tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post2629291821770138576..comments2024-03-29T00:34:09.653-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Walt Disney World - 1977 Resort Guide, Part 2Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-74883401932849646492016-09-16T03:36:22.430-07:002016-09-16T03:36:22.430-07:00Proof of Time Travel. Selena Gomez portraying a p...Proof of Time Travel. Selena Gomez portraying a polynesian dancer seen on page 12.Gnometrekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15345102959768575170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-56288314197025150022016-09-16T03:36:02.859-07:002016-09-16T03:36:02.859-07:00Proof of Time Travel. Selena Gomez portraying a p...Proof of Time Travel. Selena Gomez portraying a polynesian dancer seen on page 12.Gnometrekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15345102959768575170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-61762363549516685012016-09-15T22:38:26.393-07:002016-09-15T22:38:26.393-07:00What a cool place WDW would have been to visit in ...What a cool place WDW would have been to visit in the 70's. Seems like Disney at it's most refined...walterworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319070921534941313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-65207927664653791972016-09-15T15:39:40.904-07:002016-09-15T15:39:40.904-07:00TM!, actually, Professor Victor Bergman (Barry Mor...TM!, actually, Professor Victor Bergman (Barry Morse) was responsible for those crazy key codes. In 1977, John Koenig was at MIT and Helena Russell was still in high school.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-9823580934050944202016-09-15T11:19:02.070-07:002016-09-15T11:19:02.070-07:00Nanook, I love the early names of the Disney hote...Nanook, I love the early names of the Disney hotel shops and restaurants. Way better than what they name them now. Chef Mickeys!? O'hana's!? Ho-hum.<br /><br />Patrick Devlin, I definitely recommend you show up with this guide and if that doesn't work, just tell them J. Nartubez sent you.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, I was watching some DVDs on vintage WDW recently and they showed people wading and swimming and water skiing in Bay Lake and Seven Seas Lagoon. Of course that was back in the 1970's. What a world of difference today. Now it's amoebas and gators and copperheads, oh my!<br /><br />Chuck, You definitely saw more than I did. While I toured the lobbies of the hotels, I didn't have the time to go to the Disney hotel's signature shows.<br /><br />Mark H. Besotted. I'm amazed that both the Polynesian Village Luau and Hoop-de-Doo Musical Revue are still running to this day. They must've surpassed Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue's world record by now.<br /><br />Melissa, I love Passport to Dreams. Really the best blog on Walt Disney World out there in my opinion. And yes, it's amazing how they really changed the advertising to make it about Disney Parks being the rite of passage for every child instead of gearing towards adults.<br /><br />Tokyo Magic! Again, Glad you're enjoying the series. There's more to come!K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-82746301841019368142016-09-15T10:55:29.304-07:002016-09-15T10:55:29.304-07:00By the way Major and Ken, I'm enjoying this se...By the way Major and Ken, I'm enjoying this series of posts.....thank you!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-66337289913777480202016-09-15T10:52:13.440-07:002016-09-15T10:52:13.440-07:00Chuck, so what you are saying is that Martin Landa...Chuck, so what you are saying is that Martin Landau and Barbara Bain thought up those complicated room key codes?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-57355566151345449662016-09-15T06:31:57.606-07:002016-09-15T06:31:57.606-07:00These are especially exciting after reading the hi...These are especially exciting after reading the history of changes to the Grand Canyon Concourse at <i>Passport to Dreams Old and New.</i><br /><br />What's striking to me about this publication is the scarcity of children in the pictures. Lots of adults still go without children, but you don't see them in any publicity materials.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-58416011714314853582016-09-15T06:21:05.823-07:002016-09-15T06:21:05.823-07:00I love this type of ephemera -- thanks!
My wife a...I love this type of ephemera -- thanks!<br /><br />My wife and I saw the luau show a few years back. It is indeed still going strong, and even the obligatory inclusion of a Stitch song didn't bother me much.Mark H. Besottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08176876658706532175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-47969547616985590082016-09-15T06:03:42.207-07:002016-09-15T06:03:42.207-07:00I remember seeing the luau on the beach in '79...I remember seeing the luau on the beach in '79 (I also remember swimming in Bay Lake without noseplugs, but that's a different story). The Whoop-de-Doo Revue was a tough act to follow for my ten-year-old eyes, but it was still a great show. <br /><br />Since the Contemporary was themed to Tomorrowland, the key codes were probably an attempt to reinforce math skills to help develop the engineers and scientists we were going to need to colonise the Moon by 1999 (just before it was blown out of orbit).<br /><br />Thanks again, Ken and the Major!Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-78172816162432459532016-09-15T02:35:08.267-07:002016-09-15T02:35:08.267-07:00Yeah, the prices are what were standing out the mo...Yeah, the prices are what were standing out the most to me on these pages. That and the super complicated room key codes! I hope those people boating on the water were wearing nose plugs to keep out the brain-eating amoebae.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-71446494704558620062016-09-15T01:12:38.282-07:002016-09-15T01:12:38.282-07:00Just a quick question, Ken. If you show up with on...Just a quick question, Ken. If you show up with one of these guides do you get to pay the prices listed? Seems like a reasonable thing to me...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819318798840978404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-71391591081671861442016-09-15T00:18:16.412-07:002016-09-15T00:18:16.412-07:00Oh, Ken-
Those 1970's WDW memories are floodi...Oh, Ken-<br /><br />Those 1970's WDW memories are flooding back: <i>The Outer Rim; The Fiesta Fun Center; Top of the World; Monorail Club Car; The Contemporary Man/Woman; Fantasia Shop; The Papeete Bay Verandah; The Coral Isle Cafe...</i> Good times, indeed. (And let's not even begin to talk about those prices-!)<br /><br />Thanks Ken & The Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com