"Back in My Day"

Harry456

Harry456

Member
Original Poster
Remember when you hear stories from grandparents or parents about things about in their day? I thought we could have fun with this concept and make a joke thread out of it.

here are some examples:

Back in my day, the Tower of Terror had lap bars!
Back in my day, The Pirates would chase women around!
Back in my day, There was no such things as Fastpasses

obivously being 23, i could only think of recent things, but i want to see what other people can think of! :drevil:
 
wendysue

wendysue

Well-Known Member
Back in my day:

You could take a ride across the park on the Skyway....

You could take a ride in a submarine....
 
L

lpereira

New Member
Back in the day. 1987 around 1 or 2 in the afternoon during spring break taken from the skyway.
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marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Back in my day:

Monorail doors didn`t close themselves
There were trees in the hub
Walt Disney told his own Story in the Magic Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean had 2 load flumes
Splash and Thundermountains were in California
The Bears went on Vacation
Toad Lived
The Peoplemover was a WEDWay
You got to Mars in the MK, not Epcot
You had wings or could take a Dreamflight
RCA led the way
EPCOT was in the middle
You had to spend a day in Futureworld to see everything once
We entered a wonderous new age. The age of Information.
Energy made the world go round
It was fun to be free
We dreamt it and did it
Bravo 229 was our submarine
Imagination was worth a visit
We listened to the land
Food rocked, and the Kitchen was a Kabaret
The seas lived
O'Canada was sensible
China had no reflections. It was a wonder. Neither did IllumiNations.
Mexico had no ducks.
The studio tour took 2 hours and was worth every minute
The Muppets were on stage
Television was super
Sound was monsterous

and Star Tours was state of the Art
 
zurgandfriend

zurgandfriend

Well-Known Member
Back in my day it cost $8.00 for a ticket book for the Magic Kingdom and you could purchase additional "E" tickets for 50 cents a ticket.
 
Jerm

Jerm

Well-Known Member
To look on the bad side......

Back in my day....
The Castle was Pink!
The 20K lagoon was a useless meet and greet dock!
The Walt Disney Story was a big commercial for the new promo and Animal Kingdom!
Doug was LIVE!
Trazan ROCKED!
The Seas had a empty attraction sitting decaying!
The Studios had Goosebumps!
 
NYwdwfan

NYwdwfan

Well-Known Member
marni1971 said:
Back in my day:

Monorail doors didn`t close themselves
There were trees in the hub
Walt Disney told his own Story in the Magic Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean had 2 load flumes
Splash and Thundermountains were in California
The Bears went on Vacation
Toad Lived
The Peoplemover was a WEDWay
You got to Mars in the MK, not Epcot
You had wings or could take a Dreamflight
RCA led the way
EPCOT was in the middle
You had to spend a day in Futureworld to see everything once
We entered a wonderous new age. The age of Information.
Energy made the world go round
It was fun to be free
We dreamt it and did it
Bravo 229 was our submarine
Imagination was worth a visit
We listened to the land
Food rocked, and the Kitchen was a Kabaret
The seas lived
O'Canada was sensible
China had no reflections. It was a wonder. Neither did IllumiNations.
Mexico had no ducks.
The studio tour took 2 hours and was worth every minute
The Muppets were on stage
Television was super
Sound was monsterous

and Star Tours was state of the Art
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That about sums it up!!

Oh - three more - you could pass the day at the Ol Swimmin Hole, there were Flamingos at EPCOT and Discovery Island was worth discovering.
 
Jimmy Thick

Jimmy Thick

Well-Known Member
Back in the day:

The parks were a joke compared to what they are now.


Jimmy Thick- There is a reason its called the past...
 
NiarrNDisney

NiarrNDisney

Well-Known Member
marni1971 said:
Back in my day:

Monorail doors didn`t close themselves
There were trees in the hub
Walt Disney told his own Story in the Magic Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean had 2 load flumes
Splash and Thundermountains were in California
The Bears went on Vacation
Toad Lived
The Peoplemover was a WEDWay
You got to Mars in the MK, not Epcot
You had wings or could take a Dreamflight
RCA led the way
EPCOT was in the middle
You had to spend a day in Futureworld to see everything once
We entered a wonderous new age. The age of Information.
Energy made the world go round
It was fun to be free
We dreamt it and did it
Bravo 229 was our submarine
Imagination was worth a visit
We listened to the land
Food rocked, and the Kitchen was a Kabaret
The seas lived
O'Canada was sensible
China had no reflections. It was a wonder. Neither did IllumiNations.
Mexico had no ducks.
The studio tour took 2 hours and was worth every minute
The Muppets were on stage
Television was super
Sound was monsterous

and Star Tours was state of the Art
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Also
There was ice covering Club Cool
Odyssey had food and Flamingos
 
Vernonpush

Vernonpush

Well-Known Member
Back in my day there was only one park :eek: and we all sang "like the birdies do".

There was no Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Pirates of the Carribean, Big Thunder Mountain, or Peoplemover.
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

Well-Known Member
Back in my day:

- The Empress Lilly looked like an elegant riverboat, with a rotating stern paddle and two large smoke-stacks.
- WDW celebrated America's bicentennial
- WDW celebrated the bicentennial of the constitution
- Mickey was given an entire birthdayland for his sixtieth birthday!
- There were rumours about an upcoming EPCOT Center attraction, showing a family in the dessert, undersea, in space.
- One exciting EPCOT attraction showed you a....computer!!
- This computer filled a room the size of Texas, but had less processing power than my current espresso machine.
- There was a big stretch of vegetation between the Polynesian and the Ticket Center.
- There were rumours of building a second World Showcase lagoon, to create enough space for all the new countries they were going to build...
 
