1000th POST!

Yessirree, today marks the 1000th ever-lovin' post on "Gorillas Don't Blog". There's just something about the number 1000 that is very satisfying, it feels like a real milestone. ONE THOUSAND! Say it slooooowly. Oh yeah, that's the stuff!

To celebrate this momentous occasion, I have some supa-cool pictures to share with you.

Check out this oddity... there's some sort of show going on in the middle of Fantasyland. Hmmmm, two ladies in bathing suits; one is a bulky old fashioned wool thing, like great-grandma might have worn. The other, a sparkling silver, shape-hugging, eye-popping little number. One of the red parasols solves some of the mystery, since it says "Cole of California"; CoC sold bathing suits, and they had a shop on Main Street briefly (no pun intended). This must have been some sort of attempt to drum up interest in the store... so odd that it is in Fantasyland, though it would have been just as odd on Main Street. I love that leer on the guy to the right, he is having the best day ever!


Now take a look at this beauty taken from the Tomorrowland Skyway station. The Skyway must have been brand-spankin' new; Snow Hill looks very raw and relatively unplanted. There's the Yacht Bar (in its original location), and Tomorrowland Lake to the right (where the Phantom Boats used to play). In the distance...


... there is a big old tent. I might even be bold enough to say a big honkin' tent. The Mickey Mouse Club Circus used to live in this tent; but they took their toys and went home, leaving Professor Keller and his ferocious felines to hold down the fort for a little while longer. One lone Junior Autopia car can be seen here, the two boys in the Skyway bucket are completely entranced!


Speaking of the Skyway, here's a nice moody photo taken at dusk, looking up towards the buckets being launched from the Tomorrowland station. I've always loved the "Eamesy", fanciful windcatchers and whirligigs that added color and movement to the area.


Looks like the ol' TWA Moonliner is getting some fresh paint. Or something. I originally thought that this might be a pre-opening image, but I am not so sure anymore. In any case, it is a pretty fantastic shot of the rocket.


Here are two Main Street Vehicles, a Horseless Carriage and an Omnibus, far from their usual haunts. They are both about to head around Snow Hill, through the west corner of Tomorrowland, and back to more appropriate territory. Looks like there is a restroom right in front of us, thank god. Based on this photo, I think that a Viewliner station is out of frame to our right.


And finally, a photo that is a tribute to the very first image that I posted back on May 12, 2006. I have a better scanner now! We'll see a bit more of this mom and her kids, circa 1957. Don't know why I didn't scan them way back then...


As always, I'd like to thank all of the regular readers who stop by day after day, and a very special thanks to those of you who take the time to comment. I've gone through a considerable portion of my Disneyland slide collection, and am not sure how much longer I can keep the blog going, but I can pretty much guarantee that there won't be another 1000! You'll probably notice an increase in non-Disneyland slides as I try to pad things out. Hopefully you will still find them interesting...

Meanwhile, I'll be taking a few days off, so please come back for a new post on Saturday!