Remember in Disneyland when there was...

[PumpkinKing8788]

Remember in Disneyland when there was...

A parking lot as far as the eye could see in the front

A ticket booth that had ticket prices at approx $40 or less

Nothing past It's A Small World or the Fantasyland Theater

A crowd more than 10 people in the Country Bear Jamboree

An escalator like walkway up to Space Mountain

A ride called the Rocket Jets and the Peoplemover in the center of Tomorrowland

An Submarine Voyage lagoon Actually filled with water, a little joke

A seperate Autopia for kids

A boat ride near the Matterhorn where now it's a guest resting area, if you noticed the little things in D-land, you remember this

A ride called Rocket To The Moon, which was a "Eh, could be better" on my scale

A tree house occupied by the Swiss Family Robinson and not Tarzan

a less exciting jungle before the Indiana Jones Adventure

More pirate plundering in the Carribean before it's renovation, some of you might remember those certain things that were changed

A Critter Country that only had one type of critter...bears....at least until a certain happy go-lucky rabbit came with an exciting adventure down a mountain

I know that there are plenty more thing's I'm sure you can remember, I didn't list all of them as you can see, that's where you come in. Feel free to post anything you remember that no longer exists or is forgotten as well as pictures even, which would be a nice touch.

Happy Posting!
PumpkinKing8788

[sataneatscheezwhiz]

In response to your questions, in order: yes yes yes yes no no yes no yes no yes yes yes no. lol...

You got all the ones I can think of. Maybe I'll post more later if I think of any.

[sassytink]

I remember some of those...especially when you are young and have to walk through most of the parking lot from the shuttle that took you from your hotel to the park...that was a long walk!!!

Remember when there wasn't an organized bus area and it was just a mad rush to your shuttle/bus to take you back to your hotel?

[Executioner]

Yes to all.
Remember a time when there was:

An open air theatre in TL before a certain Captain saved a world?

Before Critter Country and a mountain, threre was a giant wall with a cave and a bear named Rufus snoring away.

[mrdo]

I remember a restaurant in Tomorrowland called the "SPACE PLACE". I remember having a drink called "SPACE MIST". I remember the book of tickets or the all day pass you pinned to the front of your shirt. I remember the restaurant inside the pirate ship that served fish and chips. I remember the store that sold moccasins in critter country. I remember a killer arcade next to space mountain,now its just filled with broken duds and dance dance revolution machines (yuk). I remember when I was a kid and I believed that I really did shrink and go through a snowflake crystal , Pirates really were fighting , ghosts were trying to scare my pants off , and I took an out of this world flight through the darkest reaches of space and back!:smile:

[The_Edster]

Welch's Grape Juice by the Fantasyland Theater....

Pendleton Woolen Mills in Frontierland.......

Magnification.........

[krnsngr85]

Remember when its a small world had lots of color on the outside with lots of pinks, baby blues, and light orange colors.

Remember the good old days when Big Thunder Mountain Railroad went faster than it does today.

Remember when there was a Carrousel, a Carrousel of Progress

Remember the days of conviently taking the Skyway as a shortcut to the Autopia and Submarine Voyage from Fantasyland.

Remember the good days of a certain Jackson dancing and singing in a spectacular 3D show.

Remember when the Monorail used to stop at the Disneyland Hotel.

Remember when The Main Street Electrical Parade had Pleasure Island and a Snow White Mine Float.

Remember When Fantasmic had an Ursula Float during Ursulas Monologue/Song with syncronized voicing.

[AlexLoup]

Does anyone remember the boats... the Fantasyland boats that became the Gummi Bears boats?

I fact does anyone remember the Gummi Bears at all?

[PumpkinKing8788]

Does anyone remember the boats... the Fantasyland boats that became the Gummi Bears boats?

I fact does anyone remember the Gummi Bears at all?

Dude, you are my new best friend, I was gonna add that on there, but people would probably think "What the heck is up with this guy?" Finally, there is someone else who knows what was what!:biggrin:

[Executioner]

Does anyone remember the boats... the Fantasyland boats that became the Gummi Bears boats?

I fact does anyone remember the Gummi Bears at all?


Singing- Gummi Bears, bouncing hear and there and everywhere.-Done singing.
Toadwart? Don't call me Dukie!!

Remember an underwater arcade at the hotel? Or the paddle boats you could rent?

[sataneatscheezwhiz]

Dude, you are my new best friend, I was gonna add that on there, but people would probably think "What the heck is up with this guy?" Finally, there is someone else who knows what was what!:biggrin:

Let's form the Gummi Bear Boat Society! I used to LOVE that ride. Just driving around on the water learning how to make Gummi Berry Juice. I couldn't get enough of the Gummi Bears.

[AlexLoup]

Let's form the Gummi Bear Boat Society! I used to LOVE that ride. Just driving around on the water learning how to make Gummi Berry Juice. I couldn't get enough of the Gummi Bears.

Huge fan as a kid, I don't remember a whole lot of the ride... just the fact that I actually got to drive the boat and the voices that came along with it.

[AlxVision360]

I remember most of those! I also remember when Tomorrowland had gray subs, Flying Saucers, an RC plane arena, a House of the Future, and an actual rocket in front of the Flight to the Moon. When Fantasyland had Capt. Hooks' ship and a skyway. When there was a Mine Train ride through Rainbow Caverns and the painted desert. When "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" really were great moments. Ah, those were the days. :)

Oh and I also remember and sorely miss the CircleVision America The Beautiful!!

[sassytink]

Remember when its a small world had lots of color on the outside with lots of pinks, baby blues, and light orange colors.

Remember the good old days when Big Thunder Mountain Railroad went faster than it does today.

Remember when there was a Carrousel, a Carrousel of Progress

Remember the days of conviently taking the Skyway as a shortcut to the Autopia and Submarine Voyage from Fantasyland.

Remember the good days of a certain Jackson dancing and singing in a spectacular 3D show.

Remember when the Monorail used to stop at the Disneyland Hotel.

Remember when The Main Street Electrical Parade had Pleasure Island and a Snow White Mine Float.

Remember When Fantasmic had an Ursula Float during Ursulas Monologue/Song with syncronized voicing.

I do remember those...Remember when it was called "Main Street Electrical Parade" and "Disneyland Presents" not "Disney's Electrical Parade" and "A California Classic"? I miss the sky-buckets....:(

[Wendy Darling]

I do remember the swiss robinson family treehouse when it was still that...not tarzans treehouse. I have to say...I liked it alot more before they turned to tarzan. But I also see that tarzan is what the kids know of these days, and they are the ones going on it.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Kids went on Swiss Family Robinson & had more fun I think. I remember going through it not knowing anything about the Swiss Family Robinson movie but it was still fun climbing through the thing. Still the same basic things there plus some extra movie props & corny displays. It was a foolish, USH-esque move that was made in order to advertise a new attraction.

-- Peoplemover "Add Tarzan to the list of pointless straight-to-DVD sequels :icon_roll" Matt

[operafloozy]

wow... now this makes me feel a wee bit old. my first time at disneyland, in 1993, i was 5 years old. old tomarrow land still... people mover still up and running... sky buckets still up... no indy, no toontown... man i really miss those people movers.

[AlexLoup]

You feel old? The first time I was there i was two and that ws in '86, 'it's a small world' was still blue then. The castle wasn't also pink.

[judo_lin]

Mike Fink keelboats on the Rivers of America...

Different theming in Fantasyland...

Skull Rock and a mermaid lagoon...

[sassytink]

Does anyone remember the boats... the Fantasyland boats that became the Gummi Bears boats?

I fact does anyone remember the Gummi Bears at all?

*Gummi Bears....High adventure thats beyond compare...they are the Gummi Bears, They are the Gummi Bears!*~~Ok, I'm done,

Does anyone remember when Chip and Dale and the Rescue Rangers were part of the Autopia?

Remember when the female CM's costumes in Fantasyland were cute white tops, blue skirts, white knee socks, and black buckle shoes?

[GreenLantern13]

Do I remember chip and dale's rescue rangers being part of autopia? That was my favorite thing ever =D Vrooming along the track with some rescue rangers music playing in spots, all those flash bulb things as you go under that final bridge. Ahhhh *tear*.

[Hyperion 77]

I remember everything except Bear Country. And possibly Rocket to the moon. Good times, Good times...

[PumpkinKing8788]

*Gummi Bears....High adventure thats beyond compare...they are the Gummi Bears, They are the Gummi Bears!*~~Ok, I'm done,

Does anyone remember when Chip and Dale and the Rescue Rangers were part of the Autopia?

