I remember riding the boat and seeing Cinderella's castle looming in the distance and being so excited! I remember riding Dumbo with my Mom and waving at my Dad and brothers in another elephant. I was sure we were going higher than them and was disappointed when my Dad told me later that I wasn't--that all the elephants went the same height. I'm sure he just said that to pacify my brothers that their sister had NOT gone higher than them. I was the only child tall enough (just barely) to ride Space Mountain and my Mom doesn't ride coasters, so I felt very grown up riding alone with my Dad. He thought I would be scared (I was a little afraid of the dark) and when we got in the car he told me he was going to hold onto my foot. But then I felt like that was cheating to have my Dad holding my foot on a roller coaster and I wanted to be brave so I told him to let go. He didn't hear me so I yelled it but by that time we were off and it was louder. He heard me yelling but couldn't hear WHAT I was yelling so he just held my foot a little tighter to reassure me because he thought I was scared. Finally he heard what I was saying and let go of my foot but I was quite indignant at the end.
For lunch we had brought in a bag of sandwiches--Mom took the bread out of a bread bag, made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches out of it and packed them back in the bread bag--and a can of Hi-C that my Dad opened with the can opener on his key ring. At that point we could drink our fill of orange Hi-C because we couldn't re-seal the can, but the rest of the day it was water from the fountains. My parents did splurge on Mickey Bars for us kids, and that was the best thing ever! I remember holding mine and just looking at it, thinking it was too cute to eat. As it started to melt my Mom asked me if I didn't like it because I wasn't eating it. I knew how much my Mom loved ice cream and that they didn't buy one for themselves because they were expensive, and I thought about saying I didn't like it so she could have it but I really did, so I said I liked it but was full from the sandwiches and Hi-C so maybe we could share it.
I remember riding the train and a nice old couple were seated across from us and they gave my parents a book of tickets that had barely been used. They said that all they really enjoyed was the train and walking around and looking at things and that they had had enough, and we looked a nice family and maybe we could use the rest of the tickets. Boy could we! Our family didn't have a lot of disposable income at the time so that was a windfall for us.
For dinner we ate at Pinnochio Haus. I usually have a fantastic memory for food but I can't for the life of me remember what we ate that night because I was mesmerized by the view from our table looking out over Small World. I waved at every boat as it went by.
I remember riding the monorail and I don't know why--maybe when we left the park? It seemed like an actual ride at the time, like for fun, not to get anywhere. But I remember riding through the Contemporary and being utterly amazed at the grandeur. A hotel with a train going right through it! I thought about how incredible it would be to stay in a hotel like that some day, and it seemed so unattainable (we stayed in our camper in a gas station parking lot). When I finally did get to stay there a couple years ago it felt like a goal had been attained but was kind of anticlimactic at the same time--but that time I'd stayed in many hotels far nicer. I still love that place though!