tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post355455083832784576..comments2024-03-28T16:44:05.806-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Main Street Station, WDW, November 1971Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69418020948465582202019-05-10T22:23:04.391-07:002019-05-10T22:23:04.391-07:00I see Donald Duck in the 3rd photo. Hint: by the m...I see Donald Duck in the 3rd photo. Hint: by the man in the yellow shirt and light blue pants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-10284579323429355262019-05-10T17:42:13.012-07:002019-05-10T17:42:13.012-07:00JG, yes, the cinematic experience was something th...JG, yes, the cinematic experience was something that the Imagineers used in many rides. They also compare a lot of them to entering a sort of dream state.<br /><br />KS, you are definitely lucky. I still have never been there - and am not sure I want to go these days.<br /><br />Melissa, I think I have seen pictures of the Orange Bird poster - funny how beloved he became, and how happy people were when he returned! I wonder if Disney now officially owns his image?<br /><br />steve2wdw, yeah, it’s like breaking into Disneyland, from the outside it doesn’t look like it would be that hard to scale the fence, but you just KNOW that there are cameras and alarms all over.<br /><br />steve2wdw, “touch points”, I guess that’s what the Magic Band is for?Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-65903944677090245622019-05-10T16:39:38.977-07:002019-05-10T16:39:38.977-07:00I should correct myself as the MK doesn't actu...I should correct myself as the MK doesn't actually have turnstiles anymore....just touch points. It's a much more open feel to the whole entry process!steve2wdwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14846741520382003224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-79858665780127871982019-05-10T16:37:42.750-07:002019-05-10T16:37:42.750-07:00Fences at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom are st...Fences at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom are still the same height. More turnstiles, but where there's fence, it's definitely jumpable! (Although who'd take that chance, and maybe be ejected for life!)steve2wdwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14846741520382003224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-25461571789506351822019-05-10T12:43:39.522-07:002019-05-10T12:43:39.522-07:00I remember when the Orange Bird came back to the S...I remember when the Orange Bird came back to the Sunshine Tree Terrace in 2012, they put up an Orange Bird poster in the train tunnel to celebrate the occasion. Not sure if it's still there.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-41520863069356138902019-05-10T10:31:44.632-07:002019-05-10T10:31:44.632-07:00WDW...when it was squeaky clean and new...and remo...WDW...when it was squeaky clean and new...and remote! It was a destination...a World unto itself. Now it's surrounded by urbanization...and is a very busy place on its own. Glad I had the opportunity to experience it 'back in the day'. KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-81188085330036984202019-05-10T09:38:29.598-07:002019-05-10T09:38:29.598-07:00These are fine photos indeed.
Walking through the...These are fine photos indeed.<br /><br />Walking through the tunnel entrances is a very cinematic way to come in. It's a scene change.<br /><br />Thanks Major.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-24790685122877772522019-05-10T08:50:36.556-07:002019-05-10T08:50:36.556-07:00Nanook, it’s photos like these that really make me...Nanook, it’s photos like these that really make me wish I’d seen WDW in those earliest of days. So nice.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, has that low fence been replaced with a much higher one? I wasn’t sure if there wasn’t a higher, more prison-y fence behind the photographer. And it would have been very cool if they could have somehow included the big oculus window for lucky guests.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, oh yeah… she’s all in! I like her style.<br /><br />Chuck, I actually looked at this post at 4 in the morning, and read that paragraph, and thought, “Huh, I need to fix that”. Only to see that you’d already commented on it! Oh well, that’s what I get for writing posts while only viewing the small thumbnail version. I seem to remember that I had a fur hat of some kind when I was a kid, but I can’t be certain it was supposed to be a coon skin cap, or where it came from. It probably got very ratty and was thrown away. Meanwhile, very weird that they have done away with the elevation sign. And the population count was always fun! I don’t get it.<br /><br />Penna. Andrew, I have to admit that I am surprised at the huge crowds for those characters; those east-coasters needed those fuzzy hugs! I guess I need to look for current images of how the entrance looks, because I have nothing to use for comparison.<br /><br />Stu29573, see my comment to Chuck! Disneyland’s tunnels still have posters too, though of course the posters for things like “Pirates” are repros. I am almost sure I have read John Hench’s thoughts about the way walking through the tunnels into Town Square was very intentional - and how it works so well!<br /><br />Melissa, I know, I wish I had lots more!<br /><br />Jonathan, from what I’ve heard, between the heat, humidity, and potential afternoon downpours, a babushka is probably not a bad idea for ladies in Florida. The WDW attraction posters must be incredibly rare (I have some ideas why, but won’t go into them here), I don’t recall seeing any for sale, though I know someone who has a silkscreened 20K poster.