Things They Don't Do at Disney World Anymore
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Sure, there are a lot of things in Disney World that seem to NEVER change but there’s a surprising amount that HAS! In the nearly 50 years Disney World has been open we’ve seen a lot of things come and go -- and some of these might surprise you!
Thanks to our friends at AllEars & Yesterland for some of the old-school Disney photos!
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I loved, as a little kid, visiting Minnie and Mickey at their houses. I LOVED Minnie’s house.
I wish they still had the houses.
I remember their houses! They were so cool
Was this toon town?
@@christineschmidutz5057 yes
@@GrumpyCanCan Disney rarely throws anything away...maybe they're still somewhere!!??
I remember buying little tiny books for autographs from the characters ❤️
Oh my gosh, that was a favorite of mine as a kid. I remember it was yellow with Disney characters on the front and I would want to run to get as many Disney characters as I could especially Mickey.
I’ve still got some of those from back in the 80’s and early 90’s
I had one of those but it burned in a house fire😔
I was happy to see as late as pre-pandemic 2020 that kids were still carrying these around and getting character autographs!
I still have them from my childhood 🥲
The first time I ever cursed in front of my father was at River Country. The water in the lazy river was COLD, and adding insult to injury there was at least one point where it jetted out above the water line. 9 year old me got hit by that and let out a "WHAT THE ****" Dad was all "I get it, I'm not mad, I said the same thing to myself, just don't do it again"
That’s awesome you got to go to River Country before it closed
Does anyone remember Push the Talking Trash Can? I loved him as a kid!
I don't remember that one, but there was a talking Recycling Bin in Animal Kingdom that I loved as a kid!
Yes! I took my husband to WDW shortly after we got married. Push came up and greeted the ‘lovebirds from Texas’. We both were so startled, and it added just that little bit more pixie dust on a magical trip.
The talking trash can made fun of my hair and I pushed it. My parents were so embarrassed.
I remember. I remember a kid put trash in him and he asked the kid "Why did you punch me in the face?". The kid was confused and fascinated at the same time.
The trash can followed us...asking for trash..then when I sat it just hung out talking with us...magic!!! My son was amazed.
I remember going to Toon Town in Disney World and being able to walk through Mickey Mouse's house (I went there back in 1995).
@@Mike__B I think so, I do remember meeting Mickey at night. I was there earlier in the day but Mickey was not there.
Too bad Toon Town is no longer there.
@@Mike__B Disney World
Toon Town was at MGM (now Hollywood Studios.) It had a train and outdoor house set, too. I remember seeing the Golden Girl's house
@@jenniepennie14 No it wasn’t
I miss the Backlot Tour. HS is still MGM to me :)
Yesss
Me toooooo!!!
i feel the same way! i cant even help it but still call it MGM unconciously
I wanted to take it, and never got to. The line was always so long.
i always call it mgm and my sisters always tells me “it’s Hollywood studio” and I’m like nah…
2 things I remember which I know 1 is definitely gone.
1) The mailboxes on Main Street USA which were real mailboxes as Disney World had its own post office and zip code. So all the postcards sent through the mailboxes were stamped from Walt Disney World.
2) you could get phone calls at your table at the Brown Derby like the stars did back in the 1940s as the phone plugs in the wall really worked. they were still working as of 2012.
When did they do away with the mailbox? It was there when I was there last years ago.
Yes the mailboxes! We looked for one in 2020 and could only find one at our resort, not in the park like it used to be.
@@akajol Trying to find the date when Disney dropped their postmark. But mail now only says from Lake Buena Vista rather than Walt Disney World. If memory serves, it became not worth it to Disney cause of the drop in sending postcards.
They are still on Main Street… we went to city hall and mailed postcards and they came in with walt Disney World postmark!
I forgot about this! I used to send my friends postcards from Disney World,, my friends would tell me about how cool it was when I came back to school!
Our kids loved the ant playground (honey I shrunk the kids). Gave us parents a time to watch and enjoy a Coke.
My family still has pictures of my older sister playing in that playground!
Oh yeah, I remember that place! I remember being able to ride a giant bee too and pretending like you were in the movie.
