I cannot thank you enough for this video! My parents took us there in 1973 and this brought back so many memories. I started crying when the nightly water parade was shown. I thought I would never hear that music or see it again. The first night we were there (stayed at the Contemporary) my parents had just gotten us down for the night when the water parade music started playing. I remember my mother saying "Now what?" Once we saw what it was, my father whipped out his recording camera. Unfortunately those home movies were lost to time. I wish Disney World was still like that.
@Dulcimerist
Ай бұрын
"Baroque Hoedown" by Jean Jacques Perrey is the music. Enjoy! :)
@travkinder8462
Ай бұрын
Wow. Life seemed much more simple/better without cell phones glued to our hands. People actually talked to each other…even complete strangers!
@alangeorge1661
Жыл бұрын
This is the Disney World that I remember... innocent and natural! Our family went there in 73-75. It was so much good fun for a 11 year old like me. The President's Hall was so patriotic!
@deborahmcdermott6927
Жыл бұрын
My family went on vacation there in the summer of 1972. As you said, this is the Walt Disney World I remember.
@colors6692
Жыл бұрын
It's still like that bro!
@martiniangoldberg
Жыл бұрын
@@colors6692 No it's not; it's disgustingly woke, and should be boycotted by all Americans.
@keepamerica2astrong280
Жыл бұрын
The Disney I remember. Parents used to take us once a year. Nice, great vid. Unwoke Disney love it. God forbid you fake shoot a Hippo these days...
@sauronthegreat5799
Жыл бұрын
Now they have a figure of that traitor Trump in the president's hall. It should be removed asap.
@jeanzaleski1700
Ай бұрын
Visited for the first time on my honeymoon in 1980. Cried when I left to fly there, and cried when I exited the gates to go home. We were lucky enough to return four more times over the years, (2015 was our last). Honestly, the changes in navigating the park are intimidating to us now, but hopefully we'll make it back for our 50th anniversary!
@DJ_Dutchess
Ай бұрын
If you download the app and get familiar with it before your trip it will be much easier for you. There are still paper maps too
@BarrySmith70
5 ай бұрын
I first visited Disney World in 1974 (I was 4 years old) not too long after this film was made! I still have my home movies
@domingopacheco648
2 ай бұрын
We marched in the Main Street parade with our HS band back in 1978. What a thrill !!
@Shakespearelover1717
2 ай бұрын
I was there in 1976. It was a great place then!! All the children are in their fifties and sixties, and the elderly are gone now!! Would the children today even know some of the tunes played like “Oh Susannah”?
@TheEclecticAcademy
Ай бұрын
me too in 1975
@specter116
Ай бұрын
Here here 1977…….i will never forget…
@franklinmimi
Ай бұрын
Probably not. We had a music teacher in grade school that would come once a week. We had a new music book each year and looked forward to learn some of the long time favorites.
@Dulcimerist
Ай бұрын
I was impressed when some people in their 20s at Disney World were singing along to the instrumental versions of "Wells Fargo Wagon" and "Bicycle Built for Two" when it was being played over the background music sound system.
@jeffraines414
Жыл бұрын
I envy all you folks who got to visit Disney world in the '70s. I always wanted to go as a child, but we were too poor so I didn't make my first trip to Disney world until 2010 when I was 40 years old. Better late than never I guess. I was like a kid at 40 years old having finally made it 😀
@MsDana-mo9fp
Жыл бұрын
We didn't start coming until the 1990's - but even now can't believe the changes since the Pandemic! Disney doesn't pick your family up at the airport anymore! The other guests are pushy and entitled & the cast member act like they don't care!
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
Thank you. The 70s were really the true glory days for Disney. But I am so happy you got to go when you did and be a real kid with it! That is what makes it fun. My last time was 98. I went many times in the 70s, 80s, and some in th 90s. But your first time is always the best. so dont feel bad you went at 40 in 2010 - it was a glory day for you!!!!! Blessings. I am 3 years older than you and there are many places I have never been that everyone and their brother have been. But my day is coming. Blessings
@tnwhiskey68
2 ай бұрын
I would have never imagined that I'd be able to go one day. We didnt have much money as a child but when I did go, I was truly saddened by how few American children were in the parks! Very few people spoke english, guests and cast members alike. This amazing place exists and it's so far out of reach for most!
@lindameek3191
Ай бұрын
I visited in 1971. Been going to the Magic Kingdom for 50 years.