Remember when the female CM's costumes in Fantasyland were cute white tops, blue skirts, white knee socks, and black buckle shoes?

People, I am amazed at how much you guys remember! I remember these things as well. Goes to show that the past isn't forgoten.

[mrdo]

I dont remember the gummi bears ride. Was it located at Disneyland hotel? Maybe someone could jog my memory and tell me where they were.

[AlexLoup]

I dont remember the gummi bears ride. Was it located at Disneyland hotel? Maybe someone could jog my memory and tell me where they were.

It was located not to far from 'its a small world' if I remember right, you could see the boats form the Chip n' Dale cars, I used to watch Chip n' Dale as a kid I still love that show.

[disneylover]

I loved the motor boat cruise. When I was three I totally thought I was going to crash into the rocks! I miss those, and wish there was a chance to take my kids on them to create more memories:p

[mad about the mouse]

I remember when the Monorail pillars had no shrubbery/fence around them. (I would hug a specific one as I left...)

I remember being able to walk straight up into POTC...there was no bridge or winding...

I remember when the Haunted Mansion had a lawn in front and the side and there were tombstones there too...not just on the wall in the back...

I remember seeing CircleVision as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing...I still do *sniffle*

I remember loving America Sings and the first time I rode Splash with the same characters...I don't even think of Splash in the Ferry Boat scene at the end...it's America Sings to me...

I remember being able to get a snack from my mom when we rode the People Movers and when we got home, my brother and I would watch Tron.

I remember that airy sound as you went on the Skyway through Matterhorn...

I remember when my dad could spin the teacups so fast I would dang near barf when I got off...

I remember the Monorail going all the way over to the DL Hotel (as mentioned before)

I remember the first year the Main Street Electrical Parade came out and I was sitting across from the Penny Arcade. That line in the fireworks show makes me tear up...

I'm thankful there is a place on this earth where I can go as an adult, with children of my own, and "remember when"...and help my kids to create their own...

[AlexLoup]

I have menioned this before but I think it deserves another turn, does anyone remember when 'it's a small world' was still blue? Or when the castle was not pink?

[snoozy]

operafloozy and AlexLoup you are to funny. I got you both beat. The first time I went to Disneyland was 1958 I was 6 months old. To young to remember but I do remember:

The Rocket ship to the Moon ride, it was scarry when I was 5, I never went on it again.

The Skyway was very cool.

The Indian Village-no not the one you see on the Mark Twain an actually Indian Village with authentic Native American dancers.

Captain Hooks pirate ship.

The old mine train canyon ride.

The motor boats where cool.

The Swiss Family Robinson tree house was way better then Tarzan's tree house.

Ticket books and only having so many E tickets so you really had to choose which rides to go on. In those days you didn't get to go on the rides as many times as you want. Usually it was just one time only.

[AlexLoup]

My parents still have the ticket books, my dad went in '56 when he was 6 and my mom went in '55 when she was four months.

My mother wanterd us to go for my birthday, but my brother was born in April so we went whem he was three months and I was two... and I walked the whole thing.

I remember when there was no Splash Mountain, I even have a picture of me with one of the Country bears in a picture thing.. that's gone now.

Do they still have the toy pistols and rifles from Pirates?

[brerbear8]

Remember that one land called Tomorrowland? I do! It once was my favorite place. But from what I have heard, Tomorrowland may be coming back!

(I couldn't resist!:p )

Remember the good rocket jets?

One of my favorite memories was watching cars file into the ginormous parking lot from the Disneyland hotel before the park opened super early in the morning, then watching all of the cars file out of the parking lot at the end of the night. The vast, empty parking lot used to fascinate me!

[snoozy]

We always seemed to lose our car in the parking lot. I can remember my older sister and brother going in opposite directions to help look for the car and hearing yelling at each other and calling each other names. My dad getting mad at them because he was tired and just wanted to find the car.

[Disneyland_Wolf]

Well i remember that there was no Califonia adventure. I only saw a large parking lot filled with Disney characters on the light poles. Also that no rocket rods yet and i still remember The Peoplemover was still there, It was my favorite ride in Tomorromland.

[Lion Sleeps Tonight]

I remember when there wasn't a mad rush of people herding themselves from Mainstreet to Rivers of America right after a fireworks show.

I also remember walking and personal space. Gotta watch out for heel biters aka strollers.

There was also some dinosaur morning parade. I have it on vhs somewhere.

[sassytink]

I also remember when there wasn't the mad rush after the fireworks.

I remember when there were themed areas with backdrops for pictures. *Beauty and the Beast, Disney Afternoon...*

[sassytink]

I remember when my dad could spin the teacups so fast I would dang near barf when I got off...



I remember that too...and part of Disneyland would still spin a little...like it would move then come back really fast.

[TopCat8]

I remember looking off my balcony at the Disneyland Hotel and watching Fantasy Waters.

I remember getting cherry slushies at the Monorail Cafe.

Here are all the daytime parades I remember from the past:
Lets see...It was a patriotic parade and I remember the people singing "Living it up in America, living it up the American way"
Then there was the World according to Goofy parade.
Then there was the Aladdin parade
Then the Lion King
Then I think Hercules
There was a Mulan parade, maybe it came before the Hercules one
Then there was the 45th anniversary parade that stayed there until the 50th anniversary

I also remember the Electrical Light Parade with my favorite float...Pleasure Island.

I do remember the old Tomorrowland and seeing Captain EO that one time when I was about 4.

Also, when POTC had a more authentic pirate feeling.

And that's about all I can think of.

[AirForceGoofy]

It's probably been said but...
The Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers Autopia...Or how abot Mission To Mars? What was the name of the animitronic guy who was the main character?
ON A SIDE NOTE:
Does anyone remember the Spring Break when DL promoted "POG WILD, ROLLER BLADE CRAZY."? Sad thing is...I still have those Pogs somewhere... :icon_roll

[TopCat8]

Remember in Tomorrowland when that fountain with the big ball in the middle still worked. I can see why they took it out, because I remember cracking my head into some other kid's head once. I bet that happened a lot.

[AlexLoup]

The ball is still there... I saw a bunch of kids pushing it around on the 1st of July. They just don't turn on the water.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

^ And they never will again...

-- Peoplemover "Sad to see that happen, it was a cool fountain, Disneyland always needed a water park :icon_lol: " Matt

[Lion Sleeps Tonight]

Gross. I remember when that cosmic ball thing had water on it. It did nothing but make dirty children wet and stinky.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Well the ball itself still has water on it on some days. You'll see kids trying to rub themselves on it sometimes to get wet. They will never turn the surrounding fountain back on though. It does amaze me that people are so fascinated by the fact they can help spin around a large sphere.

-- Peoplemover "A couple years ago Cosmic Waves was listed as a Tomorrowland attraction! :icon_lol: " Matt

[AirForceGoofy]

I remember a land before...Club Buzz and Honey I shrunk the Audience. I remember rocket jets and people movers and Captain EO. I remember when there was no Indy or no Toontown. When Churros weren't almost 3 dollars. When there was no big yellow building of I-5. Jeeze I feel old...

[barfownz]

i remeber all that, that was the good ol' days

[Briar Rose]

Does anyone remeber when Chip and Dale and the Resuce Rangers was a major theme in Toon Town?

And also, does anyone remember the hoedown Disneyland put on one summer? (1989 maybe?) There was a country themed parade with a host of cows and other livestock marching down Main Street USA. And there was also a show in the Big Thunder Ranch Area called Pig Mania. I have it on tape (I was two or three at the time and slept through the whole thing --- thought I don't know how!) It is really funny and I even see some of the guys who performed in Pig Mania performing in the Golden Horseshoe these days.

[AirForceGoofy]

Does anyone remeber when Chip and Dale and the Resuce Rangers was a major theme in Toon Town?

And also, does anyone remember the hoedown Disneyland put on one summer? (1989 maybe?) There was a country themed parade with a host of cows and other livestock marching down Main Street USA. And there was also a show in the Big Thunder Ranch Area called Pig Mania. I have it on tape (I was two or three at the time and slept through the whole thing --- thought I don't know how!) It is really funny and I even see some of the guys who performed in Pig Mania performing in the Golden Horseshoe these days.
I remember that actually...I remember the Pig Thingy I was like 6 but I know what your saying

[Gil T. Pleasure]

The meatball and tuna fish sandwiches at The Pirate Ship Restaurant.

[Liserbell]

I feel old.

