Leftuggies™
It's Friday, and that means that I have a pair of above-average scans for you, to start off your weekend on a high note. This first one is undated, but I believe it is from the early 1970s (or late 1960s?); it's a very nice view of the entrance area to Tomorrowland, with the curved track for the Peoplemover overhead, along with two trains. Did they do "rope drop" back then? Tomorrowland appears to be roped-off, and other than a few cast members, it's devoid of people, I'm not sure how else this photo would have been taken. The "flying whale" fountains are in the center, by those wonderful metallic bas-relief panels that I love.
Next, (from 1973-ish) comes this photo of the Small World Stage, where the Kids of the Kingdom entertained a pretty solid crowd; Stage decor hints at a patriotic theme. By 1973, Linda Piesik (former Kid of the Kingdom and friend of GDB!) had moved on to bigger and better things, but the KotK still sang songs of positivity, love, friendship, and monkeys - four of my favorite things.
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Major-
"... and other than a few cast members..."
I should say - that one fella on the far left appears to be 'inspecting' his jumpsuit - or perhaps in the process of zipping it up...
Thanks, Major.
It looks like we've got TWO(2) Matterhorns in this pic! The regular, old fashioned, typical Swiss model on the left. And the NEW, MODERN, FUTURISTIC one on the right. Why it has a "Bell" logo on it I'll never know.
It certainly does appear to be the pre-opening time, with the workers doing worker stuff. The things atop that cabinet thingy don't look very Disneylandish to me; basically just trash. I would expect to see some magic pixie dust and metallic gold scraps.
In the second pic, even the overhead awnings are patriotically theme with red and white stripes. Deliberately? Probably. The audience really seems rapt with the Kids' performance.
Nanook, I thought maybe that guy was 'inspecting' as well. But then I realized that he was using some sort of futuristic diving rod to locate the water main so they would know where to dig a hole to make repairs. ;-)
It's been a while since we've had Leftuggies for our late night snack. Thanks, Major. (I also thought of your mother when the title came up.)
^Divining rod. Sheesh!
MAJOR: that’s The TOMORROWLAND STAGE where Space Mountain would eventually be built. The Small World Stage was to the left of Its A Small World attraction .
I don’t think they did a rope drop ceremony beyond Main Street USA , but from signage and other paper material lots of attractions opened later than the rest of the park. They they probably followed the tendency for guests to hit the E TICKET attractions first. I have many signs in my collection with changeable panels with later opening signs - interestingly mostly Tomorrowland “FLIGHT TO THE MOON will open at 10:00” … etc. ..
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