I LOVED this playground as a kid and sincerely wish my kids could experience it now! The parks need more play areas in this mom’s opinion.
Sigh, like missing Bugs Land at DCA. Great memories. Here’s hoping Toontown gets a redo for the wee ones once M&M’s Railway is open.
I’ve only been once, but one of the main things I remember was the ant land
I miss the Osborne Family Spectacular. I last went in 2012 which also was the last trip my mom got to take before she passed away. The lights were amazing.
That was one if my favorites. It all went downhill after this left.
I sobbed when I found out that was ending!
Craziest most frenetic but fun thing ever.
A lot of those lights moved to Silver Dollar City in Branson. It's just as beautiful.
I know! My husband and I went for Christmas in 2007. The lights were amazing. And the snow! I was so sad when they got rid of this event. It was amazing,
One thing I remember is that on many rides you had real people giving you the tour instead of a recorded voice over (living with the land for example)
Remember when you could ride in the front of the monorail with the driver.
Yes I did it multiple times 👍
I was able to do this as well. Every time I ride the monorail and see it pull into the station I think of it. And VGF is a home resort for our DVC membership in part because it is on the monorail line and I have that memory of riding with the driver.
@@markharder9362 I was able to do it about 3 or 4 times. When I was a kid one of the waiters told my father about it so I wrote it with my parents in the front. Then I knew about it when I returned with my husband before children and we rode in the front. And then when we went back with our children we did it a couple of times. Small little things like that are missed. 😊
Yes, our children got to do that a few times. They felt so special, and it remains a favorite memory of their Disney visits.
I still have our copilot licenses we were given every time we rode up front. My son got to "drive" the monorail when he was about 6 or 7. Fun times.
Disney MGM studios was awesome! I liked the back lot tour and my kids really had a blast in the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" area which I believe is Toy Story Land now.
When my kids were young, we took so many photos of them at the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" playground. They had a fantastic time there.
And it was FREE.
Honey I shrunk the kids 3D scared me when I was 6.
The thing I miss the most is the old true all inclusive Disney packages, Deluxe Magic and Grand Magic vacation packages. You felt like royalty, everything was free (except merch of course). Food, boat rentals, tours, all parks before park hopping, etc
Yea going to Disney was much better in the late 80s early 90s! You really did feel like you owned the place.
I was there in 1992 and I remember something called Body Wars.
The precursor to Star Tours....but with more nausea ;) I rode it a few times and thought it was fun, but it was out of sync and made me need to take a break after it. ... which is how I ended up seeing "The Story of Me." (Look up that attraction/movie starring Martin Short.) Both attractions were in the Wonders of Life.
@@JuniperMB The Making of Me.
Yeah! I remember riding that as a kid! Star Tours too! I still have my Star Tours t-shirt floating around somewhere... XD
@@tulinfirenze1990 Thank you! That was it! ...weird as a theme park attraction :)
I remember Body Wars and they had an attraction the seemed like the precursor to the TV show "Herman's Head" where the body had representation by people who would talk to each other to make the person function...I remember that being a funny and interesting show.
I remember seeing Captain Hook and the Big Bad Wolf characters. I also remember going to and thinking it was so cool to see Mickey’s house.
Also, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
I also remember that tickets used to never expire.
Your right! For a long time you could keep your leftover day passes and used them again next time you came. You saved a lot of money that way!
@@christienelson1437 we used some park hopper passes from 1997 in 2016. The park hoppers from 1997 were cheaper than a single park pass in 2016!
Yup, but not all the passes remained useable forever. Many of the multi passes in Disney World, if not all used up could be used at a later date. Yet, Disney was constantly changing the rules on the day passes and park hopper passes and you had to do your research to get the best deal! Disney land also had different rules for their passes due to its limited size and parks. It’s ticket prices were considerably cheaper due to less attractions. That has been changing in the last ten years because Disney Land has been able to expand.
Sitting in the monorail cockpit was always a treat
I went to DisneyQuest Chicago once or twice as a kid and remember it being really fun! Didn't realize no other cities got one. The trouble with building a technology-themed experience is if you don't make huge updates like every two years it's going to show its age really fast.
