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OrlandoMike
10-01-2009, 10:49 AM
Walt Disney World opened!

Have any fun stories about your first visit?

I DO!

Mom and Dad decided it would be fun to hop in the car and head to Florida....and this was pre-Interstate I-75! :scared1:

(Yes, we basically came to Florida via Orange Blossom Trail!)

Mom and Dad had seen on TV that Uncle Walt was building this great new place, and we had better get down there to visit!

One small problem!

We took our vacation in AUGUST of 1971! :eek:

YEP! We missed the opening by just a few months! So instead I got to spend a few hours at the preview center (Which is now the AAU building on Hotel Plaza Drive). Just thinking about it still makes me mad! :lmao:


http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd268/Orlandomike4/prvwctr1.jpg
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 11:01 AM
:rotfl2:

"Sorry, kids, Wally World is closed!"
Gypsybear
10-01-2009, 11:08 AM
I just remember 2 things from our first visit to the MK...

1) Tripping as I got off of Space Mountain
2) Having to ride IASM because my sister wanted to ride and my parents didn't want to...that song has haunted me since...
geaux_half
10-01-2009, 11:10 AM
I had a first visit to the Vacation Kingdom that didn't happen as well.

Thanksgiving week 1972 my mom, dad, older brother and myself attempted to see the entire state of Florida in a week. By the time we got to Clermont, I had earache and fever :sick: so I stayed with my mom while my dad and brother went to WDW.

I remember they brought back one of the big Mickey lollipops for me.

My first trip where I actually made it into the park was the summer of 1976; I remember the bicentennial parade they had back then.

Happy 27th birthday to EPCOT as well :cheer2:
Saxton
10-01-2009, 11:16 AM
My first trip was during college with a couple friends. I remember being blown away with Main Street. We stayed at a dive hotel and took a cab into downtown Orlando to pick up a rental car! I still have pictures from that trip.

Last year when my Dad was in the hospital (one of the many times!) I ran into one of those friends - they were sisters and their father was in the hospital too, I hadn't seen them in years. The funny part was that I had to cancel a trip to Disney because of my father's health and I ended up seeing someone that I went to Disney with for the first time.
wallyb
10-01-2009, 11:38 AM
:rotfl2:

"Sorry, kids, Wally World is closed!"

Hey ... my Wally World is always open. ::yes::
With plenty of rides! :goodvibes
OrlandoMike
10-01-2009, 11:42 AM
Hey ... my Wally World is always open. ::yes::
With plenty of rides! :goodvibes

Thank God!

Finally a use for all of those old unused "A" Tickets I have! :cool1:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 11:42 AM
Hey ... my Wally World is always open. ::yes::
With plenty of rides! :goodvibes

. . . and free admission.

. . . and a sign over the entrance that says "Billions and Billions Served".

:rotfl2:
wallyb
10-01-2009, 11:47 AM
Haters! :snooty:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 11:53 AM
Haters! :snooty:

On the contrary!

We love us some Wally!


But we recongnize you for what you are, and accept you for it.

:cheer2:
Saxton
10-01-2009, 12:00 PM
. . . and free admission.

. . . and a sign over the entrance that says "Billions and Billions Served".

:rotfl2:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

And his theme song is "It's a Small World After All".
wallyb
10-01-2009, 12:08 PM
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

And his theme song is "It's a Small World After All".

It's Love Roller-coaster! :snooty:
kingLouiethe1
10-01-2009, 01:10 PM
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

And his theme song is "It's a Small World After All".

:lmao:

I needed that today, thanks guys!
PghLybrt
10-01-2009, 01:19 PM
I do not remember my 1st trip as i was a newborn. However I found pictures of early trips this weekend. Anybody else have any they are willing to post? ( I do but I will not get to it until tuesday...I have friends from SanDiego in for the weekend for the game!).


Anyway my Mom likes to remind me about how I needed to be carried everywhere (I think this was my 3rd trip) and I needed her to carry me, not Dad. Unfourtunatly Mom was 7 months prego with brother! :laughing: I was little I was only 1 ish.
wallyb
10-01-2009, 01:26 PM
:lmao:

I needed that today, thanks guys!

