Your Favorite Year

So the question is, if you had a chance to go back and visit Walt Disney World at any given time in it’s history when would that be and why?

So, while I would love to have seen the site in it’s natural state prior to the park or go back to 1972 and follow little PaydirtBurt around at the park, my year to visit would be 1983. For me THAT was WDW. Why you ask? Well, the “World” was smaller back then, seemingly less crowded and EPCOT still had that new EPCOT smell and had a focus on infotainment. In the MK You still had the Main Street Arcade, Skyway, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and 20,000 Leagues under The Sea and Frontierland, while now boasting Big Thunder, was not marred by the location chosen for Splash Mt. (I’m not against Splash, just it’s location). Resorts wise the Contemporary Resort had no “external distractions” and I always loved riding the boat from Fort Wilderness to the MK and seeing people playing tennis by the CR. It seemed so cosmopolitan to me. Speaking of Fort Wilderness, ahhhhh, River Country, Discovery Island and what seemed like really fast Water Sprites, the little power boats for 2 that you could rent. Plus Walt Disney World Village was such a quaint place.

Well that was a walk down nostalgia lane!