I really think Disney Quest would've been much more successful (along with the upgrades/updates to the technology like you said, ofc) if they'd operated on a normal arcade model and had you pay for credits to play the games rather than pay a blind admission fee while not really being able to see what you were buying admission for.
Yes me too i loved disneyquest chicago as a kid i wish they would bring it back
I remember DisneyQuest in Chicago and loved it as a kid. The roller coaster sim was always so busy.
They had actually started building a 3rd location in Philadelphia. They had the building and had started build out but it was scrapped before it was ever finished.
Right? I get why the DW one failed since the parks are right there, but you'd think ones in far away cities would be more successful.
Telling my age, I was there that first year, still there today. Felt like a Princess riding those Swan Boats as a little girl in the 1970’s. Miss those awesome Epcot Pavilions I enjoyed in 1988. However, two more generations have now gone with us to make new memories! Please though, Disney, bring back some of the magic, the personal details, a few freebies to make us want to spend money. 😁
What about swimming with sharks? There was a shark pool at typhoon lagoon you could swim through when I worked there in 2011!
I remember that! I was so scared to snorkel across, but I did it!!!
@@LLUEVE right?? I thought it was such a unique experience to have at a Disney park.
I didn't know they got rid of that! Bummers!!
Now you can do AquaTours at Epcot. It is amazing! It has a much bigger tank to swim in, more sea life, and much more fun!
Thank you for saying that!!! My husband was talking about us swimming with sharks and we knew it wasn’t Sea World. Totally forgot where it was.
I completely forgot about the hand stamps! Also loved the Backlot tour as a kid, it was one of my favourite attractions!
I still remember how those hand stamps smelled!
I used to love looking for Push the talking trash can in Tomorrowland
I worked at Disney Quest in 2003. I loved it. Back when it was still Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island still existed. It was a great time in my life. It is so sad that it's all gone now.
The Electric Light Parade…
Spectro-magic parade was awesome too.
I recall going to Disneyland in the early 1970's and having a tear off colored coupon book in order to ride on the rides.
Oh the E ticket rides! Space Mountain was an E ticket. And the horse drawn trolley was an A ticket! ❤️
@@nancykisser It was funny, as a kid growing up in Michigan and never been anywhere close to Disneyland, I still knew what the phrase "an E ticket ride" meant, but never knew where it came from.
I'm from Pennsylvania one of the theme parks; Kenobels still has tear off tickets, you don't have to pay admission to get into the park or for parking just the tickets(a booklet is about $20 but my family usually would get 2) and renting a camping site is an option
Yes, the days of the "A Tickets" (🎠 and the like) through "E Tickets " (Space Mountain and the like). They had them in the early days of the WDW park too. 🏰
I live in FL and we went every year. I remember those tickets very well. They had brass plaques that said which ticket you needed and free standing ticket stands throughout the park.
Innoventions was probably the coolest part of epcot when i was a kid, between trying drinks from other countries and all the then futuristic games.. man that was awesome
Just don't drink the Beverly. Of course after you found out it was revolting you tell people that Beverly was the best drink. 🤣 We were so juvenile.
The Sky buckets in Magic Kingdom. I remember they used to extend from the Rockets over in tomorrow land to I think it was called the Matterhorn (currently Rapunzel’s tower).
It was a nice way to cross the park, avoid the crowds, see the sights, and give your feet a rest. Oh, those were the days!
This reminds me of the Living Statues that were in the Italy Pavilion at Epcot! So fun
Those were awesome!
I liked the living statues
Loved those!
Yes!! They were awesome!!
There's quite a lot... The Main Street electrical parade, cast member doing the narration on The Land ride, the old Imageworks (rainbow tunnel and stepping tones), the glow in the dark hand stamp (and looking at what it is during a dark ride!), INNOVATIONS at Epcot, World of Motion, Captain EO, the Extra TERRORestrial Alien Encounter/Stitch's Great Escape, the Epcot Fountain Show (don't know if they still do shows on the new fountain?)... I think a "Part 2" video is in order!
I never rid Stitch’s Great Escape, but my cousin did and she always told me it was awful. So I guess I’m glad they got rid of it.