Glad my torment :headache: could bring you such joy! :sad1:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 01:37 PM
Hey, I just realized!

Scott and I get to celebrate Disney World's 38th Birthday, and Epcot's 27th Birthday by going to the Food and Wine Festival and meeting Jeff90 and his partner Jon!

:banana:

It's a great day to be me! :yay:
rosiep
10-01-2009, 01:42 PM
Hey, I just realized!

Scott and I get to celebrate Disney World's 38th Birthday, and Epcot's 27th Birthday by going to the Food and Wine Festival and meeting Jeff90 and his partner Jon!

:banana:

It's a great day to be me! :yay:

Sure....last week it was all "woe is me"......I see how it is.... :sad1:
wallyb
10-01-2009, 01:45 PM
Hey, I just realized!
Scott and I get to celebrate Disney World's 38th Birthday, and Epcot's 27th Birthday by going to the Food and Wine Festival and meeting Jeff90 and his partner Jon!
:banana:
It's a great day to be me! :yay:

Ooooh :yay: Shove your tongue down their throats for me! :goodvibes
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 01:48 PM
Sure....last week it was all "woe is me"......I see how it is.... :sad1:

I never said "woe is me". I may be melodramatic, but I'm not THAT melodramatic!
wallyb
10-01-2009, 01:55 PM
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/jwallers/dramajan.jpg
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 02:09 PM
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/jwallers/dramajan.jpg

:rotfl2:

:worship:
wallyb
10-01-2009, 02:20 PM
If you can't learn it from the Brady Bunch ...
It's not worth knowing! :)
rosiep
10-01-2009, 02:24 PM
I learned you need to put out in order for the butcher to give you the best chops.....:idea:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 02:28 PM
If you can't learn it from the Brady Bunch ...
It's not worth knowing! :)

Too true!

Bobby Brady: Mom always says not to play ball in the house!

Cindy Brady: I'm not a snitcher; I just tell it like it is.

*Carol walks into Mike's den to show off her new ensemble for their weekend vacation at a dude ranch*
Carol Ann Brady: What are you going to wear, Mike?
Mike Brady: Oh I don't know... my cowboy boots...
Carol Ann Brady: [in her best John Wayne impression] Well ya better wear somethin' else, or you're gonna get arrested!
Mike Brady: Not to mention sunburn!

:lmao:
wallyb
10-01-2009, 02:34 PM
I learn sharing a bathroom with boys
can be fun and educational!;)
wallyb
10-01-2009, 02:36 PM
And don't wear your charm bracelet
while building card houses! :eek:
Saxton
10-01-2009, 02:45 PM
I learned getting hit in the face with a football really sucks.

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/images/uploads/2009/06/4085.top_100_lg_brady.jpg
Gypsybear
10-01-2009, 02:45 PM
I learned that you can buy ANYTHING with green stamps..... :woohoo:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 02:53 PM
I learned getting hit in the face with a football really sucks.

http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/images/uploads/2009/06/4085.top_100_lg_brady.jpg

Now I'll never be a teen model!


:rotfl:
rosiep
10-01-2009, 02:57 PM
It's always MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA! :headache:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 03:02 PM
It's always MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA! :headache:

No it's not!

It's always MARCIA, MARCIA, MARCIA!
wallyb
10-01-2009, 03:03 PM
Architects Should NOT get Perms! :sad2:
rosiep
10-01-2009, 03:08 PM
No it's not!

It's always MARCIA, MARCIA, MARCIA!

I sit corrected.
wallyb
10-01-2009, 03:09 PM
Do not let anyone named Oliver in your house! :sad2:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 03:13 PM
Do not let anyone named Oliver in your house! :sad2:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Yeah, no Olivers!


Tollivers are okay, though! :thumbsup2
rosiep
10-01-2009, 03:14 PM
And don't name your dog Tiger...because he'll be gone without a trace.
wallyb
10-01-2009, 03:19 PM
Don't pick up stray tiki! :sad2:
wallyb
10-01-2009, 03:21 PM
It's hard to get Davy Jones to go to your prom!
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 03:28 PM
When its time to change
then its time to change
dont fight the tide come along for the ride, dont you see
when its time to change you've got to rearrange
who you are and what you're gonna be.
sha na na na na na na sha na na na na na
chwgmjay
10-01-2009, 03:28 PM
No it's not!

