How many of you played here when you were a kid?

[SMRT-1]

Ah, but how many of you played at BOARDWALK AND BASEBALL!?

You were there secretly when I was a kid weren't you???

 

[One Lil Spark]

You were there secretly when I was a kid weren't you???

It was always on the way to WDW from St. Pete. Though it was nothing compared to WDW, I always enjoyed Boardwalk and Baseball when I needed cheap carnival thrills.

 

[NemoRocks78]

Heck yes I did

 

[DznyGrlSD]

:wave: I did. I miss the live nativity pageant that they did too

 

[Main Street USA]

For you, Zac! :wave:

The Captain's Tower at the Village Marketplace

The Empress Lilly Riverboat! Home to character meals long before Fulton's

Classic Adventureland

Mickey Mouse Revue

PotC before the PC'ing of the attraction

Ahhh... MK...

You rock! I an never see too many oldies.

 

[sillyspook13]

You bet I played on that playground...

In 1992 I played on that playground over 4 hours while my oldest sister was across the street being hired to work for Disney!:wave:

I always loved people watching from the lookout tower.

 

[EpcotLover77]

Disney Village playground? Played on it!

Toys Fantastique? Shopped there!

They had this really cool scrapbooking, stationery kind of store that was where the Lego store is now, and as a big sticker collector, I always racked up on some new puffies and scratch-and-sniffies there. The name of the shop totally escapes me right now. It was so much bigger and better than 3 R's was.

And OMG...Boardwalk and Baseball? TOTALLY went there and loved every minute of it! White satin jacket with the embroidered B&B logo? I rocked it. For years. Other random baseball merch because baseball was/still is my Dad's passion??? Have it and still love it!

Man o man...y'all really took me back! I love looking back like this.

 

[sillyspook13]

Show of hands?

:wave:

I'm probably in this picture...:lookaroun

I just showed my mom and she said that she couldn't even bribe me to leave that playground with Tootsie Roll Pops.:lookaroun

She also said that I spent 5 hours there the day my sister was hired, not 4...:lookaroun

 

[Horizons1]

YOU BET I DID!

That playground had it all! And then there were those bright-colored fountains to play in! Anyone remember the HUGE (or it seemed like it to a little kid) playground Mickey's Starland had? It was where the Barnstormer is now. Ahhh, good times indeed.

 

[TheBeatles]

LOVED playing there.

Does anyone have more pictures of that area?

 

[vonpluto]

DW and I spent many pleasant hours munching goodies from the Lite Bite/Lakeside Terrace, while DD disappeared into what we called "the Dead End":
1986

How many of the oldsters out there remember doing what this Dad is doing?
"Come on kids, we really have to go now!"
1986

Lite Bite to the left, Dead End just off center, now departed Pottery/Christmas Chalet to the right
1986

more to follow

 

[vonpluto]

Character Breakfast afloat!!
1986

The character breakfast in the Steermans Quarters aboard the Empress Lilly. Note the long gone paddlewheel just visable to the extreme right of the window.
1986

Village Christmas display in the area between the Gourmet Pantry and Sir Edwards haberdasher.
1986

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

YOU BET I DID!

That playground had it all! And then there were those bright-colored fountains to play in! Anyone remember the HUGE (or it seemed like it to a little kid) playground Mickey's Starland had? It was where the Barnstormer is now. Ahhh, good times indeed.

:sohappy::sohappy::sohappy:

Epic Memory right there!

 

[vonpluto]

Bonus feature!

Who remembers playing in the sandbox outside of the Captains Tower?
1986

 

[dandaman]

I remember that playground... I also remember the Rio Grande train ride (still there!) being my first-ever Disney attraction back in 1994.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

I remember that playground... I also remember the Rio Grande train ride (still there!) being my first-ever Disney attraction back in 1994.

:sohappy:

I went on that...the Carousel too! They still play MSEP!

 

[vonpluto]

They had this really cool scrapbooking, stationery kind of store that was where the Lego store is now, and as a big sticker collector, I always racked up on some new puffies and scratch-and-sniffies there. The name of the shop totally escapes me right now. It was so much bigger and better than 3 R's was.

Man o man...y'all really took me back! I love looking back like this.

Just wondering, all the info I have on the now Lego Building is this:

These two were counter service on the Lilly side:
•Donald’s Dairy Dip
Village Ice Cream Parlor & Bake Shop 1975? - 1990
Donald’s Dairy Dip 1990 - 7/97
•Plutos Doghouse
Minnie Mias Pizzeria 1987 - 1990
Plutos Doghouse 1994

The main part of the building:
•Christmas Chalet
Verandah Resturant 1975? - 1985
ArtEspana 1986 - 1988
EuroSpain 1988 - 1994
Christmas Chalet 1994 - 7/97
•LEGO Imagination Center 11/97 - (Building Expanded)

Perhaps you are remembering something that was in the Pottery Chalet?
Any info appreciated.

By 3R's do you actually mean 2R’s Read’n & Rite’n :shrug:

2R's had two incarnations:

•Basin
2R’s Read’n & Rite’n 1975 - 88
Great Southern Craft Co 1988 - 95
Discover 1995 - 7/97
Christmas Chalet 8/97 - 11/97
Disney At Home 11/97 - ?/99
Resort Wear Unlimited ?/99 - 5/00
Generation BeneFITS 6/00 - 7/02
Basin 1/03 -

•Wonderful World of Memories
Wines & Liquors 1975 - ?
Village Spirits ? - 1994
2R’s Read’n & Rite’n 1994 - 12/02?
Wonderful World of Memories 12/02? -

:wave:

 

[Blackie Pueblo]

WOW oh WOW! I've never seen those pics before. I've never even seen that pic of the sign calling it Disney Village. That's awesome. Thanks for sharing!

Where was that playground located?

"People sort of live in the dark about things."
---Walter Elias Disney

 

[vonpluto]

WOW oh WOW! I've never seen those pics before. I've never even seen that pic of the sign calling it Disney Village. That's awesome. Thanks for sharing!

Where was that playground located?

"People sort of live in the dark about things."
---Walter Elias Disney

If you are asking about the sandbox, it was on the Marina side of the Captains Tower/Pin Traders.

Which logo do you prefer?

 

[dandaman]

:sohappy:

I went on that...the Carousel too! They still play MSEP!

I was only passing by the Carousel last August, but it's nice to know I wasn't going crazy when I thought I heard that tune. :lol: