Very old Magic Kingdom photos! Interesting comparisons!

[Claire&TheBoys]

We went through a box of slides at my parents' house over the weekend. Here are a few from Nov. 1978 - my first trip to Disney World. Check out how few people are there - and all the older people seem to be almost dressed up!

I'm not sure what the parade was, or even who all the characters are - who are the clowns with Pooh? I love the Hunny pot on Pooh's head! And I was getting my picture made with Baloo. I was surprised to see kids getting autographs even then. I thought that was a relatively new thing to do.

Hope you enjoy my blast from the past!

 

[ThereAndBackAgain]

It's amazing to see how much it has changed!

 

[Planogirl]

Oh yes, the characters signed autographs and that was during a time when a character might just pop up anywhere. There were actually separate stores with separate purposes along Main Street too.

I love the train. I don't remember the clowns.

 

[ebtbmom]

What cool pictures!

I just hope that white and blue clown doesn't haunt my dreams tonight.

 

[MichiganDVC]

People aren't dressed up....those were leisure suits! Today, people wear sweat pants to the parks. I'm not much better....but it is darn hot out there in July!

 

[paskitti]

Please post more! SO COOL!

 

[Mad Hattered]

Please post more! SO COOL!

It's not my thread but I LOVE these types! If the OP doesn't mind, I could post a few from 1972, 76 and a scan of an old postcard book that we got in 73.

 

[Fivemuggles]

Awww what a fun find!!

 

[susanrose73]

Wow, so few people!

Oh and that's one scary looking clown!

 

[Plaid Princess]

Those are great! Thanks for sharing!

 

[gingerfeathers]

A few changes made for the better, I see... like getting rid of the creepy clowns!

Very neat photos! I love seeing vintage WDW. It's so neat to see how much has changed, and yet at the same time how little.

I remember getting autographs back in the late 80s/early 90s, and I remember it being a hunt, so it was special when you did find one! I do miss that. The character meet and greets have lost a bit of that magic, and many people think adults with no kids (like me) waiting in line to meet a character is strange.

 

[makcool]

Where in the park are these pictures from? Is that grey building where the floats and horses are kept in between the fire house and haircut building?

 

[Mad Hattered]

Where in the park are these pictures from? Is that grey building where the floats and horses are kept in between the fire house and haircut building?

Yes.

 

[Linda67]

These are great!

The park looks deserted !

Thanks for sharing them

 

[AuroraRora]

Where is everybody??

Super cool, thanks for posting!

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

great old photos, thanks for Posting!


Take a good look, its a cloudy, cool day , most likely in winter, notice the jackets! Winter in those days the parks were not very crowded like today!

AKK

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

OP here - glad you guys enjoyed the blast from the past! To whoever asked, go ahead and post more. This is all I have. We were going through slides and when these popped up on the screen, I grabbed my camera and took pictures of the projection - not a very good way to capture them, but the least amount of trouble. Back in those days, you didn't take a million pictures of every single thing you saw, since it was expensive to buy film and expensive to have it developed, especially slide film.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Where in the park are these pictures from? Is that grey building where the floats and horses are kept in between the fire house and haircut building?

Yes.


I find it interesting to see how simple the parade floats look. They almost look like something built for a small town 4th of July parade. The wheels/undercarriage on the train floats look like a child's large wagon.

Again, very neat. Thanks once more.

 

[ChelleFeegan]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing, though those clowns would have me in tears

 

[Mad Hattered]

OK, OP....I just didn't want to hijack your thread. And honestly, I don't have that many either. As many trips as our family made I was only able to salvage a few and scanned them.

Here are some scans of the postcard book and pics I recovered of way back when Leisure suits were the equivalent of sweat pants. You never see Leisure suits posted on People of Walmart, though.

I like the Skyway and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in this view