anyone remember?

[mrtoadRIP]

who remembers when the Wicked Witch of the West used to hijack your cars on The Great Movie Ride (ya know...back when it was great...)?

i swear i remember this but you're the first person that agrees with me that this actually happened. everyone says that it has been an AA from the start.

 

[DDPGambit]

Originally posted by DogsRule!
who remembers when the Wicked Witch of the West used to hijack your cars on The Great Movie Ride (ya know...back when it was great...)?
Who remembers the year MGM opened, when there was NOTHING to do there!
Who remembers when a week was enough time to see the World?
Who remembers laughing at how the stamp of which park you started out at each day never seemed to land on the correct line?
Who remembers when handstamps meant something?
Who remembers Dixie Landings?
Who remembers those buses with the grainy windows you could barely see through?
Who remembers the first time they saw the Tower of Terror? Who remembers when Early Entry Days were a full NINETY minutes before the parks opened?
Who remembers when Animal Kingdom opened at 7 am and closed at 7 pm? Who remembers seeing Animal Kingdom at sunrise, the most beautiful time of day there?
Who remembers SPLASHTACULAR?
Who remembers the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at MGM? Who remembers The Monster Sound Show?
Who remembers Spaceship Earth when it was narrated by Walter Cronkite and still played "Tomorrow's Child"?
Who remembers the WEDway PeopleMover?

Wow. I remember more stuff than I thought!:lol:

 

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by mrtoadRIP


i swear i remember this but you're the first person that agrees with me that this actually happened. everyone says that it has been an AA from the start.

Nope....I remember. She was not an Animatronic from Day 1! VERY early in the park history, she was real.

 

[The Mom]

Kyle, I remember all of those things, and probably should remember even more. However, many of the changes have been for the better. I remember how excited I was when CBR opened....finally an on-site resort that didn't cost a week's pay per night!

The menus have also been expanded to accomodate a wider dietary range....the days of vegetarians being forced to bring their own food (unless they were eating at a full service restaurant with a chef willing to make something special) are long gone.

It's easier to find healthy alternatives, including fresh fruit...even if it is pretty pricey.

Many changes were for the better; many were for the worse....but change is inevitable. Yes, there are lots of things I miss....and probably a lot of bad things I've forgotten about.

However, I see nothing wrong with taking a walk down memory lane now and then...it's rather enjoyable. I just try not to let my stroll spoil my pleasure in the present.

 

[ToTBellHop]

oh, I think the Resort is FAR better now than it was back then, just remembering some of those little nostalgic things that were purely disney. I find it funny that printing faces on tickets is a long-gone concept at Disney, but Six Flags thinks it's a big deal getting your picture on your season passes! ("new" technology)

 

[Invero]

Originally posted by DogsRule!
Who remembers those buses with the grainy windows you could barely see through?

LOL... we still have 'em... hehe... Busses 2701-2737... over 20 years old, and over two million miles on them... still running good.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by Fantasia Boi


LOL... we still have 'em... hehe... Busses 2701-2737... over 20 years old, and over two million miles on them... still running good.

2,000,000...god...I wish GM cars lasted that long...

 

[jmarc63]

Originally posted by Debbie
Upon reading the thread from someone who hasn't been in 15 years, I began thinking about some of the neat things I have seen at WDW over the years:
1. Remember the turnstiles for the 15th anniversary and if it went off when you went through you won a prize?
2. Remember the song from the 3:00 parade/ 15th anniversary
3. Remember the song from the 3:00 parade/ 10th anniversary
4. Remember Mickey's Birthdayland?
5. Remember the Golf Resort?
6. Remember the original Disney village shops?
7. Remember ticket packages? COP was free as was If You Had Wings
8. Frozen bananas?
9. Remember having to get your ticket stamped?
10. having your picture on your ticket?
11. The gorgeous blond haired guy in Hoop De Doo?
12. when the Contemporary, Polynesian, and Golf Resort were the only on site hotels?
13. Having to call a year in advance to make a reservation for one of the above? and it might have taken a week just to get through on the phone?
14. And remember that extra special feeling you got turning off of U.S 192 heading towards one of these resorts? And that other feeling you got knowing the other 20,000 people had to stay off property?

Debbie on number 7, when you say ticket packages what do you mean by it? Are you refering to the old ticket books where you had your admission ticket and an assortment of A B C D and E Tickets??

 

[jmarc63]

Who remembers when there were three, count them three age catagories for park addmission, Child 3-8, Junior 8-17, and adult 18 and over.?

Who remembers when you entered World drive from 192 and there was nothing but trees untill you got to the main entrance gates for MK parking?

Who remembers that unless you knew the shortcut road that goes by FW you had to go back to 192 and I4 to get to the Shopping village and Hotel Plaza?

Who remembers when Buens Vista Drive Dead ended to a stand of Pine trees just past the west end of the Lake Buens Vista Shopping Village?

Who remembers WDW without any Traffic signals?

 

[bgraham34]

Thats rather strange that you can remember all that, but I do rememer them all.

 

[Horizons1]

I have ALOT of the prizes you won when the 15th anniversery happened.There all in a very safe place,including the visor.