Missed attractions

[Maliki2]

Journey Into Imagination
and
20000 Leagues....wow I miss this one, one of my favorite rides when I went in the 70s! I did get to go on it in the early 90s before it was put out of commision!

 

[eatntae]

It was at Disneyland, so I assume it was at Disney World: Captain EO.

 

[Uncleromulus]

You could probably open a new "mini" theme park with the rides and attractions I miss. And add River Country and about a dozen fine restaurants!!
Anyway--Horizons and World of Motion top my list.

 

[DawnM]

Well, we just moved from CA in 2005 so honestly, even though we have been to WDW twice since we moved, I didn't even notice that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was not at WDW!

I am happy that WDW still has the carrousel of progress. I missed that at DL. Didn't it used to have a different theme song? Now it is "Man has a dream" or something and before it had the words, "Now is the time, now is the best time." Didn't it?

I miss 20,000 leagues too.

You know, it is really funny because there are some rides and shows that I don't even care much for, but when they leave I miss knowing they are there.....just the change in the familiar I guess. The Country Bears left DL and I was really sad about it. I have always hated the Tiki room but now that it is gone I miss just "knowing" it was there. Strange.

Dawn

 

[liamsaunt]

I miss Horizons greatly. If you can dream it, then you can do it!

 

[Syrreal]

horizons
20,000 leagues
world of motion
mr toad
if you had wings
and also the ride that replaced if you had wings (take flight?)

 

[disneyphanatic1911]

Mission To Mars
and that 360 movie (I forget the name of it) that was in Tomorrowland. Even though it was boring I still miss it.

 

[All Aboard]

What I really, really miss:

- Horizons
- Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Tapestry of Nations
- An Adventureland Bazaar without Aladdin's Carpets
- The Mickey Mouse Review
- The Walt Disney Story
- Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
- The Main Street Electrical Parade
- The original Enchanted Tiki Room
- The original Journey into Imagination
- All of the parts of the Backlot Tour and the Walking Tour
- Kitchen Cabaret
- Making dining reservations at World Key kiosks

What I miss:

- 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
- World of Motion
- Monster Sound Show
- If you had wings / could fly / take flight / dream flight
- Flight to the Moon / Mission to Mars
- Superstar Television
- Mike Fink's Keelboats
- Explorer Canoes
- The original Illuminations
- America the Beautiful / Magic Carpet Round the World
- Eggrolls and Fried Rice at the Adventureland Veranda
- Communicore
- Food Rocks
- Symbiosis

What I really don't miss at all:

- The Skyway
- Captain EO
- The Swan Boats
- Alien Encounter
- The Odyssey Restaurant

 

[LightBurnsBlue]

Horizons--I miss this one terribly!
This ride just embodied the idea of a "future world" more than any other attraction...the idea EPCOT was founded on. While I like most of the new rides at EPCOT (test track, soarin) they just seem "neat" and not necessarily "futuristic." As long as they don't take away my Spaceship Earth, however, I think I can survive.

I also miss the Skyway at MK.

 

[krissyh]

Mr. Toad - that was such a memory from my childhood.

You know though - don't miss 20,000 Leagues at all.

 

[ufgator]

-Original Imagination ride
-Delta ride
-Horizons
-Golden Girls house

 

[PolyAddict]

Anyway--Horizons and World of Motion top my list.

These are my two most missed. Mainly for sentimental reasons. It reminds me of when my DH and I were young and carefree!! We visited in 1987 with a group of friends when we were 18 and 19 and again on our honeymoon in 1989. We have been married for 16 years and have 3 kids and a mortgage and a well you know the deal. About 2 years into our marriage he was diagnosed with leukemia and almost didn't make it. Needless to say we love our trips with our DD's but how I would love to ride those one last time just him and I.

 

[disneyphanatic1911]

You know though - don't miss 20,000 Leagues at all.

I don't either.

 

[Sammie]

I miss "Mr. Toad"

me too,

 

[JulielovesDisney]

The Skyride from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland. I only get the chance to go on it once when I was younger, and I was really scared then, but I still loved it.

