The Second 50th

RStar · 07-12-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Well I took Monday off just so I could do whatever at the parks.

Since we are still celebrating 50 years - perhasp this birthday we can ride all the attractions that opened in 1956. According to my list that would be:

The Astro Orbiter - yeah I know, but it is the modern day successor to the Astro Jets, and is probably more like them that the interveneing Rocket Jets
The Horseless Carriage (both red & yellow)
Sailing Ship Columbia
Tom Sawyer Island
The Explorer Cannoes - though while riding them we should make Indian War Whoops
Omnibus #1

It can be our "Amost Gold" tour

So those are the ones added by Walt the following year (that are still operating)? Wow!

Funny, but I read "The Horseless Carriage" and my first thought was the hearst in front of the Haunted Mansion! I'm thinking "how's he gonna do that??"

Alex · 07-12-2006, 05:37 PM

You could also maybe also add Storybook Land Canal Boats since it was essentially a complete retheming of Canal Boats of the World and didn't open in the modern form until June 1956.

The original Fantasyland train station was also opened in 1956, though it was moved to its current location to make room for "it's a small world."

And then you can end it all by sneaking up to the Fantasyland station for the Skyway, which opened June 23, 1956.

Or you could go all out and drive out to Marceline, Missouri, and walk along the still-present Junior Autopia track that was built when that 1956 attraction closed and Walt donated it to the town.

07-12-2006, 05:37 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	You could also maybe also add Storybook Land Canal Boats since it was essentially a complete retheming of Canal Boats of the World and didn't open in the modern form until June 1956. The original Fantasyland train station was also opened in 1956, though it was moved to its current location to make room for "it's a small world." And then you can end it all by sneaking up to the Fantasyland station for the Skyway, which opened June 23, 1956. Or you could go all out and drive out to Marceline, Missouri, and walk along the still-present Junior Autopia track that was built when that 1956 attraction closed and Walt donated it to the town.
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