tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post4179452772949088106..comments2024-03-28T00:37:20.261-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Adventureland & Frontierland, August 29, 1965Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37513101044020300352014-03-21T21:17:55.165-07:002014-03-21T21:17:55.165-07:00I'm all for fun and eye-catching and jumbled u...I'm all for fun and eye-catching and jumbled up, as long as it's done in a neat and orderly fashion. (Must be my Swabian ancestry rearing its head, clicking its heels, and shouting, <i>"Ja wohl."</i>)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-75819632418632206622014-03-21T13:30:59.974-07:002014-03-21T13:30:59.974-07:00I just found a video of the POTC barker bird at WD...I just found a video of the POTC barker bird at WDW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jss61vvvL1Q<br /><br />Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-55399394457500608702014-03-21T13:19:29.197-07:002014-03-21T13:19:29.197-07:00Major - I think the WDW barker bird Melissa is ref...Major - I think the WDW barker bird Melissa is referring to was at the entrance to POTC. It was located on a much wider expanse of slurry or asphalt or frozen custard or whatever than the ETC's entrance is at DL and didn't seem to create the traffic jams that its older cousin did.<br /><br />And Melissa - yes - it was green...with a pirate hat, eyepatch, peg leg, and an anchor tattoo on its shaved chest.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-75280641732410895402014-03-21T12:33:53.650-07:002014-03-21T12:33:53.650-07:00Hooray for a lovely shot of my girl Uti! You never...Hooray for a lovely shot of my girl Uti! You never know, Major, with the recent Kevin and Jody figs for Uti and Pele being a hot sell, she may see more exposure in the future. I also know there's a figure of her over at WDW at (I believe) the Poly? Her flame lives on in our hearts. Alrighty I think I'm done fan-girling over Uti now… See what you've done? <br /><br />And yes Melissa, I've always struggled with that association as well :PPsySocDisney https://www.blogger.com/profile/03075539960724203437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-72206421643838925702014-03-21T12:14:58.250-07:002014-03-21T12:14:58.250-07:00Nanook, well OK!
Tom, I think I remember the slid...Nanook, well OK!<br /><br />Tom, I think I remember the slide you are referring to… it was a faded slide, so that explains why it looked so different. Or, as you say, maybe the tables and benches just ripened.<br /><br />KS, yes, you were lucky alright! It is harder to make a place interesting using less decor, but they definitely managed it for the old Frontierland.<br /><br />Melissa, don't you think it is a lot more fun and eye-catching when the colors are all jumbled up? And now, forever more I will think of Uti as the goddess of urinary tract infections. Also, there was a Florida barker bird? Didn't they learn their lesson after the "traffic jams" at Disneyland? Or did that not happen in Orlando?Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-20611624807099884162014-03-21T11:23:36.874-07:002014-03-21T11:23:36.874-07:00I don't think I've ever seen those colorfu...I don't think I've ever seen those colorful Casa de Fritos tables before, or at least I've never noticed them. The umbrellas look like Dr. Seuss trees.<br /><br />That tapping noise you hear is my inner Virgo fussbudget trying to reach through the screen and rearrange all the umbrellas and benches to tables of the same color. Oh, the chaos! The world is inside out, law and order upside-down! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! <br /><br />I LOVE that dramatic shot of the Barker Bird! But "Uti" always makes me thing of UTI, the abbreviation for Urinary Tract Infection, so she doesn't have such pleasant connotations for me!<br /><br />I seem to recall the Florida barker bird being green when he was around. I guess it really ISN'T so easy.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-66828993936719993202014-03-21T10:30:11.208-07:002014-03-21T10:30:11.208-07:00Your description of the evening environment around...Your description of the evening environment around Casa de Fritos is right on target. There was a colorful simplicity of it all which provided a 'rustic' feeling to Frontierland. As an operator of the MT, Columbia and Mine Train at the time, I was lucky to experience it.<br />KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-47991252843831647492014-03-21T10:18:07.478-07:002014-03-21T10:18:07.478-07:00I recall a similar shot of Casa de Fritos a few ye...I recall a similar shot of Casa de Fritos a few years back (posted June 2006) that was taken in 1961, but the colors are a lot less pronounced. This one is really good. They must have become fully saturated over the course of four years sitting there in the Frontierland sun. <br /><br />Even though the area has changed hands over the years, it is one of my favorite places to just hang out in the evening.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14726949166373732451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69160021678360152892014-03-21T10:12:16.274-07:002014-03-21T10:12:16.274-07:00@Major-
It's your jokey comments that make ...@Major- <br /><br />It's your jokey comments that make each day special. Never cease.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-87770605851774285702014-03-21T09:48:30.303-07:002014-03-21T09:48:30.303-07:00Nanook, I guess I should have learned by now… don&...Nanook, I guess I should have learned by now… don't make a jokey comment until the facts have been checked!<br /><br />K. Martinez, I guess it's hard to complain about more ornamentation, since more details are usually a good thing! Also, Juan was supposed to be Jose's brother, I believe.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-42912676111701104772014-03-21T07:58:42.650-07:002014-03-21T07:58:42.650-07:00Both of these pics are wonderful. I remember thos...Both of these pics are wonderful. I remember those hot August days at Disneyland, but haven't been there in the month August since the 1970s.<br /><br />It's interesting how as Casa de Fritos and Casa Mexicana this area of Frontierland was so simple and plain in it's architecture and landscape and now as the Rancho Del Zocalo restaurant it's really become super ornate.<br /><br />Cool nighttime shot of the Enchanted Tiki Room's Utu & Barker Bird. Was the barker bird's name really Juan? I never heard that before.<br /><br />It's great to wake up and open this blog to see what gems await. Thanks, Major.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-23781882874449990332014-03-21T00:13:46.948-07:002014-03-21T00:13:46.948-07:00Oh, Major - those colors-!! They're hurting m...Oh, Major - those colors-!! They're hurting my eyes-! <br /><br />You know, since we're talking subtractive colors here, I'm thinking orange would be a secondary color, and red-orange (vermillion) would be the tertiary. And I guess depending on how accurate the color alignment of one's monitor, the 'orange' in the picture could be considered vermillion - making it tertiary - just as you said. (What the hell was the point of all this-??!!) Oh, that's right - this incredible feast for the eyes. <br /><br />Thanks, Again.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com