I have two randos for you today, but they are nice randos that help old ladies across the street and open doors for others. First up is this view from February, 1961. If you didn't like crowds at Disneyland, I guess February was the time to go, just look at it. There's maybe a dozen people in all, including those in the Skyway gondolas. Mama mia! The slurry is damp, either from its morning scrub, or possibly from a recent shower (it was Winter, after all). I just kind of like the color and composition in this one, and my favorite orange gondola (yes, I am sure there was more than one) is overhead. Check out those cool drinking fountains!
Race you to the subs!
ReplyDelete2nd picture….Bobsled sighting!
Great pictures, Major. Thanks!
Major-
ReplyDeleteTwo nice beauties-! (Does anyone know what is written on the sign placed atop the awning next to the Yacht Bar-?)
The camera angle and forced perspective in the 2nd image makes the Bobsled appear to be skirting-along the Monorail beamway-! THAT would certainly be an amusing journey-!
Thanks, Major.
I don't remember seeing those "drinking fountains of the future" before. They look 'neato' (a word of the future) in a retro kind of way. But the apple crates they're using as step stools kinda blows the theme out of the water. I'm with you, Major. The colors in this pic are almost surreal; deep saturation everywhere! The Matterhorn looks extra nice here. And we get a real good view of the Matterhorn's nostrils, all the way through! (Ol' Matt musta blew too hard into a giant-sized kleenex.)
ReplyDeleteWow, talk about surreal! The 2nd pic is all that, and then some! It's not every day that we see a butterscotch Matterhorn! (Dusted with powdered sugar.) Up against a clear blue sky. The way the Skyway buckets are lined up side-by-side, the purple and blue Alice leaves and 'spent' dandelion stems. The red Caterpillar and the girl's bright pink hat. Everything contributes to the strange beauty of this photo.
A couple of surreally beautiful photos today, Major. Thank you.
Does anyone know what is written on the sign placed atop the awning next to the Yacht Bar-?
ReplyDeleteNanook, yes! It reads, "Over 20 Million Served." ;-)
@ TM!-
ReplyDeleteYES, if only-!!
Does anyone know what is written on the sign placed atop the awning next to the Yacht Bar-?
ReplyDeleteNanook, Eat Here And Get Gas!"
Does anyone know what is written on the sign placed atop the awning next to the Yacht Bar-?
ReplyDeleteNanook......"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service!"
Does anyone know what is written on the sign placed atop the awning next to the Yacht Bar-?
ReplyDeleteNanook, "You Can Lick Our Cones, But You Can't Beat Our Sodas!" ;-)
<>Does anyone know what is written on the sign placed atop the awning next to the Yacht Bar-?
ReplyDeleteNanook, "Ethel Mae Potter, We Never Forgot Her!" I'll stop now. Maybe.
On a serious note. I noticed something in that first pic, that I don't think I've noticed before. That upper part of the waterfall on the Matterhorn doesn't have any rock behind it. I know riders were getting wet from the waterfall that faces the Plaza, and they sealed up those openings. I wonder if that was the same reason for bringing out the rockwork/wall further to the left, on this waterfall. Here's another pic from GDB, showing it open (from 1960):
ReplyDeleteMatterhorn Waterfall 1960
And here is another one showing it after the rockwork was built up behind that upper section of waterfall (from 1970) This is how I always remember it:
Matterhorn Waterfall 1970
Anemic waterfall sighting on left side of MH.
ReplyDeleteThe 2nd pic is especially nice, thanks Major.
TM! You’ve used up your comment-limit for the day.
Anemic waterfall sighting on left side of MH.
ReplyDeleteHere's an even better view of the anemic waterfall, and again, without the rockwork behind it. Why had I never noticed that before?
Anemic Matterhorn Waterfall 1959
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Sue, I just called the Major on his Batphone. He said I get two more! One for right now, and one that I can save for later in the day, if I need it! ;-)
Thanks for such nice pictures on Friday, Major.
ReplyDeleteI want to ride the submarines, but I need a drink of water first. Fortunately, I’m tall enough not to need the orange crate step stools. A nice silver trash can is all ready to accept WASTE PAPER.
Lots going on in Alice pic. I think running bobsleds on the monorail track is great idea. Most of that track is empty most of the time, great way to increase capacity on crowded days, just listen for the air horn and jump!
Young lady is getting excited by caterpillar wrangling, yee haw! Major, is her little brother going to Innsmouth, pining for the sea? I think his eyes bulge a bit.
JG
@ TM!-
ReplyDeleteYou've been working overtime channeling Ogden Nash... of sorts: "Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker".
"Ethel Mae Potter" - you couldn't resist-! Stick to waterfalls, kid.