What do you miss most from the older CNE

[Robio]

Remember when the CNE was the Shiznet ?

I miss the Alpine ride, the staduim ,flyer, jumbo jet ,Carlsberg building with the free honted house in the back that was better then the ticketed ones , A guy yelling Doggy dooggy oh ever nice Doggy from the mid way games , CNE lottery tickes from a booth with a car you will never win on the top. A ton of free samples in the food building. A better living centre that actually had things for better living ,Loyola's.

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[Gentle Ben]

I havent been to the Ex for a few yrs now, but what I really miss is the old stadium for concerts, Stones, Zepplin, ELP, just to name a few

 

[KBear]

Have not been to the ex for some years, but also remember running around in the food building picking up all the free samples. Last time there the building was just full of vendors.

 

[Mack Bolan]

The guy who use to call out "doggy doggy" and "Magaret's Doughnuts" in the food court

 

[Dodger]

Old time routine at the Ex.

Arrive by GO Train from Scarberia
Go to rides and scare bejeezez out of the girls
Go to Food Building for a snack
Hop on Alpine Way after quick stop at the Honey Dew shack
Mix up Honey Dew and Vodka mickey smuggled in on Alpine Way
Head over to the Bandshell for the free concerts with the likes of Lighthouse, Mashmacan and Max Webster
Lay on grass for concert and fireworks show
Stagger back to GO Train for ride to Scarberia
Ride TTC for final route home
Crash in bed and plan return in a few days with a different group

 

[zekestone]

I still go every year and was there a couple of Saturdays ago when David Wilcox was playing at the bandshell.

I miss the Arts and Crafts building when it actually had arts and crafts in it and not Midevil Fair.

Also miss the Carlsberg building that always used to have a little car show and the haunted house.

Miss the National Film Board movies that used to play in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

One thing I don't miss are the guys selling encyclopedias in the Better Living Centre.

The routine when I was little was:
-Take the Lawrence bus to Dufferin
-Get on a PACKED Dufferin bus and take it to the Dufferin gate
-Go to the Arts and Crafts building... watch them make candles among other things
-Go to the Carlsberg building, look at cars, go through haunted house.
-Come out and sit on one of the benches that overlook the lake and watch the air show while eating the lunch my mom packed for us
-go to the Better Living Centre
-Get some Tiny Tom Donuts at the Food Building
-Go to Ontario Place to the free Kiddy Land (or whatever it was called)... which is now closed and used as a parking lot... dammit... they closed it the first year we took our kids.
-walk back to Dufferin Gate, get on a PACKED bus and go home.

 

[FOOTSNIFFER]

The Women.

 

[lickrolaine]

hells angels on wheels,the freak,or side shows were something I remember,glad they done away with it,but it was a source of income for a lot of people.

 

[Meister]

Is tiny tom donuts still around?

Last time I went 2 years ago I went to the food building, which was a disappointment until I saw a tiny tim donut girl walking around giving out free samples. Woohoo, except they cut the miniscule donuts in half, wtf?

 

[Robio]

That is a trick

Last time I went 2 years ago I went to the food building, which was a disappointment until I saw a tiny tim donut girl walking around giving out free samples. Woohoo, except they cut the miniscule donuts in half, wtf?

Cutting a tiny tim in half ? that is almost like splitting an atom

 

[Robio]

You bet

The Women.

I miss the Alpine ride my first lay was in that thing over the CNE way back in the day .I guess that is why they do not have it any more too many sticky messes

 

[trisket]

The Hell Drivers were my favourite memory of the Ex!

I also liked the Alpine Way, bumper cars, the Flyer, the Ferris Wheel and the Roundup.
There was plenty of cool free things to do - getting new car brochures at the Automotive Building, going up the Bulova clock tower, watching the Guess Your Weight or getting free samples in the Food Building.

I haven't been there in 35 years except to a few concerts, I just know things aren't as good as when you're a kid.

 

[Stradler]

Have not been to the Ex in a while, but this is what I miss

Haunted House
-Carlsberg Building
-The Water show (do they still have this?)
-Watching an afternoon ball game at Exhibition Stadium and then going to the Midway afterward
- Taking the Packed Bathurst Streetcar at the end of the night

 

[Robio]

Oh ya ! the Water show how could I forget

Have not been to the Ex in a while, but this is what I miss

Haunted House
-Carlsberg Building
-The Water show (do they still have this?)
-Watching an afternoon ball game at Exhibition Stadium and then going to the Midway afterward
- Taking the Packed Bathurst Streetcar at the end of the night

The water skiing show that was great ! . I guess the water isn't clean enough anymore . The amazing ski tricks the roar of a v6 2 cycle out board motor all free with admission too

 

[Fighting_Amish]

-getting pop out of containers that look like milk cartons at the food building
-the carnies (you know the ones who travelled with the rides)
-the log ride
-concerts at CNE Stadium
-Tiny Tom before introducing chocolate powder and apple flavours
-The Rotor
-the Carlsberg Building

What I miss most is getting into the CNE and Ontario Place with your $4 general admission Blue Jays ticket the most.

 

[markvee]

The doggy doggy guy at one the games for teddy bear (or in this case teddy dog) prizes.

A doggy over here
A doggy over there
Here a doggy
There a doggy
Everywhere a doggy doggy

I answered before reading the other posts. How could you forget the words Robio?