Pirate Ship and Faux Pirate Ship, August 1958
Here's a terrific photo of the Weasel of the Sea Pirate Ship under blue skies and on glassy waters. The red and white striped sails add some serious graphic pizazz to an already pizazzified place. A big group of sporty-looking people are coming and going out on the crooked pier (it would have been a lot cheaper and less interesting to make that pier a straight shot to the door).
You'll often see photos of the Columbia labeled "Pirate Ship", but we know the truth (even though it has played the part of a pirate ship on rare occasions).
5 comments:
The crooked pier was presumably to give approaching visitors a sporting chance against the array of cannons protruding from the starboard side.
As for the Columbia being a pirate ship, the little gullywumper in the foreground has more of a claim to that term, no good keel boat...
yup they varied it in direction and in height. Also added some grasses in there for some spare but probably effective theming. Boy they sure plussed it with Skull Rock. Nice dress and 'do on the blond hm? Lotsa people probably called Columbia a pirate ship, slippery grasp on the historical not being a new phenomena by any means, but Disneyland had it right and for every one who muddled the facts, lots of people probably learned a genuinely fun bit of history right there. :)
Rare occasion? The poor Columbia has to play the part of pirate ship every night during the Peter Pan segment of Fantasmic!
Oh, you know I never pay attention to Fantasmic!
LOL, Major...I forgot! I try to avoid it myself!
Post a Comment