More Special Guest Photos!
Today is the FOURTH post featuring family photos from GDB pal JG! As you can see, these are from September, 1965; JG included some comments on each photo for your enjoyment. Let's go!
Oh boy, what a beautiful look at the stern of the Pirate Ship, with the Chicken of the Sea mermaid in bas-relief. A nice Skyway view of my favorite place in Yesterland. The sails are unfurled and we are ready to launch, first star on the right and straight on till morning.
An action shot from the Skyway - two gondolas pass within, what? Eight feet of each other? That's 2.43 meters to the rest of the world. This picture should go in front of the one above, I think. A standard and somewhat dull view from a Skyway bucket. No, JG, this is in the correct order, the gondola is heading to the Fantasyland Chalet! The red gondola is on its way to Tomorrowland.
JG poses in front of Snow White, there she is, with the Dwarfs and various woodland critters: I'm posed in front of Snow White's Grotto, my favorite place in the Park that still exists. I love that I can still stand in the same spot 50 years later. I think it is the only spot like that in these pictures that still survives intact and I am constantly in fear that Johnny Depp or Rachel Zegler will be added to the Grotto.
Oh yeah, the Subs! Very cool that JG and Russ (his dad) are so close to the conning tower. My Dad and I in front of the Nautilus. I was fascinated with the 20K Leagues movie, we had probably just come from seeing the walk-through exhibit and then rode the sub with the same name. I think I shared the scanned version of the 20K storybook that I got on this trip.
THANK YOU, JG, for sharing these wonderful scans!
3 comments:
JG-
What great memories of sitting at those tables in the Skull Rock grotto and dining on a Tuna Burger and/or a Tuna Clipper Salad-!
Thanks for sharing these images, JG. Thanks, Major.
Awww! Thanks for sharing your family pics with us JG!
......Snow White's Grotto, my favorite place in the Park that still exists.
Maybe not for long? Currently, the roof has been ripped off of the wishing well and nobody knows what's going on with it. There isn't a construction wall around the well, it's just "roofless." The hardcore crazies are upset because it was that way for Valentine's Day and it ruined all of their photo ops and their wedding proposals. I was going to provide a link to the story, but I'm not going to give that person anymore "clicks" on their article, since they are one of those Disney "fans" who does not know what they are talking about. She claims that the wishing well and grotto have been a peaceful and beloved spot in the park, since the "Disneyland Resort" opened in 1955. Yeah, sorry....but you need to stop spreading wrong information. Maybe she works for Wikipedia?
Thanks again, JG. And thanks to the Major, too.
We can see Skully peeking out from behind, and to the right of the Mermaid. I wonder if he was stalking her? I mean, they lived right next door to each other; they saw each other all the time. Maybe she left the Park because he was always drooling at the sight of her?
I like this action shot of the Gondolas; you almost sense the movement as they glide past each other.
JG, move to one side a bit. We can't tell if Dopey has his fishing pole in his hand. I can tell that you're keeping a wary eye out for any Killer Swans in the vicinity. Good for you. That's probably why you're still here, telling the tale, today. Smart lad!
Nice Dad and Son pic. I just noticed that you're both dressed about the same, except for the shoes. Dressing the same was probably Mom's idea. I always like seeing the different levels of track over, and around, the Sub Lagoon.
I'm enjoying your family photos, JG. Thanks. And thank you, Major.
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