DisneySaint
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Nice
Pretty nice pics, thanks.
Pretty nice pics, thanks.
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MKT's WDW Photo Update 6/September/04 - Everest, Stitch, and more!
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aimster
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XANADU!!!
OMG I remember going to the one in Gatlinburg, TN years ago (mid 80's). I remember spring break 1991, my best friend and I tried finding it and I took us up the wrong street and my friend didn't believe me that it existed. Was thinking it got torn down, but my parents were in Gatlinburg again not too long ago and they said it's still there near the Chamber of Commerce building. I emailed my friend a link to the pics and stuff on Roadsise America and said, "See? I'm not crazy! It's for real!" :lol:
Oh... and I own the DVD of the movie Xanadu. Guilty pleasure. Nothing says fine entertainment more than Gene Kelly on rollerskates! Cheezy as hell movie but like I said... guilty pleasure. Olivia Newton-John even quotes that poem Lee originally posted here. That's how they named the club Xanadu (yeah I watched the movie recently... heh). It was a combination roller rink (which was all the rage back then) and night club.
Boardwalk and Baseball! I remember that place (saw it on TV alot during baseball spring training) but never got to visit it. I was just thinking about that place not that long ago too.
I love that Roadside America stuff. There's all sorts of intriguing (and creepy) stuff across the country.
Oh and to stay on topic.... Great pics! The MK sunset ones are beautiful... love that sky!
OMG I remember going to the one in Gatlinburg, TN years ago (mid 80's). I remember spring break 1991, my best friend and I tried finding it and I took us up the wrong street and my friend didn't believe me that it existed. Was thinking it got torn down, but my parents were in Gatlinburg again not too long ago and they said it's still there near the Chamber of Commerce building. I emailed my friend a link to the pics and stuff on Roadsise America and said, "See? I'm not crazy! It's for real!" :lol:
Oh... and I own the DVD of the movie Xanadu. Guilty pleasure. Nothing says fine entertainment more than Gene Kelly on rollerskates! Cheezy as hell movie but like I said... guilty pleasure. Olivia Newton-John even quotes that poem Lee originally posted here. That's how they named the club Xanadu (yeah I watched the movie recently... heh). It was a combination roller rink (which was all the rage back then) and night club.
Boardwalk and Baseball! I remember that place (saw it on TV alot during baseball spring training) but never got to visit it. I was just thinking about that place not that long ago too.
I love that Roadside America stuff. There's all sorts of intriguing (and creepy) stuff across the country.
Oh and to stay on topic.... Great pics! The MK sunset ones are beautiful... love that sky!
I just got back from Xanadu and King Henry's Feast. Both buildings are still standing, and still abandoned. I didn't enter either one (especially not with the post-hurricane heightened police presence everywhere, and because Xanadu is next to a lake... I don't even want to know what creatures are luring there seeking shelter from the hurricane). When things dry up, I may attempt, but not for now. I'm uploading the photos I took
TTATraveler
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Cool Pictures Rob, How many of these ghost town "tourist traps" exist in Central Florida?
General Grizz
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Rob found my house. . . 
General Grizz
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*cough* 1983 . . .mkt said:
STGRhost
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I know this is sort of off topic, but I am also fascinated by defunct attractions (and Florida is full of them!) I used to try to find the ones mentioned on websites like Lostparks.com - I went by Boardwalk and Baseball a few times, but I was too chicken to get close to it. I even like hearing (and especially SEEING) about old parts of Walt Disney World - Like this site: http://home.cfl.rr.com/omniluxe/wyw.htm . Please let me (all of us?) know when/if you find more! And thank you for the pictures - they're great, as always.
phlydude
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My aunt and uncle went to visit a family member back in the late 80s or early 90s in the Orlando area (back then I had only been once and never thought I would ever be back) and brought me back a pewter baseball figurine from Boardwalk and Baseball. Don't know if I still have it but the only thing I knew was that on ESPN, they used to hold collegiate sports trivia contests there and seeing it during spring training on tv.
nowisthetime
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does anyone here remember Mystery Fun House? I went there a couple of times as a kid. My unlce, who lives in florida, use to call it Mystery Scum House. I can't believe they closed. was always good for some cheap thrills.
TimeTrip
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nowisthetime said:
I loved the mystery funhouse. Went twice several years apart. Somethings I remember about it:
- The room tilted on its side
- The room where there was a spiral staircase that went up into darkess and the steps got mushy
- That same room also had a really small hole in the wall where you would slide down a slide to somewhere. I never went through this slide or up tha stairs b/c i was too scared
- A room where you had to walk through walls of jail bars. Some were flexible so you could bend them to get through.
Neat stuff... to a kid. Went back a couple of years later, and it was cool, but not as good
WDWFanatic
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I look at that past disney attractions site all the time. I am always facinated by what was there. I always wanted to see the preview center and they actually had a pic of it.
www.yesterland.com has some good disneyland stuff too.
www.yesterland.com has some good disneyland stuff too.