Two Leftuggies, 1980s
Here are the last two scans from a lot of slides from "sometime in the 1980s".
When the afternoon starts turning into dusk, it can be a good time to find a bench and relax, conserving your energy for later. Eat some popcorn, take in the sights. A Horse-drawn Streetcar is always a pleasure to see - and hear, with the clip-clop of the hooves and the occasional clanging of the bell.
The sun has set now, and I believe that this shot was taken from a Peoplemover train as it passed above the Sub Lagoon. There's Space Mountain of course, along with the Rocket Jets, Skyway, and a nearly-invisible Monorail at east at the station. The peak of Main Street Station is in the distance!
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The conductor of the Streetcar is telling the kid, "Lucky you, ol' Rusty just farted in your face. That always brings good fortune!"
Sorry, it's after midnight again... time to get goofy.
Wow, that last image is really striking! I saved that one. It looks like a scene out of Star Wars. I can imagine Tatooine's two suns hanging low in the sky near Space Mountain.
Wow! The color in that Tomorrowland overview is striking! It looks similar in color to a WDI concept of the same view done for TOMORROWLAND 2055. There is a postcard from Tokyo Disneyland available in a souvenir postcard folder featuring Space Mountain also with a similar dusk-sky color! I
Love the Tomorrowland pic. The reflection of the dusk sky in the Sub Lagoon along with the glowing blue lights at the water line are beautiful. Thanks, Major.
Major-
Let's hear it for the 'old future'. When the color is that striking, and there's a Skyway... well-!
Thanks, Major.
The 80's were a great decade for us in the park. Have to echo the sentiment, the color of the sky is beautiful with a dash of longing for the past.
Great pics, thanks Major.
It’s a fine horse and car, but the Tomorrowland pic has it all, under that lovely sky.
I see a bit of blue neon from the Character Shop, and a bit more of red from the Crest (Grand) hotel beyond. We have power lines and Skyway lines, the submarine lights, the monorail, and my favorite, the PeopleMover.
I’d love to take a slow tour around Tomorrowland right now, and grab a Space Mist afterward. Who’s up for it?
JG
JG, please save me a seat on the PeopleMover. Will be there shortly.
Love the horse. On slow days, I remember the conductor letting me and my mom softly pet the horse’s head and face. Gentle giants.
On the horse-drawn streetcar, it looks like the one gentleman is wearing a headband with a mini-Mickey Mouse balloon attached.
Nice pictures, thanks Major!
@ JG-
If I have my bearings right, that Tomorrowland view is looking more south than what would reveal the Grand (Crest) Hotel. I'm thinking it's the Inn at the Park - but I'm still not convinced.
JB, anybody who has been behind a horse knows that all sorts of surprises await. And I should have Photoshopped two suns into the sky of photo #2!
Mike Cozart, hmmm, I wonder if I have seen any of that concept art for Tomorrowland 2055? I think Herb Ryman did at least one painting of DLP with a pink sunset sky.
K. Martinez, it’s funny how the most subtle lights can really catch one’s attention at night. I never noticed those lights shining on the surface right where the subs load up with passengers - and this makes me wish I could take one more night ride on the Submarine Voyage!
Nanook, removing the Skyway was such a blunder; of course the folks who made the decision will justify it all day, but in the end we know that it was just about money. If they can make a room with a projection for the castle walk-thru (for those unable to go up all those stairs), maybe they could have done something similar for the Skyway?
DrGoat, at the time, the 80s just *were*, I had no idea that things were so good! It’s only in hindsight that we can see how great the park still was.
JG, thanks for the ID on the blue neon from the Character Shop, I was trying to figure out what that is! I love the little bit of light that falls on the back end of the Monorail at the station. I am TOTALLY up for a tour around Tomorrowland, with a Space Mist afterward!
Lou and Sue, I think it’s amazing that those huge horses were so gentle that they could let guests pet them! I’m sure that’s a great memory for you to experience that with your mom. Ha ha, I think I need a Mickey Balloon “hat” too!
Nanook, I don’t know anything about the Inn at the Park, other than having heard of it!!
