Discamper 394 Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Farmman 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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DaveInTN 3,247 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 The area looks so much "simpler" then. And where are all the people? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 I always thought those astronauts in the Space Mountain car were cool. I wonder why they ditched them? TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jjbescher 17 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 I always thought those astronauts in the Space Mountain car were cool.I wonder why they ditched them?TCDCould it be because they changed the vehicle that you ride in. You are no longer sitting in someones lap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Cool photo, Todd. That's from the grand opening of Space Mountain in January, 1975. Since Disney knows how to market, it was featured on a Wide World of Disney episode, which you can see here. Groovy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rR6ra7ULa8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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DaveInTN 3,247 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I love that picture! Those are great shimmying logs, there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I love that picture! Those are great shimmying logs, there. Looks like the bark is still on them! That would be rough on the thighs, no? Todd- that is an awesome photo! I'd love to see more, if there are any. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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DaveInTN 3,247 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 I love that the canoes used to have the Musket Mickey logo on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Discamper 394 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 pop quiz does anyone know where that is? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djsamuel 322 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 The area looks so much "simpler" then. And where are all the people?I yearn for those days! I have a picture taken in Frontierland on my honeymoon in September 1984. It was from the area of Diamond Horseshoe, looking towards what is now Splash Mountain (then the train station). There are 3 people in the entire picture. back then there really was an off season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 pop quiz does anyone know where that is?I was going to ask you where this was. At first, I was thinking down by the old Marshmallow Marsh cabin. But, I can't place what's in the background. So, now I'm thinking this must have been behind the old location of the Bike Barn- where the 300 loop playground is now- that's the little inlet in the canal that is still there. That dock isn't there anymore. Nor is the sandy beach. Or I may be in the wrong place. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 I was going to ask you where this was. At first, I was thinking down by the old Marshmallow Marsh cabin. But, I can't place what's in the background. So, now I'm thinking this must have been behind the old location of the Bike Barn- where the 300 loop playground is now- that's the little inlet in the canal that is still there. That dock isn't there anymore. Nor is the sandy beach. Or I may be in the wrong place. TCD I think you are right. Marshmallow Marsh wouldn't have had a sandy beach area being along the canal with the dam (which I assume was always there?). But that inlet where the Bike Barn used to be looks right. TCD....I hope you don't mind, but I borrowed your purple crayon again. Does this look about right compared to that picture? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 I think you are right. Marshmallow Marsh wouldn't have had a sandy beach area being along the canal with the dam (which I assume was always there?). But that inlet where the Bike Barn used to be looks right. TCD....I hope you don't mind, but I borrowed your purple crayon again. Does this look about right compared to that picture? Wow! I'm impressed! That is exactly the area I was thinking of. I agree with you- I believe the dam has always been where it is now- it is part of the drainage system installed when WDW was first developed. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 That makes me wonder....did the FWRR have a stop at the bike barn? It crossed that area through the middle of what is now the dog park. And the bike barn was right there too. That would have been really cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 That makes me wonder....did the FWRR have a stop at the bike barn? It crossed that area through the middle of what is now the dog park. And the bike barn was right there too. That would have been really cool. I have never heard of a train stop at the Bike Barn. Guests would have just loaded up down at the Settlement, and the train would have just gotten going. This map doesn't show a stop there: TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 So did the train have just 3 stops? Gateway (Outpost) Depot, Settlement Depot, and Meadow Trading Post? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 So did the train have just 3 stops? Gateway (Outpost) Depot, Settlement Depot, and Meadow Trading Post? I looked in to this some more, and maybe there was at one time a stop at the Bike Barn- look at this map from Dave Leaphart's site: The map I posted shows bus stops. I think there was a time when they just used the train to move people around- no buses, no trams. Dave's map shows a train stop near Tupelo Trail (the original name for the 500 loop). TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Discamper 394 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Great Job everyone and that was an old swimming hole also. I have been looking for a pic of that area for a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Great Job everyone and that was an old swimming hole also. I have been looking for a pic of that area for a long time. Very cool, Todd. Was that dock we see in the back used by swimmers? I never knew they let people swim here. Were there lifeguards on duty? TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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