Pictures of things No Longer Seen at WDW

[YodasMom]

Pleasure Island brochure and passes 1992:

 

[YodasMom]

Alfredo's Restaurant (Italian Pavilion at Epcot Center) Children's menu and placemat from 1992 with pop-up characters:

 

[pollyanna30]

Here are a couple more pictures that I remembered I had from 1972. I contrasted the HM picture with a similar picture from 2012. It is amazing the amount of trees that have grown or been planted around that area. Also, I think it is interesting that it looks like there is a frame for some sort of awning, but that it hasn't been put up yet.


In this one of the castle, you will notice there were more trees at that time than there are now. The face of that area is currently changing again with the Hub construction. Also, the statue of Walt and Mickey was obviously not there at opening.

 

[FigmentIsTheBest]

Here are a couple more pictures that I remembered I had from 1972. I contrasted the HM picture with a similar picture from 2012. It is amazing the amount of trees that have grown or been planted around that area. Also, I think it is interesting that it looks like there is a frame for some sort of awning, but that it hasn't been put up yet.

These are very nice.

Thank you for taking the time to find and share your items.

I like the mansion views. You can see the tree just by the waterline lower right (left of ladder) is the same tree. Cool! The two in front of the mansion may also be the same.

Thanks again for sharing. Looking forward to more.

FigmentIsTheBest (OP)

 

[OBH]

Sure

Never seen the Santa hat, but used to love the ghost "costume" they used to put on the tower for Halloween. Anyone got a pic of that? I never managed to get one, but remember it vividly.

 

[trulyturpin]

ima old head but still lovin Disney.

 

[trulyturpin]

ima old head but still lovin Disney.

my puter also wont let me upload pics! o well, movin on.

 

[pixiesprite]

I love that early HM pic @pollyanna30 !

 

[FanOfFigment]

Thanks, everyone, for sharing these pictures! These are so cool!

 

[pollyanna30]

These are very nice.

Thank you for taking the time to find and share your items.

I like the mansion views. You can see the tree just by the waterline lower right (left of ladder) is the same tree. Cool! The two in front of the mansion may also be the same.

Thanks again for sharing. Looking forward to more.

FigmentIsTheBest (OP)

I love that early HM pic @pollyanna30 !

Thanks! That HM picture was taken on the first trip my grandparents and parents took to WDW a few years before I was even born! It is neat to look at the trees and think that some of those are the very same ones in that picture with forty years of growth. I took that recent picture on my last trip before I even knew the old picture existed! I took mine from the Liberty Belle and I am assuming the other one was taken from the riverboat also.

I am fortunate that grandparents on both sides of my family took lots of pictures on our trips and that I have been able to get my hands on some of them. I enjoy seeing the photos others post and am glad I get to contribute. I have a few other pictures from that 1972 trip but they are on slides. If anyone has a good online recommendation to get those slides converted to pictures, I would be interested!

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

I'm feeling nostalgic today. I went through my scrapbook of my first trip to WDW, which was in Sept 1995, when I was 19 years old. I so wish digital cameras were around back then. There's so much I've forgotten, especially about the original Epcot attractions.

Hopefully, the picture upload works...

Mickey Mania Parade - at the time we thought this was such a weird parade. But now, we think they don't make parades like this anymore. So many more floats and performers.

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And then Mickey's Starland
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Swept away by the memory of my then 2.5-year-old DD tapping foot singing, "what, what, Mickey Mania, Micky Mania"

 

[ILoveMyDVC]

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Another magical memory - my son's face when he saw Jafar - his hands-down favorite character at the time

 

[prune1977]

This post actually makes me sad because of all the stuff I miss and my kids will never see. Also I miss Leagues under the Sea but will admit it freaked me out when I rode it.

 

[Geoff_M]

Not sure if this has been posted before, but here's the "Temporary Ruler of the Realm" medal that our older son won at the Sword in the Stone ceremony in 2000:

 

[YodasMom]

From Surprise in the Skies in 1992, afternoon entertainment in the World Showcase featuring an air show with kites and gliders piloted by characters over the World Showcase Lagoon. Also, in front of each of the 11 country pavilions was a giant box that opened up during the air show and a giant balloon character dressed in that country's costume inflated. There was a different character balloon for each country. In my photos are Chip & Dale in front of China and Goofy in front of Norway. Also, a photo of the air show but it's hard to see the glider which appears very small due to the short lens. ( I shared the brochure that was given out for this show & Illuminations last night.)

 

[Chernabog1940]

 

[YodasMom]

Scenes from inside Horizons at Epcot........First is one of the Jules Verne scenes with the Man in the Moon:

Futuristic Kitchen with the robot chef:

Dark room with futuristic movies and signs:

Desert Harvester (Somewhere I have some better photos that show the desert better)

 

[YodasMom]

World of Motion Pavillion 1983:

 

[YodasMom]

Here's a shot of the flamingos that used to be on the east side of Epcot's Future World! Taken 1983.

 

[Islamom]

Terry Travel Trailers for rent at Fort Wilderness in 1980