Quick Question...

[woodardfamily]

I've not been to MK since 91! But I'll be there in 9 days! I was trying to find out if Main Street still has the arcade with the 1 cent nickelodeons? Thanks!

 

[brent2124]

I was 2 in 91 and have never seen it, so I'm 99.9% sure the answer is no.

 

[Master Gracey 5]

I don't recall any arcade, but if you go upstairs to Main Street Station they have those viewers where you turn the handle and its like watching a short film as pictures flip by. Are those what you are looking for?

 

[Master Yoda]

Nope. They arcade gone for quite some time. I do believe there are still some nickelodeons in the train station.

 

[MillerPoppins]

I remember the arcade! My parents took me there on my first trip at the age of 7! Sadly though, it isn't there anymore.

 

[cblodg]

Nope. They arcade gone for quite some time. I do believe there are still some nickelodeons in the train station.

I think there may be two.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

There are also a few inside the Boardwalk as you walk towards the Lounge.

 

[LoriMistress]

DLR to my knowledge is the only place that has the penny arcade.

 

[woodardfamily]

I don't recall any arcade, but if you go upstairs to Main Street Station they have those viewers where you turn the handle and its like watching a short film as pictures flip by. Are those what you are looking for?

Yup...that would be a nickelodeon.

 

[Master Gracey 5]

Yup...that would be a nickelodeon.

Thanks! I've used these things before but didn't know the proper name for them. I'm a bit embarrassed really...

 

[marni1971]

The arcade is long gone. Main St is still nice but, well, more of a Mall.

 

[Rob562]

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, a "nickelodeon" was an early jukebox, similar to a carousel band organ. You put a coin in, and it played a tune. There used to be one of those on the platform level of the Main Street train station, but I'm not sure if it's still there.

The viewing machines that flipped photos to show a rudimentary moving image were called something else, but it's escaping me at the moment... Something-scope...

EDIT: Aha! Popped in my head as soon as I hit "Post". Mutoscope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutoscope

-Rob