tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post8502282394879575722..comments2024-03-28T00:37:20.261-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Freedomland, June 1960 - Part TwoMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-80733446999938889022010-03-15T15:12:15.065-07:002010-03-15T15:12:15.065-07:00i had not thought of it that way but yeah, we are ...i had not thought of it that way but yeah, we are really so lucky to have had Walt Disney's vision guide much of what has come since then....Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-16935316911963313462010-03-15T14:48:04.747-07:002010-03-15T14:48:04.747-07:00Wow, Anonymous has some strong feelings about Free...Wow, Anonymous has some strong feelings about Freedomland! I have to admit that I would love to have been able to visit the park, even though it does look like a lot of it was done "on the cheap". It has that "Six Flags" feeling. And yes, the fact that Walt had a slew of incredibly talented artists working for him helped tremendously. Look at the interior of the Golden Horseshoe, or the amazing variations of architecture on Main Street.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-17041326641327789802010-03-15T12:24:58.109-07:002010-03-15T12:24:58.109-07:00Very interesting to see!Very interesting to see!Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-64869192209938236072010-03-15T11:27:02.281-07:002010-03-15T11:27:02.281-07:00No doubt corruption (it is New York, after all) an...No doubt corruption (it is New York, after all) and winter each played its part in the well-deserved demise of Freedomland, but remember not to discount the intrinsic "badness" of the whole thing. Disneyland was built by people with experience making movies, in terms of building the sets and effects of films but also in terms of storytelling. That expertise (along with the fact that it was the project of an obsessive-compulsive who invested vast amounts of himself into it) makes Disneyland Disneyland. Walt made it great because the whole thing was a labor of love and not just a money-making project (though it was that too). Just look how cheap and shabby Freedomland is from every viewpoint. Its not even the cheap and shabby that's characteristic of traditional American roadside attractions, which is at least genuine. This cheap and shabby is fake, and it was clearly designed with the sole purpose of making a cheap buck (it is New York, after all). Can you imagine the owner of this place with an apartment inside the park? I don't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-81451884466949535462010-03-15T09:44:46.372-07:002010-03-15T09:44:46.372-07:00Yeah, it has that no-talent vibe. Same one I get w...Yeah, it has that no-talent vibe. Same one I get when I visit Ports-O'-Call Village in San Pedro, or the Old Old Towne Mall in Torrance.<br /><br />Of course, people have a real tolerance for that, so what was the real reason Freedomland went out of business? Corruption? Short operating season? <br /><br />Here's a real challenge: Anybody got pictures of this place under 6 feet of snow in the dead of winter?Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562521359201308834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-20954559745628631862010-03-15T08:56:20.653-07:002010-03-15T08:56:20.653-07:00I never gave it much thought, but is a Horrendous ...I never gave it much thought, but is a Horrendous Disaster (hundreds died) really the proper event to make an attraction from? I suppose Walt probably passed on "Old Hiroshima - 1945"...<br /><br />Those little Cadillac's look fun - I wonder how well the side wheel held up? WOW - the theming is pretty lame.Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-88360992497539538052010-03-15T04:46:10.457-07:002010-03-15T04:46:10.457-07:00Wow, the cars have no track! I want one!Wow, the cars have no track! I want one!stu29573https://www.blogger.com/profile/01965083590581106701noreply@blogger.com