The smaller theme parks that surround the Orlando / Kissimmee area always confuse me. But I guess there is enough of an overflow of residents and tourists that they still make money. I suppose it's like any area with a decent sized population, there is always a small amusement park regardless of the massive international tourist destination right next door. Not everyone can afford to there I suppose.
Same thing goes for northeast Pennsylvania, up here there’s Hersheypark and Dorney. Higher class parks and all, but then there’s Knoebel’s Grove. Largest free admission park in the country.
My family was a season pass holders for Boardwalk and Baseball during it entire existence. One of it's draws to us, as "locals" was it was similar to our old hometown park, Kings Island, was less expansive, and not a crowded as the Disney Parks. Though that last item was one of it's downfalls. I was playing little league baseball at the time, and loved the baseball theming, the access to Minnesota Twins Minor league, i.e. O'Twins games as part of the package. I was sad to see it go at the time, but looking back at it, I can see why it did not last.
Knoebels seems to be a holy place for old-school wooden-coaster fans. Never been there, but I'd like to someday just because one of the coasters there is a (partial) attempt at recreating Mr. Twister, the first big coaster I ever rode on.
It’s definitely a price thing! As Florida residents, my boyfriend and I frequent Orlando a lot. When we first started dating we weren’t ready to stay the night together and we had less money so we took a day trip to Orlando and went to Fun Stop. Not the best theme park ever but fun nonetheless! Now we save up and take weekend trips to Disney together :)
I went to Boardwalks and Baseball in 1987 with my dad. I remember it as the lowest point on our vacation. It was *BORiNG.* We had been at Epcot for a few days and wanted to take a day to go do something else so we chose that park and there was simply nothing interesting there. Like you said in the video, generic attractions with generic shows, and compared to the splendor of Disney World (or even other local agttractions like Wet N' Wild) it felt like a back water county fair. We ended up spending less than half a day there and left feeling quite dissapointed. I'm not surprised it didn't last long in the slightest.
I had forgotten about Circus World, went there a couple times in the 80s as a kid....... never had a chance in my mind...... I always thought I could be at Disney or Seaworld right now instead of here
I remember when we were small children, that we stayed at a motel near Disney and we could see Circus World from our window. I hadn't even thought about it until right now. Thanks to watching Michael Kay's Channel, we discovered yours and we're so glad because the content's amazing. Bravo Rob and can't wait to watch more!
Can we please appreciate how the amazing rides, impeccable theming, world class animal attractions, beautiful landscaping, and brewery at Busch Gardens kept it afloat in Tampa all this time compared to Circus World and Cypress Gardens? They put in the effort to stay relevant, and fill in a much needed niche for quality extreme coasters and abundant animals, in such a competitive theme park landscape, let alone being 90 minutes from the competition. I think that's incredible and commendable, almost a miracle.
I feel lucky to have visited Circus World now. Maybe it wasn't on par with a Disney park, but it was a piece of history that a lot of people didn't get to experience.
Universal Studios had the ability to take advantage of IPs as big or even bigger than Disney’s. The better question is, how does the Holy Land Experience stay afloat
My mom went to Circus World when she was little. She told us about it on one of our trips to Disney World. We drive by where it was on our way there. The concept sounds very creepy tbh.
I remember riding The Hurricane and the Zoomerang at Circus World over a dozen times in one day. It never occurred to my teenage self that I was able to do that because almost nobody was coming to the park.
Hey Rob how about a video on all the coin monies sitting in the bottom of the small world water? History of tossing coins in water and where it all goes maybe?
I went to Circus World in 1977. I was 6. I remember seeing a show under the big top, riding and elephant, and seeing a movie that makes you feel like you are riding a roller coaster.
I loved Boardwalk & Baseball. I went once while visiting and then again as a resident. It did offer something different -- thrill rides that Disney (and SeaWorld and Cypress Gardens) didn't have. The roller coasters at Disney were kiddie rides compared to those. If you liked -- or love, as I do -- baseball, there were baseball games to play.