DisneyWorldDork

DisneyWorldDork

Member
Back in the day....

(Good stuff...in my opinion)

-Figment was friends with The Dreamfinder, not Eric Idel in a lab coat
-The Time Keeper took us back in Time
-The Backlot Studio tour included visits to the Golden Girls' House, The Mattew's House, and Alice's House
- You could see down Hollywood Blvd and actually see the Great Movie Ride
- You didn't have to worry about a group of crazy cheerleaders on a float running you over
-You could take in a show staring everyone's favorite Hunched Back Bell ringer
-At the end of the day, just before Illuminations, you could see a cavalcade of puppets and drum machines taking you on a musical journy all over the world or into the dreams of you and everyone around you
-The Tiki Birds didnt have company from Africa and the middle east invading
-You could walk around Adventureland without having to worry about a camel spitting on you
-You could join Pocohuntas and her forrest friends in singing with the Colors of the Wind

(Bad Stuff...in my opinion)

-We had a much scarier Encounter with an Extraterrestrial
-The Hollywood Tower Hotel Elevator only went up and down once
-Guests in Wheelchairs got their own wild ride over a certian bridge.....
-Cinderella let Aurora's Dad host a Dinner Party in her castle
-Those with weaker tummies couldn't handle the trip to Mars
-The "story line" of your safari could be hard to follow at times

(I am also only 23....)
 
rct247

rct247

Well-Known Member
Back in my day... (only 23 yrs old...visited in 97 and 99)

-Test Track kept breaking down because the computers weren't powerful enough.
-The Castle was a birthday cake.
-The Art of Disney Animation provided a glimpse of new movies to come like Mulan!
-Tower of Terror had 2 drops! WOW!
-There was no music in Space (Mt.).
-At the end of Hollywood Blvd was a Chinese Theater, not a big blue hat.
-I had to be on the look out for characters walking around to get their signature.
-I could swim in the Seven Seas Lagoon.
-There was a parade at Epcot!
-I could catch the Zip-a-dee-doo-da Tip for Today on my resort television.
-There were houses on the Studio Backlot.
-Food Rocked
-I was shrunk to the size of an ant when I attended the Inventor of the Year Awards Ceremony.
-I could take a skyway from Tomorrowland to Fantasyland.
-I could visit Mesa Verde on Horizons.
-You got your Disney Vacation Planning Video via VHS.
-You could explore Walt Disney World via CD-Rom. (Walt Disney World Explorer)
-IllumiNations had "25" after it rather than "Reflections of Earth".
-I could visit "Disney-MGM Studios".
-Asia wasn't open at Animal Kingdom.
-Tarzan Rocked!
-Festival of the Lion King wasn't indoors.
-I had to wait in line without Fastpass.
-I had to wait in line without games.
-Walt Disney World had 3 waterparks.
-You could go clubbing at Pleasure Island.
-You could eat McDonald's at Downtown Disney.
-You could shop at the Virgin MegaStore at The West End.
-Coronado Springs was still a concept.
-The castle didn't change colors.
-Splash Mountain didn't have lapbars.
-I watched SpectroMagic.
-You could stay at Dixie Landings.
-Pirates of the Caribbean didn't have Captain Jack Sparrow.
-The France pavilion had a Moulin Rouge sign on its roof at night.
-Wonders of Life was on the Epcot map.
-AT&T sponsored Spaceship Earth.
-Tomorrowland was called New Tomorrowland.
-The last scene of Carousel of Progress looked up to date.
-I could visit Mickey & Minnie's house at The Magic Kingdom.
-I could ride Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was a meet-and-greet area.
-Cinderella had her own carousel.
-The Main Street Cinema wasn't a store.
-There was a Center Street West.
 
yankspy

yankspy

Well-Known Member
Back in my day.....

The magic shop was on Main Street not DTD.
You had to have your hand stamped if you left the parks and came back that day.
Eastern Airlines was the official airline of WDW and it meant something.
The Poly had lime green and pastel blue floors.
The Comtemporary had a huge game room.
Communicore/Innoventions had windows.
I could only buy Epcot center souvenirs in Epcot center at Centorium.
I could eat a teriyaki burger in Adventureland.:slurp:
There was one water park.
I could eat a TS breakfast on Main Street.
There was a store in the Castle.
There were swan boats.
I could walk in to a restaurant and say four please.
DTD was called Lake Buena Vista Village and it had a playground and a gourmet shop.
There was no "great big beautiful tomorrow" Now was the time.
The strollers were metal with light blue canvas coverings.
The coffee was better.
Pepsi sponsored the CBJ.
Tomorrowland had a huge waterfall.
There was an Iceberg in Tomorrowland and he was great.
When your seat bumped in Mission to Mars you thought it was a great special effect.
 
M

Motorpro

Member
There was no fastpass and yet no one complained about standing in line.
You had no idea what an ADR was.
You could take a wild ride with a toad.
You could see them building a giant golf ball off in the distance but could only imagine what was inside.
Submarines were one of the most popular forms of transpotation.
Pirates chased woman.
You could watch a movie on main street.
You found different souvenirs in every shop.
The Carosel of Progress was always open and had a line.
 

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