I remember Fantasyland before the remodel in '84. I remember the songs they used to sing in the Country Bear Jamboree before they went on vacation (Mama don't whup Little Buford . . . There was blood on the saddle) I remember a sleeping bear where there is now a Rabbit singing about a laughing place. I remember the opening of Space Mountain . . . the first time. I remember e-tickets. I remember buying a big pink ticket that went around my wrist when the were first testing the pay one price at the door idea.
I remember America Sings and "Pop goes the weasle"
I remember when characters just wandered around and were not at specific places in specific times.
I remember a white Tomorrowland.
I will always remember.

[AirForceGoofy]

The meatball and tuna fish sandwiches at The Pirate Ship Restaurant.
The Pirate ship restraunt in fantasyland? near skull rock?

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

i remember how ugly those rocks were in front of tommorowland,
oh wait they're still there...

[AirForceGoofy]

i remember how ugly those rocks were in front of tommorowland,
oh wait they're still there...
i remember ugly people taking pictures in front of those ugly rocks wait they are still there everyday :icon_lol:

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

hehe, cant they take them out and like do something else? maybe some more mosiacs for the 50th?

[AirForceGoofy]

i say just bring the old TL back!

[brerbear8]

[QUOTE=Liserbell]I feel old.
I remember when characters just wandered around and were not at specific places in specific times.
[QUOTE]

I watched a video of my Disneyland 1990 trip (the trip that my avitar came from), and, to my surprise, that picture of Brer Fox and I was taken in tomorrowland!

[Lion Sleeps Tonight]

Yeah, I remember when Beast would walk around that one eating area in Tomorrowland. I didn't think anything of it back then, other than he may be hungry.

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

i say just bring the old TL back!

its funny because as i read that i see your avatar and it looks like goofy is saying it and he's exhausted! lol its cool

[AirForceGoofy]

its funny because as i read that i see your avatar and it looks like goofy is saying it and he's exhausted! lol its cool
Funny...at least you think that...everyone always thinks he is dead... :icon_roll

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

^^^ hehe he looks cool, it would be funny if mickey and donald came over and shook him "Goofy, need some water? or a FANTA from one of the stands, but i need $5.00 they are expensive"

goofy-"yeah (tired and out of breath) in my left patch..."

[AirForceGoofy]

LMAO...i would tell you a funny story about that picture of goofy but there are little kids present...

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

LMAO...i would tell you a funny story about that picture of goofy but there are little kids present...

i can picture the ghost host (Haunted Mansion if some people dont know) saying that

when hinges creek in doorless chambers
when ever candles light flicker
thats when "little kids are present"

all haunted mansion freeks feel free to correct me...

[AirForceGoofy]

well i just don't want to ruin the magic for some it would be like telling someone there is no santa claus....oops...

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

No Santa Claus!? What The...

[AirForceGoofy]

see i am a bad person... :icon_cry:

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

its okay... (theres nothing left to say lol)

[AirForceGoofy]

I can really ruin it for you...

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

what are you talking about? omg, im tired, its like 1am, u can PM me that goofy story! i wanna hear it! lol

goodbye to all and have a magical day here at walt disneys magic kingdom!!!!

[brerbear8]

I would like to hear it, too! Can you PM it to me?

(you two thought you were all alone in this thread, eh?:biggrin:

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

(you two thought you were all alone in this thread, eh?:biggrin:

i know! *tear* hehe we took up a page!

[wheresmytiara?]

Yes, know I've joined it and I'm curious as well...

[Liserbell]

[QUOTE=Liserbell]I feel old.
I remember when characters just wandered around and were not at specific places in specific times.
[QUOTE]

I watched a video of my Disneyland 1990 trip (the trip that my avitar came from), and, to my surprise, that picture of Brer Fox and I was taken in tomorrowland!

You know, I miss that. I miss walking out of a store or turning a corner and theres a character! It seemed like they were everywhere back then. I've looked at some of my old day sheets and none of them had that little section where you can see so and so at this time.
No orginized lines either like for the Little Mermaid.

[tnicnat]

The open air theatre - we would watch RAIN - we would have dance nights on Saturday

The place with Fish and Chips - The mini hamburger place next to the castle

When DLand was the BIG teen hangout on Saturday Nights

The Hawaiian resturaunt where the Oasis is

The Monsonto where you shrunk and I was scared to death

Taking the elevator to the Rocket to the Moon

[tnicnat]

<<<The Indian Village-no not the one you see on the Mark Twain an actually Indian Village with authentic Native American dancers.>>>

They had Indians at the front of FrontierLand, at the teepees doing crafts and talking to people


<<<Ticket books and only having so many E tickets so you really had to choose which rides to go on. In those days you didn't get to go on the rides as many times as you want. Usually it was just one time only>>>

Yeah you had only so many E tickets and you were very selective - we still have a box of tickets too that my Mom saved. We would buy tickets at the ticket booths like the fairs.

We were there for the grand opening of the Haunted Mansion - and it scared me to death!

And don't forget the cast members would be dressed like the land they worked in - nothing was the same you always knew where you were.

[Mikokat]

[QUOTE=krnsngr85]Remember when its a small world had lots of color on the outside with lots of pinks, baby blues, and light orange colors.


Remember the good days of a certain Jackson dancing and singing in a spectacular 3D show.

Remember when the Monorail used to stop at the Disneyland Hotel.]

The Michael Jackson show was removed from Disneyland because of MJ's molestation charges. As for the monorail, it still stops in the same spot, just a remodeled station and a new name (By the way, the old station was really small.).

[socalibabygirl79]

I remember the Tahitian Terrace, (where Aladdin's Oasis is in Adventureland)...My family would go in there to eat and watch the Hawaiian guys swallow fire and watch the girls hula and if you were lucky (like I was), the girls would give you a lei and a shell necklace.

I remember the Disney Afternoon theming.........in fact I have pics somewhere...

I remember riding the skyway through the Matterhorn and being able to see inside....

Harmony aka Tinkerbellgirl79

[Future Goofy]

Remember in Disneyland when there was...

A parking lot as far as the eye could see in the front

A ticket booth that had ticket prices at approx $40 or less

Nothing past It's A Small World or the Fantasyland Theater

A crowd more than 10 people in the Country Bear Jamboree

An escalator like walkway up to Space Mountain

A ride called the Rocket Jets and the Peoplemover in the center of Tomorrowland

An Submarine Voyage lagoon Actually filled with water, a little joke

A seperate Autopia for kids

A boat ride near the Matterhorn where now it's a guest resting area, if you noticed the little things in D-land, you remember this

A ride called Rocket To The Moon, which was a "Eh, could be better" on my scale

A tree house occupied by the Swiss Family Robinson and not Tarzan

a less exciting jungle before the Indiana Jones Adventure

More pirate plundering in the Carribean before it's renovation, some of you might remember those certain things that were changed

A Critter Country that only had one type of critter...bears....at least until a certain happy go-lucky rabbit came with an exciting adventure down a mountain

I know that there are plenty more thing's I'm sure you can remember, I didn't list all of them as you can see, that's where you come in. Feel free to post anything you remember that no longer exists or is forgotten as well as pictures even, which would be a nice touch.

Happy Posting!
PumpkinKing8788



ok in order:no,yes,no,no,yes,no,lol,no,no,no,y es,no,no,no

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

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Originally Posted by PumpkinKing8788
Remember in Disneyland when there was...

A parking lot as far as the eye could see in the front

A ticket booth that had ticket prices at approx $40 or less

Nothing past It's A Small World or the Fantasyland Theater

A crowd more than 10 people in the Country Bear Jamboree

An escalator like walkway up to Space Mountain

A ride called the Rocket Jets and the Peoplemover in the center of Tomorrowland

An Submarine Voyage lagoon Actually filled with water, a little joke

A seperate Autopia for kids

A boat ride near the Matterhorn where now it's a guest resting area, if you noticed the little things in D-land, you remember this

A ride called Rocket To The Moon, which was a "Eh, could be better" on my scale

A tree house occupied by the Swiss Family Robinson and not Tarzan

a less exciting jungle before the Indiana Jones Adventure

More pirate plundering in the Carribean before it's renovation, some of you might remember those certain things that were changed

A Critter Country that only had one type of critter...bears....at least until a certain happy go-lucky rabbit came with an exciting adventure down a mountain

I know that there are plenty more thing's I'm sure you can remember, I didn't list all of them as you can see, that's where you come in. Feel free to post anything you remember that no longer exists or is forgotten as well as pictures even, which would be a nice touch.

Happy Posting!
PumpkinKing8788






brunettetinkerbell1955's order-yes,yes(those were the days lol), kinda, yes (and they never should have took it out! darn that pooh!) no but i remember one that used to work on the monorail and the ending walkway of HM, yes *tear*, yes!, no, no, no, yes, yes, yes PoTC changed even if it was those lil things, yes

[Piglet]

Being to actually walk THROUGH the castle! I loved that and am so sad you can't do it anymore.