It's interesting that in the post-"Blackfish" era, SeaWorld has decided to become Orlando's big thrill coaster park. (Though Universal has some of that going on too, especially now. And the Fun Spot parks in Orlando and Kissimmee are kind of doing the old-fashioned carny midway thing.)
$35 3-day World Passport. Yeah boy! Those were the days. I still have one of those tickets with one day left unpunched. (and Disney will still honor it!)
I live about 30 minutes from where circus world was. I went to what it became boardwalk and baseball but I was far too young to remember with me bein 29 but now it's a large plaza with a nice movie theater, best buy and target.
Hey Rob, long time viewer, first time commenter. I felt the need to comment because I thought the editing of this video was fantastic! I love your channel and how it gives the history of the parks. It’s refreshing to hear about the past when the rest of my subscriptions give me the present and future news. Keep up the great work!
Financially, you can't - Disney and Universal are the only billion-dollar parks with their own in-house mass media arms. To compete with them is to spend a billion for the park. Disney/Universal is a force in the business that if you categorize all the theme parks, they are one of the two categories.
This is becoming my favorite Disney RUclips channel. Can you do a video on the history of California adventure and how it's start was bad and how they changed it up from a park that at first was not that great to a park that now has alot to see and do. Thanks for all the great content and looking forward to more videos.
Isn't this basically just the same story as when a "big box" store opens up? Sure, it brings lots of people to the area, but rarely, if ever, does that help the smaller local shops.
I’m wondering if Mattel had any toy properties or IP that could have made good attractions. Perhaps partnerships with IPs they they were making toys for at the time?
Interesting as always Rob. I will have to look into the history of Universal because unlike many others, they seem to be the one park to give Disney a run for their money. I also find it interesting that they have gone the route of using more screens and simulators, whereas Disney seems to be rehashing previous attractions with new theming: Mission Breakout overlaying Tower of Terror, Aliens Flying Saucers being a redo of Junkyard Jamboree, and the Incredicoaster being an even more basic overlay of CA Screamin’...they haven’t really been coming up the new attractions that they were always known for.
I went to Circus World once, with my grandparents in 1985ish. The only thing I remember about it was getting a hot dog that had a piece of plastic wrap inside of it. Plastic wrap, wadded up and cooked inside the meat. Not their fault, but the hot dog manufacturer's. However, since this is literally my only memory of going to Circus World, calling it forgettable ias very appropriate.
Huh. Looks like Circus World/Boardwalk and Baseball had a fairly impressive wooden coaster, an Arrow shuttle loop, and... a Schwarzkopf shuttle loop. Oddly redundant choice of rides.
Rob, can you explain what happened to Florida resident silver and gold passes? They are gone on the florida resident annual pass page. You can't buy them. Have they been discontinued? They are making Florida residents pay almost the same as others with very little discount as you can only buy a platnum or platnum plus plan. Ridiculous to me. 30 bucks a month makes sense. $900 for a year doesn't.
You really hit me where I live with this one....my family took several two-week vacations in Florida (specifically,in a beachfront condo not far from St. Augustine) during the 80's. I wanted to see WDW (and I did),but I also really,really wanted to go to the Stars Hall Of Fame. Unfortunately,largely because I didn't have transportation whenever I wanted it.well.... By the time I started going down there by myself,it had closed. I still have my brochures of the place,as well as View-Master reels I bought at Orlando airport. I never saw Circus World,but on my first solo Florida trip,I did visit its successor,Boardwalk & Baseball (this would be sometime in the late 80's). I wasn't the least bit surprised it closed so quickly; for years,I regaled my family with humorous tales of just how pathetic that place was,not at all like the supposed "charming turn-of-the-century amusement park" the ads promised....in those pre-internet days,that was the only information available. Still,I regret the fact that I have no pictures from my visit. I'm guessing you didn't mention Marineland because it isn't in the Orlando area. Our Beach condo was just a short drive from them,but these were their "down" years,when they were a shell of their former selves. Nice to see the place has turned itself around since then.
something unique to the table isn't enough, it has to be immensely difficult to copy or not worth Disney's time to emulate and by that I mean cost to benefit ratio.
