Sub Lagoon, September, 1964
I just scanned a small group of 126-format slides, and most were not that interesting, but today's examples are pretty good, even though the color is a little wonky (these are date-stamped "September 1964").
This first one appears to have been taken from the top of the Speed Ramp that led up to the Monorail platform. It's actually kind of an unusual angle, looking back with the Yacht Bar to our left. The round Skyway gondolas were not long for this world, they'd be replaced with the dodecahedron-shaped gondolas in 1965. (I just wanted to say "dodecahedron"). You can see a "Picture Spot" sign near the Yacht Bar. At first I thought there was a CM wheeling something heavy to the right of that Monorail pylon, but it's just a man behind a lady. Sorry, ma'am! The Sub Lagoon waters are bubbling and churning, evidence of deep-sea volcanic activity.
Next is a fairly standard (but still nice) view from the Skyway, looking down on the Lagoon, while the new-kew-lar sub the Sea Snert begins its journey through liquid space. There's not a single bobsled in either photo, and now I must weep.
Hey! I just noticed that there IS a bobsled, the nose of one is visible in photo #2, on the right edge of the Matterhorn, near the top edge of the picture. Hooray!
5 comments:
…. As Paul Lynde said … “a voyage Thru liquid space !?? As long as there’s olives floating in that liquid!”
And Al Jolson famously said “I never met a man I didn’t like. - except Will Rogers …”
Major-
Another image with two, Skyway gondolas practically 'kissing'. We can also see the opening in the 'sidewall' of the lagoon with the pipe connecting to the dark water system.
Thanks, Major.
Major-
"... there IS a bobsled..." So there is-! Good eye, Major.
I've always liked those rock bridges on the Matterhorn. They add a lot of visual interest. LOOK OUT! Those two Skyway buckets are in the process of colliding! Just like the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are gonna do... at some point. Major, I bet the bubbling and churning water will send up a geyser any time now... about the same time the two galaxies collide.
I don't believe the Sea Snert was a part of the Disneyland fleet for very long. People kept giggling and chortling whenever it passed. I'm sure the photographer meant for that interesting, stripy trashcan to be the main focus of this photo. He should have zoomed in a bit to make it more obvious. Beginner's mistake.
Major, I see the green and yellow Bobsled! Thanks for the Lagoon pics.
The Imagineers should have added a large clown head, peering out from that drain vent on the edge of the Sub lagoon.
Thanks for the lagoon pics, Major!
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