[Princess Tessa]

I remember the Tahitian Terrace, (where Aladdin's Oasis is in Adventureland)...My family would go in there to eat and watch the Hawaiian guys swallow fire and watch the girls hula and if you were lucky (like I was), the girls would give you a lei and a shell necklace.

I know! I wish wish wish they still had that, I am a Hawaiian dancer and it would have been a dream to be able to dance at Disneyland! *t-tear*

[Retlaw]

Greetings,
After reading the previous posts, I'm beginning to feel old. Does anyone else remember:
* Tommorowland before the late 60"s renovation ?
* The Hills Bros. Coffee House off Main Street ?
* Having to use actual tickets to get onto/into attractions ?
*Fantasyland, before you could walk through to Big Thunder ?
*Sunkist, I Presume ?
*Prior to the Haunted Mansion opening, the signs telling guests about the 999 spirits,
and asking if you wanted to be number 1,000 ?
*The Bell Telephone Circle ?
*How about the Tobacco Shop ?
*The Upjohn Pharmacy on Main Street ?
*Monsanto's Hall of Chemistry ?
*Winnie the Pooh when he had a "Hunny" pot on his head ?
cheers,
Steve

[sorcerormickey]

Sorry I am to young :p

Oh I remeber that Tahitian Terrace and the Skyway Buckets and Videoopolis.

I take back that I am to young. I am just to young to remeber some of these things :p

[Retlaw]

Greetings,
Nothing like being brutally honest, is there ?
cheers,
Steve

Let's see 7/17/2055.........I'll be 97......as I said, brutally honest !!

[ban11]

Hey i'm pretty young and I hate this new Tarzan's Treehouse, and the fact that you can hear the swiss familie's organ music playing in the backgound of the the new treehouse is TORTURE. WHY DISNYELAND!? WHYYYYYYYYYYY!

[Chatterbug]

I can remember Skull Rock from when I was 4. Did it have a green light in it? That I can't remember?

I remember the Space Buckets.

I remember being afraid of some of the characters. (They did look more scary back in 1966 and I was only 4) Are the Three Little Pigs still in DLR?

[Ezra]

i still remember The Peoplemover was still there, It was my favorite ride in Tomorromland.

I remember going to a ticket booth and buying extra "D" tickets so I could ride The Peoplemover again.

I can remember Skull Rock from when I was 4. Did it have a green light in it? That I can't remember?

Yes inside the empty eye-sockets it glowed an eerie green color. I loved that little pirate lagoon. And Fantasyland didn't look like a village then; It looked like a tournament ground. All the ride facades looked like striped tents.

I remember being afraid of some of the characters. (They did look more scary back in 1966 and I was only 4)

They sure did. Here's an amusing article by Jeff Lange (http://www.jimhillmedia.com/author.php?id=84) over at Jim Hill Media (http://www.jimhillmedia.com/) about the kindler, gentler Capt. Hook (http://www.jimhillmedia.com/article.php?id=1694)

Oh and I remember when characters frolicked around the park at random. I once saw Pinocchio collapse on a hot day, and be carried away by Gideon and Fowlfellow. That was very disconcerting! Who knew a little wooden head could suffer heat exhaustion? :eek:

[Chatterbug]

MrQueeg thanks for the info about Skull Rock and I enjoyed the article by Jeff Lange also.

[ghoofie]

I remember some of those...especially when you are young and have to walk through most of the parking lot from the shuttle that took you from your hotel to the park...that was a long walk!!!

Remember when there wasn't an organized bus area and it was just a mad rush to your shuttle/bus to take you back to your hotel?

We used to stay at the Cosmic Age Motel or the Galaxy Motel which were both next to the Candy Cane which is now parking lot area. In the morning while everyone was still asleep, I would get up and go jogging into the BIG
parking lot. It would be early and I would see lots of CM's driving in (when they parked back there) and wave to them as I jogged by.

[ghoofie]

Does anyone remember the boats... the Fantasyland boats that became the Gummi Bears boats?

I fact does anyone remember the Gummi Bears at all?


Ah yes...the boats. That was always fun because our kids that they were really steering and made sure to try to concentrate and do a good job.
Of course it was makeout time for mom/dad sitting in the back in the darker back areas of the ride. ;)

[piratequeen21307]

OK,
Remember, "OK, kids, remember we parked in Dumbo."
Or how about the seven dwarfs...with moving nosed...I got a home video with that...they were scary
As a matter of fact remember when the characters ACTUALLY WALKED AROUND!!! (ok they do a little, but come on!)

[dctrdez]

Remember...

1. The gigantic parking lot
2. While waiting in line for D-land to open, staring at the monorail track waiting to see it woosh by with Hotel goers. That's when I knew I was at Disneyland
3. Did the Monorail have a station closer to the Hotels? It seems like it did, I remember seeing them up close as we pulled into the station.
4. Ah yes, the buckets
5. The motorboat cruise; only very recently was I informed that the steering wheels were useless! I was temporarily traumatized...
6. A more frontierish frontierland (a frontierland before Quazimodo invaded)
7. Big Thunder Ranch BBQ *sniff* I want some ribs from a covered wagon.
8. Big Thunder Ranch
9. Keel Boats; I would always ride them with my dad because I was too scared to ride the Haunted Mansion and later Splash Mountain.
10. Tahitian Terrace *sniff*; I was genuinely sad when this was switched with the Aladdin show.
11. The Whitewashed Tomorrowland; I'll admit, it looked pretty ratty before the 1990s makeover, and there was nothing there except for the peoplemover, Star Tours, and Space Mountain. The Carosel of Progress building was empty, blue, and ugly. I remember waiting for the Tomorrowland we now have today (which is now itself becoming pretty ratty).
12. Captain EO, I was younger and can only remember Hooter (or, whoever) flying out into the audience and saying goodbye.
13. OLD SCHOOL AUTOPIA (80s), by far the best one fo them all; today's may have a cooler track, but the cars were way cooler before the recent revamp (I would so buy an old one and drive it around my neighborhood)!
14. Subs, shoving your face in the porthole, and believing the fish were real.
15. The white and gold facade of Small World.

I'm a firm believer in the fact that Disneyland should continue to be updated. It's sad that some of our favorites are now gone, but the young ones of today will be doing the same thing in about 20-25 years about the Disneyland of today ("Remember those cool space rocks in front of Tomorrowland? They should bring those back...").

[Disneyland Donna]

The original Mickey Mouse club that was in the Fantasyland Theater... you could become an honorary member and get a club card... (I have a picture)... :^)

The Fantasia ice cream cone (that was just discontinued recently) with triple scoops...

Skull Rock...

The orginal "Golden Horseshoe Review"... what a fun show...

The Fort on Tom Sawyers Island...

The wonderful bowl of chili with green plastic silverware that was really neat cause you could take them home and reuse them because they were heavy duty...

When the Haunted Mansion was built on the outside, but didn't open until years later...

The Keel boats...

The Indian dances in what is now Critter Country...

The Mule ride (where Thunder Mountain is now)...

The Mine Train...

The Skyway...

House of Tomorrow...

Carousel of Progress...

Flying saucers...

When there was only one bobsled that held 4 people at a time and weren't connected to another bobsled...

The show's at the Tomorrowland Theater that celeberty's would put on...

Blast to the Past... 50's themed throughout the park... awesome...

I know there are alot more... so bring them on...

[kodiak]

I must be getting old, but I remember ALL of those things. skirt chasin pirates, kiddie boat and car rides, I even have a video of pre indy jungle cruise. i must have been like... 3. its so wierd. the animals are in different places... the trees were not nearly as tall and the foliage not nearly as dense. back when they had the old line waiting area...
I remember when i was small enough to run around places like tom sawyers island. I remember when captain eo came out. I remember that when star tours first came out, there were characters from the movie that rode with you the first couple days it was out.
i actually remember going on the submarines.i remember one of the first times i felt and recognized patriotism was when i saw mr. lincoln. i remember the circle vision theater and going waaaaay up on those rockets that are now the astro orbiter. i recall characters that you just dont see as much of any more... the white rabbit... friar tuck.... a winnie the pooh with a pot of honey on his head.... baloo.... baloo the pilot from tail spin... scrooge mcduck... chip and dale from chipa and dale rescue rangers.... darkwing duck.... donald duck used to look alot different.... wow... im not even that old!! thats how you can tell if someone is a true disneylander... when they are lifelong disneylanders.