 

[Chester's Mum]

Delta Dreamflight

 

[PrincessAurora]

Toad.

 

[Markstudy]

20,000 Leagues was the best ride to balance out all the lands.
As a boy...it was such a joy to be a Cowboy, see ghost, then a Jungle Cruise, and a Sci-Fi sub ride all in one day.

When they took away one of the orginal E-ticket rides and didn't replace it with another E-ticket ride, I stopped going to Disney. Its been 10 years and I'm still mad that they paved over a E-ticket ride and dumped the 14 subs in a land-fill. They could have at least displayed a sub at MGM.

Time to go back in Jan for first time. Lots of new stuff to see at Epcot and AK...but the MK won't be the same.

 

[DisneyDuo]

DH and I moved to Tampa around the time Epcot was being built, so watched it grow from a pile of dirt - and we were there for opening day - so I have a special love for the original rides there - I really miss Horizons, World of Motion, and the original Imagination ride.

At MK, I miss the Skyway- I loved that feeling of floating through the air, and the rumbly part when you changed direction!

And I miss the best Disney parade of all time - the millenium parade with the big puppets (the original, not the one with the kids voices). I have the music on cd and listen to it every time we travel to WDW!

Lin

 

[Robo]

I am happy that WDW still has the carrousel of progress. I missed that at DL. Didn't it used to have a different theme song? Now it is "Man has a dream" or something and before it had the words, "Now is the time, now is the best time." Didn't it?

Both of the songs used in CoP are by the Sherman Brothers who wrote lots of the great Disney songs in the 60's (It's a Small World, Mary Poppins... just SO many!)

When Walt Disney himself commissioned the music for CoP he wanted to accentuate the story that "progress" means that even though "today seems great, tomorrow is going to be better." The Shermans responded with "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" (the song that you currently hear in the CoP at WDW.)
Walt LOVED it, it was a huge hit at the 1964 World's Fair in NYC and my family and I got to see/hear it at Disneyland after it was finally set-up there after the fair.
WE loved it (I was about 15 years old then) and rode that carousel over and over.
When CoP was moved to WDW, the Shermans were asked to write a new song (the CoP was sponsored by GE) that stated that "NOW is the Best Time" ostensibly because it meant to "go ahead and buy appliances TODAY," don't wait until "tomorrow" (or you'll never do it.)
As a kid who had grown up with the ORIGINAL SONG, I was a bit disappointed with the NEW one.
So, years later, when I discovered that the CoP had re-opened with the ORIGINAL song back IN, I was SO HAPPY! (I couldn't believe that the present-day Imagineers had taken the time to nearly RESTORE the new CoP to its earlier Walt Disney-supervised glory!)
I can understand that it those of you who were FIRST-initiated to the CoP with the SECOND song, would have nostalgia for THAT one... but Walt himself chose the FIRST one (that's there now) and I LOVE IT!
BTW, the present voice of the host (and the "father" on-stage) is Jean Shepherd, author and narrator for the perennial
favorite "A Christmas Story" (you'll shoot your eye out!)

The original actor Walt chose for this part was Rex Allen, Sr. who also quite ably narrated most of Disney's "animal films" in the 60's, and who was also a prominent "Cowboy Film Star" in the 50's.
Rex Sr.'s voice is currently that of the Grandfather in the final Christmas vignette of the present CoP. (When I first heard that voice I nearly broke down... what a beautiful tribute to the original show!)

A third voice that's prominently featured is "Uncle Orville" ("No privacy atoll around this place!")
He is voiced by the great Mel Blanc, Sr. (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian... all the WB classic voices AND Barney Rubble!)
Mel is also the voice of the Parrot in another of the CoP scene.
These Mel Blanc tracks were actually lifted FROM the original audio used in the first CoP and, again, is an elegant nod to Walt's creation.

Alas, all three of these wonderful "voices" have passed on... but we can still enjoy their inimitable craft-work in the CoP.

Long may it continue to spin us into the future!