Rivers of America & The Columbia, July 1960
Normally Sundays are the day for using up lesser slides - it's OK, we can say that they are bad - but today I am sharing two that are pretty nice. Both were shot from the upper balcony of the old Plantation House, looking out toward a busy river.
Look at how many people are on that raft! Looks like they just arrived at the island. Even the fishing dock is busy. To the right of that we see two canoes gliding past the Columbia as it also loads up on passengers. Brand-new Cascade Peak is in the upper left. At the bottom of the photo there is a furled sail from another raft, and plenty of turquoise umbrellas to shade guests from the July sun.
I'm guessing this next pic was taken only about 10 seconds after the previous example. The canoes have moved along slightly, and everything else looks about the same, although it is more clear that the people on the raft are exiting onto shore here.
7 comments:
Major-
Tomorrowland may be ... a world on the move..., but it seems the only thing missing from these views are guests swimming in The Rivers of America. And why not, I ask you-?? Instead of 'swimming with the dolphins', guests could try avoiding oars, paddle wheels, rudders and propellers, all the while practicing their backstroke or perhaps, the crawl. (Talk about an "E" Ticket attraction...-!)
Thanks, Major.
A fun filled day on the river? Count me in. The only problem I would have is what to do first. I spy a Keelboat commin round the bend with my name on it. Pretty sweet. Speaking of sweet, I think I will attack a stack of Aunt Jemima's Pancakes before heading to the river. Who's with me? Later we can all have mint juleps and watch the sunset. Thanks Major.
I still miss the Mike Fink Keelboats. Rode it whenever it was open. Nice pics today! Thanks, Major.
This makes the "StarWar-ized" river all the sadder. On a somewhat related subject, I saw that Iger has decided to retire in about a year. Am I the only one that's really really glad?
@ stu29573-
Be careful what you wish for. One never knows what the future holds. I fear for a number of reasons - some of which are out-of-control of whoever is 'in-charge' of The Mouse - the Disneyland of Walt's day is gone for good. The present iteration of the company is a victim of its own success - and if that isn't maintained, heaven help what it could turn into - no matter how unpleasant the "current version" seems.
If you are old-enough to have experienced Disneyland's "glory years" - whatever period(s) that may have encompassed - consider yourself lucky. If nothing else, there certainly is a lot of eye candy from the 'good old days' to amuse oneself, in no small part thanks to the contributions of The Major, Daveland, et al.
"Fall in love with Disneyland, and Disneyland can break your heart. The park is gone". I'm afraid that just may be true...
I was hoping Melissa would comment about the Columbia and say, "My she was yar!"
Is that an
original Barbie doll standing at the bottom of the photos?
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