tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post1291627157540042700..comments2024-03-28T01:09:04.157-07:00Comments on Vintage Disneyland Tickets: The Magic Kingdom - 1975/2008 "Before and After"Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-34379451469971683972008-07-25T12:48:00.000-07:002008-07-25T12:48:00.000-07:00Well if you saw the old Toad building then to your...Well if you saw the old Toad building then to your left on the site of "Pooh Playground" is where WDW's signature ride of Fantasyland once stood. Abandoned for ten years, and then paved over ignobly. While I know how much you DL fans miss your Peoplemover, two reasons why I hope to one day make my first visit to DL can be summed up by the fact that you still have a Toad ride, and got your sub ride back.<BR/><BR/>If you were familiar with the old "Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln" show, that basically was the old "Hall Of Presidents" show too, with most of the same Lincoln orations and speech, albeit expanded in spots.<BR/><BR/>I visited WDW a dozen times between 1975 and 1993, and there was remarkably little substantive change in the Magic Kingdom during that period, except for the removal of "Mickey Mouse Revue" and the changeover of "If You Had Wings" into "Dreamflight." It made going back as I aged from child to young adult always seem like revisiting an old friend. When I went back in 2004, it was quite a rude awakening.ericpaddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880416865587861007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-76949304008239930852008-07-25T11:19:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:19:00.000-07:00Thanks everyone!Disneyana World; that would make t...Thanks everyone!<BR/><BR/>Disneyana World; that would make two of us that were there that appreciate what’s left of the good stuff. After the 4th trip on the PeopleMover, folks were looking at my like something was wrong with me! The commercialization of EPCOT and most of the WDW property is beyond overkill!<BR/><BR/>Major; the Mansion is quite Orange now. Too orange really, it did look much more “foreboding” in the old photos.<BR/><BR/>Ericpaddon; I haven’t mentioned the “dumbed-down PC desecration” that is the Hall of President show, but you are 100% right. While I did enjoy seeing the robot presidents, the entire theme and slide show park was weird and I felt was trying to make the audience feel guilty for the civil war & slavery. I respect the point it was trying to make, but the focus was way off from where it should have been.<BR/><BR/>20,000 Leagues, heck I never even found the spot where I was, too depressing to see I suppose. I did find the old Mr. Toad building, now just another Pooh show, how lame is that!Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-64950365947724761882008-07-24T17:03:00.000-07:002008-07-24T17:03:00.000-07:00The Hall Of Presidents alas, is not what it was ba...The Hall Of Presidents alas, is not what it was back in 1975. What exists today is the dumbed-down PC desecration that Michael Eisner shoved down our throats at the expense of the program that reflected Walt's spirit and vision of what America was about.<BR/><BR/>Compare some photographs from then that show great attractions like 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride with what exists today (A Pooh Playground and a one-track Pooh ride instead of the two track Toad one) and that drives home more than anything else just what's wrong with WDW today compared to then.ericpaddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880416865587861007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-47812728863075163532008-07-23T08:38:00.000-07:002008-07-23T08:38:00.000-07:00Great stuff, like everyone else I love before/afte...Great stuff, like everyone else I love before/after stuff. I wonder, is the Mansion really brighter and oranger? Or could it just be a bad job of printing? It looked so (appropriately) gray and foreboding when it was new.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-64420099283411731002008-07-22T19:44:00.000-07:002008-07-22T19:44:00.000-07:00Great work capturing the 'now' shots. Enjoyed this...Great work capturing the 'now' shots. Enjoyed this post very much. <BR/><BR/>Happy to hear that the Carousel of Progress is still running. I guess I'll have to trek East at some point to experience WDW.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!walterworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319070921534941313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-81755058948990578522008-07-22T11:49:00.000-07:002008-07-22T11:49:00.000-07:00Wow.This is one of the best ideas for a post that ...Wow.<BR/><BR/>This is one of the best ideas for a post that I have ever seen!<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-3719460827715024192008-07-22T11:32:00.000-07:002008-07-22T11:32:00.000-07:00Love the before/after shots!Love the before/after shots!jedblauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10586084112152949178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157943953608089697.post-1578574010223926862008-07-22T10:42:00.000-07:002008-07-22T10:42:00.000-07:00Bravo!I really enjoyed this post. Too bad I can't ...Bravo!<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed this post. Too bad I can't go to WDW with you because you really appreciate what's there.<BR/><BR/>However these shots break my heart. As somebody who has seen a lot of and loved the aesthetics of WDW past, I hate to see what's there today. <BR/><BR/>The removal of the ponds and shrubbery in EPCOTs main plaza, Leave a Legacy stones, and the commercialized Downtown Disney are the worst offenders.Disneyana Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127237908008447457noreply@blogger.com