Would you lock Disneyland in its 1989 state?

Would you permanently lock Disneyland in its 1989 state?


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Phroobar

Well-Known Member
I'd say the period right before the DCA expansion. You had a new Toon Town with daily broadcasts (advertising) on Disney Afternoon. They had the temporary Toy Story Funhouse over in TL. Indy was brand new. Michael Eisner started the Disney Decade of growth. There was always a new parade for each new movie. Disneyland had a parking lot!

There are things that are bad though. Adults without kids or relatives where frond upon. No special fan made up meet ups or merch. Teenagers thought the place was for babies even though Videopolis, Captain EO and Star Tours was build to bring them back.
 

Disgruntled Walt

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
This is a great question, and I would say YES! Most definitely! The homogenization of the Disney Parks these days makes this an easy choice. In 1989 you've got everything worthwhile about Disneyland that can't be found elsewhere, plus some things that can't be found anywhere now.
 

Parteecia

Well-Known Member
I'm confused. If we're time traveling can't we have any and all Disneylands? Or is this a Star Wars Hotel type situation where you enter a world but here it's of a theme park a long long time ago? And you have to go by the mores of the time? And you have to destroy the current Disneyland to have it?
 

Disney Irish

Premium Member
I'm confused. If we're time traveling can't we have any and all Disneylands? Or is this a Star Wars Hotel type situation where you enter a world but here it's of a theme park a long long time ago? And you have to go by the mores of the time? And you have to destroy the current Disneyland to have it?
Exactly the locked in time forever thing just makes it an easy no. If we're time traveling why not go back to July 17th 1955 and experience opening day with Walt, or any time with Walt during that first decade. Or go back to see the first expansions and land refurbs with NOS or TL67. Seems like a waste to lock it to a specific time.

You open it up to traveling to any time period in DL history and I think you'd get a resounding yes from everyone.
 

britain

Well-Known Member
Clarifying question:

Are you asking would we prefer to GO BACK to 1989 rather than visit the resort today?

Or are you saying that even a park that has AGED since 1989 with only basic maintenance invested might be better than the resort today?

I’m actually in HoJo right now, musing upon how old it feels, even though it’s technically being maintained. (The arcade has been replaced with an office! Sniff… RIP Spy Hunter…)
 

chadwpalm

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
And what was your 1989 personal experience? and frequency?
For me, I went in the summer of 1990 which was between my freshman and sophomore years in high school. It was part of my church youth group and we stopped for a day at Disneyland on our way back from a mission trip in Ensenada.

Honestly, I only remember three things from that trip:

1. Following cute girls around Disneyland with my friends.
2. Getting caught by our youth leaders for smuggling some fireworks over the border in our suitcases.
3. My friend cutting open the end of a glow-tube necklace in the hotel room, swinging it around, and when we turned off the lights the walls were glowing.
 

Agent H

Well-Known Member
For me, I went in the summer of 1990 which was between my freshman and sophomore years in high school. It was part of my church youth group and we stopped for a day at Disneyland on our way back from a mission trip in Ensenada.

Honestly, I only remember three things from that trip:

1. Following cute girls around Disneyland with my friends.
2. Getting caught by our youth leaders for smuggling some fireworks over the border in our suitcases.
3. My friend cutting open the end of a glow-tube necklace in the hotel room, swinging it around, and when we turned off the lights the walls were glowing.
You smuggled fireworks over the border?
 

DLR92

Well-Known Member
Hmmm….I couldn’t.
The year of 2012 is really a good year for Disneyland resort. I can’t imagine Disneyland without DCA. The parking garage. How much outside of the area that Disney doesn’t owned developed later on.
 

mickEblu

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
And what was your 1989 personal experience? and frequency?

Probably only went once that year. I remember Splash being new. We typically went to Disneyland about once a year as kids. Twice on a good year. What I remember clearly was how joyously non crowded it felt from the late 80s to early 90s. If you went on an off season weekday it was pretty much a ghost town or close to it.

I go to Disneyland for the ambiance. To walk around a beautiful park in the pleasant weather. To enjoy the trees, flowers and scenery. It’s not to ride POTC for the 150th time. So for me walking around a park that’s blissfully empty is worth more than any new ride could ever be. Being able to put my daughter down and not have to worry about her being stampeded or run over by an ECV going 15mph means more to me than any handful of newer rides. Especially considering all the classic attractions you already had in 1989.

For people younger than I. Imagine how the park feels at about half hour after rope drop. But all day long.
 
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Agent H

Well-Known Member
Keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be saved by statute of limitations......but you never know when Agent H is on the case.
I’m an agent of the o.w.a.c.a. That’s outside my jurisdiction. Now if you’re an evil scientist then that’s my problem.
 

chadwpalm

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
I’m an agent of the o.w.a.c.a. That’s outside my jurisdiction. Now if you’re an evil scientist then that’s my problem.
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