Magic Kingdom Had a Lot More Stuff!

[Jrb1979]

I do understand why people liked what the parks used to be. I’m not sure what attraction you’re referring to but some attractions were always more popular than others.

Muppets, Rivers of America, the Original Country Bears

 

[Chi84]

Muppets, Rivers of America, the Original Country Bears

Oh, okay. I would never say nobody visited those attractions. They are less popular these days, which is probably why Disney is changing them.

I don’t experience the same nostalgia for those attractions but I respect the fact that others do. WDW changed constantly over the 41 years we’ve been visiting so I tend to be pretty accustomed to it.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Every year as a kid I used to look forward to going to House of Magic.

 

[Ice Gator]

Yep.

Today’s Guests have no idea how much they are ‘missing’.

Remember boating on the Seven Seas Lagoon…in Sunfish sailboats, and paddle boats?
Water skiing Goofy…?

Yeah, I remember.

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do they still do the duck/crocodile light floats on the lake in front of MK at night? i have such vague memories of those and i’m not sure if i’m dreaming them.

 

[lazyboy97o]

do they still do the duck/crocodile light floats on the lake in front of MK at night? i have such vague memories of those and i’m not sure if i’m dreaming them.

Are you maybe thinking of the Electrical Water Pageant? That has somehow survived all these years.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Or they aren't old senile fools stuck in the past holding onto pepperidge farm memories in an attempt to starve off irrelevance and the fact that time is passing them by.

Tomatoe/Tomaatoe

What generation are you? I’m guessing you are older than many of us who miss what Disney used to be.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Let’s not forget all the live entertainment that’s been cut!

Citizens of Main Street
Banjo Brothers in Frontierland
Fantasyland Saxaphone quartet
Adventureland Steel Drums
Fife and Drums in Liberty Square
Jugglers in Storybook Circus
Merlin in Fantasyland

Already been mentioned…. But the Horseshoe of course!

I could get over the fact of charging for LL if there was still all the little things to do in between. MK 1000% should have an entertainment act in each land as something additional to do between attractions and spread out crowds.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Are you maybe thinking of the Electrical Water Pageant? That has somehow survived all these years.

Shhh don’t let Jeff V hear that

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Let’s not forget all the live entertainment that’s been cut!

Citizens of Main Street
Banjo Brothers in Frontierland
Fantasyland Saxaphone quartet
Adventureland Steel Drums
Fife and Drums in Liberty Square
Jugglers in Storybook Circus
Merlin in Fantasyland

Already been mentioned…. But the Horseshoe of course!

I was looking for a page that had a summary of all park entertainment, but it looks to be spread throughout the guide

 

[Ice Gator]

Are you maybe thinking of the Electrical Water Pageant? That has somehow survived all these years.

yep that’s it! surprised it’s still there!

 

[Nunu]

yep that’s it! surprised it’s still there!

Watching the Electrical Water Pageant always makes me smile, imo, it's got so much charm and whimsy.

Hope they don't touch it, and that it stays for many more years to come.

 

[Tiggerish]

Watching the Electrical Water Pageant always makes me smile, imo, it's got so much charm and whimsy.

Hope they don't touch it, and that it stays for many more years to come.

Amen,

The Electrical Water Pageant is a special, magical event. Makes one want to stay at a Bay Lake resort.

 

[Chi84]

Amen,

The Electrical Water Pageant is a special, magical event. Makes one want to stay at a Bay Lake resort.

Some of our best memories!

 

[donaldtoo]

I miss the plaques that would tell what various plants or trees were and where they originated.

Those plaques can be attributed to Disney Legend horticulturist Bill Evans.
For those that may not be in the know, regarding Bill Evans…

Bill Evans - D23

In 1952, Bill Evans was called to landscape the grounds of Walt’s Holmby Hills home as well as the gardens that surrounded his backyard railroad.

d23.com

 

[marni1971]

You must real fun at parties.

They must have issues.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I can accept that a park changes. My first MK visit was 46 years ago, in 1979. Would I back then have enjoyed a park that looked stuck in 1933? Probably not.

But yet, if the MK of this thread, 1986, existed side by side with the current MK, I wouldn't set foot in the current one, ever. Not a minute.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I won't talk about the attractions only because it's a matter of taste whether you prefer Mr Toad, 20,000 Leagues and what not over what is there now. I'll only point out that on this map, where PhilharMagic is now was vacant until 1987 when Magic Journeys made its way over here from EPCOT. The first 3D movie to play in this theater also ran the old Donald Duck cartoon "Working for Peanuts" as its prpre-show.

I'm still sour over the removal of the Mickey Mouse Revue...

PhilharMagic is actually a good show (but what's with the focus?), but surely a live AA show of classic Disney songs is better.
The very idea of a Disney park is to see those movies brought to life, not to have them repeated.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

But yet, if the MK of this thread, 1986, existed side by side with the current MK, I wouldn't set foot in the current one, ever. Not a minute.

What's really missing from 1986-1991 that we have now?

Tiana's? A short TRON coaster? The Magic Carpet spinner? That's not enough to tip the scales for me.

Mission to Mars wasn't anything special, but it's better than vacant space.

I don't spend much time looking through MK stores now. I don't go into The Diamond Horseshoe. I don't care for the current version of Country Bears. Snow White is a meet 'n greet. The Frontierland arcade a DVC lounge. I don't have any interest in sitting through Laugh Floor again, but would enjoy watching Circle-Vision movies in that space.

Two rides exists where 20,000 Leagues is now, but they have the same run time combined.

The park is finally getting it's first new night time parade in almost 35 years, but there was one back then too.

 

[Jrb1979]

What's really missing from 1986-1991 that we have now?

Tiana's? A short TRON coaster? The Magic Carpet spinner? That's not enough to tip the scales for me.

Mission to Mars wasn't anything special, but it's better than vacant space.

I don't spend much time looking through MK stores now. I don't go into The Diamond Horseshoe. I don't care for the current version of Country Bears. Snow White is a meet 'n greet. The Frontierland arcade a DVC lounge. I don't have any interest in sitting through Laugh Floor again, but would enjoy watching Circle-Vision movies in that space.

Two rides exists where 20,000 Leagues is now, but they have the same run time combined.

The park is finally getting it's first new night time parade in almost 35 years, but there was one back then too.

What that list says to me is there is more IP in the park now compared to back then. The rides you listed as gone most weren't IP based. For guests today they aren't a draw

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The rides you listed as gone most weren't IP based. For guests today they aren't a draw

At MK the highest rated rides on touring plans are Big Thunder, Haunted Mansion and the people mover.