The Look of the Characters in the Early Days of WDW

[profscottraynor]

I put this post of images from the early days of WDW with particular emphasis on the characters. I find it interesting to see how much the walk around characters have changed through the years. The Pooh costume is odd with the Honey Pot hat. Dumbo is also quite odd looking...

http://www.itats.org/walt-disney-world-slides-mid-1970s-vi-characters/

 

[JIMINYCR]

I soooo much prefer the new sleek characters look over the old extremely large plastic type looking heads. If you go back even earlier and find a photo of the 7 dwarfs that Walt had at the premiere of SW&7D movie youll see how even more awkward they look. Must have been terribly uncomfortable to wear those old costumes.

 

[J_Carioca]

Love the old photos, thank you for posting them. In the 7th photo on your site, some of the characters look exactly the same now! (Brer Bear, Tigger, and a few others)

 

[profscottraynor]

I also like the fact they have the Aristocats....I doubt that they are seen in the parks much these days.

 

[AndyS2992]

These are from Disneyland but I still think evolution of Mickey and Minnie is very interesting.

 

[Figaro928]

The Mad Hatter is terrifying

 

[Dubman]

 

[AndyS2992]

The Mad Hatter is terrifying

This one?

 

[Figaro928]

This one?

...nightmares.....

 

[The Magical Genie 123]

Nightmares!!!

 

[pumpkin7]

Some of these are terrifying!

 

[AndyS2992]

Some of these are terrifying!

Oh it gets worse

And what is creepy about the above one is that Mickey and Minnie appear to have chunks taken out of their faces How Walt allowed this to happen is quite odd.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

Oh it gets worse

And what is creepy about the above one is that Mickey and Minnie appear to have chunks taken out of their faces How Walt allowed this to happen is quite odd.

Talk about neglect issues in the park, that's really bad and the dad looks really creeped out

 

[Sudcaro- Sudcaro]

 

[profscottraynor]

This thread just gets weirder....No wonder so many kids are scared of walk around characters.

 

[AndyS2992]

I also like the fact they have the Aristocats....I doubt that they are seen in the parks much these days.

They're at Disneyland Paris quite frequently

 

[Club34]

anyone else thinking that disney could be on the brink of making one of those creepy home invasion movies starring their vintage costumes?

 

[beast]

Mickey: "So, you won't talk. Minnie, get the cheese grater."

 

[Marc Gil]

Well... I won't be getting any sleep tonight... Oh well

 

[Fox&Hound]

This one?

So freakin' scary!!!!!!