Disneyland Stuff
Here are two vintage Disneyland paper items - I admit that they are not the greatest, but I scanned them, so you have to look at them.
We'll start with this brochure telling you all you need to know about Guided Tours. It is undated, but I would guess that it's from the early 1970s, even though no-one of the pictures show the Haunted Mansion; I would think that the Mansion was such a big deal that they'd include it in all publicity materials. I'm sure that pretty Tour Guide worked there long before our friend Bu was there, but you never know. By the 80s she was probably either married (with kids) or had moved on to a more lucrative career.
I will time our tour to make sure it lasts 2.5 hours at least. And if not, I will complain mightily! I'm interested in the photo of the Jungle Cruise boat, the Skipper is letting a young girl steer - I've never heard of that happening!
A mere $7.00 gets any adult the full tour "plus seven major attractions". If this was 1970, that would be the equivalent of about $59.00. Was admission included in that price?
This next item is something I planned on selling or otherwise removing from my collection, but I figured I might as well scan it first. It's not really a Disneyland item, per se, but seems to be aimed at "Press Carrier Salesmen" (it appears that this was specifically for The Cleveland Press), allowing them to enter a contest. The big prize: a 1970 trip to Disneyland. There were two trips available, along with many smaller prizes.
Your four-day trip would include a flight on American Airlines, a visit to Disneyland, a tour of Universal Studios, and a visit to Knott's Berry Farm, including their "gold mine mountain". Sounds pretty sweet! They mention that the carrier with the most qualified six-day orders is the "high boy", so were these contestants actual teens? If so, they'd miss some school, with the trip being in September. WORTH IT. On the lower right page, you can see some other prizes, including an Eastman Instamatic movie camera, or that nice cassette tape recorder...
... not to mention a whole bunch of other great stuff! I'm trying to imagine what I'd want the most (besides the grand prize), and that hat would be way down on my list! Was that really "the latest mod style" in 1970?? Maybe I'd opt for the solid-state pocket radio? I want to be one of those guys with an earpiece, I could occasionally yell at the baseball game that only I can hear. The electric football game? No thanks. I know I wanted a dart board when I was a kid, but would have to put it someplace where we could allow for plenty of misses. My sister's room, har har.
Anyhoo, I hope you enjoyed looking at these items!
2 comments:
Major-
"I'm sure that pretty Tour Guide worked there long before our friend Bu was there, but you never know. By the 80s she was probably either married (with kids) or had moved on to a more lucrative career".
Actually, she became a stand-in for Jo Anne Worley-!
"I'm interested in the photo of the Jungle Cruise boat, the Skipper is letting a young girl steer - I've never heard of that happening!"
Yes... but note the Skipper has not allowed her to handle the all-important push-to-talk microphone-!
"Was admission included in that price?"
Indeed it was - it says so right on the flyer.
It does appear that contest was for 'paperboys'. That's quite the Big Prize package. I suppose it all depends on 'the company that one keeps', but being known as a high boy can take on a whole new meaning... I like the pre-1965 'vintage' image of the Matterhorn and Monorail inside the Press Carrier Salesmen Contest flyer.
Man - some of those 'consolation' prizes... it would appear The Cleveland Press had poor marketing skills, and beyond the Grand Prize, was forced to front the moola for the "consolation prizes" out-of-pocket. (Thankfully you've placed that hat way down on the list, otherwise I would be forced to tell my friends "I don't know you-!") Join the "IN" crowd with the latest mod style in a really big cap. Oh, brother-!!
Thanks, Major.
Well Ok then. If you scanned them, then we DO have to look at them. You can be a tough taskmaster at times, Major Pepperidge. :-p
I notice they used the same group of guests (and TG) throughout the Tour Guide pamphlet.
In the press contest pamphlet, how did they get that elevated view of the Tomorrowland entrance, on the cover?
Major, you can have your "Pocket Radio", I want the "Stapler Kit"! I wonder what makes it a 'kit'? I suppose, besides the stapler, it comees with a little box of staples.
Thanks for the Disneyland Stuff, Major. (The droopy hat makes that guy look like a dork.)
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