As an employee of Opryland USA in TN many years ago, yes, I do believe Disney had an impact on our park closing. Disney was a bigger draw. Nashville is on FIRE now though!
A a little kid, Circus World didn't seem forgettable. I had a lot of fun. You could see the animals and ride rides, what could be better. I had a lot of fun at Boardwalk and Baseball too.
Universal is trash it’s a ghetto Disney world went in January for 1 day after spending 10 at Disney world the Harry Potter place was cool but besides that it sucked
DONALD JOHNSON - Wow, I have totally the opposite opinion. Weird. I feel that Universal is going in the wrong direction. Every ride you go on is just screens, screens, screens, and if you are a single rider you can get both parks done in two days. Whereas the variety and theming of Disney is just unmatched anywhere else. Especially Animal Kingdom, which is probably my favourite park! Pandora is themed amazingly, and the Africa area is incredible with the music and dancers everywhere you turn. Plus the rides at Disney are properly thought through - not just endless ‘put on some goggles and watch a screen’. I much prefer Disney.
Outside of universal and Walt Disney world I don’t see much business with the other parks in the area. I’d have to say that universal and Walt Disney world are probably the 2 biggest most visited parks Disney being #1
joshua witt Actually in the US Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Park are most visited. Followed by Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood studios, then Universal Studios.
Figures someone would try a correct me. I meant the Disney parks IN FLORIDA as a whole, and when I involved universal I was targeting the Florida parks not all parks world wide
I remember going to boardwalk and baseball as a kid. My family loved baseball, we used to take trips up to Atlanta for Braves games. So it was cool to a have a theme park that was themed around what we liked. Never knew it was called circus world before, kinda glad I didn't, clowns scared me.
Love all of your videos Rob!! I watch a new one everyday on my lunch break! I just love your approach of sharing your knowledge of Disney History and more!
So since Universal wouldn't be built for another 8 years or so later, EPCOT Center's introduction didn't really impact it much. By the time it did get built that whole Disney vacation mindset was already well in place. I think there might be a future video that does a deeper dive into Universal and Disney-MGM Studios since they opened around each other and had a much stronger impact on one another due to their similar themes.
Universal probably learned from this and that's why they're successful. But they haven't been successful enough to get me going there more. I've been there only two times and to Disney an uncountable number of times.
They were destined to close. They had no vision and weren't changing with the times. Disney is such a good example (mostly) of having a long term vision and changing when they need to. Yeah, I wish Horizons was still there (no tears shed for the loss of Ellen, but I did like the original Universe of Energy), but Mission Space is better as is most of all the changes that have come to the parks.
Stars Hall of Fame was bad. Most the figures did not look like the stars. I only went one time, never again. The loss of Circus World was sad. It also was a bit too far out of the way, so we didn't go that often.
There was another in Daytona (Marco Polo Park) It had 2nd or 3rd rate rides. Nothing really special but was off I-95 Opened around 1974. It suffered the fate of "sameness" & Opec It struggled to bring in 1million visitors. There were also 2 fires (ironically) the insurance and lapsed during the off season. Disney went from an "auto destination" to a "fly to" offering those packages kept you on "property" and focused on their "products" That's how companies stay viable & profitable$
Reedy Creek has their own fire department, however Disney World doesn't have it's own police force. They have a security team much like any park would, but the regular police services are covered by the county.
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Remember how quickly those parks closed after Epcot opened?
*_Thank the phonecians!_*
What are phonecians?
It’s a line from spaceship earth I thought would be funny...
I got it😂
I’m dead! That’s such a disney nerd joke lol!
Good one!! 😆
The smaller theme parks that surround the Orlando / Kissimmee area always confuse me. But I guess there is enough of an overflow of residents and tourists that they still make money.
I suppose it's like any area with a decent sized population, there is always a small amusement park regardless of the massive international tourist destination right next door. Not everyone can afford to there I suppose.
Same thing goes for northeast Pennsylvania, up here there’s Hersheypark and Dorney. Higher class parks and all, but then there’s Knoebel’s Grove. Largest free admission park in the country.
