Did you visit the 1964 World's Fair in NYC?

Yes, fuzz. Parents bought season tickets. Went almost every weekend. My dad, if missing, could be found at the Belgium Pavilion eating waffles.
 
Nope, but I did attend HemisFair; San Antonio 1968.

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I didn’t, but my wife did. I showed her your picture. She said she really liked your black jacket that you were wearing.
 
Yes, I was 18 yrs. old and working for a warehouse for pots and pans from Sweden.....My Boss would come to the shop from Sweden every
6 months… I did all of the typing for the shipping....And another girl was the older Secretary....Anyway, one day our boss came into the office
if we want to go to the World's Fair in NYC...Of course we said yes....(I was just out of High School....) My Boss had a car come for us and
the man that took us stayed with my friend and our Boss while we were at the Fair....Pepper the waffles were the best thing I had....Boss wanted
me to eat a big dinner....I told him I want waffles....I remember the line was so long....Wow, That was many years ago....My Mom was jealous...
But I couldn't ask my boss, I just starting working for him....
 
The only World's Fair I've been to was the 1982 one in Knoxville. The theme that year was Energy. Frankly, it was boring as all get-out. You'd go into one country's pavilion and they'd have a working model of a hydro-electric operation. Neato! Then you'd go into the next pavilion, and they'd have a working model of a hydro-electric operation. Okaaay. Then you'd go into the next pavilion, and they'd have a working model of a.....well, you get the picture.

The best pavilion was the Chinese one. Apparently they didn't get the memo about the Energy theme and mostly they had really cool stuff for sale.

There was a robot in the Japanese pavilion that would write your name. I think I still have the piece of paper somewhere.

It was hotter than the hinges of Hell and we had a surly pre-teen and a toddler in tow. They were even less interested in "energy" than we were.

I was in Knoxville last year and the big gold Sunsphere is still standing, but that's about all that is left. The Fair left Knoxville $57,000,000 in debt.
 
Yes I did, I attended with my uncle, mom and sister, an amazing experience. I remember the Carousel of Progress and A Small World.
 
Sure did,twice,once was a school trip,the other was with my uncle,grandma and cousins.
I remember the Pieta,very beautiful and mystifying.
My favorite was the Ford pavilion,they introduced the Mustang in 64,we were allowed to get in the cars which were moved along a conveyor system with a huge screen with road scenes on it,very high tech for 64...I fell in love with that car,it was a white convertible with a red interior...still love that particular year,bet it was way more affordable then!
 
I was also at that World’s Fair as part of my 6th grade class trip. I loved it, found it uplifting and futuristic, and it made a lasting impression on me! Walt Disney was supposedly inspired by the NYC Fair to create Epcot Center at Florida’s Disney World, and you can see and feel echoes of that very memorable sixties event at Epcot... :)
 
I do have a story about the Fair. The Pepsi Pavilion had this boat ride,, called "It's A Small World". Yup it's the Disney staple. That ride has been going on for 56 years. I'm sure you know the little song, "It's A Small World". My buddy worked the Pepsi Pavilion, putting people into the little boats. It was a horrible job. First, you only had so many seconds to get people onto the boats and seated. And people were always screwing around, "I don't like this side", " I don't want to sit next to Bobby". The lines outside the place were huge, so the higher ups wanted very seat filled, which was hard to do with the average fair goer. My buddy routinely got punched, spit at, sworn at., trying to rush people into their seats. Have you ever tried to clean vomit on a little moving boat-( kind of takes away from the glamor of the job, doesn't it?). But the thing my buddy hated was THAT song -over, and over, and over, and OVER, AND OVER!!!!! It was intentionally loud, so people wouldn't be yammering, and spoil the experience by talking. For years after the Fair, my buddy would walk into the bar, and everybody would start to sing that song, which drove my buddy ballistic .
 
Giantsfan1954 said:
Sure did,twice,once was a school trip,the other was with my uncle,grandma and cousins.
I remember the Pieta,very beautiful and mystifying.
My favorite was the Ford pavilion,they introduced the Mustang in 64,we were allowed to get in the cars which were moved along a conveyor system with a huge screen with road scenes on it,very high tech for 64...I fell in love with that car,it was a white convertible with a red interior...still love that particular year,bet it was way more affordable then!
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I got stuck in a crummy Falcon. :( Really wanted to set in that Mustang.
 

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