[Executioner]

Does anyone remember when they had futuristic thing going on in the mid 80's and outside the the gates they had a bunch of prototype cars of the future including the police car from "Blade Runner?" Or how about Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebration with a parade and they gave out free party hats and pins? Good times. I remember when HISTA/Captain EO was an open air theatre with a stage. Right after Aladdin came out they had a virtual reality game where you flew the magic carpet, located at the Starcade.

[dctrdez]

I totally forgot: the Mardi-Gras parade!!! my first memory of a D-land parade; I wish I still had some of the tokens they handed out.

[Tagger]

The Tahitian terrace..my fav restaurant. and the show openeing with the Hula dance coming out of the waterfall.

The Candle shop and Flower carts on main street.

The green vinyl and metal strollers that could take out an achilles tendon.

Fantasyland before the remodel.

Riding a rocketship to the moon.

The giant eyball that scared the begeezus out of me on the Monsanto ride.

Coon skin hats and cork guns in Frontierland.

Magic Morning breakfasts.

Sky Buckets.

Dancing waters at the Disneyland Hotel.

Aunt Jemima pancakes.

[Executioner]

The Tahitian terrace..my fav restaurant. and the show openeing with the Hula dance coming out of the waterfall.

The Candle shop and Flower carts on main street.

The green vinyl and metal strollers that could take out an achilles tendon.

Fantasyland before the remodel.

Riding a rocketship to the moon.

The giant eyball that scared the begeezus out of me on the Monsanto ride.

Coon skin hats and cork guns in Frontierland.

Magic Morning breakfasts.

Sky Buckets.

Dancing waters at the Disneyland Hotel.

Aunt Jemima pancakes.

Those strollers were great. But man those would hurt. I miss the old coon skin hats and guns you could get.
I remember the arcade center at the DL Hotel that was under water and the paddle boats you could rent there. Also the RC boats and cars they had, the tobacco shop, and the old shops that are now torn down and replaced by DTD.

[koutesu]

I remember the first marquee. The original had "Disneyland" in it's classic calligraphic letters on blocks large enough for each letter. Below was the light up marquee similar to what they use to display prices at the gas station. That old marquee was still being used when I was a kid in the '80s.

I remember the second marquee. It was pink and had Sleeping Beauty Castle at the top, center of the structure with penants flanking the castle on each side. There was an electronic marquee that they could keep up to date and display other languages.

I remember the entrance. When you came south on Harbor (from I-5), there was a multi-lane split off of Harbor that got a little wider. It joined up with the traffic entering through the still current Harbor entrance you see today. You approached a toll plaza behind where Candy Cane Inn is today. Back then, the Candy Cane was actually twin Best Western hotels (Cosmic Age Lodge and Galactic Motor Inn).

Remember when there were several motels in the area that had Space Age themes? I remember Space Age Logde (now BW Pavillions), Anaheim Stardust (still there, but not a Best Western anymore), BW Apollo Inn (on West St., possibly between DLH and the current PPH), and the two mentioned up above. I remember seeing a shuttle one time for Astro Inn, but I'm not sure about it's former location. It might have been the current BW Park Place Inn on Ball/West. I remember all those places had blue and green panels on the railings of the upper floors. Those panels looked like they had been punched full of hole made by meteors. The popcorn ceilings in the rooms had glitter on them to create the illusion of stars. Anaheim Stardust has sinced ditched the popcorn ceilings and painted day glow paint on the ceilings and added black lights to the rooms. Turn off the lights, turn on the black lights, and instant Milky Way!

[The Not-Lit Meteor]

Remember when Toontown was freshly painted?

Remember when Toontown still had the Jolly Trolly?

I do, and I miss those memories... Toontown was my favorite land out of all of them, and it just went downhill fromt here...

[disneyguy]

Ahh, those were the good days.

[dlandman56]

Remember:

The Frito Kid vending maching next to the shooting gallery
The shooting gallery in Adventureland (with scopes - very accurate)
When the shooting galleries shot real pellets
The small river that connected the Jungle Cruise with the Rivers of America
Fishing off the piers on Tom Sawyer's Island
Old Unfaithfil Geyser on the Mine Train ride
Coming Attractions exhibit on Town Square
The Midget Autopia (very cool to a 5 year-old)
The Viewliner
Running up and down Snow Mountain before the Matterhorn was built
The city model on the second floor of Carousel of Progress
Gun fights around the Golden Horseshoe (I hear they're back?)
The falls on Thunder Mountain (not Big Thunder, the ride) the Mine Train
would pass by
Meeting Aunt Jemima
The surries on Main Street

[Executioner]

Remember:
The falls on Thunder Mountain (not Big Thunder, the ride) the Mine Train
would pass by

I miss looking across at tthose falls. It added a nice touch to the are. Now it looks like garbage without them. Why did they take it out?

[tnicnat]

1 - The walkways with wood fences around the castle

2- The Golden Horseshoe Revue (yes those of us remember it, that was one of the first shows I took my teens to, my daughter was 5 and was brought up on stage - darnit, and I didn't take pictures - it was a riot!)

3 - Yes I remember the big eye on Monsonto - scared me to death, I didn't want to get shrunk!

4 - Mission to Mars

5 - Animitronics going to the moon, watch the show in the middle and while sitting in your seats you went to the moon

6- Actual tickets - and when you were out you'd beg mom and dad to buy more E tix

7 - ticket takers at the front of line queues

8 - no waiting to get in the park at any time in the day

9 - Indians at the front of Frontierland - sitting by teepees, doing crafts

10-Davy Crockett walking around Frontierland

11-Kool and the Gang and other disco bands playing at the Tomorrowland theatre - dancing all night!

12-Popcorn shrimp and fried clams by HM - now there is McDonalds fries

13-Actual apocarthy store on main street

14-The bank WAS a bank

15-No crowds in Tomorrowland

16-the house of Tomorrow - I remember the microwave - we were amazed and thought it would never happen!

I'll think of more ;) Good times, great memories!

[daisy66]

The Ursala float is not in fantasmic anymore?I remeber her scaring the heck out of me when I saw that as a little girl.Now I skip Fantasmic because I thought it was the same thing that I saw 50 times.

[Ezra]

I remember putting our faces between the bars of the front gates at
The Haunted Mansion and looking at it, wondering When, oh when, will it open? and discussing the rumor that it wasn't open because it was so scary that when they previewed it for local reporters somebody died of fright!

[RollingBoulder]

I miss looking across at tthose falls. It added a nice touch to the are. Now it looks like garbage without them. Why did they take it out?
Which falls are you referring to? Cascade Peak?

[Jen-Ness]

Oooo, I remember so much. My first visit was in 68 and I was 2 months old and I have gone at least once a year, sometimes for 16 days at a time, every year since then.

The Sunkist Shop on Main street where you could get a frozen OJ bar that was so good.

Where Blue Ribbon Bakery is now was a sit down restaurant.

The patio area out of Showcase was a place to have breakfast before the rest of the park was open, but you could wonder around Main Street.

And I would like to say...
MOTOR BOATS
PEOPLE MOVER
PIRATE SHIP

[Wedbliss]

Does anyone remember the boats... the Fantasyland boats that became the Gummi Bears boats?

I fact does anyone remember the Gummi Bears at all?




The ride was called the Motorboat Cruise

Way, way back:

How about the Upjohn Pharmacy? It was where the New Century Clock store is now.
The Magic Shop in Fantasyland. I think they sell swords there now.
The Living Desert on the Mine Train Ride complete with geyers and boiling mud pots
The Indian Village with all the dancing
The World Clock where the Astro Orbiter is now.
The House of the Future where Ariel's Grotto is now
Skull Rock next to Captain Hooks Pirate Ship restaurant in Fantasyland
The video phones you saw when you exited the Circlerama Theater, now the Buzz Lightyear ride
Stunt men in western costumes having gun battles in Frontierland firing very loud blanks at each other
The original Alice in Wonderland ride with the "upside-down" room
The audio-animatronic parrot talking at the Tiki Room entrance
The settler's cabin actually burning on the ROA with the settler lying dead in his front yard pierced by an arrow
The Flying Saucer ride which was like bumper cars floating on a giant air-hockey type surface
The Autopia with no center guide rail
The mock up of Walt Disney's office in the Opera House queue
Guided Tour Hostesses in English riding uniforms
The Adventureland shooting gallery
Toad Hall being where Aladdin's palace is today on the Storybook Canal ride
The Crocodiles "always looking for a hand-out" at the beginning of the Jungle Cruise
The Main Street Bank was an actual bank (B of A, I think)
The 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea walk-thru was the only place you could find Nemo, now Star Tours

Still I am very happy with the Disneyland of today. We have gained a whole lot more than we have lost.

