idea why so many of those rooms in the shopping area was empty though. I always thought that was weird.

Yeah, it was the best! Besides the must-have Disney character toys, they also sold Sanrio/Hello Kitty toys back before they were "everywhere"! There were alot of empty stores, though.

tatehermosa
10-09-2009, 05:36 PM
I remember "New Edition" in concert where Fantasmic! is now.

I also remember the under water arcade at Disneyland Hotel and Dancing Waters.

jlmarr
10-09-2009, 07:52 PM
Casa de Fritos
Mine Train
Pack Mules

Heymy
10-09-2009, 08:41 PM
I love this one!


I remember staying in The Villas at DLH...it was the cheap way to go, until they turned them into suites. We kept staying there cuz my dad was too scared to stay in those towers (fear of heights).

Riding the paddle boats at DLH while the folks had "their" time at the Neon Cactus.

Eating dinner and watching the show at Aladdin's Oasis..is that Tahitian Terrace? I remember having a chocolate magic lamp filled with mouse...boy was that good.

Staying at the Pan Pacific and thinking this place stinks compared to DLH...probably why I'm hesitant to stay at PPH.

Racing up the stairs to get first in line for the monorail before 7 am, cuz in those days the monorail always got you into the park before the gates.

Experiencing my first chocolate malt and chili cheese fries at the Monorail Cafe.

Hopping on the People Movers or Skyway to take a break.

The Beauty and the Beast show at what is now Princess Fantasy Faire.

And definitely the magic shop on Main Street, we'd hang out there for hours.

Going to Disneyana and looking through the cells...they wanted $25 for one...boy if we only knew.

3Minnies1Mickey
10-10-2009, 01:27 AM
I remember staying at Pan Pacific Hotel before it was called Paradise Pier.

I remember staying at the Emerald Hotel before it was Pan Pacific....

3Minnies1Mickey
10-10-2009, 01:50 AM
I remember:

Sgt. Preston's Yukon Saloon at the DLH

GRUMPY PIRATE
04-18-2010, 05:47 PM
I remember when walking down main street, the different characters would just be walking around greeting people.

ckdsnynt
04-18-2010, 06:03 PM
I remember parking in the Disneyland Parking Lot, and not the Parking Structure. And the parking entrance was on Harbor Blvd.

Me too!

I also remember (this is way, way back!) the house of the future. Anyone remember that? The applicances worked by themselves I think. The house was like a cube shape, maybe, and supposed to be equipped like a house in the year 2000. This would have been about 1960 or so I think.

GRUMPY PIRATE
04-18-2010, 06:08 PM
Me too!

I also remember (this is way, way back!) the house of the future. Anyone remember that? The applicances worked by themselves I think. The house was like a cube shape, maybe, and supposed to be equipped like a house in the year 2000. This would have been about 1960 or so I think.

I remember seeing that on world of disney, but it was gone before I was first able to visit Disneyland!

they should bring back an updated one!

Judy from Boise
04-18-2010, 06:11 PM
Yesterland has a great feature on the house of tomorrow! I am a total mid century modern freak.....I would move in in a second!

The.Epcot.Man
04-18-2010, 06:23 PM
tickets for rides
20K Leagues Under the Sea
If you had wings
Andrew Duggan as the father in COP
Stormtroopers on TPM
seeing the tree of life as an oil rig**

my father taking me in 1980, telling me he and my mother were getting divorced on the plane ride home. I had such a bad association with WDW, I didn't return until March 2009 with my own family [DW & DD]....we went back in January 2010 and are returning this October.
:thumbsup2

**I didn't see the oil rig on site....but in transport!**

bonofreak
04-18-2010, 07:58 PM
I am enjoying reading all these memories! :cheer2:

I remember going on Pirates when it first opened and my dear sister had me convinced that real people were going to start grabbing people on the boats; needless to say I was scared to death and screamed bloody murder throughout the ride, embarrassing my sister who wanted me to be quiet! :eek:

I loved the Pack Mules! :woohoo:

I STILL sing the Carousel of Progress song! :)

My sister and I used to always get a humungous dill pickle on Main Street and listen to the gossip on the party line phones. :)

My brother got a shrunken head at the Magic shop. It glowed in the dark and it scared me! ( I guess my siblings loved to scare me!) :scared1:

I remember standing in front of the Haunted Mansion while it was still under construction and we thought it was so far off that it would be completed! :rolleyes1

I remember when they closed FantasyLand and we had to wait for it to be reopened after they changed it. :rolleyes1

I loved theSkyway Buckets, they were fun to ride, plus it saved a little walking. :thumbsup2

I remember driving to Disneyland and seeing the Matterhorn from the freeway. Even though it probably took us about 20 minutes to get there from home, it seemed like FOREVER! :headache:

I remember walking under the arches as you enter that fabulous world of Disney...saying to myself, "I'm here! I'm really here!!!" Oh heck, I STILL feel that way! :)

I remember on our way out stopping to shop on Main Street...heck, I STILL do that, too! :dance3:

Diznygrl
04-18-2010, 10:34 PM
The Main Street Magic Shop is still there...they shut it down temporarily, but it's been back for at least 4 months now.



The Monorail Cafe & having a placemat where you had to find Mickey (like Where's Waldo)

I still have mine! :goodvibes It hung on my bedroom wall for many years...now it's folded and stored away...I also have a Monorail Cafe frisbee they were giving away one time. I really miss that place.


