I remember ....................

[Macadamite85]

America the Beautiful Circle-Vision 360--that feeling that you're inside the horse-drawn wagon as it rolls down the dusty lane.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I remember when the parking lot trams had that groovy brown/orange color scheme.

I loved that too!

Like so many pretty things, WDW is such a seventies baby! ^_^
The brown and oranges will forever look better than anything else, by virtue of it being the stylistic and period fit of the architecture and design, and of the general principles and ideas that are reflected in them.

 

[zurgandfriend]

I remember being able to walk up to most restaurants and get seated. For the others a phone call in the morning for a reservation that night was all that was needed, on our Disney-moon my DW said "Let's try the Bistro du Paris tonight." I called and got seated no problem. Now 180 days +10 is required.

 

[mergatroid]

I remember being able to walk up to most restaurants and get seated. For the others a phone call in the morning for a reservation that night was all that was needed, on our Disney-moon my DW said "Let's try the Bistro du Paris tonight." I called and got seated no problem. Now 180 days +10 is required.

I'm pretty sure at Epcot you'd reserve seating on the morning of your visit at the front of the park at booths with tv screens (like Skype but long before that existed)

 

[zurgandfriend]

I'm pretty sure at Epcot you'd reserve seating on the morning of your visit at the front of the park at booths with tv screens (like Skype but long before that existed)

Merg I'm getting old but I remember calling the concierge at the Contemporary and they took care of it.

 

[Macadamite85]

The brown and oranges will forever look better than anything else...

Viva Ramada!

 

[prfctlyximprct]

I remember the year of a million dreams.. Loved that

 

[Tom P.]

I remember when Disney-MGM Studios had actual soundstages and working production facilities. And, being a behind-the-scenes geek type, I absolutely loved it.

 

[alissafalco]

I remember when you could dress up and do an old time photo. My family has a few of those from the 80's.

 

[Sans Souci]

I remember when you could dress up and do an old time photo. My family has a few of those from the 80's.

My brother and I had that done when we were kids. It's still at my grandmother's house. Haha.

 

[alissafalco]

My brother and I had that done when we were kids. It's still at my grandmother's house. Haha.

Ha ha ...I know, I have to scan them onto the computer one of these days.

 

[Clamman73]

I remember when you could dress up and do an old time photo. My family has a few of those from the 80's.

Yes! I got one with family members from mid '80s - I think it's one where you're on the back of the train.

 

[alissafalco]

Yes! I got one with family members from mid '80s - I think it's one where you're on the back of the train.

Us too! We have one on the back of the train and the other we are dressed up as pirates lol

 

[FettFan]

When the Sounds Dangerous building actually had stuff about how sound effects were added in movies, and there was a little area with interactive things, and one of them had a bit where you could provide voice over for a scene from TRON.

I remember when Martin Short kept trying to kill Chevy Chase in that same building...

 

[Matt_Black]

I remember when Martin Short kept trying to kill Chevy Chase in that same building...

I remember the pre-show with Letterman. "And remember- if you break anything, guards in mouse ears will beat you senseless."

 

[Dj Corona]

Well, other then my MNSSHP rant two pages ago, one other thing I REALLY miss is the old bus drivers if you stayed in a resort hotel.....they were charismatic, and very entertaining, and made the ride home after a long day at the parks feel a lot shorter!

 

[Goofyernmost]

America the Beautiful Circle-Vision 360--that feeling that you're inside the horse-drawn wagon as it rolls down the dusty lane.

Is that the one were they are going down a hill slowly and the horse loses its footing for a second and slides down the hill a little. I might be thinking of a different one because I thought that was about Old Montreal. If so... never mind!

 

[Macadamite85]

Goofyernmost: It was more like a 19th-century-type United Statian main drag, maybe an Old West town, if 40+ year-old memory serves! An impressive effect back then, by any reckoning.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Goofyernmost: It was more like a 19th-century-type United Statian main drag, maybe an Old West town, if 40+ year-old memory serves! An impressive effect back then, by any reckoning.

Yup, obviously not the one I was thinking of... so carry on, I'll just slink back into the shadows.

Actually the more I think about it... it might even have been at the 1967 Worlds Fair in Montreal.

 

[mergatroid]

I remember when Disney-MGM Studios had actual soundstages and working production facilities. And, being a behind-the-scenes geek type, I absolutely loved it.

Yep, loved that concept myself too as I've posted in many other threads on 'MGM Studios'. The reality is that only really Indie and LMAX perform that role now and many complain that they're 'stale' (especially LMA which gets a ton of hate by many on here). My gosh, thinking back to when 'MGM' opened there was very little there really. However what there was, was great and it really seemed special.