[Ezra]

I loved that thing, they way it would go past the Mighty Microscope and the Progress City model from the Carousel of Progress.
I used to buy extra D tickets so I could ride the PeopleMover again.
The lovely girl in the ticket booth would say, helpfully
Don't you mean E ticket?
and I would say No, D. I want to ride the PeopleMover.
and she would nod and say Oh, that would be D then...
and smile really broadly, take my 70c and hand me the ticket.

[diznyfreak]

I remember how cool it was riding the peoplemover when Space Mountain was closed down and all the lights were on...also thought the Tron tunnels were cool....those were the days:icon_cry:

[disney's #1 fan]

i do remember all those rides when i went to disneyland back in the 1980s. i do miss those rides but i do have the memories of them. those rides were and still the best. all those memories of what disneyland was and still is what made the park what it is today. old rides make way for new rides and the old rides are updated to make them better and improved. those good old days are gone but not forgotten.

[dlandman56]

Wow, you go way back!

Remember when the Jungle Cruise river was connected to the Rivers of America and you crossed a bridge over it

Fishing off Tom Sawyer's Island piers

Gun fights in front of the Golden Horseshoe

Big Thunder Falls

The Viewliner

Before the Monorail went to the hotel

[pma812@gmail.com]

WOW!!! I remember all those and a few more! I guess it proves what Walt Disney said, "Disneyland will never be completed."

[k_peek_2000]

Remember when tomarrowland actually had some meaning like a mini epcot and not just a wannabe space theme.

[Jen-Ness]

I love this thread. It is so great being reminded of everything.

[barfownz]

Remember when space mountain was a goldish color.

[k_peek_2000]

ewwwwwwwwwwww..... I remember when they tried to make our tomarrowland like discoveryland by adding the astro orbiter and the rocks from DLRP. EWWWWW discoveryland belongs in Paris with the BEST space mountain.

[barfownz]

Waht ever happened to the room where you can watch live space cams or something. I think that is where the buzz lightyear astro blasters fast pass booths are.

[Executioner]

I remembr when Tomorrowland was cool and not a shell of it's former self. I also remember when the fort was open and you could pretend to shoot at the boats and whatever. And you could buy giant pickles in the fort at the snack shop. I also remember when POTC was awsome and not PC'd or Hollywoodized.

[indygirl4203]

Stunt men in western costumes having gun battles in Frontierland firing very loud blanks at each other

They Still do that on top of Golden Horseshoe....


The original Alice in Wonderland ride with the "upside-down" room
The audio-animatronic parrot talking at the Tiki Room entrance
The Crocodiles "always looking for a hand-out" at the beginning of the Jungle Cruise


I remember the alice one....
and the tiki one
some of the skips still joke about that....they still have one that does before the elephant bathing pool on the left side of the boat(if you are standing at the back of the boat facing towards the frong of the boat its the left....)

[GreenLantern13]

Remember when the starcade had a machine you could stamp letters around a special coin to put your name on it?

for that matter, remember when the change booth in the corner of starcade was still used?

[TimmyII]

Greetings,
After reading the previous posts, I'm beginning to feel old. Does anyone else remember:

*The Bell Telephone Circle ?

cheers,
Steve

This is mine! It's my most cherished memory. My late grandma worked for Pacific Bell Telephone and I would stand there as a kid and "talk/call" every character on the board for HOURS! My grandma would sit there with me (usually while my parents were riding rides or something. I LOVED Bell Telephone Circle!

I also remember when there was a "dead" pioneer killed by Indians who set his cabin on fire! He wasn't "drunk and passed out" he was KILLED BY INDIANS WHO SET HIS HOUSE ON FIRE!!!

[AlexLoup]

Okay here's one, who remember when there was no Indy?

[Executioner]

Remember when the starcade had a machine you could stamp letters around a special coin to put your name on it?

for that matter, remember when the change booth in the corner of starcade was still used?

Those were some good times. Or does anyone remember when the Starcade was really cool and had a lot of games up and downstairs? Or how about before the bridge was there in front of POTC?

[Ezra]

Okay here's one, who remember when there was no Indy? I remember when there was no

Indy
Splash Mountain
Star Tours
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Space Mountain
Basically no thrill rides at all.

[AlexLoup]

Okay since Indya is a no Brainer, how about the Mickey Cow?

And the mooning Stromtrooper (teehee)

[tinkerbell18]

Does anyone else remember there being what sounded like a recording of a yeti roaring and a person screaming coming from the Matterhorn, which you could hear whenever you were near it?
I remember hearing something like that when I was there in 2000 (I was 8), and it scared me out of going on the Matterhorn. However, no one else in my family remembers hearing that. Am I just remembering wrong or did there used to be something like that?
Sorry, my description doesn't make a lot of sense, but I couldn't really think of a better way to put it since it isn't a totally clear memory to me. ;)

[disney's #1 fan]

i remember hearing that and that was back when i was a kid when the yeti was roaring and people screaming on the matterhorn. i remember hearing about the bell telephone and i remember circlevision. those are gone but not forgoten.

[PumpkinKing8788]

lol. Funny cause you can still hear it today. Just imaging it makes me feel like I'm there already.

[RollingBoulder]

Does anyone else remember there being what sounded like a recording of a yeti roaring and a person screaming coming from the Matterhorn, which you could hear whenever you were near it?
I remember hearing something like that when I was there in 2000 (I was 8), and it scared me out of going on the Matterhorn. However, no one else in my family remembers hearing that. Am I just remembering wrong or did there used to be something like that?
Sorry, my description doesn't make a lot of sense, but I couldn't really think of a better way to put it since it isn't a totally clear memory to me. ;)
I also seem to remember this howling wind sound whenever I was near the Matterhorn. Is that still there? I don't remember hearing it recently.

[Jen-Ness]

There is so much noise during the day I only hear it a night if I stand between the bathrooms behind Alice and the Matterhorn.

[adrianne]

Does anyone else remember when the Bank of Main Street was a real branch of Bank of America?

How about the telephone technology exhibit in Tomorrowland - I don't remember if it was sponsored by Ma Bell or A T & T - you could examine and use diffierent kinds of telephones - even a speaker-phone (before anyone had them in their homes).

I miss the skyway between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland...

[Ariellen]

Does anyone remember the boats... the Fantasyland boats that became the Gummi Bears boats?

I fact does anyone remember the Gummi Bears at all?

I remember that and the Chip 'n' Dale Race Car ride!!!!! Oh, I was SO excited as a 7 year old kid to see that Rescue Rangers and Gummi Bears had rides at Disneyland.
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I remember when there were themed areas with backdrops for pictures. *Beauty and the Beast, Disney Afternoon...*

I remember that! There was a slide based on...I think Gummi Bears. We have pictures of my brother as a little kid sliding down that thing over and over...

I met Darkwing Duck, Launchpad McQuack, and Monterey Jack by the Disney Afternoon photo area and had to pose with Belle and Beast in the Beauty and the Beast one.

Remember when there was a jail (I think it was in 'Duckburg'...close enough to it's a small world that you could here the clock ticking and tocking), before there was a Mickey's Toontown?

And yes, I remember small world being blue.
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You know, I miss that. I miss walking out of a store or turning a corner and theres a character! It seemed like they were everywhere back then. I've looked at some of my old day sheets and none of them had that little section where you can see so and so at this time.
No orginized lines either like for the Little Mermaid.

Funny you should say that; I recently went back to Disneyland for a multiple day trip for the first time in 10 years (during which time I took many trips to WDW), and I was thinking "Wow! Look, so many characters are just...here! And not all of them have attendants!" There was more of a character 'schedule' than I ever remember, but it's still a lot more free and spontaneous feeling than at WDW.

[k_peek_2000]

When there was an indian village and my favorate part of any DL park and whenever I see pictures of it, it makes me sad. But Skull Rock. I LOVED THAT! I WAS NEVER THERE BUT IT WOULD ROCK!

[CaliforniaSunshine]

Remember in Disneyland when there was...

