More Disneyland Hotel, 1980
We've been enjoying a series of Disneyland Hotel photos from Lou Perry, scanned by his daughter Sue B. Today will be the last four! It's been fun.
The Marina was added to the Hotel in 1970, adding a general nautical/island theme; this dock had a number of different types of boats moored, along with the paddle boats. I wonder if those odd flat-bottomed boats with the decorative arches were available for weddings? You, your bride, a priest, and two guests!
This corner of the Hotel property is not exactly beautiful - it resembles an industrial park. There's a banner pointing in the direction of "Seaports of the Pacific", which we've seen in previous photos. Other than that, this looks like an area to be avoided.
This nice old (?) streetcar (the "Orient Express") was used as a hotdog stand when things were busier. I don't think this was a former San Francisco cable car, but I'm sure one of you will have info about it.
I don't see a kitchen area inside the streetcar, so maybe they boiled hotdogs in a saucepan full of funky water. Or better yet: microwave! "Sir, my hotdog tastes weird". "That means it's gourmet!". The brass handles on either side of that door will allow me to hang on and sing "The Trolley Song" really loudly. All the other guests will love it.
THANK YOU, Lou and Sue!
3 comments:
The flowers on the arch of the flat-bottomed boat look dead and dried up; like a scene out of the Haunted Mansion! Or maybe they're just in shadow. I'm getting tired just looking at the paddle boats.
2) This is the back of the building where Soylent Green is manufactured. DON'T LOOK UNDER THE BLUE TARP! I'm pretty sure Lou was taking a picture of that grounded boat full of plants, in the foreground.
3) I really like the cable car/ hot dog stand. I tried fussing with the writing on the panel below the window... I still couldn't decipher it.
4) Well this is embarrassing. The undecipherable writing is plainly visible in this photo. Major, I think that glass box thingy to the right of the door that you're hanging onto is the hot dog warmer. Like you see in movie theaters, where the weenies rotate on wire racks.
Thanks to Lou & Sue & Major.
Major-
That "Seaports of the Pacific" signage is sitting near the hotel's convention center (with rooftop parking). Wasn't that 'Orient Express' snack bar "cable car" a part of the area now (1980) referred to as the San Francisco Wharf-?
Thanks to Lou and Sue, and The Major.
Boy are those first two shots especially depressing….not sure why I decided to scan them. I guess — because ‘they were there.’ (These do confirm what I’ve said all along: My dad took pictures of anything and EVERYTHING.)
Seeing the ‘stillness’ and lack of life, I’m assuming my dad took these pics at the crack of dawn. (Maybe someone can tell by the shadows….I can’t confirm.) My dad was an early riser…always was at work by 6:00a…and he was also up early on vacations to take pictures—then getting back to the hotel before anyone else was awake.
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