I'll be at Knoebels on Saturday! haha (I live in Northest PA and frequent all these parks).
My family was a season pass holders for Boardwalk and Baseball during it entire existence. One of it's draws to us, as "locals" was it was similar to our old hometown park, Kings Island, was less expansive, and not a crowded as the Disney Parks. Though that last item was one of it's downfalls.
I was playing little league baseball at the time, and loved the baseball theming, the access to Minnesota Twins Minor league, i.e. O'Twins games as part of the package.
I was sad to see it go at the time, but looking back at it, I can see why it did not last.
Knoebels seems to be a holy place for old-school wooden-coaster fans. Never been there, but I'd like to someday just because one of the coasters there is a (partial) attempt at recreating Mr. Twister, the first big coaster I ever rode on.
It’s definitely a price thing! As Florida residents, my boyfriend and I frequent Orlando a lot. When we first started dating we weren’t ready to stay the night together and we had less money so we took a day trip to Orlando and went to Fun Stop. Not the best theme park ever but fun nonetheless! Now we save up and take weekend trips to Disney together :)
I went to Boardwalks and Baseball in 1987 with my dad. I remember it as the lowest point on our vacation. It was *BORiNG.* We had been at Epcot for a few days and wanted to take a day to go do something else so we chose that park and there was simply nothing interesting there. Like you said in the video, generic attractions with generic shows, and compared to the splendor of Disney World (or even other local agttractions like Wet N' Wild) it felt like a back water county fair. We ended up spending less than half a day there and left feeling quite dissapointed. I'm not surprised it didn't last long in the slightest.
Another amazing video Rob. Your's really stand out and deepen our understanding of the history of the parks. Keep up the great content!!
Thanks!
Splendid China is another attraction that comes to mind that drowned out.
Your stuff is always unique and interesting while staying true to the Disney theme. Thank you.
I had forgotten about Circus World, went there a couple times in the 80s as a kid....... never had a chance in my mind...... I always thought I could be at Disney or Seaworld right now instead of here
I remember when we were small children, that we stayed at a motel near Disney and we could see Circus World from our window. I hadn't even thought about it until right now. Thanks to watching Michael Kay's Channel, we discovered yours and we're so glad because the content's amazing. Bravo Rob and can't wait to watch more!
I went to Boardwalk and baseball as a kid. I rode Zoomerang and wasn't impressed. The park had nothing to see, no reason to go back.
Can we please appreciate how the amazing rides, impeccable theming, world class animal attractions, beautiful landscaping, and brewery at Busch Gardens kept it afloat in Tampa all this time compared to Circus World and Cypress Gardens? They put in the effort to stay relevant, and fill in a much needed niche for quality extreme coasters and abundant animals, in such a competitive theme park landscape, let alone being 90 minutes from the competition.
I think that's incredible and commendable, almost a miracle.
Holy sub count!!! I remember when you were at 5,000. Such an accomplishment.
Great work dude. Oh, and don't call me Shirley.
I feel lucky to have visited Circus World now. Maybe it wasn't on par with a Disney park, but it was a piece of history that a lot of people didn't get to experience.
you did not talk about Cypress Garden, opened in 1936. Now LegoLand. In Winter Haven, FL.
Woah ho ho! Wow! That is a name I haven't heard in ages, and honestly, I had totally forgotten about it. Went there several times as a kid.
Wait they closed cypress garden.
Curious how Universal Studios ended up succeeding.
its called Money and intellectual properties!
TheJaredtheJaredlong & Epcot didn’t
Universal Studios had the ability to take advantage of IPs as big or even bigger than Disney’s.
The better question is, how does the Holy Land Experience stay afloat
My mom went to Circus World when she was little. She told us about it on one of our trips to Disney World. We drive by where it was on our way there. The concept sounds very creepy tbh.
bbkangs what was the concept
As soon as I saw all the clowns I thought... yeah, that's why it closed.
It wasn't. It was kinda neat. To be fair I wasn't deathly terrified of clowns yet but it was simple fun.