@TuckerVerse
Жыл бұрын
That’s when Disney was still magic 🪄 not today
@xavierminchello8431
2 ай бұрын
I BET YOUR LIFE IS MISERABLE! THE LIFE YOU LIVE IS A REFLECTION OF YOU AND YOUR ACTIONS & THOUGHTS
@rickkhanna3099
Жыл бұрын
I went as a kid in the 80s and it was still just like this.
@Dulcimerist
Ай бұрын
Yeah, it was amazing! I went in 1983. Space Mountain was packed!
@dougchervek
Жыл бұрын
This is the Disney that I miss and the one I wish I could take my family to experience.
@texaswunderkind
Жыл бұрын
It's not our fault you're dirt poor.
@harleyatc956
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, Disney lost its way a long time ago. It’s all corporate and politics. The fun and affordability are gone forever.
@texaswunderkind
Жыл бұрын
You can't honestly be stupid enough to think Disney wasn't corporate back in 1973. Two theme parks, movie studios, toy lines...every character they had was marketed to squeeze every possible dime out of the public.
@katazack
Жыл бұрын
They monetized it to death.
@stanfordite1
Ай бұрын
Well after my takeover, this Disney will return.
@RossD8
Жыл бұрын
Wife and I honeymooned there in the summer of 1974! Yep, fifty years later next year, we're still together, retired, the kids have left home and......we can't afford to come back!
@tnwhiskey68
2 ай бұрын
Damn shame! I wish you the best!
@adamwest3266
2 ай бұрын
Welp, if you voted democrat you are partially to blame for that...
@TSSYF
2 ай бұрын
@@adamwest3266😂
@Dulcimerist
Ай бұрын
@@adamwest3266 And so are you. :)
@gc4644
Жыл бұрын
Had dozens and dozens of trips to WDW throughout the 70s, and can honestly say most about the property back then WAS much better. The water in the 7 seas lagoon was crystal clear and we swam in it all the time! The Poly had a MUCH better lobby, and the game room in the Contemporary resort was the biggest & best in the whole country! The Fort Wilderness campground had a working train, and a great restaurant! Progress does not always mean things get better..
@cyndiluna1
Жыл бұрын
That game room in the Contemporary brings such fond memories❤️the click-clack of everyone playing air hockey, the snack bar, shooting range, and skee-ball. I spent many many hours there.
@adrianrosado2223
Жыл бұрын
Omg! The Contemporary Arcade!!! I forgot how much we loved that place as kids!
@randomcommenterfromdownund8949
11 ай бұрын
Contemporary arcade aka the Fiesta Fun Center! That horse racing game on the big screen where you pushed a button to get your horse to jump over an oncoming barrier, racing against others doing the same, and the classic Atari Breakout game were my idea of great fun.
@susanb374
11 ай бұрын
River Country!
@michaelharbuck7847
11 ай бұрын
I remember playing the old atari table top football game. The one with the x and Os really a gr8 memory
@rotlex67
Жыл бұрын
Love this and the memories it brings back. A truly different, and better time for Walt Disney World.
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
And for our society. Brings tears to see where we were and how far down we are today. My first time as a kid was 74. A beautiful place. And beautiful people back then all around.
@garydunn5797
Жыл бұрын
Disney's studio orchestra with its customized background music scores were so uniquely customized to each film scene. Much better than copying & pasting today's generic stock music.
@DarthBrtt
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Buddy Baker scored a lot of them including this one. He also scored a lot of Disney shorts, features and theme park music back then too.
@L1lyW0mpW0mp
9 ай бұрын
I think I came here searching for some sample in a tv girl song 😭
@kimberlywalls9869
Жыл бұрын
My Grandmother took us every two years to Disney in the 70s and 80s. It was all about family back then and it was affordable for almost everyone. Now it's not affordable even for most middle class families.
@cesarm8811
Жыл бұрын
Wow this brings back lots of memories. Actually my first visit to the Magic Kingdom was at Disney Land I was 11 years old (1964). I live in South Florida, so I visited Disney World in early 1972. It open in Oct. 1971. You had to buy a ticket book to get on the rides (A thru E). An A ticket was used for the best rides at the time. Just turn 70 in May of this year and have been going to Disney World for pass 51 years, with my daughters and now with my Grandkids. We are DVC members, so we now go every year. But I have to admit the early days of going to Disney World were the best, it was a place to bring you kids with lots wholesome fun. Things have changed at Disney World in past several years, so it's not true family values I experience when I was kid and raising my daughters. Really loved the old Disney World!!!!!
@deborahmcdermott6927
Жыл бұрын
I remember the A thru E tickets. Went in the summer of 1972. My parents started saving for that vacation as soon Walt Disney announced the construction on the Sunday night tv show.
