Down Memory Land at WDW

[Dave]

I was looking through some old VHS tapes yesterday and found the Disney World vacation planning video from 1997, The 25th anniversary of WDW. Here's what I found in the brochures and price guides:

All Star room rate: $69.00 (All Star Movies was not built yet)
Port Orleans and Dixie Landings room rate: $114.00
Fort Wilderness Campground: $43.00
Grand Floridian room rate: $284.00
The Villas at Disney Institute: $195.00
Coronado Springs was scheduled to open Summer 1997
Those were the "cheapest" rates for each resort.

DownTown Disney was known as Disney Village Marketplace

Animal Kingdom was still in the future

The Disney Institute was still going strong (DW and I loved the Disney Institute)

We still had Disney-MGM Studios

January 1997 had the 4th annual Walt Disney World Marathon

They still had the Jolly Holiday dinner show at the Contemporary Resort (all-you-can-eat dinner and a really good stage show. Lots of fun with audience interaction)

The castle was decorated as a birthday cake

The Universe of Energy at Epcot was new

They still had River Country and Discovery Island

There was a toll-free number for reservations and information

At the end of the video there is a preview of the new Disney Cruise Line.

This brought back a lot of memories. If I can find our old VCR player, I'm going to watch the tape this weekend.

[susanm]

ISNT IT GREAT.... i have a bunch of the vhs tapes and dvds...i get one every year

[crispy]

That was three years before my first trip to Disney. How's that for crazy?

[susanm]

i remember the year well... wonder if that vhs is in my stack...will have to look...just for the heck of it

[ilovdisney]

Great memories. We have a poster of the -----ugh pink castle all framed up

[susanm]

i got a poster of the castle from the travel agent i went to at the time = for the millenium celebration...got it framed and hangs in my apt...i love it