2001 - 100 Years of Magic, Disney's World Faces the Real One

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024
  • Welcome to Timekeeping. This show will attempt to chronicle year by year changes to the Walt Disney World Resort, from the excitement of a new ride opening, to the minutia of a store changing names. Join us as we celebrate 50 years of the Vacation Kingdom of the World!
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Комментарии • 28

  • @toddw8396
    @toddw8396 3 года назад +35

    Spectromagic, Illuminations, a parade in every park, and paper fast passes…ahh good times.

    • @JustInDisney
      @JustInDisney 10 месяцев назад

      Dude. Those paper fast passes were SURE to get lost!

    • @toddw8396
      @toddw8396 10 месяцев назад

      @@JustInDisney Nah, they easily fit in wallet or lanyard key card holders (in the pre magic band times, you got a “key to the world” card). The BEST part about the paper FP’s: you could give them away if you didn’t end up using them and the receiver of the tickets could use them!

    • @JustInDisney
      @JustInDisney 10 месяцев назад

      @@toddw8396but wut if u accidentally dropped one? They wouldn’t have been easy to pick up…

    • @toddw8396
      @toddw8396 10 месяцев назад

      @@JustInDisney it’s a great big world of what if

  • @TBevis
    @TBevis 3 года назад +10

    I can’t even imagine being in a Disney park on September 11th, 2001. I never really thought about how chaotic that must’ve been. Hugs to all!

  • @Mesharon777
    @Mesharon777 3 года назад +17

    It sure does seem like Disney parks have lost a lot over the years. Those all look like really fun things…Not much left anymore just higher prices

  • @AquaRoxas17
    @AquaRoxas17 Год назад +1

    Heading back out to Disney World soon and wanted to see what it was like the first I went… in September 2001. I was 3 at the time so I don’t remember much but according to my dad we were there on the 11th.
    According to him, the cast members seemed uneasy (obviously) but didn’t say a word inside the parks - supposedly to keep the illusion of being the “Happiest Place on Earth.” It wasn’t until we had left the strangely empty Animal Kingdom park that a security guard mentioned that something bad had happened - but didn’t say what. We go to lunch and my parents are very confused about why an “action movie” was playing on the TV. Then they realized.

  • @barrythompson6936
    @barrythompson6936 3 года назад +5

    All that magic has almost disappeared with the dollar grabs.

  • @UmmYeahOk
    @UmmYeahOk 3 года назад +6

    9:37 These pins still work, but the only places I noticed that were still working were:
    El Río Del Tiempo / Grand Fiesta Tour @ EPCOT towards the end, in the large fireworks room (1/19 confirmation)
    Pirates of the Carribean @ MK, right before the drop off and inappropriately throughout the cannon scene. (It’s a very dark ride, and you’re sharing a boat with others. Had to cover it up, to avoid distracting from the moment) (1/19 confirmation)
    Haunted Mansion @ MK - At the very end, all LEDs blink in unison, simulating a heart beat. (1/19 added)
    Dinosaur @ AK after you return back to the present. (1/19 added)
    Not bad for a forgotten 20yo feature.
    Rides previously known to go off, but did not ride:
    Tower of Terror @ MGM/DHS
    Maelstrom @ EPCOT was also known to set it off, but no longer works with the new Frozen ride.
    Spectromagic parade @ MK has been disassembled and is no more.
    Did not notice it during:
    Small World @ MK (1/17 Update - Batteries were too low to determine)(1/19 Update - I did not notice it go off at all, but at the very last scene, where all the nations are together in a giant blue unity room, I noticed a blue LED fade off. I could not tell if it had been doing this throughout with just that one color, or if I had accidentally triggered it myself)
    Space Mountain @ MK (1/19 Update - finally rode it. I was jerked around so much that it was lighting up throughout the ride, but whenever I checked, it lit up in the same fashion as if you had pressed the button yourself, so I could not confirm)
    Peter Pan's Flight @ MK - (supposedly only lights up the white bulb, so even though I was holding my bag, I might've not noticed whether it did anything or not) (1/17 Update - Batteries were too low to determine) (1/19 Update - Ride was closed for refurbishment)

  • @newu4834
    @newu4834 3 года назад +3

    I use to work at EPCOT and when they put the sign over spaceship earth we use to call it the 12 million dollar lighting rod.