@spiegel3269
Жыл бұрын
Your memory is a little fuzzy, grandpa. The A tickets were for lower tiered things (like the train on Main Street). It was the E tickets that were for the top tiered rides and were highly coveted (Pirates of Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion etc). Google it if you don't believe me.
@bermando8844
Жыл бұрын
Actually the E tickets were for the best rides. (Pirates and Space Mountain)
@cvn6555
Жыл бұрын
The E tickets were for the best rides. Some people still refer to the newest and most desired rides at WDW as "E-ticket rides".
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
74 first time and remember the ticket booths. Last time for me was 98. It already started to chage - or people started ruining it. Bad behavior and many other crap atrocities. I never went back. The very best glory days of DW in Fl were the 70s. am so greatful I was able to be a part of that time.
@antipatsy
Жыл бұрын
I went to Disney World for the first time in 1976, and my family was there several times a year through the 70s. It's so nice to see it again.
@fionnmaccumhaill3257
Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful world it was back then!
@DRTerabyte
Жыл бұрын
Its the same world just more people.
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
AMEN
@dr.winstonsmith
10 ай бұрын
@@DRTerabyteCulture has changed, for the worse.
@xavierminchello8431
2 ай бұрын
@@dr.winstonsmith THANKS TO TRUMP AND HIS MAGA MINONS IN THE GOP! VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN NOVEMBER
@kennethmartin1300
Ай бұрын
@@xavierminchello8431Bring your new-age politics into 1973 here. REAL nice
@johnbannon6620
11 ай бұрын
the golden age of Disney
@WysteriaGuitar
Жыл бұрын
Dad and Mom took us to DisneyWorld when it open in 1971. I was only 9 years old and I can tell you it was amazing, unbelievable really. I continued to go for years and then with my own family until about 8 years ago when it became so crowded, so woke, and so money grubby that I may never go back again...Ah wish the old days were back!
@Sashazur
Жыл бұрын
What did you see that was woke? I’m fine with their policies but at the same time I don’t think they have any woke themed attractions…
@WysteriaGuitar
Жыл бұрын
@@Sashazur Nah, not al all, yeah right...like CHANGING many of the rides and characters to make them people of color or politically correct...Like a BALANCE would be good not to swing the pendulum completely around...Like heck Snow White is no longer white but black now...makes no sense...
@C_71
11 ай бұрын
@@SashazurThey went on the "It's a small world ride"😂!
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
I stopped going by the late 90s. I never would go back after I heard how bad it started getting by the early 2000s. The 70s were the true glory days of Disney World. I am so happy my first time as a kid was 74. And I went wiht my family the first summer River Country opened. I remember like yesterday.
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
@@Sashazur YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you go in the 70s or 80s?????
@resellerrowboat7871
Ай бұрын
We were there, I believe, in December of 1973, and it actually SNOWED! We have movies of it snowing at the castle during a live show. It was magical!
@danielvandersall6756
Жыл бұрын
"Guests may stay as long as they like"--Till the money runs out.
@sherrywiley4817
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@Trucker2023
Жыл бұрын
This was definitely before they started charging $700 a night room stays
@BhChicagoTVStationhistoriesand
Жыл бұрын
Well, when Disney World opened at the very least all rooms and views at both the Polynesian and Contemporary were $25 a night! That shocks so many people when I tell them! I’ve got a few very old planning guides from that period, back then they had a form in the back you could fill out to make a reservation and that was the price listed! So back then you could easily do a Disney vacation without it breaking your arms and kegs financially. You could spend 5 nights there and the TOTAL price for the entire hotel stay would be only $125!!
@merrymermaid
Жыл бұрын
$125 in 1973 is equal to $854 today. the average salary was also a LOT less back then than it is nowadays. it was always expensive
@ScholarTheTerminator94
Жыл бұрын
@@merrymermaidShut UP.
@eddiec9756
Жыл бұрын
It feels so strange looking at this footage because I was brought there in the early 2000s and I don't remember any of it. So when I did the Disney College Program and got the opportunity to walk around the entire property it always made me wonder what the place was like decades past. Great video to see what used to be.
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
The 70s were really the true glory days of DW. The 80s were really nice too.
@bubbalou32
Жыл бұрын
People were sure a lot thinner 50 years ago!
@donbailey6600
Жыл бұрын
No drive-thru's and lots of people smoked.
