Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Alpine Views, November 18 1959

"Alpine Views" sounds a lot more exciting than "yet more pictures of the Matterhorn", doesn't it? I'm sorry if I mislead you, driving you to a life of drink and drugs. "El Zocalo", the Mexican-themed cluster of souvenir stands, can be seen in the lower left. The Frontierland Shooting Gallery can be seen to the right.


There aren't too many places you can stand in Disneyland and not see the Matterhorn; Here it looms loomily above the hub and the Main Street Fire Truck.


9 comments:

K. Martinez said...

I love how the Matterhorn towers over all of Disneyland. Nice view of El Zocalo.

Happy 57th Disneyland!

Melissa said...

In both pictures, there's someone with a camera facing the camera. Which means that somewhere out there, there's a mirror image of both of these, and they also feature a person with a camera facing the camera.

Alonzo P Hawk said...

Wow, imagine that. An MC Escher painting with an endless string of forward facing dualing photographers in rolled up jeans.

Now I do need to be driven to that life of drink and drugs.

If your too busy major (to drive me there) I just remove an A ticket and take that firetruck (or wait for the omnibus).

Rich T. said...

The park looks so calm and quiet -- two words I think will never, ever be associated with DL again! :)

Nancy said...

Nice pics today....loving the colorful umbrellas and a peek at House of The Future. It was the coolest :(

Where was the second image in taken from in Frontierland? I just cant get a fix on it.

July 17 = Happy Birthday, Disneyland!! Here's to many, many more!!! :-D

Anonymous said...

Hi Nancy, the Frontierland pic is taken from the upper deck of the Mark Twain while at the load dock.

The foreground flags are part of the decoration of the facade of the entry to the load queue for the big river craft.

Major, these are fine pictures, but I will allow you to drive me to drinks, if we can ride the doubledecker bus.

The genius of building a rollercoaster into a mountain still fascinates me. What is more fascinating is that no other park seems to have taken the hint and copied it. Even Grizzly Falls or whatever they call it in DCA doesn't have the sheer chutzpah of the Horn that Matters, otherwise known as the Swiss Mountain.

JG

K. Martinez said...

JG, The Matterhorn Bobsleds owes its origins to the great scenic railways of Coney Island and other early 20th century amusement parks. These were the original coasters in a “mountain”.

outsidetheberm said...

Taking a picture? Naw, I'm pretty sure the lady in the second picture is yodelling.

She's feeling that Alpine vibe, Major.

Connie Moreno said...

Look at that empty street! My heart longs for those days....