  • @palw5949
    @palw5949 3 года назад +4

    Thank you great show...I love 💕 these.. it brings back so many memories.. it also makes me sad and angy..
    The 50th The greatest irredesent paint and light celebration on earth is the most un-disney celebration..
    💯 Years of magic.. there was shows everywhere.. parades in every park....it was magic everywhere for every one.. think about if you are 7 or younger what there for the 50th.. show they like? ( As my wife said show were best place to take kid before the melt down) Meet and great? From a distance or have the characters digital placed in same photo (new photo pass option).. don't get me wrong I really love Disney, I going in December..
    Work like a Capt, party like a pirate 🏴‍☠️🦜🦜🏴‍☠️...

  • @UmmYeahOk
    @UmmYeahOk 3 года назад +3

    My family typically went during Xmas/New Years. Every year it was busier and busier. In 2001, only a little over 3 months had past, and it was still on everyone’s minds, even if we weren’t directly effected. We had considered canceling the trip, but went anyway. Flying to a great symbol of American culture during the most important Christian holiday made WDW a big Target in our minds.
    To our surprise, it was busier than it had ever been up to that point. While yes, off peak was essentially a ghost town, with everything literally a walk on, including E Ticket attractions, peak season still remained peak. May 2005 we owned the parks. Dec 2005, it was even busier than 2001, what I had previously believed was busier than ever before.

  • @jrios29
    @jrios29 3 года назад +7

    I truly love this series! I pray they create a Playlist starting with 1971 on, and add to it every year! Thank you for doing this!

    • @Alirien
      @Alirien 3 года назад +1

      There’s a playlist of all the Timekeeping videos on the channel

    • @jrios29
      @jrios29 3 года назад +1

      @@Alirien I know they do, but it's in reverse chronological order, so you have to watch it backwards with the last video as 1971.

    • @Alirien
      @Alirien 3 года назад +1

      @@jrios29 Ah, okay, I hadn’t noticed that 😅

  • @jtstacey83
    @jtstacey83 3 года назад +5

    ah, back when resorts had themes and not something you would find on the interstate.

  • @joebalfe8540
    @joebalfe8540 3 года назад +4

    I was there about 2 weeks or more after 9/11. The park was empty until president Bush said..get down to Disney world in Florida. The next day the park was packed to the max.

    • @daa589
      @daa589 3 года назад

      Ah 20 years later... DONT GO ANYWHERE EVER

  • @lynnetted8250
    @lynnetted8250 3 года назад +3

    Darn COVID! Missing so much.

  • @Louismoxley
    @Louismoxley 3 года назад +2

    Used to be so much to do and see.. 😢

  • @HartStreet4Ever
    @HartStreet4Ever 3 года назад

    In March 2009 my wife at the time, the two step-kids and myself were asked at the beginning of the day while waiting first in line for a meet and greet with safari Mickey & Minni if we would like to be in the parade. We the Del Guidice Family from Timmins, Ontario, Canada rode on the "Hippo" float

  • @jgkidd82
    @jgkidd82 3 года назад

    Year my dad died and we went to WDW for Christmas. Rough year for me.

  • @bernardob1005
    @bernardob1005 3 года назад +2

    Great series - are the episodes organized in a sub channel? Would love to see them listed together

    • @WDWNT
      @WDWNT  3 года назад +3

      They’re in a playlist

  • @michaelsanchez440
    @michaelsanchez440 3 года назад +1

    September 11th. I thought so.

  • @1983horizons1
    @1983horizons1 3 года назад +2

    If there's one thing this series made me feel it's that anything that happened between 1955 and 1971 is akin to pre-history 😂