Walking down Main Street, are we doing it right?

[Santa Raccoon 77]

Must be walking right as i haven't fallen over yet

 

[Unomas]

Although, I have seen people falling down and spilling their mickey waffles at certain rope drops. You might be on to something...

 

[lazyboy97o]

Pedestrians were not corralled onto sidewalks until the late 1920s. So walking in the road is completely in theme.
99% Invisible - Episode 76: The Modern Moloch

 

[bdearl41]

I walk wherever I want. Why? Because i paid a ton of money to be able to.

 

[PrincessMia]

Related to DHS, on our first trip, DD (who was 4 at the time) asked why people were walking in the street in "Streets of America." I thought that was so funny because it seemed so normal for me. She thought it was a real road.

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

We walk right down the middle of the street. If they didn't want people walking in the street, they'd be told to get on the sidewalks. Walking down the middle of the street gives a great view of the castle and you're able to take in everything on both sides of you. We usually go in under the right side of the train station (have to get a locker first) and then cut over to the middle right behind Town Square.

 

[graphite1326]

I walk in the street cause that's what the song says to do. "walking right down the middle of main street USA"

 

[Texas84]

I just don't feel right walking in the street. And sometimes the street is full and the sidewalks are empty.

 

[Fantasmic]

No, you're doing it wrong. The correct way to walk down Main Street U.S.A. now-a-days is to roll down in an ECV.

 

[All Disney All The Time]

No, you're doing it wrong. The correct way to walk down Main Street U.S.A. now-a-days is to roll down in an ECV.

As part of a line of ECVs that span from sidewalk to sidewalk, each pulling a U-Haul trailer.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

The very idea of MS is to be able to walk on the street (again). As motorised traffic had taken over America's streets, people grew nostalgic for the old main streets. So Walt build one. And without the horses and horse poo too!

There is a great irony in that the traffic free 1955 version of an idealised traffic free 1905 main street by 2005 had become taken over by motorised scooters again.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

We walk right down the middle of the street. If they didn't want people walking in the street, they'd be told to get on the sidewalks.

I've read once that the sidewalks are there for authenticity. The street would look weird without them. There are always plans to remove them, for better traffic flow and less strained ankles of people staring up the castle. But the 'keep the sidewalks' party has so far prevailed.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Pedestrians were not corralled onto sidewalks until the late 1920s. So walking in the road is completely in theme.
99% Invisible - Episode 76: The Modern Moloch

To which I would like to add the Main Street of Marceline, Missouri, the way a very young Walt knew it. One of the inspirations for MS USA.

 

[luv]

The reason I don't walk in the street is that I don't want to be hit by cars. Low risk of being hit by a car on Main Street, so that's why I am comfortable there.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Why I'll continue walking down Main Street USA and not use sidewalks:
An hour before parades start, people sit on the curb, or are piled three deep taking up sidewalk space.
Guests pushing strollers down the sidewalks force me off the sidewalk into the street.
I've had more collisions with people not paying attention, rushing in and out of the stores on Main Street.
I can't get a good view of ( or take pictures of) the windows of Main Street if I'm on the sidewalk.
I'm aware enough of the trolleys and Main Street vehicles that I will not get run over.
I can walk to any of the Lands faster by moving in a wide street than on a narrow sidewalk.

 

[DizneyPryncess]

I never really thought about it before, but this thread made me realize that I almost always walk down Main Street on the sidewalk. I usually try to avoid being right in people's photos, and walking in front of the photographers. On the way out, we usually cut through the row of gift shops instead of exiting on the street or sidewalks. Especially if it's after Wishes or MSEP.

 

[tracyandalex]

We usually start in the street, but the masses and trolley tracks usually send us to the sidewalk. I do love the view from the street though.

 

[bethymouse]

better view of the castle

I agree 100%

 

[bethymouse]

I walk in the street cause that's what the song says to do. "walking right down the middle of main street USA"

yEP. i AGREE 100%

 

[bethymouse]

I only walk down the middle to get a good picture, but then we walk on the sidewalk and go into the shops.