pre Magic Carpets

[georgew]

Does anybody remember what used to be where the Magic Carpet ride in Adventure Land is now? Seems to me that there was some kind of kid's ride there but I may be remembering it wrong.....

 

[Lee]

There was no ride there. It was open.

 

[maryszhi]

nothing was there until the carpets were built.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Before? Before there was a lush, immersive, brilliantly themed environment. Before the mechanical cartoon spinner replaced 'exotic and adventurous' with 'clogged claustrophic pathways'.

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[Spikerdink]

Ah, nostalgia.

I have always hated the Carpets. Never thought they belonged there. Not opposed to the ride, per se, just the location.

 

[wiigirl]

Ah, nostalgia.

I have always hated the Carpets. Never thought they belonged there. Not opposed to the ride, per se, just the location.

I thought they were okay, just slightly out of place.

 

[UofMGuy423]

Just a nice open plaza area with buildings that matched the theme. We have a great time on the Magic Carpets with my kids, but it did look so much better without them!

 

[KCheatle]

I must admit, I like the green space, but at the time same, I enjoy that there is another ride for my kids. The Frontierland/ Adventureland section could still use more e-ticket rides IMO. There is not much to do over there for little ones. All you've got to rides for the little ones are POC, jungle cruise, and Magic Carpets (3). My 7 yo can ride Spash mountain, but not my 2yo. And then there's BTMR for the adults (2 rides). Maybe the train if you count that? The boat to Tom Sawyer's island isn't really a ride IMO, and neither is the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. All then all you have in Liberty Square is the Haunted Mansion (1). Whereas, Tomorrowland alone has at least Monsters Inc, Buzz, People mover, COP, race track, Stitch's great escape, and space moutain (7), and Fantasyland has Peter Pan, IASW, WTP, Teacups, Carousel, Dumbo (I'm still going to count it) (6). It just seems really disporportionate and I wish there was more to do on that side of the park.

 

[captainkidd]

I see why they put the ride in. I don't like it, but it's just a way to lighten the load of other attractions.

Now, if they'd only do that in Tomorrowland.

 

[sgtmgd]

I see why they put the ride in. I don't like it, but it's just a way to lighten the load of other attractions.

Now, if they'd only do that in Tomorrowland.

They did..its called the Carosel of Progress....lol

 

[captainkidd]

They did..its called the Carosel of Progress....lol

Hey, leave the CoP alone!

I'm talking about Stitch's Night Club. Get rid of that monstrosity and put an interesting attraction there.

 

[Rasvar]

I thought it was a really poor fit in the location. It really busted up some good them flow along with created a stroller constriction from hell. I'd rather they have popped up a food stand or something there instead of that. Yeah, it serves a purpose but it destroyed one heck of a good visual.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I see why they put the ride in. I don't like it, but it's just a way to lighten the load of other attractions.

Now, if they'd only do that in Tomorrowland.

They did...it's called 'The Starjets'. In TL too a spinner was added in the land's central plaza several years after the park opened.

But unlike the Aladdin monstrosity, the Starjets fit the theme. 'Big mechanical thing' clashes with 'natural South Seas settings', but 'soarin Spaceships' add to 'Space Age Tomorrowland on the move'. Not to mention, TL was an vast empty space that needed to be build up, AL was a complete land which became hopelessly clogged.

 

[captainkidd]

They did...it's called 'The Starjets'. In TL too a spinner was added in the land's central plaza several years after the park opened.

But unlike the Aladdin monstrosity, the Starjets fit the theme. 'Big mechanical thing' clashes with 'natural South Seas settings', but 'soarin Spaceships' add to 'Space Age Tomorrowland on the move'. Not to mention, TL was an vast empty space that needed to be build up, AL was a complete land which became hopelessly clogged.

I always thought Star Jets were there from the beginning. Wasn't the TTA?

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I always thought Star Jets were there from the beginning. Wasn't the TTA?

The Peoplemover is even younger than the Star Jets. It opened together with Space, Mission to Mars and the CoP in the 'Tomorrowland Annus Mirabilis' of 1975.

TL was a bit of a stepchild when the MK opened, the place that got to bear the brunt of budget and time limitations.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Pictures from back when slender, appropriately dressed guests could bump into free-roaming characters:

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[sgtmgd]

Hey, leave the CoP alone!

I'm talking about Stitch's Night Club. Get rid of that monstrosity and put an interesting attraction there.

Im proud to say I rode the CoP over Labor Day

 

[Goofyernmost]

Pictures from back when slender, appropriately dressed guests could bump into free-roaming characters:

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Yea, I was a lot slimmer 30 years ago too. Slim is way overrated in my mind. Thin people always look unhealthy to me.

 

[TubaGeek]

Pictures from back when slender, appropriately dressed guests could bump into free-roaming characters:

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Good golly I love retro character pictures.

 

[Fantasmic]

It was great before the spinner.