My brother got a shrunken head at the Magic shop. It glowed in the dark and it scared me! ( I guess my siblings loved to scare me!) :scared1:


Oh my gosh, my brother got one of those too! Actually, I think it was a glow in the dark skull and he got it in Adventureland, but it was creepy! It was ugly and it had this yucky long white hair...back at the hotel he would taunt me with it, or lay it on the floor next to the bed to scare me. :laughing:



Fantasy Waters at DLH. It was a great way to get a solid dose of Disney magic if you just got to DL a few hours before and weren't using your park tickets yet.

I remember before Toontown, Disney Afternoon Avenue!

I, too, remember walking across the street and into DL's parking lot from The Magic Lamp Motel. Oh goodness, what a dive!! But it's what we could afford at the time.

When Big Thunder Ranch was a regular barbecue restaurant and none of this Celebration Roundup stuff.

Teki
04-19-2010, 11:04 AM
I remember when toon town was new, when goofys house was a bounce house and when I was no longer small enough to go in it :sad1:

bonofreak
04-19-2010, 06:08 PM
Oh Diznygrl, you are right, when you described that horrible looking shrunken head with the long white hair, that's what my brother had too! He also bought one that hung from a string though, with long black hair and that's the one he got from the Magic Shop I was thinking of that one originally. But as soon as you described that other one...yikes! He had both of those! :eek: That's how older brothers are!!! :wizard:

I also remember when my High School band got the chance to march around Disneyland and we wound up standing on the walk-way of America Sings, performing. What fun that was, we all got in for free and after we changed clothes, we were able to stay the entire day for free! I have pictures of us there from 1977. :cool1:

I also remember every year when we got to go on "Hughes" nights in the 1960's and 70's. My Dad worked there and they closed the parks to all but Hughes employees. That was great fun because the park was not very full and we were able to go on so many rides and not have the wait. Those were the days! :dance3:

skiingfast
05-02-2010, 01:54 AM
I remember:

Plain gray subs,
Fantastyland looked like a circus,
Riding the skyway through the Matterhorn
Riding the People Movers then the rocket rods, then nada...
Talking/singing Bears
Canoeing around Tom's Island, with a cabin afire at the north end,
Going to Mars,
Plastic flowers on Jungle...no...Main Street
And the saddest thing, getting in my car in the giant parking lot.

Diznygrl
05-03-2010, 05:44 PM
Me too!
I also remember (this is way, way back!) the house of the future. Anyone remember that? The applicances worked by themselves I think. The house was like a cube shape, maybe, and supposed to be equipped like a house in the year 2000. This would have been about 1960 or so I think.

LOL, actually, like everything else in Tomorrowland back then, the House of the Future was supposed to represent what life would be like in the super futuristic year of.... *drumroll*....1986! :rotfl:


Meanwhile, I'm STILL waiting for my flying car!!

6Smiles
05-09-2010, 06:08 PM
For those of you who remember the older version of the submarine ride was there music on the ride and if so what was the music.

I have this memory of being on a yellow submarine singing "We all live in the yellow submarine ...." But I don't know if it was just something goofy my family did or if that was the music. But this memory seems to be tied to going and seeing ET props, sitting on Elliott's bike and "flying on the bike", K.I.T.T. (car from Knight Rider) and the bridge collapsing and Jaws scaring the bejeebers out of me!

I must be dating myself big time but if anyone could help me figure it out it would be greatly appreciated!:goodvibes


:flower3:HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOMS!:flower3:

spacemermaid
05-10-2010, 01:24 AM
For those of you who remember the older version of the submarine ride was there music on the ride and if so what was the music.

I have this memory of being on a yellow submarine singing "We all live in the yellow submarine ...." But I don't know if it was just something goofy my family did or if that was the music. But this memory seems to be tied to going and seeing ET props, sitting on Elliott's bike and "flying on the bike", K.I.T.T. (car from Knight Rider) and the bridge collapsing and Jaws scaring the bejeebers out of me!

I must be dating myself big time but if anyone could help me figure it out it would be greatly appreciated!:goodvibes


:flower3:HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOMS!:flower3:


I don't remember what music (if any) was played in the original Subs, though, IIRC, the music that was played in the line where you'd wait for the Subs was a loop of "nautical" music. Though when I was little, my parents would sing "Yellow Submarine" to me in line; maybe yours did the same?

The E.T. bike ride, Jaws, and the collapsing bridge are definitely memories from Universal Studios, I can tell you that for sure :laughing:

blackjackdelta
05-10-2010, 11:55 AM
I remember opening day.

Jack

DisneyIsMagical
05-10-2010, 03:21 PM
I remember opening day.

Jack

WOW, that would have been amazing! I think my grandparents took my Dad and his sisters in 1956 or 1957.

I remember the opening of Splash Mountain, when the Golden Horseshoe Revue was a bunch of dancing showgirls and Tom Sawyer's Island.

superme80
05-11-2010, 02:57 AM
I remember
the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House
The Shrinking Ride
The Old Its a Small World
Pirates before they made it PC
I believe the Plaza used to be a sit down restaurant,correct me if I'm wrong
I remember the People Mover
I remember when Captain E-0 opened

minniecarousel
05-12-2010, 11:58 AM
Our "big" souvenir was the huge Disneyland map. We bought one in the late 80's for our kids. Nothing like having a world map hanging next to a Disneyland map on the hallway wall!

I loved the Tuna Boat,

the People Mover

and the big flags waiting to get into CircleVision. (the hostess would point to a flag that wasn't of a State or a Country and tell us it was the "State of Confusion"!)

aaaaa.....the Mule Rides, the first mine train, the motorboats.

I used to make a deal with DH & sons - I'll go on the Skyway if you guys will go on It's a Small World!