@grahambooth8799
3 ай бұрын
And not one single disability scooter with an obese rider
@PJC6126
Ай бұрын
Not any handheld devices or other “modern “stuff, people got to do things together outside and moved around. Now we are all couch potatoes.
@Lambert1386
Жыл бұрын
Saw this in the movie theater with "Snowball Express." Finally went in 1981 on my first 'grown-up" vacation. The park was beautiful and there was hardly anyone there in early November.
@Rlotpir1972
Жыл бұрын
How did they show this? Was it also in 35mm?
@davidbennett3447
Жыл бұрын
My first time was 1981 also 🥰🥰🥰
@AndrewLawsonjughead67
Жыл бұрын
That monorail is so cool😎
@Kenneth-tx8mg
Жыл бұрын
Very ahead of it's time. Even the presidential robots look more real than today's human-robot versions.
@0111vramj
Жыл бұрын
@@Kenneth-tx8mg and yet it looks the same NOW as it did THEN,
@sabrinacosima1586
Жыл бұрын
When things were normal
@ratclone
Жыл бұрын
Define normal
@ScholarTheTerminator94
Жыл бұрын
@@ratcloneShut Up Cat
@loetzcollector466
Жыл бұрын
@@ratclonebefore they hated America and believed that if a child identified as a butt plug you had to celebrate it.. Democrats anyway.
@davidwesley2525
3 ай бұрын
And when Things Didn't have to be Politically Correct. 😅😅😅@@ratclone
@brainysmurf74
3 ай бұрын
@@ratclonewithout normalized perversion, violence, rampant hatred of men and of nation, etc…
@ayllaa_.x
Ай бұрын
Wow.. as a Disney World girl, i'm loving this so much! So magical and beautiful. What a gold video. By the way.. i don't get ppl complaining in the comments saying "no phone in their hands, so magical .. now not so anymore..." well yet you are watching this on your phone i bet and Disney is still magical.. even more. 🥰💖
@wdwexploreandchill
Жыл бұрын
This is amazing, thank you so much for sharing! 💜
@People_of_the_Mouse
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome. My first trip was December 1974.
@veromikes
3 ай бұрын
The Good old days. Make Disney Great Again.
@xavierminchello8431
2 ай бұрын
YES! GET RID OF TRUMP AND THE GOP! ALL CORRUPT! VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN NOVEMBER!
@stanfordite1
Ай бұрын
When I take over Disney will use that mantra to undo everything Crooked Bob worked and take Disney backwards.
@darthnihilus511
Ай бұрын
I also worked on the Crystal Palace, actually, I worked on every resort and ride there up until 2002
@waytoson
Жыл бұрын
Love this... Thank you.. New sub who is a complete Disnerd... It so fun to see what WDW was and where it all started...
@jerdonsbabbler3515
Ай бұрын
My parents took me and my little brother in 1973. Or maybe it was 1972 because Disney World had only been open for one week. Not sure. But there were very few rides. I remember the “it’s a small small world.” ride, and the haunted house. I don’t remember if anything else was open yet. But I was seven years old and it was a genuinely magical place. Oh, yes! They did have the 20,000 Leagues under the sea ride!
@veronicamdissues
Жыл бұрын
My dad took us there in 72 or 73. Though he was a cautious accountant and the ULTIMATE penny pincher, somehow we got him to Disneyland in Anaheim in 68. He LOVED it, more than anyone else in the car I think!!! So he eagarly returned to Disney World in 72ish. Also a wonderful time. One thing he LOVED were the A,B,C,D ticket books that you bought at entry, so you KNEW UP FRONT what you were paying, unless you were buying souvenirs or food or something. We were firmly told no souvenirs, no mickey ears UP FRONT, so my Dad the accountant knew his wallet wasnt wide open, he knew the total cost fr the day, so he could relax and have a ball himself!! Now Mom & Dad are gone of course, but they would be absolutely HORRIFIED at the prices there. We could circle the earth for their prices now, and with less traffic! I am soooo disappointed in Uncle Walt, as this was not what he wanted. DisneyCORP (and all their holdings) have become a money-eating ogre, and I don't think they can turn it around. They have gone to far down the smooth pavement of Money Avenue. i would not give Disney a DIME, at this point. I can make my own magic, thank you, without paying thousands and thousands. Or I can find first-hand magic all over the world, without Playing the Disney game
@pamd1536
Жыл бұрын
So much changed yet so much the same! I went first in 1975 and now live in Florida with annual pass.
@gissneric
2 ай бұрын
I visited Disney World just a few months ago and I'm pretty surprised most of the stuff you see in this video still exists.
