Pictures of things No Longer Seen at WDW

[smarsenault]

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I LOVED this as a kid!!!

 

[x5x5x5x5x5]

OK. I'm cheating here. But back when the MK was the only park, you had to look outside the property to find other things to do.....like....

Xanadu: Home of the Future!

Hahahaha - saw one of these in gatlinburg tn a million years ago! Didn't know there was one near Disney - funny!

 

[BradChristian]

I had no idea TMNT were Disney characters at one point! They are some of my favorites!

I remember the show at MGM in 1994!

 

[BayouMickey]

Hahahaha - saw one of these in gatlinburg tn a million years ago! Didn't know there was one near Disney - funny!

Yup gatlinburg, main strip. Never went in it though. When you have Ripley's and Guiness on the next block a house tour didn't seem like much fun. lol

 

[GAN]

Before Disney launched its own cruise line, there was the very, very low budget....

I've been on that boat!

 

[may1787]

Who couldn't love a little rat in the dining room?

WHAT! The rat is gone? He doesn't appear anymore?

 

[pixiesprite]

ooh has anyone mentioned our good friend PUSH in Tomorrowland? He was such fun!

pic found on the interwebs...

 

[JimmyV]

ooh has anyone mentioned our good friend PUSH in Tomorrowland? He was such fun!

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See Post #14.

 

[adc]

I've been on that boat!

Me too! I don't remember it being low budget at all! I was 11 so, who knows? We had a great time!

 

[JimmyV]

WHAT! The rat is gone? He doesn't appear anymore?

See here: http://blog.touringplans.com/2013/10/11/chef-remy-leave-les-chefs-de-france/

 

[JimmyV]

We had a great time!

That's all that matters, right?

Disney got quite a few complaints that the Big Red Boat experience was far, far from what people had come to expect from anything with Disney's name on it. The quality just wasn't there. So with the true Disney spirit, they decided that if they were going to have their name on something, they had better control the content and the quality. Hence, the birth of DCL at a cost of billions. The "low budget" comment wasn't meant to imply "inexpensive" so much as it was "done on the cheap". Disney's synergy with the Big Red Boat was about as cheesy as Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera's characters roaming around your local amusement park.

 

[BradChristian]

I would literally have to scan the photos in, but in summer of 93 or maybe 94 they had an election (going along with Bush vs Clinton... Funny we may see that again!) going on between Captain Hook or Winnie the Pooh

I'll have to find my parents pics from then and post them. Share any you guys have!

 

[figment_jii]

I went through my photos from the last decade or so and found some things that are gone or have changed.

Kim Possible in Epcot is gone, but was replaced with a similar game based on Agent P.

Spoodles is long gone...it was replaced by Kouzzina, which is also gone!

Two-thirds of this sign has changed. The Bistro de Paris is now Monsieur Paul and the Boulangerie Patisserie is now Les Halles.

I know it's already been mentioned, but Toontown is gone.

Over in DTD there used to be a store for pets: Disney Tails.

Push and his Animal Kingdom equivalent are no longer greeting guests in Tomorrowland or Conservation Station.

Over in Animal Kingdom, Camp Minnie and Mickey is no longer accessible to guests.

In honor of Epcot's 25th Anniversary, they had a retrospective exhibit featuring items from the original attractions. There was a Figment maquette, a miniature Dream Machine, and the butler from Horizons.

Figment is no longer meeting guests at "his place" up by the leap frog fountains.

 

[pixiesprite]

I loved the name "Spoodles"

 

[adc]

That's all that matters, right?

Disney got quite a few complaints that the Big Red Boat experience was far, far from what people had come to expect from anything with Disney's name on it. The quality just wasn't there. So with the true Disney spirit, they decided that if they were going to have their name on something, they had better control the content and the quality. Hence, the birth of DCL at a cost of billions. The "low budget" comment wasn't meant to imply "inexpensive" so much as it was "done on the cheap". Disney's synergy with the Big Red Boat was about as cheesy as Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera's characters roaming around your local amusement park.

That is interesting they did it so badly at first. I'd love to go on a Disney cruise now. I do not remember having characters on the boats like they do now. And, I don't remember the pool being that great. I do remember that the entertainment was good.

 

[msfredna]

Animatronic walking dinosaur at AK. We only saw it once. Robot Race at Innoventions- we really miss this. Rolie Polie Ollie and Jo Jo Mighty Morphin Power Rangers- my DD stood out in the 100 degree heat in the costume. She refused to take it off!

 

[adc]

I went through my photos from the last decade or so and found some things that are gone or have changed.


In honor of Epcot's 25th Anniversary, they had a retrospective exhibit featuring items from the original attractions. There was a Figment maquette, a miniature Dream Machine, and the butler from Horizons.

Figment is no longer meeting guests at "his place" up by the leap frog fountains.

My 4 year old loved Figment last year. He can't wait to ride it again.

What ride was the dream machine on?

 

[pixiesprite]

Couldn't find a photo of this but the veggie chili in Columbia Harbour House used to be served in a crusty bread bowl. It rocked!

 

[JimmyV]

That is interesting they did it so badly at first.

It wasn't that they did it "badly". It really had more to do with the fact that the Oceanic (which became the flagship of the Big Red Boat fleet) was built in 1965 and that other cruise lines at the time were trotting out new ships with the latest features seemingly one every other month. (By way of example, Royal Caribbean introduced 6 "Vision Class" ships between 1995 and 1998.) Disney, understandably, wanted "state of the art" once it decided that the cruise business was viable. The fact that the Oceanic was taken out of service in 2000, (just two years after the Magic debuted) speaks to just how ready she was for retirement when she was operating as the Big Red Boat. Oceanic was repositioned and repurposed after that. But it could never attract U.S. based customers given how many new cruise ships were coming on line then.

 

[Crystal824]

I loved the name "Spoodles"

Me too. I never ate there, but I always wanted to.