Kitchen Cabaret! That is all! I blame Aunt Susan!
I remember those Disney Parks infomercial shows and Samantha Brown Disney shows they used to run ALL the time on the Travel Channel about 15 or more years ago. We recorded them and watched them all the time before our Disney trips.
They went in-depth on the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Disney Speedway and the Sammy Duval parasailing and water adventures. I think they also showed a lot of DisneyQuest, the giant Yeti before it broke and lots of other things that don’t exist anymore.
I think some of those videos still exist on Amazon Prime Video. It’s an interesting time capsule.
Yes! Those are so nostalgic. There was one for DCL I remember watching a lot, but haven’t been able to find it online anywhere.
I loved Disney Quest so much! I still have a CD that my mom and I made at one of the attractions there. I also loved designing your own roller coaster.
I made 2 songs --1 with each of my boys. One we play every year on my youngest's birthday. In it, we sing that he's 2 years old today. On his next birthday he will be 19!!!
Osborne Family lights! I miss that so much!!!
Me too. That was awesome
Can't upsell the lights...so out they went.
@@airybrook True. Not like the Halloween or Christmas party extra park ticket charge like at the MK. But I did buy hot cocoa, gingerbread cookies and all the other stuff they sold during that time and I wasn’t the only one so there’s that. 🤷🏾♀️
Got to treat my parents to Christmas time at Disney and LOVED the Osborne Family lights. We weren't planning to return to Disney the next year but found out that they were taking the lights away after that year so we went to Disney 2 years in a row and I'm glad we did, I hear they have them set up in Branson but have never been there.
Miss those!
My first visit was in 94 and I remember at MGM my dad and I walked into a small shop where a “director” was asking for volunteers to star in a little scene they would produce right there in the shop. He gave us lines and props/costume items and helped us improve our performance. The experience lasted about 20-30min. At the end they filmed it and we were able to purchase the VHS. It was such a unique and fun experience. I have never met anyone else who has any clue what I’m talking about.
My guess is it was one of those things they tried for a couple months and decided against it. You had lucky timing 👏 Sounds like an awesome experience!
My youngest did this when he was 8 or 9. We loved it!!!
The Indiana Jones Stuntman show was like that and the also had a theater where you could volunteer on stage to act out a scene. In the imagination Pavilion on the second floor you could experience a green scene. They would record you reacting to a video you would see on a teleprompter TV. You would run in place and do all sorts of silly things while being recorded. Fun times!😁🌅🎇🎆💕
Bring back Mickey butter! If I’m going to pay to go to Disney, I want EVERYTHING to be themed!!
I really hope part of the Epcot renovation includes doing something with the Imagination Pavilion. The current ride/Image Works are so pathetic compared to the originals... bring back the Rainbow Corridor and Dream Finder!
Remember Micheal Jackson singing? Nobody has mentioned that. Kodak was the sponsor than. .
All three are gone now.
YESSSSSS!!!!!
@@gingersutton8240 then
Agree!!
I've always said it, 1970-1990 were the best years for Disney and youngsters!!! Though I am biased. 70s and 80s kid!😉👍❤
Yes!!!!!! Totally agree 😉
I agree!
It’s the rose colored glasses 😉 but you’re not wrong. I went there the first Christmas Magic Kingdom opened and the whole thing is colored sepia and magic in my head and always will be. My kids have different first memories in the 90’s but no less magical than mine. Disney still pretty much gets it right but fear of liability has spoiled a lot.
at hollywood studios, they used to have drawing sessions, where they teach you how to draw a character and I loved it, but when I went back in Jan 2019, I couldn't find it
They have drawing class at Art of Animation and Animal Kingdom. It is hard to get to the Animal Kingdom one.
I know DCA in California still does them, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they do still have them in disney world somewhere. It may have just moved to a different park or not be available in Hollywood Studios anymore since that one is full of newer parks and rides now.
I did this and it was so cool
I remember riding the Swan Boats when I went to Disney in summer of 1976.
Retro WDW podcast may wish to talk with you.
I do follow them.