@Trifelivin
Жыл бұрын
I was yet to be on this earth...but please take me back to this era
@jad8123
2 ай бұрын
My family went to Disney World the year after it opened which I think would have been 1972. 5 kids & 2 parents in a station wagon driving from Pennsylvania. Were my parents crazy or what?! LOL!!! A lot of this looks so familiar. Especially, taking the monorail into The Contemporary. I remember thinking it would be so cool to stay there. I’m now 60 & I still haven’t stayed there. LOL!!! Great memories.
@JT-lt5gr
Ай бұрын
Delaware, same. Every year from 1972 to early/mid-eighties.
@phish66
2 ай бұрын
Love the animatronic hippy band at Tomorrowland. Seemed very life-like. Disney always ahead of the times.
@tinat5484
Жыл бұрын
A time in our country when people were not obese and didn’t need scooters to get around
@katlindstrom8667
Ай бұрын
took my kids to WDW in 1980 who were 10 & 8 at the time and still then only magic kingdom was the park, epcot still in construction, we all had a wonderful time so much fun--, i was forever nostalgic for it-- In 2013 i took my grandkids thinking we would have a similar experience but i was so disappointed, we stayed at new orleams riverside. the rooms were comfortable however the maid was jamacian and not so nice, the lobby people were not much better...but we still tried to have a good time, we did for the most part mostly ignoring the rude staff...i was surprised by how much had changed but it wasn't for the better..mostly the 2008 visit was my last and i never cared to return..the magic was gone for us
@doreenkratzer6685
Жыл бұрын
Look how nice Disney was back then no fights breaking out everyone just having good old fashion fun. Just sad how everything has changed. 😢 Totally disgusting.
@rocketrodlover
Жыл бұрын
our world has changed and not for the better. Take away the cell phones and being back human interaction
@heavyd777
Жыл бұрын
I still remember a show we saw back then but the only part I remember is that it was brought to us by Monsanto. 😊
@katazack
Жыл бұрын
It may have been at the 3D theater in the round. I believe it had a lot of outdoor and agricultural footage, but I can barely remember it myself.
@87jallen
Жыл бұрын
The hall of Presidents is one of my favorites!! We see it every time we visit!
@cm1133
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite memories of my daughter occurred at the Hall of Presidents back in May 2010 when she was 3 1/2 years old. While we were in the Hall of Presidents, my daughter noticed that they only mention Grover Cleveland being President on time. She said to me, “they are wrong daddy. Grover Cleveland was President twice. He was president. Then, Benjamin Harrison was President. Then, Glover Cleveland was President again.” This man sitting behind me, tapped me on the shoulder and asked me, “how the hell does she know all this?” I replied, “because I’ve taught her the lists of U.S. Presidents.” That man then turned to his wife and said, “Honey, we need to work with our kids!” I was so proud. I cannot help but wonder how many times he has told that story to people. My daughter is now a 17-year-old, home schooled straight A student, who is a level nine competitive gymnast. Her goal is to be a gymnast in college and become a orthopedic surgeon.
@FireCracker3240
Ай бұрын
My first visit to WDW was in the mid-80's as a very young child. I remember a park slightly more like this one. Perhaps a bit more up to date (as of the 80's), but this same slower paced, innocent, in-the-moment fun is what I remember. No faces glued to cell phones. People lived in the here and now. I went in the 90's again, and it was still really fun. That all changed with social media and cell phones. No faces glued to cell phones. People lived in the here and now, not "record now, review later for upload". I know I sound older than my age, but I really do miss those times. I actually really dislike much in today's society.
@brownsfamily24
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Loved this.❤
@councilofkarens729
Ай бұрын
Remember when Disney was fun to go to and not a full time job in itself? I didn't go to WDW in the 70's (I thinking was the age of most go the kids featured in this film, but in the UK, so a trip to the US was the stuff of dreams anyway, much less WDW) The first time I went, the 20,000 leagues ride was still in operation. I loved the feeling of going "underwater:.
@cliffchristie5865
Жыл бұрын
The title is cut off but this is the featurette the "The Magic Of Walt Disney World". I remember seeing it preceding the Disney film "Snowball Express" December 25, 1972.
@shelleyking8450
Жыл бұрын
Back when it was the way Walt made it. Family fun and adventures, not bankruptcy-inducing greedy pricing for everything you see.
@michaeljmobley
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing that even to this day, the Monorail still looks as futuristic as when it did 50 years ago.
