Caterpillar vehicle, January 1962
Here's a great photo of my all-time favorite ride vehicle. The Caterpillar (or "caterpiggle"*) inching his way through the oversized leaves at the end of the ride. Last year I listened to a podcast in which somebody suggested that the Alice in Wonderland attraction was passé, and that it should be replaced with a Beauty and the Beast attraction. OK, bring on Beauty and the Beast, but leave Alice alone! As I've mentioned before, this attraction is unique to Disneyland, and I think that most people dig it.
I want one of those caterpillar vehicles. No, I mean it. I really do. I'd drop in an engine and drive it to work each day in day-glo splendor. Is anyone aware of an auction in which one of these was sold? Don't they ever get replaced? 
*Thanks to Pogo Possum for the word "caterpiggle"
5 comments:
Hey that's a great idea! They should be made eco-friendly and we can all drive caterpillars! I'd so buy one!
They could make them so they run on biofuel, you know leaves and other such things.
I do not think any of the vehicles have come out. If I remember correctly, one of these vehicles is very high on Richard Kraft's want list.
Driving caterpillar car around town could be bad for one's marriage.
Alice in Wonderland was always a MUST RIDE every time every summer we went to Disneyland. In fact, one of the only two pictures I have of me at Disneyland as a young girl is on this ride (the other was Dumbo).
I'm sure I don't have to declare it's virtues to anyone here.
See the faces of the adults? They are having fun! I love the new Disneyland commercials on TV where the parents' bodies turn into their former children's bodies as they enter Disneyland portals. Truly a dream come true for us who went to Disneyland as children during the 1950's and 60's. What I wouldn't give for a few hours of being a kid in Disneyland again.
Great catterpillar shot!
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