On the Pirate Ship, September 24, 1958
Here's a group of fun-lovin' folks aboard the Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship, from two slides dated "September 24, 1958". You know how much I love to refer to Jason's Disneyland Almanac when I have a specific date! The 24th was a Wednesday, the park was open from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, the temperature ranged from a high of 81º to a low of 59º, and attendance was a mere 8,327! If you think that's amazing, just two days later, attendance was 4,039. On a Friday!!
Ya scurvy swabs! If I can locate our plank, yer going to walk it. Backwards! You can tell that the young lady (?) to the left is not looking forward to her dip in the ocean, but there are no sharks today, so how bad could it be?
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Major-
Judging from the positions and posturing of the folks around the wheel, there must've also been some mighty fierce seas that evening-! (I'll bet that information was nowhere to be found in Jason's Almanac-!) And, BTW, those are some great nighttime shots. Did the family rent a 10K for these evening shots, and if so, were they available at the Kodak Shop on Main Street-?-?
Thanks, Major.
I don't think we've seen nighttime photos of the Pirate Ship before? Is this a first? I like that guy's shirt. Not sure what the design is, but there seems to a palm tree or two. I'm glad they've got their hands on the ship's wheel, otherwise the Pirate Ship would veer off course and tear through Fantasyland.
In the 2nd photo, from their expressions, I think this group spent the whole day at the Park, starting at 10:00 AM. Now they're tired and happy and looking forward to a good nights rest.
It looks like someone stuck a small wheel of brie cheese into the barrel of that cannon.
Nice nighttime photos, Major.
I'm trying to figure out just where the photographer was standing for that second pic. It looks like an elevated view, but I'm pretty sure they weren't standing on the ship. Were there some crates stacked up on the "wharf," next to the ship?
.....the young lady to the left is not looking forward to her dip in the ocean, but there are no sharks today, so how bad could it be?
When she hits that cement pond below, it's gonna hurt!
^ When I said an "elevated" view, I meant not taken from ground level!
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