A parking lot as far as the eye could see in the front

A ticket booth that had ticket prices at approx $40 or less

Nothing past It's A Small World or the Fantasyland Theater

A crowd more than 10 people in the Country Bear Jamboree

An escalator like walkway up to Space Mountain

A ride called the Rocket Jets and the Peoplemover in the center of Tomorrowland

An Submarine Voyage lagoon Actually filled with water, a little joke

A seperate Autopia for kids

A boat ride near the Matterhorn where now it's a guest resting area, if you noticed the little things in D-land, you remember this

A ride called Rocket To The Moon, which was a "Eh, could be better" on my scale

A tree house occupied by the Swiss Family Robinson and not Tarzan

a less exciting jungle before the Indiana Jones Adventure

More pirate plundering in the Carribean before it's renovation, some of you might remember those certain things that were changed

A Critter Country that only had one type of critter...bears....at least until a certain happy go-lucky rabbit came with an exciting adventure down a mountain

I know that there are plenty more thing's I'm sure you can remember, I didn't list all of them as you can see, that's where you come in. Feel free to post anything you remember that no longer exists or is forgotten as well as pictures even, which would be a nice touch.

Happy Posting!
PumpkinKing8788


Yeah, and now Disneyland a super fancy parking lot system. I remember when there was just the lot with the ticket booths right in front of your eyes. Pretty much within walking distance, too. I totally remember that Swiss Family Robinson treehouse...I have a picture of me on it when I was like, 1 or 2 years old. And I wore my Pochahontas t-shirt =)
Oh and I can't forget the Country Bear Jamboree...or the old Submarine Voyage...good times.

It's pretty amazing how much Disneyland has changed since then.

[Fantasmic!kid]

"Do you remember..."

[Jen-Ness]

This is why I love Disneyland...Things there may change, but the memories are still the same.

[PumpkinKing8788]

Well, I'd like to say thanks to all who've posted until now. This thread has been running since July 7, 2005. It's amazing at how much people remember and what it is they remember. So again, thanks for keeping it going and continue on.

[pma812@gmail.com]

Does anyone else remember when the Bank of Main Street was a real branch of Bank of America?

How about the telephone technology exhibit in Tomorrowland - I don't remember if it was sponsored by Ma Bell or A T & T - you could examine and use diffierent kinds of telephones - even a speaker-phone (before anyone had them in their homes).

I miss the skyway between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland...
I do!!!

I also remember when there was no Bear Country (aka Critter Country).

[Ezra]

I also remember when there was no Bear Country (aka Critter Country). Well... there was bear country in Natures Wonderland over on the other side of Frontierland. :wink: It had much more realistic bears.

The bears in Frontierland have just been getting progressively worse and worse! :icon_roll

[1968 disney]

One of the things I remember doing every time I went to Disneyland was to sign the guest book that was at the Registry Office at the end of Main Street. I also fondly remember the Pack Mules. It was surely a different time back then. I wish they would have revived some of the old items from Disney history and placed them around the park for visitors to see. Like putting a People Mover car out for photo's or an old Hover Bumper car, and so on. Well there are always the photo's and memories.
Brian

[Jen-Ness]

Putting out vehicles from former attractions for pictures would have been a great idea!!

[pma812@gmail.com]

Well... there was bear country in Natures Wonderland over on the other side of Frontierland. :wink: It had much more realistic bears.

The bears in Frontierland have just been getting progressively worse and worse! :icon_roll
I meant when Bear Country wasn't an official land. I think it became a "land" in 1972, but I don't know for sure.

[marrokas]

One of the things I remember was to take pics with any character at any place at DL, great old times, that made my childhood dreams come true

[Bobsled Rider]

I remember the day the old Disneyland sign (well the second Disneyland sign really) that used to be on Harbor was taken down. I remember not understanding it, how could it be they were removing that sign?

[k_peek_2000]

When disneyland opened. There was an land called Indiana Village, it was a bunch of tipis by the Rivers of America.

[Chatterbug]

I remember the day the old Disneyland sign (well the second Disneyland sign really) that used to be on Harbor was taken down. I remember not understanding it, how could it be they were removing that sign?

I miss that too :frown:

[spacedude77]

Here's my list:

I remember

-the gummy bears boat ride (located between matterhorn and the former 2nd autopia station which is now a smoking area)
- the seperated autopias
-the skyway
-the peoplemover
-the circlevision movie "America the Beautiful" (right before they tore it down)
-the original rocket ride
-the submarines
-the original Space Mountain (including the original escalator facade which was torn off to put in Honey I Shrunk the Audience)
-The original Pirates (by which I mean before they added food to the ladies who are being chased by pirates)
-The country bears (who I will forever miss)
-The old parking lot
-The old parking lot trams
-The old ticket booths (on the outside, I wasn't alive when they had the books)
-The former Disneyland entrance sign (R.I.P.)
-And finally the original monorail station (before Downtown Disney ever existed)

[Jen-Ness]

Here's my list:

I remember

-the gummy bears boat ride (located between matterhorn and the former 2nd autopia station which is now a smoking area)
- the seperated autopias
-the skyway
-the peoplemover
-the circlevision movie "America the Beautiful" (right before they tore it down)
-the original rocket ride
-the submarines
-the original Space Mountain (including the original escalator facade which was torn off to put in Honey I Shrunk the Audience)
-The original Pirates (by which I mean before they added food to the ladies who are being chased by pirates)
-The country bears (who I will forever miss)
-The old parking lot
-The old parking lot trams
-The old ticket booths (on the outside, I wasn't alive when they had the books)
-The former Disneyland entrance sign (R.I.P.)
-And finally the original monorail station (before Downtown Disney ever existed)
Wow...good list.

It brought back some memories.

[spacedude77]

glad to hear that

[disneyapeelizzle]

Oh man, I just spent the longest time reading all of these posts. Awesome.

This is what I remember:

-Driving underneath a huge disneyland sign with multiple car lanes and have my dad always think about which lane to get into. Ha.

-Parking in pinocchio.

-When riding on the tram was like, a bad thing. Meaning you parked REALLY far. Never the case for us.

-When the emporium on main street had moving window displays of new movies...lion king was awesome.

-The AMAZING lion king parade.

-People mover after a long day of walking.

-Being scared to death of EVERY single character...except peter pan.

-Captain EO...haha, I was young but heck yes!

-When PotC had less rocks and more pirates.

-Before IASW changed.

-80's themes! I totally remember the blast from the past. They had 50's cars, people on roller skates with beehives! I also remember a beach theme (may have been the same thing). Goofy, mickey, minnie, donald all had a show where they sang beach boys songs. Wasnt there a circus one too. I have video of a huge net laid out above main street and people were doing acrobats or something.

-Main Street Electrical Parade...Havent seen it since its departure from DL...I'm pretty sure when I go with my family in June I'm gonna cry while watching it at DCA.

I havent been to disneyland with my parents and little sister since '99. I've gone on school trips and with my friends though. Its so different without my parents. We're a disney family. I'm a disney freak ("disney nazi" to my friends) and no one else really understands that. Haha...except the rest of the disney freak family. We appreciate everything abotu the park and ALWAYS reminisce about how it was before my little sister was born ('92).

I can't wait! This is the BEST thread!

[Jen-Ness]

Another good list. I love this thread...

[Disneyland_Wolf]

The 1990's Tomorrowland, the best!

I remember the CBJ, when it was still there back in the mid 1990's.

Pirates of the Caribbean with Walt's Vision. Now why did they poilitically correct the ride!?

POTC is about pirates pillaging in the Caribbean. They rape women, kill soldiers, steal treasures, and do a lot of bad stuff. Walt wants to take a tour of the Pirates of the Caribbean like going back to time. First you enter the drop and you decaying old pirate's rooms and skeletons. Then you see live pirates, as you go further back to time.

If they change the classicness of the ride, it will ruin Walt's vision and the way he wanted it. But Noo, the stupid General public loves the movie more than the original ride, so they wanted changed. Removing the 'Back-In-Time theme, where you see Pirates doing in the Caribbean. Adding pointless movie characters into the ride to make it more sense with the classic original ride.

NOW THAT IS HYPOCRITIC!!!

[Jen-Ness]

Dennis Miller once said, "We are a society waiting to be offended."

Were people really that offended when Disneyland wasn't PC? I wasn't.

[barfownz]

What happened to that little space room where the BLAB fastpass is?

[adrianne]

Mission to Mars...Adventure thru Inner Space...Motor Boat Cruise...The Matterhorn before the Yeti...Mary Blair murals...America Sings...Circlevision Theater...Peoplemover...Skyway...Sleepin g Bear's Cave...Swiss Family Treehouse...pre-PC Pirates...the Bride's red beating heart in HM...I wonder what will go away or change next?

[spacedude77]

I'll bet the next thing will be them making the snake on indiana jones either less scary or replace it with a "better enhancement".

[PeoplemoverMatt]

^ Unlikely. That snake is a replacement of the original snake & was installed less than 2 years ago.

-- PMM :cool:

[barfownz]

Was the original snake not as "high-tech" as the first?

