If you could visit the parks in history...when?

[Skooterkid]

I was born in 85 myself and oddly remember it too..... ....Disney space time wormhole?

( I think universal Orlando realized a few years back we would all go back in time and go back to Disney making the mouse even stronger, hence back the future was destroyed for the Simpsons)

I miss Back to the Future too! I really wish Universal would respect it's classic rides (BTTF, Kongfrontation, Jaws) like Disney does... most of the time. There is no chance that Disney would ever replace Space Mountain, for example...

 

[jdmdisney99]

Hmmm... Speaking of BttF, I would want to go BACK to the FUTURE, and see Walt Disney World in 2046 (75th anniversary).

 

[bethymouse]

1971 when Magic Kingdom 1st opened. I was 2 years old. I remember 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! The Contemporary was truly "contemporary". The Polynesian was fresh and new. Life was simple then.

 

[stargrl33]

...b...but then how do you know the lyrics to 'Now Is The Time'? Do you remember it from your one time as a young child? The song's been gone forever!

I went in 1991 when it was still the song...I wouldn't have remembered it if it wasn't for the fact that the ride got stuck, so for 45 minutes we were in between 2 scenes with that song playing over and over again. So for the remainder of my childhood, my family would randomly break into that song. My dad was heartbroken when we went to ride COP in 2007 and they had gone back to "It's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow."

 

[WDW 3]

Well now that DH is completely hooked.... It would be September (ish) for a Disneymoon a honeymoon we never took.

 

[stargrl33]

I miss Back to the Future too! I really wish Universal would respect it's classic rides (BTTF, Kongfrontation, Jaws) like Disney does... most of the time. There is no chance that Disney would ever replace Space Mountain, for example...

My family got to ride Back to the Future before it was officially open to the public! We were walking by the attraction and some guy came out and asked us if we wanted to ride it. Being 6, I was pretty pumped....I thought we were the coolest people in the park.

 

[I_heart_Tigger]

Well 1995-1998 was my favourite time but mostly because I worked at Epcot then. I have to say I think I was pretty blessed to have worked at WDW during that period when many people consider it among the high points over the lifespan of the parks.

 

[wolf359]

Well 1995-1998 was my favourite time but mostly because I worked at Epcot then. I have to say I think I was pretty blessed to have worked at WDW during that period when many people consider it among the high points over the lifespan of the parks.

I really do enjoy the parks today (which is good, since barring Doc Brown's Delorean, it's the ONLY time I can still visit) when using the "hindsight is 20-20" adage I find that especially for EPCOT the mid-90s were an especially good time.

I really think that the updates of that time period were all improvements to the original shows. I find the Irons SSE better than any other version, I think the early incarnation of Innoventions work well, the updates to all of the shows in The Land good, solid changes, and even at the time the Ellen update to Universe of Energy was a good change. Even going as far as Test Track I think we're looking at well thought out, well designed updates to EPCOT. Which sadly seemed to go completely off the rails in that '99 - '04 era.

But for that (very brief) moment in the mid-90s the quality of the original attractions and designs sat very well alongside the new changes and updated attractions.

 

[George]

July 17, 1986, 2:35 PM, WS lagoon railing outside of Germany. I'd make darn sure I got that body up, over and into World Showcase lagoon before Henry noticed. Sometimes, a second chance is all we need.

 

[Di5n3Y]

Back in 92 when Splash opened and everything worked!

 

[NintendoDS]

Anytime in the mid to late 80's. When MK still had the major classic attractions still running like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and EPCOT was still a new park and Horizons and World of Motion were still running. Not to mention, I remember going in early December during that time and basically having the park to ourselves. Little to no lines for anything in the parks.

 

[Walt Disney1955]

I'd say sometime in 1971. Would have loved to have felt the mood of the place back then and checked out a lot of rides I never got to go on. I did it all in the 1990s and that was a great time but if I went in 1971 it would sort of be a new experience. My dad went in March of 1973 so it is sort of the same. I assume the crowds wouldn't have been as bad and there would have been such mystique with the new Disney park considering all they had was Disneyland before that.........anywhere.

It may have felt like a bare park without either of the mountains and even Pirates wasn't built until 1973 but I would have liked to have seen the Mickey Mouse Revue and things like that. Plus it was fresh at that time and so short after Walt's death. It would have felt great to be there then too. Taking a monorail just to get to a theme park? Or a ferry? That would be neat and sort of a gateway into things.

 

[C&D]

I would say two times: Opening day (or at least sometime during '71), and the next visit (as those will carry me throughout my history).