@ronthatus
Жыл бұрын
I feel the same way
@PS3DJ09
Жыл бұрын
My exact thought every time I see it pass overhead
@suneyeintuition4315
Жыл бұрын
Strange to think that the youngest person that could've possibly been seen in this video - an infant - is 50 years old.
@joesteedman8230
2 ай бұрын
I was there in 1975 11 years old.I was amazed even at my age.Just at the hotels & 🚝 the man made lagoon. I hated the park lol long lines lasted forever when you were little.loved the resorts more.It’s a shame Walt Disney didn’t see it come true.The man was a gentleman & genuine person.Everyone has a opinion about him but mine stands about him.He made his name immortal put his first name on everything like it was in the beginning “Walt Disney world & land .He probably is spinning in his grave.
@klars3207
2 ай бұрын
This is fantastic. Unfortunately, the magic left Disney a long time ago.
@flutebasket4294
11 ай бұрын
Is there anything more 70s than that beautiful monorail platform at the Grand Canyon Concourse??
@jgilmore9986
2 ай бұрын
Before the corporate greed, commercialism and money grab. It was a far more magical place then. So sad that the world cannot experience the real Disney now .
@davidjames666
11 ай бұрын
I went in’74 and stayed at the Contemporary. we have it all on 8mm film which is now on digital format. i was 5 years old
@Richard-fv7rq
Жыл бұрын
It is a shame the world moves on so fast and the resorts were never going to stand still. What a different world we live in today!
@krab1791
Жыл бұрын
I have to say that even tho this is Disney marketing from way back when, I love it. i was 11 years old in 1973 when my family visited for the first time. Even then it was relatively expensive for my family. We stayed at a local campground, Yogi Bear Bear Campground if I recall. I won’t forget the 4 mile line wait to get from the entry of MK to the parking lot. Lol. Everything you see now was just miles and miles of foliage. There was one road in and it was a line to get through gates to pay for parking. It was back in the time A,B,C,D,E tickets. Never enough D or E tickets but be gave away A and B tickets. Swiss Family Robinson Tree House is the only C ticket I remember. Grand Prix raceway was just as hot and slow then as it is now. I remember Dave’s Crockett Canoes. We were the power. We had to paddle our way around the island. Lol No FastPasses, No Genie+. You just had to wait in good old fashioned lines. I will never forget it and I have been back at least a hundred times since.
@wmrustycox
Жыл бұрын
Our family visited Disney World a couple of years prior to its opening. Disney had a visitor's center set up approximately where main street is. Though there weren't many buildings completed at that point, you could see the princesses castle in its early stages of construction. I don't remember much else, other than a diorama of the expected look of the completed project being inside the visitor's center as well. Though this may not seem like much today... for a kid having grown up watching , Sunday night's, "Wonderful World of Disney" TV show and assorted Disney movies and shows, this was a great start to what eventually became what we know as Disney World today.
@Dulcimerist
Ай бұрын
I watched "Wonderful World of Disney" in the early 1980s. Mr. Boogedy scared me when I was a kid.
@tsitracommunications2884
Жыл бұрын
😮😮 they cut the best part on the sub ride
@robertrishel3685
8 ай бұрын
MY father took us there when I was about 9 years old and we stayed in the main resort hotel, with the monorail running through it. Once I discovered those little speed boats and that I could just charge the rental to my room, that’s all I wanted to do! I remember how angry my dad was at checkout when he saw the bill! I cannot imagine they risk the liability of allowing children to blast around that lake n their own like they used to. One of my best childhood memories.
@bobwarzin5492
Жыл бұрын
My wife and I were only married 5 months when we went there in Feb,1974. Stayed at the Contemporary. They opened Space Mountain that week.
@drinkingpoolwater
Жыл бұрын
it looked like paradise. wow.
@vettebecker1
2 ай бұрын
Or first visit was in 1982, I miss the 20,000 leagues under the sea submarines ride and overhead cable car ride
@Dulcimerist
Ай бұрын
They have the cable cars, but they don't go to Tomorrowland anymore. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was awesome! I rode that in 1983. Main Street Electrical Parade was also amazing.
@CincoMuertez
Жыл бұрын
I wish they could bring back all those water festivities and shows. Clean up Discovery Island, make it a hub for all water activities, and whatnot.
@texaswunderkind
Жыл бұрын
The shows were lame. Imagine paying for a theme park, fighting traffic and lines, finally getting there, to listen to some high school band play Grand Ole Opry tunes from the 1950's...
@vincentparisi2644
Жыл бұрын
This is what I remember as a boy in the mid 70s. Just add Space Mountain. It was so great. What a sense of joy before people like Iger wanted to destroy it.