As wonderful as the Tomorrowland pic is, it would be better with a Moonliner towering over it...
Yeah lady in red, you had to body-hug those beautiful yellow paper bags full of fun✨, ‘cause they tore like tissue every single time; I’ve still got a few around, but really cute full color plastic ones were about to warm up the future🌈 and last forever.
Thank you for that Stunning Tomorrowland memory, with a real sky looking just like Herb Ryman’s painting of Tokyo Disneyland.
Happy New Year.
MS
Wow....we can tell that the Horse-drawn Streetcar is in motion, by the position of the horse feet, and yet they let that kid stand up during the ride? They would never do that today. In fact, why haven't they added seat belts to that attraction? Big ugly over-the-shoulder seat belts!
JG, I think that bit of glowing "blue" is the rotating PeopleMover sign. We can see the sculptural concrete "thing" that it is mounted onto. The signage for the Character Shop would be further to the left, and I think it's being blocked by those PeopleMover cars in the station.
MS, I noticed you commented the other day, too...are you “new” here? Welcome!! Please do send your slides to Major to post.
Stu29573, I can’t argue with you!
MS, ha ha, I think I have a couple of those yellow bags as well (and even white and pale blue versions, but the yellow was the most common). I didn’t remember that they were so fragile! That was about the time when I thought, “Maybe I should save these!”, and I put them in a bookcase. Happy New Year to you too!
TokyoMagic!, they added lap bars to the Horse-drawn streetcars when they also added the loop to the track. And the Peoplemover sign makes sense, I just expected the blue thing to be a different shape. But as it rotated, it might be distorted in this view.
Lou and Sue, I hope MS shares her/his slides!
Lady in red with yellow bag is next to a supervisor...forget his name, but I remember that suit! It was brown polyester. The hair might have been too, but I am one to talk- I also had polyester hair...those yellow bags were quite fragile I agree. As an employee, your bag would be stapled with the receipt also stapled, and it must remained stapled until you exited through Harbor House when the security guard would take the yellow NCR receipt. It was hand written. The cash receipt was inside the bag and was happily printed on a Sweda cash register. You could enter ANY numbers on those Swedas which is why they were replaced as quick as possible when a POS system came into reality many years later. Credit cards were run on a "ka chunka ka chunka" credit card machine, and went through the credit card authorization machine (sold separately). Most people paid in cash (as at the time, the Main Gate ONLY took cash)- which is among the many various reasons why your bags were stapled. I suppose you could unstaple and then staple. But that would be ill advised as security would become suspicious. Large items were put into trash bags...clear...and then stapled. Lots of stapling. I still have a bag pressed in a book- with a staple hole. No kidding. The previous bag to this was the multi color ribbony one and they were awesome. There is also a white version of the yellow bag. WDW also had a yellow bag. I have one of those too. Time to get rid of that kind of stuff as I'd rather not pull a King Tut and be buried with my yellow bags. Tomorrowland sky is perfect and brings back great memories. That was the time that guests got "silent"....well...silent-ish. Daytime was madness, dusk was magical...and nighttime was very pretty...and pretty loud....I think my ears are still ringing from "Baroque Howdown", or it is "Totally Minnie?" Totally Minnie was totally before her time. Everyone remembers Mickeys Birthday, but Minnie...who's birthday is also Nov. 18 is sorely forgotten most of the time. Happy belated Minnie!
Yes .... the Tomorrowland pink - dusk photo does look very similar in color and tone to Herbert Ryman’s 1976 EVENING AT ORIENTAL DISNEYLAND ( Tokyo Disneyland ) concept painting.
Major the Tomorrowland 2055 at nite concept painting - off hand I think was painted by imagineer John Horny — was featured in several publications and was featured in the Disney Gallery 1997 exhibit LOOKING AT THE FUTURE. The view is almost identical from today’s Tomorrowland image ... and in a similar sunset color blending into the background of the city of Anaheim . Visible is the Plectus Fantastic Galactic Revue , Alien Encounter , Space Mountain , PeopleMover station with kinetic jets , and the Star Tours exterior . The Moonliner is located about the rising stage at the Tomorrowland Terrace - now a 3 level dinning complex.
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