A Frontierland Pair, 1960s
Here's a couple of nice Frontierland pix taken on a gray day in the 1960s.
It looks like the Mark Twain was moored over at Tom Sawyer Island for some reason - I can only guess why. If it was being fixed up, you'd think it would be in Fowler's Harbor - perhaps the Columbia was already there. BUT then you'd think that they'd be running the steamboat. to have at least one of the big boats on the river. If this was the "off season", I suppose guests had to take a chance that many attractions might be down for maintenance.
Nearby, the world's loneliest popcorn vendor thinks about adventures he could be having. "I could be riding a camel in Egypt, or frolicking in Trevi Fountain!". Well you're not! What's wrong with selling delicious salty snacks to people? I'm kind of surprised at the subdued colors of his costume, where are the red and white stripes that stimulate the appetite?
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I see Cascade Peak in the background, but to the right of that, it looks like Nature's Wonderland Mine Train is under construction. At least, there is a lot of dirt piled up over there. Perhaps this was the year of the conversion of the Rainbow Mountain Mine Train to the Nature's Wonderland Mine Train?
Thanks for these unusual Frontierland pics, Major!
Major-
"It looks like the Mark Twain was moored over at Tom Sawyer Island for some reason..."
How is that possible-? Are you saying there's a 'spur track' as a part of the circular, below-water main track in the Rivers of America-? Hmmmm....
"I'm kind of surprised at the subdued colors of his costume, where are the red and white stripes that stimulate the appetite?"
Another oddity. It must be ODV wished to bestow the honor of 'snappy outfits' exclusively to the Toasty Roasty Man-!
Thanks, Major.
Nanook, I thought that someone in the past (Mike?) had described to us a way that the Mark Twain could be taken off of it's track.
Major, didn't you post a pic or two some years back, of the Columbia moored over at Tom Sawyer Island? Or did I dream that?
Would Lillian Disney's precious fossilized tree stump, which she absolutely adored, be somewhere near the photographer? The berm, to the right of Cascade Peak, looks awfully bare for the '60s. There's also someone walking around all that bareness. Something must be goung on. I'm not sure, but I think I see one of the big horn sheep circling around near the top of the Peak. (It looks whiter than the sky.) I wonder if this guy is someone we should know, or if he's just a normie.
Ooh! A water fountain disguised as a tree stump! That's a different clown than we usually see turning the crank on the popcorn cylinder. Sort of a "Pagliacci" clown. Major, maybe they had the popcorn vendors wear subdued costumes on days with subdued lighting. We know Disney can be very anal (family blog!) about such things.
It sounds like Tokyo! may have solved the bare dirt conundrum in the first pic.
"Toasty-Roasty Man". Thanks, Nanook. I couldn't remember his name!
Interesting Frontierland pics, Major. Thanks.
@JB-
He's also been referred to as: Roasty Toasty Man; Tosty Rosty Man; and Rosty Tosty Man. (Evidently he needed several aliases-!)
Lillian Disney's precious fossilized tree stump, which she absolutely adored
JB, I'm pretty sure you are being funny/sarcastic. But as we all know, Lillian absolutely detested that tree stump. Her most famous quote.....maybe even more famous than any of Walt's quotes, was when he first gave it to her. She replied by saying, "Thanks, I know just where to STICK it!"
Nanook, with all those aliases, I wonder what the little guy has been up to!
Tokyo!, yes... sarcastic (and hopefully funny).
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