<br /><br />dennis, the “Here you leave…” sign definitely seems like one of those later additions. I wasn’t sure they even had them in Florida; did Roy Disney give a speech that was based on Walt’s Disneyland speech? Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-62709293235286104732019-05-10T08:22:28.269-07:002019-05-10T08:22:28.269-07:00And the tunnel is missing the "Here you leave...And the tunnel is missing the "Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday tomorrow and fantasy" sign. They have round ones in Florida, rectangular ones in Anaheim. Maybe they didn't start installing them until after 1971. Dennis Levittown NYdennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877267230282523219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-21427191281865141522019-05-10T07:49:44.632-07:002019-05-10T07:49:44.632-07:00X comes through again. Babushka sighting in the fi...X comes through again. Babushka sighting in the first pic. Check out the woman in the Red Partridge Family pants suit in the second photo, cool. Also, two pair of amazing striped pants, love it. I agree, the Nemo poster would look good on my wall as well. TokyoMagic, you are never too old for mouse ears! Love it. Thanks Major.JC Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266914255406912159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-32914403440325646922019-05-10T07:22:31.675-07:002019-05-10T07:22:31.675-07:00These 1971 pictures have been such a treat!These 1971 pictures have been such a treat!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-62176240322431884762019-05-10T06:18:13.726-07:002019-05-10T06:18:13.726-07:00Chuck beat me to it, but he's right, it's ...Chuck beat me to it, but he's right, it's one wide tunnel. However, it does still have attraction posters in it (current attractions only, I'm afraid). There is definitely a feeling of grandeur walking through those tunnels and seeing Town Square for the first time- and then walking a bit more to look down Main Street at the HUGE castle. No matter how many times I do it, it still satisfies the soul! Stu29573https://www.blogger.com/profile/11476618457938961470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-323971452917490312019-05-10T04:09:22.515-07:002019-05-10T04:09:22.515-07:00That's quite a crowd around the entrance. I gu...That's quite a crowd around the entrance. I guess the characters were popular, even back then; face the facts, who hasn't always had a soft spot in their heart for the old-school Winnie-the-Pooh?<br /><br />It's peculiar seeing the turnstiles out in the open like that with no cover. No MyMagic+® consoles to be seen here.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518573464827073114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-89401543184450677672019-05-10T03:45:45.187-07:002019-05-10T03:45:45.187-07:00Aaaack! Only six more Mr. X November '71 slid...<br />Aaaack! Only six more Mr. X November '71 slides! <br /><br />Major, it's hard to tell from this angle, but there's actually just one west tunnel at the MK. It's a lot wider than the one at DL and has a support column in the middle of the entrance and exit portals. It's easier to see in <a href="http://www.disneydining.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Tunnels-under-Walt-Disney-World-Railroad-Main-Street-Station-Magic-Kingdom-Walt-Disney-World.jpg" rel="nofollow">this photo</a>.<br /><br />It took me forever to find that boy in the coonskin cap. The monitor on my laptop was at the wrong angle, and I wasn't expecting him on his dad's shoulders. I still have my first coonskin cap, bought at the Meadow Trading Post at the Fort Wilderness Campground on my first WDW trip in 1979. The hat part was of rabbit fur while only the tail was genuine ex-raccoon. My sister's example looked a little odd, as there was a large patch of white fur from the rabbit's belly on the front, but it made it easy to tell them apart.<br /><br />I think this is the first photo I've ever seen of the sign on the train station without an elevation or population count. In researching to make sure I wasn't misremembering things, I discovered that a <a href="http://blogmickey.com/2017/03/photos-video-walt-disney-world-railroad-station-magic-kingdom-sign-changed-refurbishment/" rel="nofollow">2017 refurbishment</a> removed the elevation and population as well as the definite article and the overall property name. I can see how this will save money in the long run so that the company doesn't have to keep repainting every time the elevation changes.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-56616152941706767532019-05-10T00:32:01.694-07:002019-05-10T00:32:01.694-07:00How cute! In the first pic, the white-haired lady...How cute! In the first pic, the white-haired lady wearing the diamond print skirt (or are those knee-length hostess pants?), is wearing mouse ears!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54417479997682127052019-05-10T00:26:52.691-07:002019-05-10T00:26:52.691-07:00Look how easy it would be to jump over that low fe...Look how easy it would be to jump over that low fence and get into the park.....if that security guard didn't happen to be looking in that direction.<br /><br />Who were the lucky guests that got to sit in front of that giant porthole, on the side of Captain Nemo's Nautilus?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-8768970175771250622019-05-10T00:11:55.433-07:002019-05-10T00:11:55.433-07:00Major-
Oh, those images look so yummy-! Why aren...Major-<br /><br />Oh, those images look so yummy-! Why aren't we all there-? Sigh...<br /><br />Thanks, once again to Mr. X and to you.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com