Trip Report SLIDE PHOTOS FROM 10/01/1971 NOW PREPARED & READY TO POST

It was a huge undertaking but the feeling of accomplishment is gratifying. I couldn’t have done this without the help of my son, Nick. He provided two fold vision in as much as approach to the problems involved and eyesight. The film cleaner arrived this morning in the mail. The red label on the front reads “Archival Photographic Emulsion Cleaner”. The info on the back of the bottle reads “For Professional Photographic Use Only. Not To Be Sold For Personal, Household Or Family Use”. Our DIL, Amber, arrived late in the afternoon and laughed when I showed her the film cleaner bottle. Amber has a Master’s Degree as an archivist and had just come from an interview for just such a position. She said she was the only one in the room authorized to use the professional cleaner. Amazon sold it to me with the assumption I knew an archivist.

Without further hoo-hah I want to see how these pictures turned out for web viewing. There were some with issue but the majority looked decent for their age.


Below are our ticket books from opening day. Several web resources quote the opening day price for an eleven adventure book @ $5.75. It is plain to see that our eleven adventure book was $3.75. Notice we still have “A” ticket unused. Perhaps I could trade for a fast pass?

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This outside Main Entrance. I will avoid comments to speed up the process. Most here will know what is what.

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Evidently the “turnip truck” must have just pulled away headed back to Ohio.
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Our first ride of the day. Park has been open for about 30 minutes.
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[WDW74]

Wow, just wow !!! We all appreciate this great effort on your part !

PS: Not sure I should admit this, but I currently have that same "pseudo" Hawaiian shirt and straw hat...

 

[TheMouseFan]

Thank you so much for sharing these!

 

[Tuvalu]

These photos are priceless...although they cost a pretty penny to be developed! With today's digital pictures, a whole generation will never appreciate just how expensive (and time-consuming) photography was.

My dad was a huge fan of steel drums, and we always had to stop and listen; I miss them ...they always made Adventureland sound so exotic. I miss the burning cabin too.

 

[wdwmagic]

Wow. very nice job converting those. Thanks for posting!

Fascinating to see how some things look so different, yet others nearly identical to today.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

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Wow, why did they change the entrance to Tomorrowland, it looked amazing!

 

[NYwdwfan]

@SleepyPuppy these pictures are beyond awesome. I'm probably going to spend the bulk of my day examining each and every one of them. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[jengrey]

Thanks so much for posting these! I love seeing old photos of the parks and this is the biggest and most thorough collection of historical ones I've ever seen. Can't get over the lack of trees & crowds!

 

[acrab3t]

All I can say is wow! So wonderful to be able to see the opening day. The lack of people is alarming. I bet Disney were worried it was going to be a flop! Thank you for converting these slides. I bought my dad a device a few years ago that would convert his slides to digital images. I am still waiting to see the finished product. I was convinced I was adopted because I had never seen any photos of me as an infant. All of my baby photos are on slides!

 

[ml123_9]

These are wonderful! Thank you so much for taking the time to share.

 

[Donaldfan3000]

What great slides! Thank you so much for posting these!

 

[jjbuster2]

Great to see WDW from way back when. Like everyone else said, thanks for taking the time and effort to get these cleaned up to post.

 

[jbird327]

Amazing pictures, I'm glad you were able to restore them. Although I didn't make it to WDW until 1977, these pictures are much like I remembered it. Thanks.

 

[samosaurus]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing all these great photos!

 

[blreinsel]

So neat! Thanks for sharing!

 

[minnie2000]

Amazing photos! I've really enjoyed this thread.

 

[donaldtoo]

WOW!!!
What an awesome part of starting your married life together!
Thanks so much for taking the time to share...!

One question, though...
How did this come about?
Did y'all simply set a date and decide that Florida would be y'all's honeymoon destination, only to find out later that, by chance, y'all would be down there for WDWs opening?
Or, was there more direct planning involved...?

Anyway, again, thank you so very much for sharing those wonderful pics...!

 

[Nemo14]

Awesome! Thanks for converting and posting these.

 

[angelahoward]

Absolutely fantastic. Thank you a million times for posting all this history! I have a feeling I'll keep coming back to these to check out little things that may or may not have changed.

 

[SleepyPuppy]

WOW!!!
What an awesome part of starting your married life together!
Thanks so much for taking the time to share...!

One question, though...
How did this come about?
Did y'all simply set a date and decide that Florida would be y'all's honeymoon destination, only to find out later that, by chance, y'all would be down there for WDWs opening?
Or, was there more direct planning involved...?

Anyway, again, thank you so very much for sharing those wonderful pics...!

There was a great deal of advance planning for our wedding but the honeymoon plans were just booking a room at Daytona Beach. There was little mention of WDW on Ohio news media but what we did hear made us consider the option of attending. We found further info once in Daytona Beach.

Before I was able to get all the pictures together to post I did write a TR with narration only on the TR forum. I have not attempted adding a link to a post yet or I would provide that. Because of that TR I used limited wording with the pictures post or the slides post. A picture is worth many words is it not?

 

[Figgy1]

Thank you for all of your effort and excellent photos!