I've become so used to similar views of the old Sub Lagoon that, at times, I get jaded and forget how cool scenes like this are. But look at it! If I had never heard of Disneyland, and then somebody showed me this picture, I would want to go there. Blue blue water, Autopia cars, coral reefs, a Monorail, and Merms!
This one's a beauty too. Love the Skyway passing overhead, along with the old Moonliner and Yacht Bar. And… more Merms.
Major-
ReplyDeleteAll this 'blue' is making me feel the exact opposite. Such swell views-!
Thanks, Major.
Major, you do post a lot of mediocre, blurry visitor snapshots of the early Disneyland (which are still kind of interesting), BUT- the really nice ones like these two are the reason why I keep visiting this page!
ReplyDeleteGreat set today, Major!
ReplyDeleteNice pair today. Full of watery goodness!
ReplyDeleteImagine the sales pitch when they had the Mermaid tryouts. $1.85 an hour and all the chlorinated water you can drink. And still they had too many for the job.
I would wager more pictures were taken of the sub lagoon during the mermaid period than any other comparable time span.
ReplyDeleteThat first one is definitely postcard material. The forward-looking movement of that monorail toward the empty expanse to the left just screams progress.
Nanook, it really does look like they dumped some blue food coloring in the water!
ReplyDeletePilsner Panther, I know a lot of the photos I post here are not the greatest; I used to be a lot more discriminating, but at some point realized that if I only used the "good" to "great" examples, this blog would be done in about two months.
Chuck, thanks!
Alonzo, I would guess that each mermaid's shifts were reasonable, but still, it looks like a pretty boring job. Maybe the fact that so many people were happy to see them made it more bearable.
Tom, you might be right, considering that the mermaids were there for such a relatively short time (I believe it was for the 1959 summer season, and then again in 1965).
Oops, and the summer of 1960 too, obviously!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I don't think I've ever become jaded by vintage Disneyland photos. I could even look at a jillion castle photos and still enjoy them all. And then there are standouts like today. Thanks, Major.
ReplyDelete$1.85 an hour to sit in the lagoon...a job.
ReplyDeleteShowing off your Merm tanline...
priceless.
Thanks for the photos Major!
Bill in Denver