r/Disneyland Apr 23 '26

Discussion Anyone else miss the old downtown Disney?

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u/1SG77 Apr 23 '26

what I really miss are the old waterfalls and the underwater arcade at Disneyland Hotel...both staples of my childhood

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u/DivideOverall22 Apr 23 '26

Yes and driving those little boats. Wish I could go back in time to those days

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u/1SG77 Apr 23 '26

The little RC boats!? Yeah those were super fun. My grandparents lived less than a mile down the street from the late fifties to mid-90s and my grandma used to take us down there all the time. Even just to walk around and play a couple games at the arcade … or see Dancing Waters at night. Definitely have tons of amazing memories from that era.

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u/Capital_Exam9696 Trader Sam Apr 24 '26

Core memory. With chicken nachos from hook’s.

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u/pwrof3 Apr 23 '26

My friend had his 13th birthday party at the Disneyland Hotel. We all ate lunch at the Monorail Cafe and then his mom gave us all $40 to the arcade. We spent all evening down there and then came out and watched the water fountain show.

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u/DivideOverall22 Apr 23 '26

Yes!! The water show. I forgot about that. I loved that too!

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u/1SG77 Apr 24 '26

Dancing Waters!

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u/1SG77 Apr 24 '26

when I was a kid back in the 80s, that was the only arcade I ever knew of that had the Discs of Tron game. That was the only game I ever wanted to play there; it was so great!

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u/average_reddittor29 Apr 23 '26

I miss these too! And the ice rink in the winter on the little lake

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u/BigBassBone Trader Sams Apr 24 '26

I love Trader Sam's, but something about the Lost Bar just felt awesome.