# Did anyone here attend the NY World's Fair (1964-1965)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593 "2017-04-30T19:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/21 "2017-05-01T04:58:15Z")
I’m another person who was at the fair but was too young to remember it (I was four). I do have memories of the Montreal Expo in 1967. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/22 "2017-05-01T11:57:08Z")
We went once in 64 and once in 65. I remember the machine that made dinosaurs - which my brother was allowed to try, not me. I remember some exhibit where you were in a convertible car on a conveyor belt. It was a big deal to us because my mother sat in the driver’s seat (she didn’t have her license yet). I remember wanting a toy Ferris wheel that looked like a giant tire (good year maybe?). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/23 "2017-05-01T12:57:25Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Went to Disneyland before Disney World (where it still is). And the audience was on the carousel in both Parks. Depends on when. When I visited Disney World in the 80s, the audience stayed in one spot. I do remember being impressed with the giant map of the state in the New York pavilion, especially since it had my town (which is pretty small). ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/24 "2017-05-01T13:03:25Z")
Never heard of it, being British; however, looking it up I came across this delicious fact regarding the\*\* [Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_International_des_Expositions)\*\*, with whom Moses quarrelled: \*\* On October 16, 2012, the Conservative government ended Canada’s membership of the BIE when the federal government cancelled its $25,000 per year membership fee as part of “reviewing all spending across government with the aim of reducing the deficit and returning to balanced budgets."\*\* With this crushing burden removed, Canada’s finances were safe again. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/25 "2017-05-01T13:18:14Z")
I was newly married and my wife and I certainly went, but I don’t have any clear memories of it, unlike the baseball game we saw at Shea on June 21. I still remember Bunning’s wife jumping out of the stands after he retired the 27th batter he faced. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/26 "2017-05-01T13:30:57Z")
I was seven years old. We lived in suburban Jersey, so it was easy to get to. But, I got carsick on the way, and was sick as a dog the entire day. What I remember are the first aid stations, each of which had a distinctive roof consisting of a cluster of white spheres - sort of like a giant white raspberry. Never got to see a single pavilion. My older brother and sisters, however, had a great time. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/27 "2017-05-01T13:55:30Z")
Frankly, who notices the security guards anywhere you go? They basically melt into the background, especially at something like the World’s Fair, where there are so many interesting things to see. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/28 "2017-05-01T16:10:56Z")
It’s one of my earliest memories (I could barely walk). There was a long wait to go up some steps to a wall (ticket booth) and we got to sit in cars after. Also there was some kind of huge diarama of a farm that there was a walkway over. As a man narated through speakers, toy tractors rolled back and forth across the farm’s fields. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/29 "2017-05-02T00:59:01Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Depends on when. When I visited Disney World in the 80s, the audience stayed in one spot. The audience always rotated around the stages. Even in the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/30 "2017-05-02T18:44:21Z")
Went once, in '64, no recollection of any guards(must’ve been great at undercover work huh?) Until a few years ago, had a journal and a couple handfuls of brochures from the various pavilions. Remember getting 2 penpals , thanks to the computer at the Parker Pen pavilion(talk about incoming and outgoing) I also remember these eye-height maps that always seemed to know _EXACTLY_ where I was. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/31 "2017-05-02T18:56:24Z")
My parents tell me I loved the lights but since I wasn’t quite 1 yet, I remember nothing. ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593/32 "2017-05-02T19:04:57Z")
I went to both, but I have more memories of the '39-40 Fair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-here-attend-the-ny-worlds-fair-1964-1965/785593.md?page=1)