Old Disney Park photos

[jenseib]

I went to my moms to find our old pictures. Ok, my mom was a loser in the picture taking department! Her's are mostly off centered and Really bad! And I think there was a total of 12 in all that I could find, compared to my 100 per day average last trip! Most of them were in I's a Small World or the Parade. I am so glad I have memories for my little ones. When my older two were little I didn't take as many as last trip, but I have more than 12!! Also the are "stuck" in the old photo albums. I think i may ruin them if I try any harder to get them out so I just scanned each page.

These are from 1974. I must've been about 5 then. I'm the blonde with Pooh.

 

[YEKCIM]

All made with 110 format Instamatic slide film (Kodak Pocket 30):

~YEKCIM

 

[hulagirl87]

toy story parade at mgm... i think this was in 1996...

 

[vsimeone]

What a GREAT thread! I need to go to my parent's house to see if I can find any from my first trip back in 1976. In the meantime, I have some of my daughter. I'm not positive on the years but she will be 19 in a couple of weeks. I'm thinking the first two are about 1991 and the last two are about 1996 or so.

This one is New Year's Eve. I think it was about 1996 or so.

 

[cccm]

Okay....I'm going to post some as soon as I learn how (searching now). I did just scan a whole few from July 1977. Also searching for the other years.

 

[skippyman111]

(Also posted on the Dis Photography board)

~YEKCIM

Can someone put this into perspective comparing it to today? Meaning, is this looking towards what would be space mountain? I see what appears to be building that stitch and buzz are in, but what's with the orange wall? Did you have to walk around it to get to SM?

 

[GrowingUpDisney]

This is not the best pic in the world...but it's a good one (to me). This is me, my dad and my dsis.

This too isn't a great pic because I had to pull it out of the scrapbook - but in 1997 my entire family went to Disney together for the last time (for all of us to go). To add a bit - my grandparents took me, my sister and my cousins (and our parents) to Disney from the time I was in the womb until I was 13 years old. In 1997 they bought us all tickets to the park for one more trip together...with husbands and boyfriends this time around. I will cherish this memory forever! We got to be the Grand Marshalls in the Christmas parade...it was so exciting! (Hehe...that would be my crazy dh in the joker's hat! LOL)

 

[YEKCIM]

Can someone put this into perspective comparing it to today? Meaning, is this looking towards what would be space mountain? I see what appears to be building that stitch and buzz are in, but what's with the orange wall? Did you have to walk around it to get to SM?

Good question, but that was so long ago, and I'm so old, that I really do not remember. I consulted a google earth satellite shot of the MK, and best I can tell, I must've been standing at the end of the "spoke" leading from the "hub" between Main Street and the castle, approximately where the futuristic "Tomorrowland" sign is, today, looking toward the "StarJets" ride, now known as "Astro Orbiter". Stitch would now be on the left, and Buzz on the right. Carousel of Progress lies to the right, and slightly behind the StarJets ride, and Space Mountain would be behind StarJets, and slightly to the left, although it does not appear in this photo. What the orange wall is, I have no idea, unless maybe it was part of the StarJets ride, perhaps the queueing area...? I believe that the TTA boarding area is in this area, too, so maybe the orange wall is in some way related to that.

Maybe someone with a better memory can fill in some details here.

~YEKCIM

 

[bnf2]

... Also they are "stuck" in the old photo albums. I think i may ruin them if I try any harder to get them out so I just scanned each page.

Not that you asked, but...
If you would like to preserve these photos from further damage, try getting them out with dental floss- just slip it under one corner and work it back forth until it comes out. If it's really stubborn, heat the picture up a little with a hair dryer and then try the dental floss.

Once they are all out you can get them into a safe album for long-term storage. Good luck.

 

[jenseib]

Not that you asked, but...
If you would like to preserve these photos from further damage, try getting them out with dental floss- just slip it under one corner and work it back forth until it comes out. If it's really stubborn, heat the picture up a little with a hair dryer and then try the dental floss.

Once they are all out you can get them into a safe album for long-term storage. Good luck.

thanks, but actually the part that will ruin the picture is the plastic cover. It is stuck on the actual photo, so to pull it off would ruin the picture itself.

 

[skippyman111]

Good question, but that was so long ago, and I'm so old, that I really do not remember. I consulted a google earth satellite shot of the MK, and best I can tell, I must've been standing at the end of the "spoke" leading from the "hub" between Main Street and the castle, approximately where the futuristic "Tomorrowland" sign is, today, looking toward the "StarJets" ride, now known as "Astro Orbiter". Stitch would now be on the left, and Buzz on the right. Carousel of Progress lies to the right, and slightly behind the StarJets ride, and Space Mountain would be behind StarJets, and slightly to the left, although it does not appear in this photo. What the orange wall is, I have no idea, unless maybe it was part of the StarJets ride, perhaps the queueing area...? I believe that the TTA boarding area is in this area, too, so maybe the orange wall is in some way related to that.

Maybe someone with a better memory can fill in some details here.

~YEKCIM

Wow that would be weird. I guess the TTA would have been more crowded back then since it was so new.

 

[GrowingUpDisney]

Wow that would be weird. I guess the TTA would have been more crowded back then since it was so new.

Actually, TTA is one of my favorites - however, it will forever be "The People Mover" to me...

 

[jenseib]

 

[CathrynRose]

Can someone put this into perspective comparing it to today? Meaning, is this looking towards what would be space mountain? I see what appears to be building that stitch and buzz are in, but what's with the orange wall? Did you have to walk around it to get to SM?

This is just crossing over the bridge, looking at The Lunching Pad (behind it is Space Mountain)....where they sell Turkey Legs in MK. To the left is now "Stich" to the right is now Monsters, and BUzz.

Id assume the orange wall was construction.

 

[WendyBirdGirl]

What a wonderful mural! Is it gone now?! I would hate to think it was painted over!! It's got everybody...even the critters from The Rescuers!! I LOVE that movie!!!

Actually, that mural is still in existence, but it's in an area that is considered "backstage" now --- only Cast Members get to see it. But it is still very much appreciated and loved!

 

[WendyBirdGirl]

Character breakfast on the Empress Lily in 1992... you might be able to see my dad's Chicago Bears ZUBAZ pants.

 

[punkin413]

Character breakfast on the Empress Lily in 1992... you might be able to see my dad's Chicago Bears ZUBAZ pants.

my dad had some miami dolphin pants like that. and i've already posted this, but check out my little brother's pants here, also in '92 (taken at epcot)! they're not the zebra stripe, but very similar and same fit. i think his shirt sleeves rolled up to reveal a matching print! he's 20 now and would kill me if he knew i posted this! although i have to say my cut off/rolled up jean shorts and keds with socks is a rockin look, too!

 

[robin09]

I have 26 photos from when I was a kid in Disney World on my website.

You can see them HERE

I just recently found slides from my first trip in 1975, I will scan them and post them later today.

I also found slides purchased by my parents from the 70's which had official photos from around the world on them. I will try to scan them in the next few days or so, there's a lot of them and my scanner only takes 2 at a time

Love your pictures! WOW!

 

[Karrie Davis]

Here is my family in about 1979...

My son loves this photo, he tells me "nooooo, mom, that not be you..."

 

[Andrew Bichard]

Anyone remember this?

Andrew