Wednesday, June 30, 2010

A Marquee Experience

Rather than update my blog on a regular basis, I decided to build a time machine and drop you back in that magical time...December 1997. Pieces of the old parking lot were in popular demand for the holidays. "it's a small world," holiday was all the rage. Light Magic was still a fresh memory. Something called the Swiss Family Treehouse was over in Adventureland--anybody know what that became? For some reason, everything just seemed to go by really quickly:



Oh, I forgot to mention that my time machine can get you to 1997, but in the testing phases I'm unable to bring you back. Don't worry, though, the New Tomorrowland's gonna be great!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Handy Ticket Price Guide

If you thought ticket ranges are confusing now with the two parks and multiple days, be glad you're not visiting 1964 Disneyland. Backstage Disneyland thoughtfully included a handy guide in the April 1965 issue. This should help Tim in his ticket-collecting endeavors:

Saturday, June 12, 2010

A Prophecy Fulfilled

Every joke has a kernel of truth to it; sometimes it just takes thirty years for the truth to become so. From Backstage Disneyland's Winter 1969 issue:

The full spread of "Classic Questions":