So many things I miss!! One thing I miss is that giant phone in Comunicore that you could fit your whole family in the booth and actually call someone. We called our parents, but they couldn’t understand us much, but it was fun!
I miss the design your own coaster ride at Disney Quest. That was actually really cool
There was a game or program that you could buy and design rides for your Disney park. I'll Habs to ask my son if he still has it. He's sentimental so I'm betting he has it.
I don’t know if they did this in WDW but in DLR you used to be able to pull the sword from the stone. I did it once and it was MAGICAL
They did do that at WDW right by the castle. My son was chosen to try to get the sword from the stone. He was successful and absolutely thrilled.
@@Sharon-pb7so I got a certificate and a medal, did he get something similar? Merlin was freaking awesome.
Remember when the park hopper pass was a paper tag that had to be stamped each day. I remember wearing it around my neck tied to a string.
AND, trying to keep it dry all day. LOL
we got to sit in the front of the monorail in the late 2000s! it was so fun
I LOVED doing that, when I was a kid we didn't ride the monorail if we weren't sitting up front! I'm being facetious, but there were a couple times when we would wait for the next train so we COULD ride up front!
I loved doing that!
We did that too, back in the 70s and 80s!
@@christianfaux736 We did the same thing, we'd wait, especially when we were going from the Magic Kingdom to EPCOT. It was a nice long ride. We considered it a regular attraction at WDW just like Space Mt.
Haven’t even watched the video yet and it probably won’t be mentioned, but man do I miss the old days of when fast passes first came out. It really rewarded those who got up early and gave the effort to plan out when and where they would grab the next passes. You could seriously stack up!! It was so fun😂 but now everyone just gets their three 🙃
Is anyone else old enough to remember Pleasure Island at Downtown Disney or Epcot’s 3-D film Captain EO with Michael Jackson and Angelica Houston?
I was a HUGE Michael Jackson fan and the highlight of the Disney trip for 11year old me was seeing Captain EO! I’m still sad that I didn’t get a chance to see it again when they brought it back to the park after his death.
We saw Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker when we went to Hong Kong Disney in 2008. It was really unexpected. On the same trip we also had Goofy swimming in the hotel pool with our daughter. That was super cool!
That sounds awesome!
I remember going to Disneyland in 1990 (I was about 5 years old), and when I entered the park I got to push some kind of button to try and win something. A lot of sounds and lights flashed and I won a giant Mickey stuffed animal…about the same size as me! Not sure if they still do that, but it was very memorable 👏🏼
No, we were there, too. It was a special celebration. You were blessed, we went 5 days and didn't get anything great like that!
What about riding in the front of the monorail?
We met little chef, we did the flag raising at the wilderness lodge, and got to eat the Mickey butter. The ride I miss the most is if you had wings.
From what I know, you can still ride in the front of the monorail at Disneyland, but Walt Disney World is off limits due to a fatal accident.
I rode in front once. Once.... haha
@@Meatball2022 why are you so awkward
I loved that one as well. In the early days, when you had to use tickets... this ride was totally free. I recall that it was sponsored by an airline. I think that is where the Buzz Lightyear ride is now.
If You Had Wings was sponsored by Eastern Airlines. Was just talking with my dad about it yesterday. We rode it over and over when we went to Disney in 1980 or 1981. He worked for Eastern and we thought it was the best thing ever!
I miss Journey Into The Imagination SO much. Imageworks was neat too!
I still have some Disney dollars somewhere. I need to dig those up.
Disney Dollars are probably worth more than face value on the resale market.
Hi AJ
I know one thing they don’t have in Disney anymore. That’s 20,000 leagues under the sea ride.
Used loved the backlot tour and seeing the artists draw characters was so cool too
Those are the things that made it feel like Hollywood. I dislike what's happened to the park
Christine Schmidutz i haven’t seen Star Wars stuff
I remember so many of these! We met Remy at Chefs de France. It was so cool! I wish they would bring him back.
with the opening of the ride, I would think that someone would bring it back, at least for the first month or so.
My besties daughter named her dog Remy after that character. We call the dog Renaldo behind her back because of his Latin lover eyes. 🤣
AJ, please never EVER stop making nostalgia videos 💕👏🙌
Our kids miss Food Rocks and Body Wars in EPCOT Wonders of Life Pavilion - they were both fun and educational.
