tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post3758662744848694204..comments2024-03-28T16:44:05.806-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Instamatic PixMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-25436710286918137482012-10-12T23:46:02.494-07:002012-10-12T23:46:02.494-07:00The place is practically deserted. Beautiful shots...The place is practically deserted. Beautiful shots. The Instamatic comes thru again.Snow White Archivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04715594290214114608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-8145300228474472222012-10-12T21:57:44.034-07:002012-10-12T21:57:44.034-07:00K. Martinez, I have never stayed in a Disney hotel...K. Martinez, I have never stayed in a Disney hotel, so you are one lucky guy!<br /><br />OC Native, the photo was taken in the morning, and you CAN still get to the park in the off season and find it pretty empty for a while. You're right though, the number of slow days has deminished.<br /><br />SundayNight, I miss those old ticket booths!<br /><br />steve2wdw, I know what you mean… I love big trees in general, and the bigger trees almost make Main Street feel like a REAL street in some old neighborhood.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-14273443727187891022012-10-12T19:00:21.557-07:002012-10-12T19:00:21.557-07:00The old full sized trees really make Main Street U...The old full sized trees really make Main Street USA feel cozy. It actually looks like a "real" place, even with a castle situated at the end of the street. While today's smaller trees don't mess with the scale, they certainly mess with the charm. Yes...I'm a tree hugger!steve2wdwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14846741520382003224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-82284373054113058772012-10-12T18:05:42.172-07:002012-10-12T18:05:42.172-07:00Of course the vacant Main Street pic is something ...Of course the vacant Main Street pic is something out of a dream. But the picture of the ticket booths...something about it..really takes me back to “my” Disneyland.SundayNightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-38171582479521600382012-10-12T17:21:40.913-07:002012-10-12T17:21:40.913-07:00Wow. Main Street USA is a ghost town. Does this ev...Wow. Main Street USA is a ghost town. Does this ever happen at Disneyland today. The only way to get a photograph like this today is before the park opens its floodgates to the masses. It seems to me that Disneyland has become a lot busier since the mid 1980's. Mid to late 1980's is when it all went crazy with people anytime of the year. Maybe I'm wrong. Orange Co Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927474175434115305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-88750707473885929232012-10-12T17:18:29.171-07:002012-10-12T17:18:29.171-07:00Major, Yes, I only went to the Park when staying a...Major, Yes, I only went to the Park when staying at the hotel, but enjoyed various activities, including shopping and dining on the hotel grounds while staying there.<br /><br />I only stayed at the Disneyland Hotel few times in the 1970s. All other visits to Disneyland including current, I checked into a mid-range motel or stayed with friends and/or relatives. While I can't bring myself to spend money on a Disney hotel room today, I did enjoy the experience in the 70s.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34419830448651429912012-10-12T11:41:32.531-07:002012-10-12T11:41:32.531-07:00Rich T., Disney probably needs to make their trams...Rich T., Disney probably needs to make their trams as "idiot-proof" as possible these days so that if anybody falls out on purpose (to sue the company) they can show that they weren't negligent. Sad but true.<br /><br />K. Martinez, did you only go to the park when you stayed at the hotel? Fancy!<br /><br />Anon, hmmm, I wonder if that red light was a "flasher", like on police cars. Maybe it made the tram more visible to people looking for it at night?<br /><br />Katella, that sounds like something only a little kid would do!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-43170406977380557382012-10-12T10:26:42.340-07:002012-10-12T10:26:42.340-07:00Rest assured, the closing highlight of the day was...Rest assured, the closing highlight of the day was leaving Disneyland sitting cross-legged behind one of those end wheel wells.Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562521359201308834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-22329193754045774832012-10-12T10:25:23.621-07:002012-10-12T10:25:23.621-07:00That tram shot is excellent - the early morning mo...That tram shot is excellent - the early morning mood is captured perfectly in the other shots, as well. About the red light atop the tram car...was that for low flying aircraft? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-37236981539948895102012-10-12T09:27:40.660-07:002012-10-12T09:27:40.660-07:00When I stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, I always to...When I stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, I always took the Monorail to the park, so I never rode the hotel trams.<br /><br />I love the light blue and yellow color scheme on the trams. It reminds me of how Disneyland used to have that bright sunny optimistic look to it.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-5122880094674910382012-10-12T00:30:01.955-07:002012-10-12T00:30:01.955-07:00Ah, the days when you could trust the public to si...Ah, the days when you could trust the public to sit on a moving bench without falling off...I LOVED those sideways-seating trams! So quick to load and unload!<br /><br />And...truth be told...just a bit unnerving when you were facing the outward side of a turn...Rich T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218280822336323825noreply@blogger.com