Well THERE'S yer PROBLEM...

EpcotServo

EpcotServo

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You know alot of people get down around here on Opening Attractions facing issues, delays, and technical problems. As I was wandering the internet, I found a picture on the ever-amazing photo collection over at Daveland ( http://www.davelandweb.com/disneyland/ Seriously, go spend hours over here!)

And I came across a picture (In the finest Vintage Submarine Voyage visual record ever assembled: http://davelandweb.com/sub/ ) from the summer of 1959, when two would-be-classic attractions debuted to record crowds. Let's take off the rose-colored glasses of time for a moment, and take a look at this scene in Theme Park Past...






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(View Larger: http://davelandweb.com/sub/popup.htm?images/50s/KTPBKYC_6_59_N26RX.jpg )

First of all, you'll notice the crowds gathered to partake in the new attractions.

Second, notice the stalled empty Monorail waiting above, and the Maintenance man working under the hood.

And next notice...Is that...Is that a Man standing on the back of that Submarine?

:lol:

I hope you've enjoyed this look at how the more things change at Disney, the more they stay the same. Opening attractions are never easy! I've been EpcotServo, reporting on the Lighter Side.
:p :wave:
 
_Scar

_Scar

Active Member
LOL. I've seen that pic before and noticed none of those things. I did notice the monorail looks like a tin can though :lol:
 
luvlifeinfl

luvlifeinfl

New Member
Oh wow. that is amazing observance. Until you pointed it out I did not even saw those small details that were probably causing huge headaches.

Also thanks for the link.
 
brkgnews

brkgnews

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Good find, Servo.

Matter o' fact, let's not forget what an absolute fiasco the opening of Disneyland was in the first place. :lol:

Same for EPCOT Center when it opened... not nearly as chaotic as DL, but plenty of attractions kept going 101 throughout the day.
 
yankspy

yankspy

Well-Known Member
brkgnews said:
Good find, Servo.

Matter o' fact, let's not forget what an absolute fiasco the opening of Disneyland was in the first place. :lol:

Same for EPCOT Center when it opened... not nearly as chaotic as DL, but plenty of attractions kept going 101 throughout the day.
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Yep. I remember going back to UOE three times in one day because it was down. When we finally got on it we got stuck for fifteen minutes.
 
DisneyLeo18

DisneyLeo18

Active Member
my first thought of this was "look how much is going on in this pic". It includes traveling by land, air and sea! With the monorail, skyway, and subs all seem to be crossing in the same area.

Great pic and post.:wave:
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

New Member
Great pic, Servo! :D Great site, too....I see myself spending lotsa time over there.:lookaroun



brkgnews said:
Good find, Servo.

Matter o' fact, let's not forget what an absolute fiasco the opening of Disneyland was in the first place. :lol:

Same for EPCOT Center when it opened... not nearly as chaotic as DL, but plenty of attractions kept going 101 throughout the day.
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Not to mention that Horizons was still behind walls, and JII was J- less.:lol:
yankspy said:
Yep. I remember going back to UOE three times in one day because it was down. When we finally got on it we got stuck for fifteen minutes.
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You were there on Oct.1.82!?:eek:
 

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