Duskety Dusk, 1973
Here's a pair of Snoozles™ that have their flaws, but they are kind of interesting too.
I'm wondering where our photographer was when he/she snapped this first image. Aboard the Peoplemover? Seeing the Mighty Matterhorn silhouetted by the setting sun inspired fear, revulsion, then laughter, and then ennui. It was a real roller coaster! Might as well take a picture, you know? Even in this dark state, we can see other Peoplemover trains, Skyway gondolas, and a few guests.
I'm reasonably certain that this one was taken from the Peoplemover, as the train was out at the westernmost end of the track, bordering on the Plaza. While there's not much to see down below, the spires of Sleeping Beauty Castle bristle pointily, making sure that door-to-door solicitors know to stay away. No solar panels needed, thank you very much.
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Major-
I kinda like the Matterhorn image - including a partial glimpse of the Santa Fe logo on the Monorail station.
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Ooooh. I like this picture. So ominous. Time to cue Chernabog again! I can't stop looking at that outline. I like how the treetops are glowing orangey red in the last rays of the sun. And we can still see enough detail to make the image more interesting. One doesn't dare call this one a Snoozle, lest the Dark One comes and snatches you away!
OK, this one is less scary. It's hard to be ascared with palm trees in the picture. A northern European castle nestled in a dense dark forest. Reminds me of a scene from "Shrek". With the sun setting, Shrek would be lighting his earwax candles and digging in to a pungent stew of slugs and spiders.
These are rather nice, Major. They evoke a definite emotional response. Thanks.
Yes, the first one must have been taken from the PeopleMover, as it slowly descended downward into the Autopia freeway area
That second Snoozle is a flipped Snoozle!
I like the lighting in both photos! It just reminds me of being at the park as the sun would set, and all of the lights would come on.
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For photo 1, I’m voting for a monorail vantage point since we are higher up, and the monorail over the lagoon isn’t visible in the foreground. I like being able to see through the Nostrils, a unique view.
I do agree that photo 2 is reversed, it’s definitely looking west from the PeopleMover track, but the Castle roof has the striped shingle element on the wrong side.
But, if both pics are from the same batch, then photo 1 is probably the PM, since the sequence would be right. Photo 2 is heading back to the load platform.
The moody lighting is interesting even though the detail is limited. I like them!
Thanks Major!
JG
Do you think the new Key to Disneyland will fit that keyhole in the Matterhorn? It may transport us back to that DL that we miss and love!
Time for a new category called 'Murkys'.
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Zach
Nanook, good eye on the Santa Fe logo - Santa Fe would end their sponsorship the following year!
JB, I do kind of like that first one, as odd as it is. There’s just enough visible to make it interesting! And as you said, I like the orange “halo” around some parts, which I assume was due to the camera’s lenses (?). I can’t say that I thought of “Shrek” with the second photo, but I do enjoy that movie!
TokyoMagic!, I’m always amazed at how you know right where everything is/was! As for the second photo being flipped, I blame teenagers.
JG, uh-oh, I hope this doesn’t mean there will be a rumble between you and TokyoMagic. I think that there were points along the old Peoplemover track that went surprisingly high - and also surprisingly low. It’s one of the things I appreciated about the Disneyland Peoplemover - it’s awesome that they still have a Peoplemover in Florida, but it’s kind of too bad that (as far as I am aware) it runs absolutely dead-flat.
zach, that would be a big key! But if it transported us back to the “old Disneyland”, it would be quite an amazing key indeed. "Murkys", hmm, I like it!
Pretty sure both shots are from the PeopleMover...that super high one IS super high...and the next time you are roaming around Tomorrowland, take a look to see how high it actually is. No wonder they had to put the little cages (railings) on the cars. This was a fantastic time of day working in the park....as it was the time when it was darker...not dusk...not "magic hour"...but the time when turning on the lights was percolating. If this was a 10-6 day or a 10-7 day...this type of lighting meant the park was getting super quiet, and soon...you'll be punching out of Harbor House and on your way home...or more usually...to a bar to hang out with the people you just spent all day with! I miss those times when I would actually WANT to hang with the people I worked with. I can't say that that's "me" anymore. Thinly veiled "Team Building" seems to be something that heads into an HR nightmare....it's kind of like a High School reunion: I want to spend a couple of hundred dollars to go to a banquet with marginal food to see people that I didn't particularly like? Point is...the working experience at the Park most definitely engendered itself to celebrating a sense of "family"...which is why I still have those friends from 1982! I don't think it has too much to do with being a "kid", I do feel that it was something different, and has not replicated itself in any career since....and there have been quite a few of them.... Thanks Major for the trip back in time, and thanks to everyone for the Happy Birthday wishes yesterday. You made my day!
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