1963-1964 NY worlds fair

[pinnocchiosdad]

[QUOTE="Got Disney";24000377]You may enjoy this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMAtsyiTC-8[/QUOTE]

Chuck Barris from the GONG SHOW actualy wrote that theme song. Thanks for the post.

 

[Mickeydad]

I was there too, and yes... I was in a carriage!

But, I do remember it's a small world (really!). I remember sitting in my carriage with my grandmother and the song playing.

I tell my kids that story all the time. I was only 2 years old!

Mickeydad

 

[cinderella97]

I was at the worlds Fair - but in my mom's tummy!!!!

 

[iluvdisney]

I was a young girl from Hackensack NJ who went to the World's Fair as a family outing - I remember the awe of IASW, Mr Lincoln, and other rides that still make me smile today - what a great start to my love of Disney.
And I do remember Freedomland - got to go there once with my dad and sister. And Palisades Park - used to cut school to go there on the cheap days - I think it was 10 cents to get in one day during the school week. Ahhh, the memories!

 

[Paticake]

I went to the Worlds Fair in 1964. My aunt and uncle lived in Flushing at the time. I am sure my love of Disney was helped by those wonderful memories. Carosel of Progress, Small World and Mr Lincoln. The big deal for my grandparents was to see the Pieta. We were never able to go to Disneyland when I was a kid so the World's Fair was the closest thing to Disney until I was an adult and brought my own kids to WDW. I renembered the Carosel of Progress right away. Mt grandparents and aunt and uncle are long gone so thank you for tweaking those wonderful memories.

 

[DisDee]

We enjoyed the Fair on several visits with Girl Scouts, church, and family. My fondest memory is performing with my dance studio at the New Jersey Pavilion. I also loved the huge tire ride.

 

[rcchello]

I was 8 or 9 when I went to the NY Worlds Fair. I remember the subway ride from Penn Station to the Fairgrounds. My next memory was the transporters like the one's they have to take you from the Disney parking lots to the park (the horns played the Greyhound Bus theme).

I remember the It's a small world and Carousel of Progress.

 

[MaryJ]

I was 6 years old when I went to the World's Fair with my parents and sister. I remember IASW and the Carosel of Progress. I also remember the big globe that was the icon for the fair. I smile every time I watch the U.S. Open tennis tournament when they show it.

The only other thing I really remember is discovering while driving to Washington D.C. that I'd left my teddy bear in the motel room and crying for a long time. When we stopped for the night, my mom called the motel and they had found it and mailed it home to me. That teddy bear is now in my curio cabinet alongside many Disney items!

 

[starwood]

We went once but I was only 8 so I don't remember too much about it. I do have some movies that my father took. I also remember seeing the Pieta and the pavillion about nuclear energy and I got a radioactive dime. Looking back I think that is really dangerous.

I also remember IASW.

 

[AinW]

I grew up in CT and we went 3 or 4 times. I was young (2-3) but still remember IASW, the car ride, the Sinclair dinosaur and the tire ferris wheel - amazing what an impression it left! Have to admit that now that my daughter has to go on IASW at least once a day when we're at Disney I've had enough of it. When she wants to get my goat, she starts singing the song. I actually prefer the Christmas version at DL and go can handle that one more than once/day.

I remember Pallisades Park but we never went. We used to go to Rye Playland instead - it's still there but I haven't been in 40 years.

 

[suzimar57]

i went twice, when i was 7 (1964) and 8 (1965) - remember the GE Carousel of Progress, IASW by UNICEF, the convertibles in the Ford pavilion passing the dinosaurs, Abe Lincoln "talking", the Pieta, being afraid the huge GM sign was going to fall over onto me - many many memories....

also remember that 2 headed cow at palisades amusement park - and how badly that building smelled inside....