Rhetoric2000
07-08-2008, 10:16 AM
Hi Folks,
I thought, having viewed a couple of the "memory lane" threads we've had recently that it was time to bring up something that I remember so vividly from my own childhood - widespread live entertainment within the Magic Kingdom and peoples memories of it.
Many people rightly lament the passing of rides such as 20,000 leagues and Mr Toad, but for me the abiding memory of many of my early trips to WDW was the real life stuff.
I know there is still similar entertainment on Main Street to what there was in 1990ish (though much of MSUSA has changed) however do people remember when:
- Cowboys fought each other on the rooftops of Frontierland (which you wouldn't get now for a whole host of reasons).
- The actual proper Diamond Horseshoe Jamboree.
- Kayaking around Tom Sawyer island.
- Steel Drums in Caribbean Plaza.
- Sword in the Stone ceremony.
And more specifically does anybody know when each of these things ended? And remember any other snippets like this? I've always wondered - particularly about the cowboys which I'd almost convinced myself I'd made up until my mother confirmed it.
I thought, having viewed a couple of the "memory lane" threads we've had recently that it was time to bring up something that I remember so vividly from my own childhood - widespread live entertainment within the Magic Kingdom and peoples memories of it.
Many people rightly lament the passing of rides such as 20,000 leagues and Mr Toad, but for me the abiding memory of many of my early trips to WDW was the real life stuff.
I know there is still similar entertainment on Main Street to what there was in 1990ish (though much of MSUSA has changed) however do people remember when:
- Cowboys fought each other on the rooftops of Frontierland (which you wouldn't get now for a whole host of reasons).
- The actual proper Diamond Horseshoe Jamboree.
- Kayaking around Tom Sawyer island.
- Steel Drums in Caribbean Plaza.
- Sword in the Stone ceremony.
And more specifically does anybody know when each of these things ended? And remember any other snippets like this? I've always wondered - particularly about the cowboys which I'd almost convinced myself I'd made up until my mother confirmed it.