I remember riding The Hurricane and the Zoomerang at Circus World over a dozen times in one day. It never occurred to my teenage self that I was able to do that because almost nobody was coming to the park.
I remember taking Eastern as a child. Damn I’m old. 😂
If you had wings🎶
Every single video of this channel is extremely good, including some videos that their titles _seem_ pretty boring but is actually very interesting
Hey Rob how about a video on all the coin monies sitting in the bottom of the small world water? History of tossing coins in water and where it all goes maybe?
I remember going to Circus World and being able to stay on the roller coaster for multiple rides.
Fantastic piece. Keep up the good work!
Your video scripts are so fluid and well written! Awesome video!
It reminds me of the Minions movie. They went to Orlando in 1969. There was nothing there. Florida used to be a rural Southern state.
Rob just makes learning fun! Good work buddy!
I went to Circus World in 1977. I was 6. I remember seeing a show under the big top, riding and elephant, and seeing a movie that makes you feel like you are riding a roller coaster.
I remember Boardwalk and Baseball - saw a few games there. Miss it
I loved Boardwalk & Baseball. I went once while visiting and then again as a resident. It did offer something different -- thrill rides that Disney (and SeaWorld and Cypress Gardens) didn't have. The roller coasters at Disney were kiddie rides compared to those. If you liked -- or love, as I do -- baseball, there were baseball games to play.
It's interesting that in the post-"Blackfish" era, SeaWorld has decided to become Orlando's big thrill coaster park. (Though Universal has some of that going on too, especially now. And the Fun Spot parks in Orlando and Kissimmee are kind of doing the old-fashioned carny midway thing.)
This was awesome as always. I love your videos!
Amazing video as always!
$35 3-day World Passport. Yeah boy! Those were the days.
I still have one of those tickets with one day left unpunched. (and Disney will still honor it!)
went to all these parks in 82..... man have times changed, great video!
I always wondered why Circus World closed. Our family took us there as kids a couple of times. It wasn't thrilling, but it was worth the visit.
I live about 30 minutes from where circus world was. I went to what it became boardwalk and baseball but I was far too young to remember with me bein 29 but now it's a large plaza with a nice movie theater, best buy and target.
I'm reminded of episodes of animated sitcoms involving smalltown people trying to shut down brand markets because they hurt smaller local stores.
Hey Rob, long time viewer, first time commenter. I felt the need to comment because I thought the editing of this video was fantastic! I love your channel and how it gives the history of the parks. It’s refreshing to hear about the past when the rest of my subscriptions give me the present and future news. Keep up the great work!
Keep up the great videos!
How can anyone possibly compete with Disney?!
By offering something different and unique that they don't. Ones that didn't, didn't last long.
Yup... Universal
Financially, you can't - Disney and Universal are the only billion-dollar parks with their own in-house mass media arms. To compete with them is to spend a billion for the park. Disney/Universal is a force in the business that if you categorize all the theme parks, they are one of the two categories.
Minh Duong lame people
Youra Ninee hey I like universal
I love these videos!
Nice vid rob, keep up the great work.
I went to Circus World in 1978. The roller coaster I remember was called the Florida Hurricane.
This is becoming my favorite Disney RUclips channel. Can you do a video on the history of California adventure and how it's start was bad and how they changed it up from a park that at first was not that great to a park that now has alot to see and do. Thanks for all the great content and looking forward to more videos.
Gosh! I love your videos! Very interesting topic. Keep up the good work!!
I was at Epcot 35 last yr. Great ceremony
Awesome video!!!
Did Defuntland help edit this episode? Feels like it with added video cuts
Nope! I was just inspired after binging through "Explained" on Netflix to mix up my style a bit for fun.
Rob Plays ah makes sense. I'm so used to the usual style so it caught me off guard
Isn't this basically just the same story as when a "big box" store opens up? Sure, it brings lots of people to the area, but rarely, if ever, does that help the smaller local shops.
I’m wondering if Mattel had any toy properties or IP that could have made good attractions. Perhaps partnerships with IPs they they were making toys for at the time?
