Fantasyland Views, May 1960
Fantasyland; the most "Disney" of all the lands. Not only would you find Mr. Toad, Peter Pan, and Snow White there, you'd find Monstro D. Whale there too. It made him feel pretty good to be included, but don't expect him to show it. He keeps his emotions close to the vest - except for RAGE. (I'm the same way, as people have met me can attest). Things look pretty sleepy in the park, the wait to ride a Canal Boat can't be more than five minutes. The door to the little lighthouse is open, and a cast member is fiddling with a stack of boxes. What could they hold?? Treats for Monstro?
Next is a standard view as seen from the Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship; at first I thought that the Mad Tea Party was closed - but there is a single teacup with a pair of guests. Crazy! I'm not sure I ever noticed that there were small Japanese lanterns above this ride, even back then. Besides the familiar dark rides, we can even see the Red Wagon Inn and City Hall.
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Major-
As per usual in these times - everyone's so nicely dressed. Nice pleated skirt on the gal near the Storybook Land lighthouse and the mystery boxes.
Thanks, Major.
Hmm, I suspect those boxes next to the Lighthouse contain frozen krill. As Major noted, the krill are treats for Monstro. He must get tired of crunching on boatloads of people everyday, so the krill makes a nice change of pace for D. Whale.
This is an excellent picture, even though the lighting is kinda flat; but still colorful! What is that bright point of light on top of Monstro? Could it be that the photographer caught an AED blowing up in mid-explosion?!?
Another flat-but-colorful photo. That Skyway bucket looks rather ominous dangling above everything! Perhaps it contains boiling oil, to be dropped upon invading barbarians below! I suppose you could use AI to add bright sunny highlights (and shadows) to everything. Plus a deep blue sky. It would look great! Although, that NASA guy would probably have 6 or 7 fingers then. ;-p
These really are nice photos, Major. Monstro is bellowing with rage in appreciation. Thanks.
Maybe the Storybook Land employees were required to keep all of the "D" coupons they collected, until they could fill up 10 large cardboard boxes with them, and then they were allowed to move them out of the structure. If I were management, I would have also made them keep their coats and sweaters in there, along with "lost and found" items, spare seat cushions for the boats, a couple brooms and dustpans, bags of fertilizer for the flowers, and extra guidebooks/maps in case a guest needed a replacement. It's not like they didn't have enough room in there!
Thanks, Major!
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