1963-1964 NY worlds fair

[SuzanneSLO]

I went with my family to the Fair as part of a cross-country vacation. I remember other parts of the trip, but not the Fair. My Mom tells me that we didn't see any of the Disney exhibits, because the lines were really long. She figured that we could see them when they got to Disneyland. At the time, we lived in CA, about 3 hours from DL. I tease my mother now because Small World is her absolute favorite ride and this is probably the only time ever that she has passed up an opportuity to ride it! -- Suzanne

 

[WolfpackFan]

Yep, we were there. I was just 14 at the time, but I remember it very clearly. We only went to the fair one day and then spent the other day site seeing NY. The attraction I have the most memory of was the GM exhibit and also the Belgian Waffles. I wonder why we don't have World's Fairs anymore?

 

[abbysmema]

Bobbi, I was the class of '65 and was briefly in the orchestra. I tried my hand at drums. The problem was that I couldn't read music. It was usually hard to quit the orchestra but I had no problem quitting. Oh well! Thanks everyone for the memories. Marie

 

[bobbiwoz]

Bobbi, I was the class of '65 and was briefly in the orchestra. I tried my hand at drums. The problem was that I couldn't read music. It was usually hard to quit the orchestra but I had no problem quitting. Oh well! Thanks everyone for the memories. Marie

How about the "memories" of there being an HFA, funding problems, school closing?
I tried very hard to play the violin, with very limited success.
I hope to see you around sometime, Marie. We get to VB on June 22nd.

Bobbi

 

[LSchrow]

It's a good thing I went more than once-the first time I went with my best friend, and as giggling 13 year-olds who were boy-crazy, we spent the entire day hanging around at the Boy Scout lost child place, eyeing cute boy scouts..

OMG! i can't believe you awakened a memory from that long ago (i had totally forgotten the BS's).
sadly, i was only 8ish, but wanted to hang around there

and sleeping in the back of the station wagon on the home.....

 

[BCV23]

I went to the New York World's Fair 3 times. It's a good thing I went more than once-the first time I went with my best friend, and as giggling 13 year-olds who were boy-crazy, we spent the entire day hanging around at the Boy Scout lost child place, eyeing cute boy scouts. I remember on subsequent trips loving the Belgian Waffles (and IASW).

My husband was one of those Boy Scouts although he never did the lost child thing. He was there for several weeks one summer. They were housed in army barracks somewhere and bussed to the Fair each day. Different assignments every day.

 

[bradisgoofy]

I was there as a 10 year old and remember all those things. My Dad and I went there for a day and then did the NYC tour. At the time we lived in Glens Falls, NY ( now called Queensbury ). But none of you mentioned the tire ferris wheel! The Uniroyal ferris wheel now sit next to I-94 just east of Detroit about 80 miles from where I live now.

 

[Uncleromulus]

I certainly did!! I was 19 then, and four of us took the train from Baltimore. We stayed at the Shearaton Atlantic in NYC. We went to the Fair 3 days in a row--and even then felt that Walt's exhibits were the best!!

 

[HGLightlyj]

I went to the 1964 World's Fair with a tour group from Indiana. I have a picture taken outside the globe similar to Spaceship Earth at WDW. I loved ISW and COP and everything there. I also went to the Expo in Montreal in 67.

 

[Credit Man]

As a boy growing up in Brooklyn, I went to the fair many times with my mom. Some of my most vivid childhood memories revolve arond the fair.

 

[funhouse8]

We lived in Queens also and my Dad got off from Work at 3:30. He would pack us all in the station wagon and head over to the fair for dinner. It was wonderful. I remember the moving sidewalks and the Clairol building the most. You would have to put your head inside these little pods and could view yourself with different hairdos. I was so little my dad had to pick me up to see inside. Do you remember the large building with the map of NY, They turned that into a roller rink after the fair closed.

 

[Inkmahm]

Wow. You people are all old!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Wow. You people are all old!

We've got staying power!