It's always MARCIA, MARCIA, MARCIA!

Uh... shouldn't that be "it's always Wally, Wally, Wally?"
rosiep
10-01-2009, 03:32 PM
Greg had a goat fetish before I did..."

Greg and his football teammates steal a rival school's mascot, a goat, and he has to hide it in "Getting Greg's Goat"
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 03:33 PM
Greg had a goat fetish before I did..."

Greg and his football teammates steal a rival school's mascot, a goat, and he has to hide it in "Getting Greg's Goat"

Figures that YOU would be the expert on the goings on with goats. :rolleyes:
rpmdfw
10-01-2009, 03:34 PM
Uh... shouldn't that be "it's always Wally, Wally, Wally?"

Please don't encourage him!

Hey, are you still in town?
wallyb
10-01-2009, 03:35 PM
Uh... shouldn't that be "it's always Wally, Wally, Wally?"

Hey! :mad:
chwgmjay
10-01-2009, 03:43 PM
Please don't encourage him!

Hey, are you still in town?

LOL.

Nope, I left yesterday at 4:10 pm, and came home to 50 degree weather. I think the heat/humidity in FL was better.
rosiep
10-01-2009, 03:48 PM
Hey! :mad:

Wally, Wally, Wally is a good thing...it means you're a STAR
wallyb
10-01-2009, 03:58 PM
Please don't encourage him!

Hey, are you still in town?

LOL.

Nope, I left yesterday at 4:10 pm, and came home to 50 degree weather. I think the heat/humidity in FL was better.

You'd be surprised at what I am capable of
with little or no encouragement! ;)
wallyb
10-01-2009, 04:01 PM
Wally, Wally, Wally is a good thing...it means you're a STAR

Ooooo Really!
Ya mean just like Madonna, Cher or even Charo! :banana:
jackskellingtonsgirl
10-01-2009, 04:21 PM
The Brady bunch taught me not to mix up the theme park poster with the blue prints. ;)

I didn't go to WDW until 1982. I went with my middle school orchestra. I think my friends and I managed to ride about 4 things before we had to be back on the bus to go home. :sad2:
chwgmjay
10-01-2009, 04:39 PM
Ya know... I'm starting to realize something... ya'll are old.
rosiep
10-01-2009, 04:45 PM
Ya know... I'm starting to realize something... ya'll are old.

:scared1:

Now that's just mean. :sad::sad::sad:
wallyb
10-01-2009, 05:22 PM
Ya know... I'm starting to realize something... ya'll are old.

Shall we diaper you whippersnapper! :mad:
Saxton
10-01-2009, 05:25 PM
Ya know... I'm starting to realize something... ya'll are old.

Better watch it - you're outnumbered!

And besides, just like fine wine we all get better with age.
starann
10-01-2009, 05:48 PM
Wally, Wally, Wally is a good thing...it means you're a STAR

What? Are you talking about me? I know I'm not your 'girl' but now you're talking about me!?>?!?!?!?! Hmph!
OrlandoMike
10-02-2009, 01:00 AM
Ya know... I'm starting to realize something... ya'll are old.

And smart! So watch your back! :confused3
wallyb
10-02-2009, 05:18 AM
ageism.
Tis a curious thing. :scratchin
Gypsybear
10-02-2009, 10:13 AM
Ya know... I'm starting to realize something... ya'll are old.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :faint:

AND we outnumber you....

Hey gang, I've got the tar... :stir:

hehehe
wallyb
10-02-2009, 10:16 AM
Great - I'll trip him with my cane -
and we can gag him with a Depends.
;)
rosiep
10-02-2009, 01:36 PM
What? Are you talking about me? I know I'm not your 'girl' but now you're talking about me!?>?!?!?!?! Hmph!

But...but........Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh . I said you were my "woman"....doesn't that count for anything?????? (sniff, sniff)
wallyb
10-02-2009, 01:43 PM
But...but........Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh . I said you were my "woman"....doesn't that count for anything?????? (sniff, sniff)

Nope ... not much... if anything :rolleyes:
You say it to anything with baazoooms :rolleyes: