The struggle of waiting to have Disney release its movies from the “Vault” was too real.
11 Things Everyone Who Grew Up With Disney In The ’80s Will Understand
By
Michael Avery in
History
On 3rd December 2015
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#1 The struggle of having only a handful of movies available on VHS…
There were literally only FIVE movies on VHS!!! And they didn't even come in the classic white video case. =(
#2 …and having to wait to see the majority of the classic films whenever they were re-released from the “Vault” and put in theaters.
Yup, that's right, '90s kids Disney would re-release its animated movies into theaters and that was the ONLY way you could see them.
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#3 Feeling #Blessed that your parents paid for the then-PREMIUM Disney Channel.
And if your parents didn't pay for the Disney Channel, then you ALWAYS looked forward to those "free preview weekends" to get your Disney on.
#4 Getting enthused whenever your family got their copy of the Disney Channel Magazine in the mail.
LBH, it was just a glorified TV Guide.
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#5 Without even trying, you mysteriously accumulated a collection of Disney Book Club books.
Somehow these books just appeared in your bookcase one day.
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#6 The reassuring knowledge that this meant your VHS movie was about to start:
It was the original "Coming soon to theaters."
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#7 Learning all the words to your favorite songs — and rewatching them over and over — with the original YouTube, Disney’s Sing Along Songs videos.
You also learned the words to songs from films you'd never heard of before since they weren't available on VHS!!! =(
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#8 Begging your parents to get you Disney Dollars whenever you visited a Disney Park and then feeling reluctant to spend them.
They were just too cool to spend it was funner to collect them.
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#9 The thrill of getting lost in new worlds with your Mickey Mouse View-Master.
It was the coolest way to visually immerse yourself in a Disney film.
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#10 Wanting to be as cool as Dodger in Oliver & Company.
And totally wanting to adopt Oliver.
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#11 And finally, the sheer bliss of watching one of the GREATEST animated movies of all time in theaters.
The perfect ending to the decade.