 

[Hope&Larry]

I am glad someone else remembered the Clairol exhibit. I was 14 & wanted to see it. You had to be 18 to go w/o a parent. I finally got my DM to go through the line w/me. I so wanted to dye my hair! As best I remember all the hair-do's were sooooooooo 1960's, big hair w/a flip on the ends!

I loved Mr. Lincoln. Seeing of footage of the show still gives my goosebumps. My DH & I still go to the Carousel every visit to WDW.

Being from a small town in NE TX, this was the trip of a lifetime. We rode the train up & back. Stayed in a downtown NYC hotel, above Grand Centeral Station & rode the subway out to the fair.

It was a grand time.

Hope

 

[bobbiwoz]

I am glad someone else remembered the Clairol exhibit. I was 14 & wanted to see it. You had to be 18 to go w/o a parent. I finally got my DM to go through the line w/me. I so wanted to dye my hair! As best I remember all the hair-do's were sooooooooo 1960's, big hair w/a flip on the ends!

I loved Mr. Lincoln. Seeing of footage of the show still gives my goosebumps. My DH & I still go to the Carousel every visit to WDW.

Being from a small town in NE TX, this was the trip of a lifetime. We rode the train up & back. Stayed in a downtown NYC hotel, above Grand Centeral Station & rode the subway out to the fair.

It was a grand time.

Hope

Wow, that WAS quite a trip! For us it was just a bus and a subway, yours was a real adventure!

Bobbi

 

[Halle]

I lived in NJ and we'd go on Sundays when it rained...less people. I remember having to pay to see It's Small World I think maybe $2.50. My Father thought it was an outrageous amount but my Mom said we had to do it. Dupont with rain raining on the stage. Steve and Edie performing for free!! The water shortage, no water given in restaurants unless you asked for it and pavilions that were to be surrounded with water dry and growing weeds in the moat. I was 10-11 and absolutely loved going. I also remember the Ford pavilion and hoping that we'd get to ride in a Mustang. Great memories.

 

[Disneyaholic]

I was also at the NY World's Fair. My father was kind of a World's Fair junkie -- we went to the Seattle World's Fair in 1962, the NY World's Fair in 1964 and Expo '67 in Montreal. We drove to each of them from the Chicago area.

I also have wondered why we no longer have World's Fairs....

My greatest memory is the Pieta. To this day, I get goosebumps when I even think about how moving that was.

In about 1993, after Carousel of Progress reopened after refurbishment, I went on it with DH and the kids. I suddenly realized that I had seen it almost 30 years earlier. What a strange sensation! It is one attraction that I absolutely must do every trip to the Magic Kingdom.

I also have to take a picture of the entrance to Carousel of Progress, with the year on it -- I'm always afraid that the next time I go, it won't be there.

 

[Simba's Mom]

My greatest memory is the Pieta. To this day, I get goosebumps when I even think about how moving that was.

I'd forgotten about the Pieta. We're not Catholic, and we thought it was so funny to see so many women in there with dollar bills pinned to their heads so that, in the Catholic tradition, their heads were covered. Not very tolerant of me, but 13 year old girls giggle at all kinds of things. The Pieta itself was lovely, we didn't giggle at that.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I'd forgotten about the Pieta. We're not Catholic, and we thought it was so funny to see so many women in there with dollar bills pinned to their heads so that, in the Catholic tradition, their heads were covered. Not very tolerant of me, but 13 year old girls giggle at all kinds of things. The Pieta itself was lovely, we didn't giggle at that.

Never saw that unless my memory is failing, could be. I'm Catholic and at 16 -17, I would have giggled, too, maybe rolled my eyes !

Bobbi

 

[MrsG]

DH & I also grew up in Queens. I only went twice but DH must have gone 100 times over the two years. Thanks for the memory of the Clairol building. I loved to look at the hairstyles. I remember the Sinclair dinosaur, the Chinese acrobats, and It's a Small World. I even got a little doll of an Indian princess. Maybe that's why I have to go on that ride in WDW everytime I go! The Carousel of Progress was also one of my favorites, then and now. The Pieta was incredible. We saw it again in St. Peter's when we went on the Disney Med cruise. Hard to believe we had seen it 44 yrs. earlier in Queens.........