@abel2088
Жыл бұрын
I’ve already been to all these places except the Polynesian.. Cinderellas crystal palace looks exactly the same!
@johnbeechy
Жыл бұрын
Blood on the saddle // good to see some of what will never be seen in person ever again // video for ever it lasts on you tube // thanks for the upload
@paganguy77
Ай бұрын
Everyone pines for this era of WDW. Just to be a Debbie Downer for second, in those early days, the lines were hours long to get into the popular attractions. There were far fewer rides & attractions in those days, so each one was always crowded, with long lines.
@briann6205
Жыл бұрын
It's easy to forget that WDW being successful was not a sure thing-- the stakes were huge. That's why I'm actually positive about their current downturn; complacency is a killer.
@danielboone3770
Жыл бұрын
I wish I was at WDW in the 70's as a kid.
@videogames8353
11 ай бұрын
Man the animatronics in 1973 were absolute works of art.
@fishingwithsam7526
11 ай бұрын
Wow soo cool 😮
@Wig4
2 ай бұрын
I was there in 1973, 1975 (With the 'America on Parade' made for the US bicentenial) We were living on Curaçao in that time, and flew in by ALM (Antiliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij) on Miami, NOT Orlando 🙂
@lisamartin4858
Жыл бұрын
It’s very sad to see how something so positive to children has turned into a perverse mockery of what Disney intended.
@kurtsugg3455
Жыл бұрын
dumb comment
@merdith6
3 ай бұрын
Notice how few banners and giant signs there are less bright colors less advertisements
@chriscody3030
Жыл бұрын
😁”Exactly “! to comment #236.
@SafetyinNumbers5628
Жыл бұрын
The tiles include all races even back then….
@rayrocher6887
Жыл бұрын
A Dream come true sleep, peaceful, bless you people
@mustangjames1988
2 ай бұрын
I see a lot of dangerous stuff that wouldn't fly with the insurance company nowadays.
@Foxtrot1967
Ай бұрын
Mostly white families. Clean. Not over crowded. Reasonably priced. No woke or DEI nonsense.
@olgagachaphoenix9130
Жыл бұрын
We legit time traveled.
@LakeHowellDigitalVideo
Жыл бұрын
1973 was nice, but I think the peak year for Magic Kingdom was 1980 -- once they opened Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain, it was the perfect park.
@youtuber9991
Жыл бұрын
This looks more fun than what is offered today, I feel like the 70s and 80s were better decades than the present and people seem a lot happier then in general
@ireneerrico4706
Жыл бұрын
Sports and music was great also.
@youtuber9991
Жыл бұрын
@@ireneerrico4706 agreed, 70s rock and 80s pop were some of the best ever. I sometimes wish I was an adult in those decades
@362chop
Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, the Pre Woke era of Disney. Another feel good clip of the precious past.
@bradblalock3057
Ай бұрын
Alien Encounter. Was able to get my kids there to experience it before the soft generations had it removed.
@MickeyAbraham2022
Жыл бұрын
This is real Disney!! Today it's a shell of it's former self -- The quality of the parks and movies has really gone down and their open radical left wing agenda seems divisive and exclusive.
@brunswicksucks
Жыл бұрын
Did you notice how nicely dressed everyone was? No one wearing jeans also.
@wilber53
Жыл бұрын
Jeans were unheard of,except for the farming business.
@eccentricsmithy2746
Жыл бұрын
Yea, today it looks like a slutty fashion show
@Kenneth-tx8mg
Жыл бұрын
Funny you mention that, it is the reason I watched it. I wanted to see how the people were dressed. When I look at live streams today of the park, the way people are dressed is not what I imagine when I think of Disney, I've always had the images of what's in this film.🤣🤣
@brunswicksucks
Жыл бұрын
@@Kenneth-tx8mg I totally agree. I think people back then thought more of how they looked and was more proud. The way some people dress I wonder if they ever looked in the mirror.
@brunswicksucks
Жыл бұрын
@@wilber53 very true I forgot about that. The crowd though looked better then. Just my opinion though.
@jackstearns1549
2 ай бұрын
Those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end........
@marypaquette8705
Ай бұрын
Midnight in Moscow( midnight in Disney World)❤😊
@spiegel3269
Жыл бұрын
My Dad was so cool he took me out of school in the early 70s so we could go on vacations to Disney World. One year we stayed at the Polynesian and the other year at the Contemporary. It was a magical time. I've reflected fondly on those trips for the rest of my life. My Dad is gone now but I'm so thankful for those times.
