Disneyland Hotel Grounds, November 20, 1980
GDB friend Sue B. (you know her!) generously scanned a series of 31 photos that her dad, Lou Perry, took as he wandered the grounds of the Disneyland Hotel on November 20th, 1980. That was a Thursday (thanks to Jason's Disneyland Almanac, as always), the park was open from 10:00 until 6:00 (short day!!), and it was a balmy 81º, cooling down to 44º at night.
My knowledge of the Disneyland Hotel can fit in a Tic Tac container, so I will have to rely on you guys to fill in the blanks. For instance, where was this picturesque little waterfall? I'm imagining the pleasant sound it would make, hopefully masking the noise of the harmonica player nearby.
TWO waterfalls?? That's too many! They'll hear from my attorney.
Koi. Why did it have to be koi? Well, OK, I admit that I like koi fish, even though they don't like me. Maybe because I fool them with Red Hots cinnamon candy? Some fish can't take a joke, that's all I have to say.
I believe that all this cool multi-level stuff is gone now, sadly - it looks like there were many little hideaways and places to explore, and I do love water features as a rule. The more the better, no matter what I said after photo #2. Looking at this image, I can picture myself playing my harmonica down there, for all to enjoy!
MANY THANKS to Lou and Sue!
4 comments:
Major-
I stood many a time one both levels of the walkway as seen in the last image.
Thanks to Lou and Sue for sharing.
I love the infinite variety of koi fish. True, their colors seem to be limited to black, white, red, orange, and a bit of yellow. And maybe some blue? but the combination of colors and patterns are endless. Looks like the big white one on the right is eating the small yellow and white one. Hard facts. That's an interesting swirly pattern on the bottom of the pool.
I love the intertwining of shrubbery, water, and rocks shown here. Looks very Alpine, or maybe Himalayan.
Thanks to Lou, and Sue, for the photos. And to Major for supplying the harmonica soundtrack.
There was a cave behind that waterfall in the first pic. We can see an opening behind the falls, which allowed a view of it's backside while inside the cave. Notice how there isn't any railing around the pool of water at the base of the waterfall. Guests could just fall right in, and I'm sure they did. Eventually, they put a railing around it. I did a post back in July of 2010, showing pics of the added railing, and the inside of that cave, along with pics of the larger waterfalls in that area.
Yes, Major....all of that is gone now. And it was replaced with just a bunch of grass and one lone geyser. Sad!
Thank you Lou, Sue, and Major, too!
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