Were You A Disney Park Fan Before The Internet?

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Jun Thu 02, 2011 1:28 pm

figmentaholic wrote:Hahah! I wish I had a tape drive, that would be like the ultimate old nercy computer system, or maybe the old punch card systems like my dad started programming on.

My brother had those punch cards but I don't think he programmed with them

I know one year he made a very nice Christmas wreath out of them

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jun Thu 02, 2011 2:10 pm

Amy wrote:
figmentaholic wrote:Hahah! I wish I had a tape drive, that would be like the ultimate old nercy computer system, or maybe the old punch card systems like my dad started programming on.
My brother had those punch cards but I don't think he programmed with them
I know one year he made a very nice Christmas wreath out of them

you remember those old dot matrix printers that had the feeder lines on the sides, they had holes where the rollers caught the paper and rolled it, and then you could tear them off at the perforation lines? My dad literally has REAMS of it.. boxes full. so he rolled them up *just the feeder lines* and made drink coasters out of them, which is nerdy and cool.. I love them!

I should take a pic of one to show you.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Jun Thu 02, 2011 3:47 pm

figmentaholic wrote:
Amy wrote:
figmentaholic wrote:Hahah! I wish I had a tape drive, that would be like the ultimate old nercy computer system, or maybe the old punch card systems like my dad started programming on.
My brother had those punch cards but I don't think he programmed with them
I know one year he made a very nice Christmas wreath out of them
you remember those old dot matrix printers that had the feeder lines on the sides, they had holes where the rollers caught the paper and rolled it, and then you could tear them off at the perforation lines? My dad literally has REAMS of it.. boxes full. so he rolled them up *just the feeder lines* and made drink coasters out of them, which is nerdy and cool.. I love them!
I should take a pic of one to show you.

Oh, yeah. I had that paper in college! No, these were the ones I was thinking of...

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Jun Thu 02, 2011 6:14 pm

And your whole program could bomb due to a hanging or dimpled chad (certainly made a presidential election to bomb here in Florida)...

disneylizzy · Post by **disneylizzy** » Jun Mon 06, 2011 12:26 pm

I would say I was a Disney fan from a young age, but didn't go overboard (finding out all I could, planning, park hours, dining, resorts, etc.) until I discovered the Disboards and then Subsonic a few years ago. It came as a huge surprise that this all was going on online and I had no idea.

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Jun Mon 06, 2011 1:28 pm

disneylizzy wrote:I would say I was a Disney fan from a young age, but didn't go overboard (finding out all I could, planning, park hours, dining, resorts, etc.) until I discovered the Disboards and then Subsonic a few years ago. It came as a huge surprise that this all was going on online and I had no idea.

Likewise, lizzy. I was referred by a friend; otherwise, I would have never thought to look and find Subsonic. We're latecomers compared to some around here who has been with Subsonic from its early start!

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jun Mon 06, 2011 2:04 pm

mindflipper wrote:
disneylizzy wrote:I would say I was a Disney fan from a young age, but didn't go overboard (finding out all I could, planning, park hours, dining, resorts, etc.) until I discovered the Disboards and then Subsonic a few years ago. It came as a huge surprise that this all was going on online and I had no idea.
Likewise, lizzy. I was referred by a friend; otherwise, I would have never thought to look and find Subsonic. We're latecomers compared to some around here who has been with Subsonic from its early start!

Yeah, I would consider myself a "latecomer" as well but I have enjoyed every visit and I will never look back!

disneylizzy · Post by **disneylizzy** » Jun Tue 07, 2011 9:57 am

mindflipper wrote:
disneylizzy wrote:I would say I was a Disney fan from a young age, but didn't go overboard (finding out all I could, planning, park hours, dining, resorts, etc.) until I discovered the Disboards and then Subsonic a few years ago. It came as a huge surprise that this all was going on online and I had no idea.
Likewise, lizzy. I was referred by a friend; otherwise, I would have never thought to look and find Subsonic. We're latecomers compared to some around here who has been with Subsonic from its early start!

Yes I was definitely slow on the pickup here.

I actually did think of one thing that I did as a kid to further my disney fan-ness! We had the Minnie & Me trading cards! I actually still have a bunch of them in a box w/ baseball cards & garbage pail kids.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Jul Sun 17, 2011 1:10 pm

Def. a Disney Park Fan before the internet! I was 3 when my parent's started the Disney addiction for me. We visited in 1980. I remember a time before internet, we had to call in at midnight to try and ge through to reservations!!! How times have changed!

Arete · Post by **Arete** » Jul Sun 17, 2011 7:16 pm

This would be a big "yes" for me. We would get the guide books form the library or just buy them. I wrote a big paper on the history of Epcot for my 11th grade history class. It ended up being a huge binder full of old photos and clippings. I wonder if my mom still has that old thing.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Jul Sun 17, 2011 7:18 pm

Arete wrote:This would be a big "yes" for me. We would get the guide books form the library or just buy them. I wrote a big paper on the history of Epcot for my 11th grade history class. It ended up being a huge binder full of old photos and clippings. I wonder if my mom still has that old thing.

That would be awesome if she did!

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Jul Sun 17, 2011 9:51 pm

boilerbabe wrote:Def. a Disney Park Fan before the internet! I was 3 when my parent's started the Disney addiction for me. We visited in 1980. I remember a time before internet, we had to call in at midnight to try and ge through to reservations!!! How times have changed!

...and like back then, you still have to pay for the long distance call to WDW. How nice it would had been all these years if they had a 1-800 for reservations...

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Jul Sun 17, 2011 10:02 pm

mindflipper wrote:
boilerbabe wrote:Def. a Disney Park Fan before the internet! I was 3 when my parent's started the Disney addiction for me. We visited in 1980. I remember a time before internet, we had to call in at midnight to try and ge through to reservations!!! How times have changed!
...and like back then, you still have to pay for the long distance call to WDW. How nice it would had been all these years if they had a 1-800 for reservations...

Oh my, that is what came to my mind as well. The cost of having to be on hold while making reservations used to make me a bit nervous

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Jul Mon 18, 2011 10:06 am

mindflipper wrote:
boilerbabe wrote:Def. a Disney Park Fan before the internet! I was 3 when my parent's started the Disney addiction for me. We visited in 1980. I remember a time before internet, we had to call in at midnight to try and ge through to reservations!!! How times have changed!
...and like back then, you still have to pay for the long distance call to WDW. How nice it would had been all these years if they had a 1-800 for reservations...

No kidding!!! That used to my make my mom so mad!

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Jul Mon 18, 2011 12:10 pm

Worst part is, I know back then (but I don't know about now) that Disneyland in CA had a 1-800 reservation call line (used it to make reservations for a trip to DLR once)...

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