I'll name you one... they don't have Horizons anymore!! NOW LET ME JUST OPENLY WEEP FOR MY BELOVED!
you forgot 20k under the sea.... mr toads wild ride...
"Things they don't do" vs "Rides that are gone" -- different topic.
@@demoldbones slight problem with that... she had rides in the list as well...
@@celticht32 AJ's mistake based on the topic. Send her an email to stay on the topic. 😉
We're big Toadifiles so I have a t-shirt my son got at DL for me. The ride is still there. He went to Disney Tokyo, I'll have to ask him and his lovely wife if Mr Toad is there. They stayed at the best Disney hotel of them all, The Mira Costa. The stuff the hotels give out are great souvenirs.
Try hey still have 2000 leagues at Disneyland in California. My kids thought I was nuts until they went.
Loved the animation ex;perience and the film starring Robin Williams.
My hubby and I used to love going to the Japan pavilion to do Sake tasting. While you can still do this, they used to serve the sake in cute little cups and they would write your name in Japanese on the side of the cup. We still have ours from years ago. It’s still fun to get Sake in Japan, but we miss the personalized detail.
They did this at the festival of arts this year, I have my wood square sake cup with my name written on it in japanese on top my fridge :)
AJ, the thing that I miss the most is the 24 hour days at the Magic Kingdom. Please bring them back Disney!
When I was a kid, my favorite place to play was on the Honey I Shrunk the Kids movie set!
I remember making a dining reservation in communicore. Very cool!
Universe of Energy!
Now I hear the song in my head 😉
I can stlii sing both U of E songs, with all the words correct. I loved U of E , Horizons, and W of M.
Giant dinosaurs!
MGM Studios will always be the best part of Disney World for me! The Backlot Tour, Ride through the movies, Indiana Jones.
I miss being a kid lol
This made me a little sad. I just realized that each park was really a different unique experience. Now they are all just parks with rides. I miss it.
In the old days, when Disney had only 1 or two parks, they had to find a lot of extra stuff for guests to do to keep them on property, rather than just going back home. After riding everything, what else was there to do? How about swimming? Golfing? Horseback riding? Visiting a nature preserve? Once MGM Studios opened, (roughly same time as Universal) it became a bigger deal to bring in more rides to prevent guests from visiting Universal and others.
It has become a high priced Six Flags.
@@UmmYeahOk I listen to a FANTASTIC podcast called Retro WDW that details all those things. It's become my new favourite podcast and takes me back to the WDW of my memories.
@@tulinfirenze1990 I looked to see if they had a youtube channel and they do! Restored vacation films are featured. A few other channels had the complete ride experience of attractions that I miss or had forgotten about. That is one deep rabbit hole! I had to force myself to stop watching so I could get something else done!
Oh no I LOVED Turtle talk with Crush!!! My mom hated rides and it was so interactive and cute the whole family loved it
I think they still have that one! AJ was just using it and Laugh Floor as examples of "Living Character" attractions that people would recognize before going in to the actually defunct ones.
The original Discovery Island in Bay Lake... a bit of sheer paradise!
Yes! I loved Discovery Island! Checking out all the birds and animals.
Four for a $ at Hollywood Studio’s, Disney $, the umbrella at HS where it had the running water which simulated rain running off of it. Loved MGM studio. Miss the Great Movie Ride. Nostalgia is gone😥
I always loved Figment. I still have a magnet of him on my fridge from the 80s.
I've got that too! Miss the old ride ...
MY Favorite lost him before I even left the gift shop 😢
A couple of other things Disney doesn't do any more is Disney Institute (we took a cooking class and a drawing class) and visiting Discovery Island in the middle of Bay Lake where there were sun conyers, flamingos, and cavies/maras roaming freely among guests.
And I remember the giant galapagos tortoises too.
I LOVED the stamps as a kid seeing it glow in the dark was so cool
I remember going to MGM Studios and going a back lot tour of 101 Dalmations the live action movie and seeing how they filmed the secne where Rodger rode into the pond and also the cute adorable new born puppies of Perdy and Pongo's.