[Jen-Ness]

Or someone will decide that somehow the snake is offensive and the ACLU will file a law suit and Disney will have to remove the snake...

Do you see where I am going with this?

[PeoplemoverMatt]

^ :tongue: Well I don't think anyone's imposing on the snake's civil rights. However, I am surprised the ACLU didn't ride to the aid of the old green snake. As Kermit said. 'It's not easy being green.'

... I remember a time when people thought Disneyland would be immune from all things PC. That a place as timeless as Disneyland would never even need to be evaluated by the PC thought/deed police. Oh well.

-- PMM :cool:

[Jen-Ness]

I just couldn't believe it when they had to take the guns off of the Jungle Cruise and couldn't shoot at the Hippos anymore.

I am done being Off Topic.

[pma812@gmail.com]

I just couldn't believe it when they had to take the guns off of the Jungle Cruise and couldn't shoot at the Hippos anymore.

I am done being Off Topic.
I was there the other day and went on the Jungle Cruise. They did have the guns to shoot at the hippos.

[Jen-Ness]

The guns are back now, but they were gone for a time. And they don't shoot at the Hippos, they shoot in the air to "scare" the Hippos.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

^ You mean the skipper didn't really get the one in the tree? :frown:

-- PMM :cool:

[Jen-Ness]

^ You mean the skipper didn't really get the one in the tree? :frown:

-- PMM :cool:

I am sorry PMM...did I ruin it for you? :frown:

[PeoplemoverMatt]

No, I just went through a lot of heartache and grief over the senseless slaughter of the world's last Laotian Tree-climbing Hippo. Now they tell me it never existed in the first place. I don't know who to believe!!! :icon_cry:

-- Peoplemover "At least the one-legged Antarctic kangaroo dancing the Macarena's still safe :smile:" Matt

[brerbear8]

What if, during the POTC downtime, they took out all the guns to be PC? That would be terrible! And what if they replaced them with bananas to match the fruit baskets that the ladies are carrying while being chased by the pirates- a change that came about in the PCifying of POTC!

[Reeder113]

Captain EO baby!!!!!!! (Michael Jackson's life has been better - lol)

[Jen-Ness]

Captain EO baby!!!!!!! (Michael Jackson's life has been better - lol)
My kids loved that show!!

[mike646]

capt.EO was cool michael at his high point when he was cool.

[ClassicDisney]

Haha... i think disneyland would have been michael jacksons dream world... lets just hope he stays out of the kiddy play area!! I really miss the old submarines... those were amazing!!

[Jen-Ness]

I miss more of the characters walking around.

[disneyapeelizzle]

I miss Toontown...the way it used to be. Way back when chip and dales treehouse had the slide that led to the ball pit. And when they didnt put a net over the slide in donalds boat. Or when you could bounce arund in goofys house. *sigh* Also when the trolley was actually up and running....

I also miss rocket rods...Oh wait, haha what am i saying? Just kidding guys.

PEOPLEMOVER! Bring it back!!! Or do something with that track...

[Jen-Ness]

I miss the Sunkist shop on Main Street. I loved the frozen orange juice bars you could get there.

Rocket Rods...very funny!!

[adrianne]

There used to be a candy cart in New Orleans Square; I would always buy a bag of lemon sours there. I didn't see it the last couple of times I was there, so I'm afraid it's gone to Yesterland

[doasdreamersdo]

I never got to go on the Submarines or the Peoplemover....its kind of a shame...I don't understand why they would remove seemingly popular rides like those...

[Majestros23]

Afternoon Ave. Taking pictures with Don Karnage, Launchpad and one of my all time favs Darkwing Duck.

[Fantasmic05]

Does anyone have a Captain EO video?? I'm too young to have seen that and would like to have seen what it was. thanks.

[Nightski]

Anyone know if they ever plan to re-open Sleeping Beauty's Castle for the walk-through attraction? I think it was closed after 9/11. It was a great change of pace kind of attraction, and there was always something fun about knowing you were inside the castle itself, even if you had no idea exactly where you really were.

Nightski

[adrianne]

I remember that now! There were diorama scenes from Sleeping Beauty (the fairy tale, not the animated movie). It wasn't very well publicized, so it felt like my "secret" Disney attraction. *sigh*

[debijeanm]

Native American dancers in the village
Submarine Voyage
Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland
Sunkist bars and miniature lemon pies
CARNATION ice cream sandwiches in the carts and hot fudge sundaes in the cafe.
When they said, "And now, the most dangerous part of your voyage - the Los Angeles freeway system" on Jungle Boat
The Swisskapolka from the tree house
The parrot advertising the Tiki Room
Food at the Carnation Plaza (sundaes with music)
The big squid and the wonderful organ in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Flying saucers
Carousel of Progress AND America Sings
The big climb up the inside of the empty shell of the Matterhorn
When you could do it all in one day

[Fantasmic17]

Does anyone remember when Beauty and the Beast occupied the Videopolis theater? Does anyone remember when there was a videopolis theater!?
--------------------------------------Double post added here.
Sorry for the repeat post! I just remembered one thing! Remember when the Matterhorn wasn't occupied by a certain snowman?

[Uncle Remus]

Does anyone remember when there was only ONE Magic Kingdom? I know I don't.

[debijeanm]

I can remember driving past the Firestone plant (now called the Citadel shopping mall) and knowing we were getting close, then being able to see the Matterhorn from "miles" away and keeping our eyes on it all the way into the giant parking lot.

[adrianne]

...The big "Disneyland" sign on Harbor Blvd

[Jen-Ness]

I can remember driving past the Firestone plant (now called the Citadel shopping mall) and knowing we were getting close, then being able to see the Matterhorn from "miles" away and keeping our eyes on it all the way into the giant parking lot.
I remember the old tire factory!! When I drive by there now, I know I am getting close!!

[adrianne]

Does anyone remember , on I-5 north of Disneyland there used to be a business that had a huge globe facing the freeway (I think th business was Trans World Something-or-other)? That was always my cue that I was almost there...

[Jen-Ness]

Does anyone remember , on I-5 north of Disneyland there used to be a business that had a huge globe facing the freeway (I think th business was Trans World Something-or-other)? That was always my cue that I was almost there...
Are you talking about the business right there at the Harbor off-ramp? I think that was Global Van Lines?

[adrianne]

Yes!!! that's it - Thank You!!:biggrin:

[Magic1]

Wow, I remember that place. When I saw that, the adrenaline would surge...
Didn't they have topiary-esque landscaping too, or was that another business?

[Jen-Ness]

I always knew that was the place to look for. The next thing we would see was the Monorail Track, then...the big beautiful old Marquee sign. Ahhh, Nirvana!

[HiddenMickey]

Remember when the resort hotels used to charge per person rather than per night, as it is today? (When did this change occur, btw?)

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Sanity?

-- PMM :cool:

[DJ@LGB]

I remember a lot of what people mentioned! I remember Videopolis, a huge awesome dance floor where they played the current (late 80's) dance music (now the Fantasyland theater). No Snow White show back then! I used to dance with my girlfriend there! The Tommorowland stage (now called Club Buzz) offered the same thing sometimes....but was a lot more crowded!

[Jen-Ness]

I remember a lot of what people mentioned! I remember Videopolis, a huge awesome dance floor where they played the current (late 80's) dance music (now the Fantasyland theater). No Snow White show back then! I used to dance with my girlfriend there! The Tommorowland stage (now called Club Buzz) offered the same thing sometimes....but was a lot more crowded!
I remember Videopolis. I saw the Temptations there once. Marie Osmond and John Schneider used to do the Miracle Network Telethon from there.

[w-steele]

I can even go back to when the price to enter Disneyland was just $1.00. Yes, you read right. I was also there on opening day, July 17th, 1955. So, to answer your questions, I must answer YES to each and everyone.

[Jen-Ness]

I can even go back to when the price to enter Disneyland was just $1.00. Yes, you read right. I was also there on opening day, July 17th, 1955. So, to answer your questions, I must answer YES to each and everyone.
OMG!! You were there opening day!! How much do you remember?

[NaviMap]

Remember the Omnibus that went along the parade route before the former Disneyland Parade of Stars that would pick up victims err... guests to be part of the parade not knowing that all of them (both girls and boys ... and grown men) would be wearing tutus dancing and prancing down the parade route...

[Jen-Ness]

Remember the Omnibus that went along the parade route before the former Disneyland Parade of Stars that would pick up victims err... guests to be part of the parade not knowing that all of them (both girls and boys ... and grown men) would be wearing tutus dancing and prancing down the parade route...
Hey, I was one of those victims, err guests! I didn't have to wear a tutu though.