Sunday, July 19, 2009

Adventureland, June 1964

Today we'll spend a minute or so in Adventureland. Why the heck not?

I think that if you are going to bother to put up spears and shields, and cap them off with scary human skulls, then maybe you don't want to brighten things up with the bright pink flowers of a bougainvillaea. But that's just me! Maybe it's a feng shui thing. Look carefully, you can see the red version of the Tiki Room Barker Bird to the left.


And there's my favorite gorilla, huffing and puffing on the side of the Jungle Cruise river. Years ago my brother said that he was pretty sure that the old gorillas were reincarnated as the Abominable Snowman (aka "Harold") in the Matterhorn. He didn't read it anywhere, just thought of it. And I have since heard that in fact, that is really what happened! Who knew he was so smart.

5 comments:

TokyoMagic! said...

There is something very cool about that first photo....and the fact that the Barker Bird is stuck in there like a "Where's Waldo" just adds to the coolness.

Nancy said...

i like this first one..i am someone who takes picture of flowers, too :)

a gorilla becoming an abominable... you just never know, he could be right! maybe someone here will have an answer

Katella Gate said...

Ah, the back side of bougainvillea, creepy skulls on a stick, and a robotic vaudevillian bird in Polynesian drag. Must be Disneyland.

Chiana said...

hehe and I like the 1st pic too. Grandpa's '50s place had bougainvillea, popular then and I'd like to see it more dese daze. Seeing it Adventureland-ified is cool.

That's a nicely done waterfall by the way. Did the Gorilla make that and he's really standing there for the praise? Tough crowds though, ask any skipper. No wonder he's flummoxed. Shame, what's happened to him since he grew old & grey and fled to the icy mountains to find solitude and make ice crystals. People keep swingin' by and screamin' at him. Really didn't help his disposition I hear...

Anonymous said...

Check out the latest E-ticket interview with Tony Baxter. I think your brother was correct.