Post #174292 by Hot Lava on Sat, Jul 23, 2005 9:22 PM

It's true that WDW's Magic Kingdom doesn't have the charm of Disneyland, especially since we haven't had the kinds of elaborate rehabs California has received.

DL's Fantasyland didn't look so great until 1982 -- WDW's was just following the Disneyland look of the late '60s. It's hard to believe that Florida didn't even end up getting the unique Fantasyland rides originally slated for it. 20K probably ate up all the space where Casey Jr. and the canal boats would have gone. It was a step in the right direction to get that ride out of Tomorrowland, but there was, as you point out, no flow or cohesiveness in the area, sitting across from Mr. Toad.

It's a shame you never saw it in the '70s and early '80s. Things were still pretty much to original then.

Oh, and you can blame our crappy Pirates ride on the tourists. As a boy, I was transfixed by the model of the Western River Expedition in the Walt Disney Story post-show. That what I was waiting to be built.