Friday, October 12, 2012

Instamatic Pix

Here are yet more photos, snapped on a humble and lovable Kodak Instamatic camera!

Speaking of lovable, howsabout this cute little tram?! Sky blue and yellow is about as cheerful a color combination as you will find anywhere. What a pleasant way to be transported from the parking lot or hotel to the front gate of the park, and back again.


There's the Exit to our left, and ticket booths to our right. I hope you have plenty of money, because a ticket book (including admission) will probably run you about $4.50. Of course there is always the nearby alligator farm if you cheap out...


Here's a lovely early-morning shot looking up a virtually deserted Main Street U.S.A. Plenty of room for my Segway and/or Rascal! 


11 comments:

Rich T. said...

Ah, the days when you could trust the public to sit on a moving bench without falling off...I LOVED those sideways-seating trams! So quick to load and unload!

And...truth be told...just a bit unnerving when you were facing the outward side of a turn...

K. Martinez said...

When I stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, I always took the Monorail to the park, so I never rode the hotel trams.

I love the light blue and yellow color scheme on the trams. It reminds me of how Disneyland used to have that bright sunny optimistic look to it.

Anonymous said...

That tram shot is excellent - the early morning mood is captured perfectly in the other shots, as well. About the red light atop the tram car...was that for low flying aircraft?

Katella Gate said...

Rest assured, the closing highlight of the day was leaving Disneyland sitting cross-legged behind one of those end wheel wells.

Major Pepperidge said...

Rich T., Disney probably needs to make their trams as "idiot-proof" as possible these days so that if anybody falls out on purpose (to sue the company) they can show that they weren't negligent. Sad but true.

K. Martinez, did you only go to the park when you stayed at the hotel? Fancy!

Anon, hmmm, I wonder if that red light was a "flasher", like on police cars. Maybe it made the tram more visible to people looking for it at night?

Katella, that sounds like something only a little kid would do!

K. Martinez said...

Major, Yes, I only went to the Park when staying at the hotel, but enjoyed various activities, including shopping and dining on the hotel grounds while staying there.

I only stayed at the Disneyland Hotel few times in the 1970s. All other visits to Disneyland including current, I checked into a mid-range motel or stayed with friends and/or relatives. While I can't bring myself to spend money on a Disney hotel room today, I did enjoy the experience in the 70s.

Orange Co Native said...

Wow. Main Street USA is a ghost town. Does this ever happen at Disneyland today. The only way to get a photograph like this today is before the park opens its floodgates to the masses. It seems to me that Disneyland has become a lot busier since the mid 1980's. Mid to late 1980's is when it all went crazy with people anytime of the year. Maybe I'm wrong.

SundayNight said...

Of course the vacant Main Street pic is something out of a dream. But the picture of the ticket booths...something about it..really takes me back to “my” Disneyland.

steve2wdw said...

The old full sized trees really make Main Street USA feel cozy. It actually looks like a "real" place, even with a castle situated at the end of the street. While today's smaller trees don't mess with the scale, they certainly mess with the charm. Yes...I'm a tree hugger!

Major Pepperidge said...

K. Martinez, I have never stayed in a Disney hotel, so you are one lucky guy!

OC Native, the photo was taken in the morning, and you CAN still get to the park in the off season and find it pretty empty for a while. You're right though, the number of slow days has deminished.

SundayNight, I miss those old ticket booths!

steve2wdw, I know what you mean… I love big trees in general, and the bigger trees almost make Main Street feel like a REAL street in some old neighborhood.

Snow White Archive said...

The place is practically deserted. Beautiful shots. The Instamatic comes thru again.