Nowadays, if I were to tell someone a ride was an "E Ticket Ride", some would wonder what i meant by it. Old School Disneyland people would know though. At Disneyland once upon a time ago before unlimited rides, they had a ticket system. It ranged from A to E. A was your very mild rides while E was your high intensity roller coaster rides like Space Mountain.
A common misconception - it had more to do with the complexity of the attraction and the technology that went into creating and running it.
Yes, I remember the perforated cards at Disneyland that rated attractions from "A" to "E." You had to hang onto those "E" cards for very special attractions.
Never enough E tickets, had to keep buying more!
@@donnamcduffie8457 My boyfriend, now husband of 43 years, bought the ticket booklet that had all E tickets and another booklet that had the A to E tickets. That was awesome!
When I was a kid, I remember riding Delta Dream Flight! It was one of my fave rides!
YES! The backlot tour with the Pearl Harbor "show"! My sister & I got to do that! IT was sooo much fun!! :D It's a pity they don't do that anymore! :(
I loved the Delta Dream Flight. I think it was where laugh floor is now-- but it's been so long!
@@roxannecoffey5428 Yeah? :D I think they turned it into Buzz Lightyear's ride, which isn't a bad ride, it's just that Delta Dream Flight was sooo much fun as a kid. XD
@@kirabowie I knew it was that corner of the park because I remember going on the People Mover and Carousel of Progress at about the same time!
@@roxannecoffey5428 Yes!! We would do the same thing! :D And depending on the time, we would either move onto something else, or go find lunch. XD
I remember when it was Eastern Airlines “If You Had Wings”!!!
I loved!! Trash the talking trash can! We would wonder all over Tomorrowland to see if they were out and I would freak out if he was and be so excited! My favorite thing
I miss Pleasure Island especially the adventurer’s club
That place was so awesome. I wanted to visit it and the comedy club every night of our visit
That was so much fun!!
The boat tour around Cinderella's castle yeeeeessss! My first trip to Disney in 1979 brings back fond memories. The Magic Kingdom was the only park back then. I remember the restaurant in the same spot as Cosmic Rays used to be all outdoors.
With Chapek, it's simply an expensive headache.
I have several from my past experiences going to Disney as a child. I remember character meet and greets happened at random locations in the middle of the park throughout the day. The characters would just show up in the crowds or just gather around them. It rarely happens today but not to the extent of what it used to. Now you have to get in a long line at a specific spot during a specific time to see a character. The next thing I remember that they don’t do anymore is they used to have a canoe trip tied in to the evening campfire at wilderness resort. To get to the campfire you would have to get on a canoe and row the canoe down a small river. I also remember a character breakfast in the same location where they perform hoop Dee Doo in the afternoons and evenings. How about ride sponsorships? I know many years ago every Disney ride had some form of sponsorship and they were prominent and mentioned several times in the attraction itself. Now it seems that very few rides are sponsored and even then, the sponsor is only mentioned by a sign on the outside. Anyone remember the skyway connecting fantasy land in tomorrowland? Also, you can go on forever with the rods that have been removed, replaced, or changed so much they’re nowhere near what they used to be. If you had wings, mission to the moon, Mr. toads wild ride, 20,000 leagues under the sea, horizons, body wars, World of motion, universe of energy, and the list goes on and on. I would like to see a video of just the rides that we can’t do anymore
That idea Disney took from the World Fair. Businesses sponsored attractions to help advertise their products and gave away free samples. He took a lot of ideas from the Chicago World fair.
I think they should do more sponsorship again- help bring down the prices of tickets!
