Snoozles™
I have no shortage of Snoozles lately, after scanning 40 or 50 slides - many of which turned out to be very flawed. As I mentioned before, some went right into the trash, I didn't even want to attempt to restore them (they were too dark and too discolored). But there were a few that had issues, but still had something to offer. Like this photo from January 1962, featuring two girls in a snooty caterpillar vehicle from the "Alice in Wonderland" ride. The girl closes to us is waving, but in my country that gesture means, "I wish death upon you", so I am furious!
The problem with this next one is obvious (from a slide date-stamped "June 1967") - taking a photo of anything when backlit by the Sun can be problematic, but sometimes it's the only way to capture what you want at that particular time of day. I think this photographer liked seeing the Skyway gondolas moving back and forth, emerging and vanishing into the Matterhorn's "ice caverns". A yeti in Tibet heard about these ice caverns and thought that they sounded like a pretty sweet place to settle down.
2 comments:
Major-
"... featuring two girls in a snooty caterpillar vehicle from the "Alice in Wonderland" ride".
Now how much more fun would it have been to place a snooty caterpillar vehicle on the ATIS ride-?
Thanks, Major.
Aside from the girls wishing death upon us, I'm more concerned about the FBI agents. They seem to be searching for someone. No doubt that 'someone' will end up serving 5 to 10 in the churro mines under the Castle. Or is it the churro factory that's under the Castle? Probably both, we know how the early Imagineers liked to layer attractions for dual use. Note the mysterious box with the colored lights. I'm sure the FBI guys are using this to set off explosives when the snooty Caterpillars reach a certain position within the ride. You can tell when the agents are successful when you hear that loud Goofy yell!
Seems like a larger than usual number of big fanciful leaves in the background... I like it!
In a couple of hours, Chernabog will be sitting atop this dark and gloomy mountain! I do rather like this photo. The backlighting gives it an interesting look and feel. Woulda been better if the photographer had caught a red Gondola going into, or getting sneezed out of, the Matterhorn's nostrils.
I liked these pics, and I had fun with them. They served their purpose. Thanks, Major.
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