Eat Your Heart Out Marty McFly......AC's 1978-1989 Trip Back in Time (updates that go back to 1975 commenced on 3-12-15 )

[alexwyattmommy 181]

There were wheelchairs parked by the Frontierland Station.

 

Go away to help at school and look at all I miss.

Too much to comment on all of it.  But I do remember the Diamond Horseshoe review.  My dad was the one who got the mirror on the bald spot during the show we saw.

Pooh was scary.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Pooh was scary looking back then. My older sister said I didn't like the characters on our first 2 trips 79 and 81. After looking at them I now see why.

 

I don't remember anyone in my family growing up (or my kids) having any issues with characters.

 

I guess we lucked out.

 

And does anyone see any of those damn scooters,..NO, you don't, because they weren't around then. How did we ever get along without them?

I'll tell you how, wheelchairs. If you wanted to do the parks that bad in those days, you pushed yourself or someone pushed you. And that's how it should be.

 

They hadn't invented the VCR or Atari 2600 yet either had they?

 

Remember the "Beta" vs. VHS war?

 

There were wheelchairs parked by the Frontierland Station.

 

Go away to help at school and look at all I miss.

Too much to comment on all of it.  But I do remember the Diamond Horseshoe review.  My dad was the one who got the mirror on the bald spot during the show we saw.

Pooh was scary.

 

I don't think he's scary as much as his stature is like an Oompa-Loompa.

[Nicki aka Rebelstand 272]

Caught up

[Judy in Texas 150]

I don't remember anyone in my family growing up (or my kids) having any issues with characters. I guess we lucked out.

Took my daughter to Kings Island in Ohio when she was 3-4 years old. She saw Jabber Jaw and started screaming - panic screaming. I bet she was heard all the way to Cincinnati.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Last update until Monday morning.............

 

We will get straight to it.

 

Here we are at another great place from the past:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is that a pig in the next two pics?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the next update which I will get to after the weekend, we will punch the year 1983 into our DeLorean.

[alexwyattmommy 181]

The legs look a little long to be a pig, but I've never owned one so I can't commit to this answer. :)

 

Do you remember being on Discovery Island?  So many neat things that have been eliminated from the current line up.

Enjoy your weekend.  Looking forward to 1983.

[DaveInTN 3,247]

Doesn't look like any pig I've ever seen.  Or eaten. 

 

Looking forward to 1983. 

[LONE-STAR 370]

And does anyone see any of those damn scooters,..NO, you don't, because they weren't around then. How did we ever get along without them?

I'll tell you how, wheelchairs. If you wanted to do the parks that bad in those days, you pushed yourself or someone pushed you. And that's how it should be.

Well I guess your healthy and no one close to you has a disability or you might fell different.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

The legs look a little long to be a pig, but I've never owned one so I can't commit to this answer. :)

 

Do you remember being on Discovery Island?  So many neat things that have been eliminated from the current line up.

Enjoy your weekend.  Looking forward to 1983.

 

 

Doesn't look like any pig I've ever seen.  Or eaten. 

 

Looking forward to 1983. 

 

I didn't think it was a pig either but DW said she thought it might be.  Any idea what it is?

 

Update coming up!

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

To start the next update, we skip ahead to 1981.

 

We also start by visiting some "off-campus" venues.

 

So without further delay, her we go:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So that was Busch Gardens in 1983 and now we are on our way to WDW...............

[alexwyattmommy 181]

Somebody wanted two front teeth for Christmas that year. :D

 

Sorry that your elephant didn't fly, but it still looked like it was fun.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Here we are back at the Fort:

 

 

More fun at the CR and Poly:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you remember the Empress Lilly?

 

It is now Fulton's Crab House I believe.

 

Here we are for the character breakfast:

 

 

 

 

 

Next we head back to the Magic Kingdom...............

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Somebody wanted two front teeth for Christmas that year. :D

 

Sorry that your elephant didn't fly, but it still looked like it was fun.

 

I knocked them both out by tripping and slamming my face into the footboard post on my bed.

[alexwyattmommy 181]

The Crab House was okay, but it looks like it was way more fun with characters.

I love the topiary elephants. 

[alexwyattmommy 181]

Ouch!!

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Here we are back at the Magic Kingdom and as you can see below, the Fantasy Faire stage is still alive and kicking:

 

 

 

Of course we had to ride the Flying Pachyderms:

 

 

 

Look.

 

It's the wagon again.

 

 

 

 

Tom Sawyer's Island:

 

 

 

 

 

A new ride opened in Frontierland in 1980, but we had been on WDW hiatus since 1979.

 

Apparently my parents thought you couldn't bring a new baby to WDW.

 

While that logic is clearly flawed and my DW and I proved it wrong decades later, my parents did not take us to WDW since early Spring 1979.  We were such deprived children.

 

So we had missed out on a very important new attraction. 

 

Now it was Spring (i believe) of 1981 and we would need to make up for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now it's time for another parade:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you notice Weird Pooh is still around in 1981?

 

Up  next we take a trip off-campus to an extinct park.........

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

The Crab House was okay, but it looks like it was way more fun with characters.

I love the topiary elephants. 

 

It seems there used to be a ton of topiary characters, animals, and such around the monorail line, but not so much anymore.

 

Ouch!!

 

Yup.

 

Big time.

[alexwyattmommy 181]

Why is there a zebra on that float?

 

Looks like someone's little sibling was pretty upset there was no ice cream in that wagon.

 

Loving the photos.  Keep them coming.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

Why is there a zebra on that float?

 

Looks like someone's little sibling was pretty upset there was no ice cream in that wagon.

 

Loving the photos.  Keep them coming.

 

I didn't notice the zebra before.  I really don't know why it was there.

 

I did notice something else fairly major though.  I will put that in a separate post though.

[AC in A2......Aaron 693]

So the pics in the wagon really made me do a double take as I reviewed the post.

 

It seemed younger bro looked way too small for this to be 1983.

 

I did some digging and made a phone call and am 100% we have only skipped ahead to 1981.

 

I have edited the last couple updates to reflect that.

 

My bad for any confusion.

[DaveInTN 3,247]

So at some point a little girl started tagging along on your trips? 

 

And what happened to the Burb? 

 

Mmmm, free beer at Busch Gardens....

[ftwildernessguy 778]

I bet we didn't ride BTMRR until sometime in the early 90's. Every time we went, it was down for rehab.

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Haven't been to Busch Gardens since the mid 70s.  Enjoyed your pics!

 

It's hard to believe BTMRR is over 30 years old.  Where has all the time gone?

 

Please keep the photos coming!

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

And does anyone see any of those damn scooters,..NO, you don't, because they weren't around then. How did we ever get along without them?

I'll tell you how, wheelchairs. If you wanted to do the parks that bad in those days, you pushed yourself or someone pushed you. And that's how it should be.

 

You are just jealous because Jason looked so cool on his.

[dblr....Rennie 224]

Love the old classic extended mirrors on the old family wagon and I remember doing a character breakfast on the Empress Lilly back in 1993. Great pictures!!!!!!!!