@@jamiekolendowicz8929 True but sponsorships comes with a price. Business want their product to represented in a way that benefits them and it becomes political. I am sure it goes both ways that no one wants someone’s else’s name to effect them negatively. I think that Disney has gotten to big and commercialized which has taken away from the safe, limited stressful family events that most people are seeking. It was a great place to go in the seventies and eighties but it was still expensive and stressful, we lived in Florida and that was the only way we were able to go.🌅🎇💕🎆
My mom had to pull me away from those Comminucore computers every year; I loved them so much!! Horizons was my other favorite too.💜💜
We just checked out of Old Key West. Been at Orlando for a little over a week now. Beware of The Disney Bus Service. My wife and I and our other family that came with us all had terrible long wait times at the bus stops. I’ve been going to Old Key West for well over 25 years. I have never seen the bus service this bad before. Average wait times 45 minutes. A few times we got lucky and only waited 15 minutes. We did see a few busses that were in training. The ferry’s to Disney Springs are also not running which really is a bummer. The ride just to get to Disney springs is 30 minutes using the bus. Add a wait time on top of that and your spending over an hour to get to Disney springs.
Covid has hit Disney hard. It is obvious from complaints that I’ve heard from most people we meet at the bus stops that there is a lack of buses. So if you are using the bus service you need to plan that into your day. It sucks, but what can you do.
They got rid of the Muppets Mobile Lab?! I’m so sad; I didn’t know that! I used to love catching them roaming about whenever I visited Epcot. I’m sure they were still there last time I visited back in 2019. Another side effect of this cursed plague, no doubt.
The free roaming animatronics really need to make a comeback.
The plague of children cheapskate Bob Chapek
Your chanel is always cure my longing to go back to Disney World! Hi from Indonesia AJ!
I'll take you!
@@cliffordwalker6290 I wish I could!
@Madison Rumph wish I could! I'm over 10 thou miles away lol
What a great trip down memory lane! Thanks, AJ
Yes, do part 2 please!
Aww, handstamps! Loved those as a kid.
Please do a part 2 of this, great memories. Thank you for this video.
I loved Disney MGM studios. Was a contestant on Lets Make a Deal.
Cool!
The Remy character was amazing! We were so surprised when we had dinner in France. The waiter with him was so much fun!
Bring on the Part 2! 😁
Oh and one more thing LOL... The parade at EPCOT around World Showcase! Disney needs to do a summer of throwback events at all four parks.
That was my oldest son's favorite thing about Disney. Loved the music and seeing his eyes light up during it.
DisneyQuest was Amazing! The very first time my family went to DisneyWorld, we would be at the parks all day from open to close, and then head to DisneyQuest for some after hours fun. It was 5 floors of every type of arcade games you could think of and a very delicious cafe at the top level that had a super rich chocolate cupcake. Made me think of the Matilda cake scene everytime we got one. Huge. Chocolate. Delicious!
But nothing was more magical than stepping into the interactive elevator and having the Genie and Magic Carpet transport you to the land of fun. I really hope they can find a way to bring it back. ❤
I never went as a kid, but took my girls the first opportunity I could. We’ve done DW in ‘12, ‘18, and just this past April. We always have a great time, but my husband and I always talk about how the prices keep skyrocketing and the “magic” is plummeting.
The Mouse needs to recoup those billions of dollars after buying 20th Century Fox LOL But seriously, I agree with you. It's reaching a point where normal folks simply can't afford it - or they have to go deep in debt to get there. Disney has always been a huge corporate entity but especially in the past decade... it's gotten REALLY corporate and I hate it.
Oh boy! I really hope character meet and greets are back when I go!
When are you going?
Me TOO! I hope so .......
I feel that there are not the same as before!
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I remember DisneyQuest! I either had a ticket including it or gladly paid for it, and my kids loved it too! There was even a small restaurant on the upper level.
The Alice in Wonderland themed one? I loved those chairs.
Loved the animation studios. Remember watching the artists working on Brother bear and Home on the Range.
Naming off all the rides in Epcot brings back the memories. I’ve been going to Disney world since 1980
Does anyone remember a talking trash can at Animal Kingdom, I remember meeting them a ton as a kid I can’t be crazy
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We were a flag family in the 2010's, can't remember the exact year but it was super cool.
No mention of Discovery Island, before Animal Kingdom opened?
ah man, the first time I went to WDW in '94, hitting the beach next to Discovery Island and going for a swim and also swimming in River Country was the cool down after several days.
We where there at the wilderness water park River Country in the early 80’s and surprisingly President Richard Nixon and his security guards walked throughout on the beach.