Not exactly a TR-vintage 1994 photos of our first ever trip!

[loladelorean]

I love looking at the photos of our very first trip to DLP in 1994 so thought I would share them with you, especially with all the talk on the boards just now about what people miss from the parks.

The Cast:
Mum and Dad - 30-something and 40-something respectively
Me (Lisa) - aged 6
Samantha - aged 1

September 1994, 10 (!!) nights at the Hotel Cheyenne! This was our first family holiday abroad, and my mum and dad saved for ages to take us for 10 whole nights! I still can't believe they went for that long, and there was only one park back then too. Apparently we tried to go to Paris one day but found the French people very rude and the train to be a nightmare with the buggy, so we basically stayed in DLRP (as it was then) for 10 days.
My dad jokes he was going stir crazy by the end, but of course as a 6 year old I felt like we were there forever and loved every second of it!

A bit of streetmosphere at the lake

I look like I'm clinging on for dear life!

My parents can't remember the name of this show, but we all loved it. It featured Sorceror Mickey so was bound to be a hit with me, I was crazy about Fantasia.

Apparently the characters did a few meet and greets inside the castle area. Is it bad I would totally still wear this coat now?!

I was a bit of a wee tomboy and never did the princess dresses (hard to believe now as I'm very girly) but I did love Minnie and always tried to stand like her!

I want to recreate this photo when the three of us go back in three weeks, as this is the first time we've all been at DLP together since 1994!

My mum has always wanted to stay at NBC...we were booked for there this year until I saw that we could upgrade to our favourite HNY for about £20, so I talked her round! I've promised her we will stay there next time though! Oh and I would also definitely still wear this awesome Jungle Book jumper.

I can't believe she dressed us in matching outfits...

Fairy Godmother! Anyone seen her in the parks recently?!

The pink palace and vintage EuroDisneyland sign

A cool Dumbo float in the parade

A cowboys and indians show I apparently made them go to every day. I used to get up and dance with Chip n Dale (they're still my favourites)

The timelessly beautiful Chateau

Animals at the round up! These aren't still here, are they?

Anyway that's all the photos I have scanned in, hope you guys find them interesting. Can't wait to go back, 3 weeks today!!!

 

[Kazzabelle]

Ahh bless, what lovely pictures and i bet you had fun going down memory lane and seeing how the park used to look compared to now.
I really hope our 2 little ones will still love going when they are grown up and look back at our old pictures with happy memories as you have.
And wow 10 days i wish i could go for that

Thank you for posting this

 

[Mum to Belle]

I'd wear that coat too!! Great photos - thanks for sharing!

Not long to go now, you must be getting super-excited!!!

 

[loladelorean]

Ahh bless, what lovely pictures and i bet you had fun going down memory lane and seeing how the park used to look compared to now.
I really hope our 2 little ones will still love going when they are grown up and look back at our old pictures with happy memories as you have.
And wow 10 days i wish i could go for that

Thank you for posting this

I'm sure your kids will be just like us and always be Disney crazy
Glad you liked the photos!

 

[loladelorean]

I'd wear that coat too!! Great photos - thanks for sharing!

Not long to go now, you must be getting super-excited!!!

I really am! Me and Samantha were saying yesterday that we've been counting down to this trip for so long that it doesn't feel real, I don't think it's really sunk in yet that we're actually going to be there soon.
See I definitely haven't grown up I'll be even more excited in 3 weeks time than I was aged 6 in those photos!

 

[zinderella]

Old photos are fab!!! Thanks for posting

 

[leebob]

That's brilliant!!!

 

[disney_princess_85]

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

 

[loladelorean]

Thanks for the replies everyone I'm really glad you like the photos

 

[Ms Poppins]

These are great - love the fairy godmother!!

 

[scampbunny]

superb photos!!!

how lovely to look back and then ull get to see how much has changed (and hasnt).....

really hope u have an amazing time xxxx

 

[LoodlesNoodles]

Fantabulous photos! It makes me want to find the ones my parents took back then too.

 

[loladelorean]

These are great - love the fairy godmother!!

Me too! My wee sister loved her apparently - my mum said she adored the characters with real faces but was a bit scared of the other ones, even Mickey. When we went back last year (trippie here http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2511081) this was Samantha's first time at DLP since she was 1 - she wished she could remember it!

 

[loladelorean]

superb photos!!!

how lovely to look back and then ull get to see how much has changed (and hasnt).....

really hope u have an amazing time xxxx

Thank you, I'm sure we will. It's so close now, I can't stop thinking about it. I really should or I'll never get any uni work done.
We're going to try and retake as many photos as we can in the same place as 1994 and we can put them in a double frame
I really really wish that Sorceror Mickey show was still there! Or, erm, any show

 

[Kittina]

i loved these!!! didn't want them to end hehe

enjoy your trip

 

[ben1993]

great pics! I love seeing retro "Euro Disney" stuff

 

[paulinefc]

These are brilliant.. thank you so much for sharing

 

[Ware Bears]

Great photos, thanks for sharing your memories with us.

 

[the_princess]

I love old Disneyland pics. I don't think they have the animals there anymore. I remember there was a horse the first time I went in 2003, but I don't think they have animals out at all anymore. I'll have a look when I go in Feb ;-)

 

[Jonjo]

I love old Disneyland pics. I don't think they have the animals there anymore. I remember there was a horse the first time I went in 2003, but I don't think they have animals out at all anymore. I'll have a look when I go in Feb ;-)

I seem to remember the animals leaving some time in 2005 after the Bird Flu outbreak.