Walt Disney Word Guidebook - 1976 (Part 1)

[Deleted member 107043]

For example, on Main Street USA, I never realized there used to be a penny arcade!

Disneyland's Main Street still has one, although the games have been whittled down to mostly nothing and the remaining space is overrun by the candy shop next door.

 

[Professor_Jason]

Disneyland's Main Street still has one, although the games have been whittled down to mostly nothing and the remaining space is overrun by the candy shop next door.

I don't go in there anymore for that reason. I miss the days when the shops were an attraction and you could wander through the shops all day long and find different stuff, now you find the exact same items across Disneyland and DCA and it's a real shame because all the different shopping was something to do for people who were unable to ride any of the rides for whatever reason

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Yep, shopping at Disneyland is not what it used to be. I don't even bother going into the shops anymore unless I'm looking for an inexpensive souvenir for friends. I assume it's the same way at the Magic Kingdom. What's World Showcase like these days? Do they still sell items from each of the represented nations in the shops there?

 

[Monorail_Red_77]

Also it really illustrates that the New Fantasyland was hardly an expansion at all...and how Autopia was cut.

Yes.
New Fantasy Land can only be considered an expansion if you do not count the fact that 20K leagues was there first. If you pretend it was just a wooded area, then it is an expansion. Otherwise it is just a refurb.

Talk about PR spin.

 

[Monorail_Red_77]

Yep, shopping at Disneyland is not what it used to be. I don't even bother going into the shops anymore unless I'm looking for an inexpensive souvenir for friends. I assume it's the same way at the Magic Kingdom. What's World Showcase like these days? Do they still sell items from each of the represented nations in the shops there?

Yes they do still in World Showcase.

 

[DisneyChild1968]

I hope so....I want nesting dolls from Germany!

 

[brb1006]

It's so strange reading the section about trying not to film the entire attraction.

 

[brb1006]

I also liked the explanation that flash photos won't come out, rather than just saying no to flash photos.

They had no idea unlike the 90's arrived.

 

[NonnaT]

OMGoodness! How amazing! Love it! Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[Mouse_Trap]

Yep, shopping at Disneyland is not what it used to be. I don't even bother going into the shops anymore unless I'm looking for an inexpensive souvenir for friends. I assume it's the same way at the Magic Kingdom. What's World Showcase like these days? Do they still sell items from each of the represented nations in the shops there?

Yes a bit.

Even the coins from around the world. Featuring 3 identical coins, they were too cheap to even use a different denomination from a different currency.
Would spend an extra 5 cents per product hurt that bad?