@RS-cd9cf
Жыл бұрын
Make new memories with your kids and do the same fun things
@susanb374
11 ай бұрын
You're so lucky. I'll never forgot my mom announcing "we are staying on property this year", and 7 year old me me expecting the Contemporary. Surprise it was the Holiday Inn, one of the good neighbor hotels near what was The Marketplace. lol
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
@@susanb374 Exactly, only the rich kids stayed at those hotels. But hey, to kids, the Holiday Inn is fun too - its next to Disney World!! YAAAAA
@xavierminchello8431
2 ай бұрын
@@susanb374awful
@tnwhiskey68
2 ай бұрын
As a father, that's why I took my kids! I want them to remember us on our best days, no matter how tough life gets!
@randyharden5149
Жыл бұрын
Back when life was a lot simpler!!!!!
@michaelmorgan9009
Жыл бұрын
less people, less problems... look at the US population in the 70s vs today. Immigration is a real problem.. the proof is in the pudding so to speak.
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
11 ай бұрын
....and cleaner, and nicer, and happier, and American.
@bobscott5022
3 ай бұрын
@@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bitsthat’s when wow was truly magic
@bobscott5022
3 ай бұрын
Glad I got to see it when I was like this. They in 1973. It was so much fun and truly magical.
@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits
3 ай бұрын
@@bobscott5022 And when people had the souls to be wowed. Today, no one can be wowed.
@texsion
2 ай бұрын
I love these style video they used to make back then, we need them back
@writerpatrick
Ай бұрын
It's typically done with one narrator which you rarely see on screen. Nowadays they have to show a diverse group of people who may or may not actually know what they're talking about, inter-cut with actual scenes.
@eccentricsmithy2746
Жыл бұрын
Back when Disney was about family fun and the experience, now its about whats in your wallet.
@kurtsugg3455
Жыл бұрын
thank goodness no other businesses try to make a profit
@eccentricsmithy2746
Жыл бұрын
@@kurtsugg3455 there it is, the stupidest f*cking comment I have read all day. There is a big difference between making a profit and price gouging from greed.
@DP-ih6nt
Жыл бұрын
Yep, and about perversion too. Sick world!!
@Somenite
Жыл бұрын
I have no issues with them making money but just looking at mainstreet in this video where it's not a complete mob scene makes me nostalgic. More people everywhere these days though. Would be nice though if Disney did something to improve the crowd situation such as always expanding the parks at least as fast as they build new hotels because the crowd/waits is what kills the experience. I did get the once in a lifetime chance of going to Disney right after 9/11 and the place was so empty we practically had the parks to ourselves. Nothing like just finishing a ride and having the operators yell "who wants to go again!" and being able to get off and walk through a cast door to the boarding area to get right back on. Don't expect that level of experience but not having to fight through crowds on mainstreet to go stand in line for two hours to get on a ride would be nice.
@RonMac08
Жыл бұрын
I have no problem with them making money, but they're doing it at the expense of a positive guest experience. I was an annual pass holder for 20 years and now the positive experiences are so few it isn't worth the money anymore.
@alisontopalian8592
Жыл бұрын
This the disney I remember and loved. Thank you for posting this
@lorichaplin9921
Жыл бұрын
Our congress should take a field trip to the hall of presidents. Remember why we are the United States of America.
@mammac4333
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I refuse to go into the Hall of Presidents until they remove the traitor and criminal who has and still does try to destroy our democracy!
@julesgamingnstuff
Жыл бұрын
Lincoln's words are still so relevant today.
@gc4644
Жыл бұрын
Knowing that the orange turds likeness was allowed to desecrate that hallowed place of liberty is truly a travesty..
@MC-nb6jx
Жыл бұрын
@@julesgamingnstuff… It’s a pity so few listen 😔
@ryanwbourquin
Жыл бұрын
Excellent idea Lori! The democratic ones already know but def the Republican ones need to be taught.
@ryanjones4106
2 ай бұрын
My grandparents both worked at WDW from 2000-2018. During that time I visited them quite often and every summer we’d visit the parks together. A blessing I’ll always be grateful for. As someone that visited quite often, the magic seen in this video was still present in the early 2000s. But sadly as the years went on, after about 2010 or so, I can’t put my finger on it but the magic started to disappear. And it wasn’t just because I was getting older. Something genuinely changed about the energy and vibe in the place. But at least I’ll always have the memories of how it used to be before smartphones and corporate IP integration into the parks.
@lisafehlman221
Ай бұрын
This is what I remember as a kid born in the 50s. I love Disney anything so much.😊
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