Do you remember.....

[kbeam]

For those of us who have been going to WDW since its opening, I'd like to see what you all remember...the things that have changed over time. To kick it off, I remember:

The song on the Carousel of Progress was something like "Now is the time, now is the best time, now is the best time of your life..."

The skyride in MK

Shades of Green was something like Disney Inn?

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

What else???

 

[Maistre Gracey]

The Swan Boats, Monsanto (snooze fest), If You Had Wings, NO Space Mountain.

I also seem to remember the Mainstreet stores being somewhat individual & unique, vs one long store..??

MG

 

[kbeam]

If You Had Wings....YES! Wasn't that where Buzz Lightyear is now in Tomorrowland? And did you know that the Mexican shop hagglers chasing you in the Mexican boat ride are gone?

 

[dizfan]

I remember they used to have letter tickets. It wasn't admission got you on all rides. Instead you could buy a group of tickets. Everyone wanted the "E" ticket rides. I think they even would sell extra tickets at booths in the park. I seem to remember my dad buying us all an extra "E" ticket and we were thrilled.

Not all the way back to the beginning, but I remember when Top of the World was the restaurant on top of the Contemporary resort.

I also remember some rocket blast off ride in Tomorrowland. (At least I think this was WDW and not DL).

 

[kbeam]

Speaking of the tickets, you reminded me of the photo tickets. Remember that nightmare? You had to have your photo taken for your ticket. Ugh. Thankfully, that was short-lived.

 

[dizfan]

The skyride in MK

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

I miss both of these rides, as well as Mr Toad's Wild Ride.

 

[Chuck S]

As this is not a DVC specific topic, I'm moving it over to the community board.

 

[Conan the Librarian]

And No PotC Either!

I also remember the Tiki Gods in agraba square didn't spray, but, they played music.


Mik Finn Keel boats. I thought they were more fun that the SteamBoat (at least at that time).

Ticket book you say?

 

[JodyLynC]

Kikkoman had the greatest restaurant in Adventureland.
There used to be a magic shop on Main Street.

 

[1957]

I remember they used to have letter tickets. It wasn't admission got you on all rides. Instead you could buy a group of tickets. Everyone wanted the "E" ticket rides. I think they even would sell extra tickets at booths in the park. I seem to remember my dad buying us all an extra "E" ticket and we were thrilled.

Not all the way back to the beginning, but I remember when Top of the World was the restaurant on top of the Contemporary resort.

I also remember some rocket blast off ride in Tomorrowland. (At least I think this was WDW and not DL).

Those ticket books were for DL. I still have some of those ticket books (Of course, all of the E tickets are gone, as they were for the "big" rides, and worth a whopping 50 cents! I have a few A tickets and one B ticket left. Those were worth 10 and 20 cents) The Rocket to the Moon was in DL (not WDW), and was one of those E ticket rides. It was in Tomorrowland, and has been gone for years. Our first trip there was in 1957.

We went to WDW in August of 1977 (who in their right mind goes to Florida in August? We didn't know any better!) Magic Kingdom was the only Park there at the time, as well as the Contemporary Hotel and the monorail. My kids were one and 3 1/2 at the time, and we kept having to pop into air-conditioned venues. I don't think they remember a thing about that trip, even when they see the pictures! We stayed at some motel in Orlando. There was also a place called Circus World (not part of WDW).

 

[PrincessV]

Mr. Toad, Dreamflight, World of Motion, Horizons...

Ticket books...

Day passes with strings (literal) attached with which to affix to clothing...

Juice served in plastic, fruit-shaped bottles with straws...

 

[Normangirls]

Our first trip, in 1977, we stayed at Fort Wilderness. Other than the campground, there was the Contemporary, the Polynesian, shopping at what is now Downtown Disney (but it was called the Walt Disney World Village), and of course the Magic Kingdom.

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority was called the WED Way People Mover (and forever will be, to me!).

The main restaurant at the shopping center was the Empress Lilly.

And we loved to go to River Country -- we had never seen anything like it!

 

[FindTheMickeys]

I remember the 'ticket books' to ride the attractions. A tickets for the Shooting Gallery, B tickets for the kiddie rides and E tickets for the Haunted Mansion and Pirates... You got like 4 E tickets and if you wanted to ride the rides again, it was like $2 per each additional E ticket you wanted to purchase I remember saying to my friends that Disney would do better to have one price and let us ride all we could in a day - sort of like Cedar Point was already doing. Next time we visited, it was $28 for the day!

1957 - I have to disagree about the ticket books being only for DL. I have NEVER been to DL. I visited WDW in 1978 and that is when the ticket books were in force there...

 

[Wall-E1]

I remember going to River Country and being deathly afraid of the two slides that would end in mid air, then dump you into the water. Now, when I look back on that, those slides were nothing compared to today's water park slides.

 

[PrincessV]

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority was called the WED Way People Mover (and forever will be, to me!).

 

[aristocatz]

I miss the Skyway, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, The Buffeteria at the CR, and I really miss the horse trolleys & the horses in the parades.

 

[My5Mouseketeers]

What about River Country,Mr. Toads Wild Ride and my favorite the Disney Institute?

 

[DancingBear]

No mountains in MK, also no Pirates or Country Bears.

Long line at Country Bears when it first opened.

Lots of songs gone from Epcot Future World--Listen to the Land, It's Fun to be Free, Kitchen Kabaret medley, Universe of Energy, Energy (You make the World Go Round), If you can dream it then you can do it, Tomorrow's Child

And the WorldKey screens where you could make Epcot dinner reservations talking to a real human being.

 

[Teacher03]

No mountains in MK, also no Pirates or Country Bears.

Long line at Country Bears when it first opened.

Lots of songs gone from Epcot Future World--Listen to the Land, It's Fun to be Free, Kitchen Kabaret medley, Universe of Energy, Energy (You make the World Go Round), If you can dream it then you can do it, Tomorrow's Child

And the WorldKey screens where you could make Epcot dinner reservations talking to a real human being.

I remember waiting in the long, long lines for Country Bears! My aunt and uncle went to Disney World when it first opened and all they talked about was Country Bears and the Haunted Mansion....so we went a couple of months later we were so excited for both.

I also remember making reservations at Epcot.

I remember swimming in the lake while staying at Fort Wilderness; no swimming pool was available.

 

[liquidbase]

I vaguely remember being on the 20,000 Leauges Under the Sea Submarine Voyage as a small boy during one of the last several years of its operation. I wish I could have known it more.

Speaking of submarine voyage, check out The Little Mermaid Submarine Voyage: an idea for WDW posted 12/28/09 4:51 p.m. on the Community board.