Tomorrowland, June 1962
Here are more "perfectly OK" photos, nothing amazing, but good enough that they could theoretically be used in a brochure or booklet.
There's the Moonliner, no longer sponsored by TWA. In just a year or so, Douglas will begin their three-year sponsorship... one of those subtle changes that really showed the evolution of Tomorrowland as it shed its 1950s past. Of course, by the end of 1966, the entire land was drastically altered, in the best possible way, with the New Tomorrowland opening in the summer of 1967.
I love the old gray submarines, and the sight of them gliding through the beautiful blue lagoon.
5 comments:
Major-
Gee, during the downtime when the Moonliner was sponsor-less, Disney should've written in cursive along the fuselage: Your Name Here. Just think how handsome Nanook would've looked-!
That submarine image perfectly explains how the attraction will be so missed when it is finally 86'd...
Thanks, Major.
Dang! This would've been a PERFECT picture if the photographer had just aimed his camera a little more downward. That way he would have captured the entire Moonliner, from the tippity top to the base of the landing gear. As is, it's still a very nice photo, better than 90% of the other Moonliner photos. Those olives on swizzle sticks really take this picture to a higher level.
Was the Sub pic taken from a Skyway bucket (probably)? Or from a Bobsled (probably not)? I love how the crystal clear water looks turquoise blue near the edge and ultramarine blue in the deeper part of the Lagoon. Really nice photo!
I'd say these photos are a little more than "perfectly OK", they're better than most! Thanks, Major.
Behind the Moonliner is the “ROCky raccOON” ride, I think.
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Love the beautiful lagoon water…pretty blues. (Nanook, bite your tongue!!)
Thanks, Major.
@ JB-
"This would've been a PERFECT picture if the photographer had just aimed his camera a little more downward".
No kidding-! But I'm willing to bet the less-than-perfect centering was probably due to parallax from the viewfinder that was common on cameras without a reflex viewfinder.
It is weird to see the Moonliner without "TWA" or "Douglas" on it's side. They could have just put "USSF Lillian" on it as a temporary placeholder. After all, wasn't Walt often overheard saying, "TO THE MOON, LILLIAN!!!!"
There's one of those little trees on the edge of the Sub Lagoon (and we can see just the trunk of another one, too). I do wonder how long those were there before having to be removed. I first noticed them just recently, in the GDB post from 9-6-26.
Thank you, Major!
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