Interesting as always Rob. I will have to look into the history of Universal because unlike many others, they seem to be the one park to give Disney a run for their money. I also find it interesting that they have gone the route of using more screens and simulators, whereas Disney seems to be rehashing previous attractions with new theming: Mission Breakout overlaying Tower of Terror, Aliens Flying Saucers being a redo of Junkyard Jamboree, and the Incredicoaster being an even more basic overlay of CA Screamin’...they haven’t really been coming up the new attractions that they were always known for.
Informative as always. Thanks Rob
Just want to say, I am new to this channel and I love it! Keep up the great work!
Thanks! I'll try!
Great video. I remember going to Circus World on my first trip to Orlando
You guys brighten my day, thank you
Great video Rob!
I remember Boardwalk and Baseball! Great memories :)
my dad used to take me to boardwalk and baseball in the Summers we had a great time. best attraction was the Colorado Riders
Your writing is improving. Keep it up!
Thanks for giving some background history and not only the magic!
I went to Circus World once, with my grandparents in 1985ish. The only thing I remember about it was getting a hot dog that had a piece of plastic wrap inside of it. Plastic wrap, wadded up and cooked inside the meat. Not their fault, but the hot dog manufacturer's. However, since this is literally my only memory of going to Circus World, calling it forgettable ias very appropriate.
Huh. Looks like Circus World/Boardwalk and Baseball had a fairly impressive wooden coaster, an Arrow shuttle loop, and... a Schwarzkopf shuttle loop. Oddly redundant choice of rides.
Rob, can you explain what happened to Florida resident silver and gold passes? They are gone on the florida resident annual pass page. You can't buy them. Have they been discontinued? They are making Florida residents pay almost the same as others with very little discount as you can only buy a platnum or platnum plus plan. Ridiculous to me. 30 bucks a month makes sense. $900 for a year doesn't.
Have you done a video on Pirate's World, the first park Disney World put out of business?
You really hit me where I live with this one....my family took several two-week vacations in Florida (specifically,in a beachfront condo not far from St. Augustine) during the 80's. I wanted to see WDW (and I did),but I also really,really wanted to go to the Stars Hall Of Fame. Unfortunately,largely because I didn't have transportation whenever I wanted it.well.... By the time I started going down there by myself,it had closed. I still have my brochures of the place,as well as View-Master reels I bought at Orlando airport.
I never saw Circus World,but on my first solo Florida trip,I did visit its successor,Boardwalk & Baseball (this would be sometime in the late 80's). I wasn't the least bit surprised it closed so quickly; for years,I regaled my family with humorous tales of just how pathetic that place was,not at all like the supposed "charming turn-of-the-century amusement park" the ads promised....in those pre-internet days,that was the only information available. Still,I regret the fact that I have no pictures from my visit.
I'm guessing you didn't mention Marineland because it isn't in the Orlando area. Our Beach condo was just a short drive from them,but these were their "down" years,when they were a shell of their former selves. Nice to see the place has turned itself around since then.
Awesome video !
I loved Circus World. It's an outdoor mall now.
something unique to the table isn't enough, it has to be immensely difficult to copy or not worth Disney's time to emulate and by that I mean cost to benefit ratio.
Great videos! Do you have an adventurers club episode in the works? Kungaloosh!!!
Nice closing line!!
As an employee of Opryland USA in TN many years ago, yes, I do believe Disney had an impact on our park closing. Disney was a bigger draw. Nashville is on FIRE now though!
A a little kid, Circus World didn't seem forgettable. I had a lot of fun. You could see the animals and ride rides, what could be better. I had a lot of fun at Boardwalk and Baseball too.
Having watched this video, how tf does Fun Spot USA stay afloat
Great video! I love Epcot it is my favorite park! In the end nothing can beat Disney Magic!
I hope that Pirates Cove never closes, love that little place.
Those cheaper extra days kept me from visiting Universal this year.
Universal is trash it’s a ghetto Disney world went in January for 1 day after spending 10 at Disney world the Harry Potter place was cool but besides that it sucked
DONALD JOHNSON at universal though you can’t do the whole park in one day like disney
DONALD JOHNSON - Wow, I have totally the opposite opinion. Weird. I feel that Universal is going in the wrong direction. Every ride you go on is just screens, screens, screens, and if you are a single rider you can get both parks done in two days. Whereas the variety and theming of Disney is just unmatched anywhere else. Especially Animal Kingdom, which is probably my favourite park! Pandora is themed amazingly, and the Africa area is incredible with the music and dancers everywhere you turn. Plus the rides at Disney are properly thought through - not just endless ‘put on some goggles and watch a screen’. I much prefer Disney.
I'm a Potato yeah
"Epcot is a place to entertain with a purpose" ohhhhh boy
And all of where Circus world was, is now just a shopping center with a few restaurants and a movie theater.
Outside of universal and Walt Disney world I don’t see much business with the other parks in the area. I’d have to say that universal and Walt Disney world are probably the 2 biggest most visited parks Disney being #1
joshua witt Actually in the US Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Park are most visited. Followed by Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood studios, then Universal Studios.
Figures someone would try a correct me. I meant the Disney parks IN FLORIDA as a whole, and when I involved universal I was targeting the Florida parks not all parks world wide
Busch gardens gets a good amount of customers because it's more of a thrill park then a family park.
I remember going to boardwalk and baseball as a kid. My family loved baseball, we used to take trips up to Atlanta for Braves games. So it was cool to a have a theme park that was themed around what we liked. Never knew it was called circus world before, kinda glad I didn't, clowns scared me.
I bet today it costs an extra $50 to get that third day on a Disney ticket. Their prices are starting to border on insane.
Love all of your videos Rob!! I watch a new one everyday on my lunch break! I just love your approach of sharing your knowledge of Disney History and more!
No mention of Universal? I was waiting to see what you had to say in regard to that.
So since Universal wouldn't be built for another 8 years or so later, EPCOT Center's introduction didn't really impact it much. By the time it did get built that whole Disney vacation mindset was already well in place. I think there might be a future video that does a deeper dive into Universal and Disney-MGM Studios since they opened around each other and had a much stronger impact on one another due to their similar themes.
I'll take WDW over those other things any day.
Yeah and now an out door mall sits on top of circus world lol
How come you never talk about the water parks? Blizzard Beach was amazing when I went.
Love your channel
Why central Florida?
Cool video
Universal probably learned from this and that's why they're successful. But they haven't been successful enough to get me going there more. I've been there only two times and to Disney an uncountable number of times.
They were destined to close. They had no vision and weren't changing with the times. Disney is such a good example (mostly) of having a long term vision and changing when they need to. Yeah, I wish Horizons was still there (no tears shed for the loss of Ellen, but I did like the original Universe of Energy), but Mission Space is better as is most of all the changes that have come to the parks.
Stars Hall of Fame was bad. Most the figures did not look like the stars. I only went one time, never again. The loss of Circus World was sad. It also was a bit too far out of the way, so we didn't go that often.
Y do you have disney infinity figures?
Because I bought them when I played Disney Infinity
I really liked this video
There was another in Daytona (Marco Polo Park) It had 2nd or 3rd rate rides. Nothing really special but was off I-95 Opened around 1974. It suffered the fate of "sameness" & Opec It struggled to bring in 1million visitors. There were also 2 fires (ironically) the insurance and lapsed during the off season. Disney went from an "auto destination" to a "fly to" offering those packages kept you on "property" and focused on their "products" That's how companies stay viable & profitable$
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I went to that wax museum
The video was a little bit out of sync with the audio
Tedious Totoro a lot i'd say. I bet he upload the wrong video. Still, the content was great.
merrivideo No, I could definitely see the words he was saying being formed by the mouth
Personally when I go to Orlando I don't leave Disney's probably there's enough things to do and places to eat that ya don't really need to leave
Universal studios joins the chat
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What is Walt Disney World's police department fire department
Reedy Creek has their own fire department, however Disney World doesn't have it's own police force. They have a security team much like any park would, but the regular police services are covered by the county.