From June 1964 we see the Big Bad Wolf, licking his chops, ready to go after Granny; everyone around the scene is watching, waiting for something to happen, as she blithely continues on her way. You just know she’d conk him over the head with her purse only once and it’d be all over. From the same batch comes this seemingly boring shot of the riverbank, towards the Frontierland Depot.
Again, zooming in can be fun. In this first detail, we can see the Disneyland Hotel in the background (BEFORE neon signs were outlawed in Anaheim). The Chicken Plantation is but a mere memory, and somewhere off to the right the exterior of the Haunted Mansion is already complete.
Detail 2 shows a construction wall all around what will become New Orleans Square, or more specifically, Cafe Orleans. Here’s a good game for your Sunday afternoon: identify all the attraction posters visible here on the wall.
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Neon signs are (or were) outlawed in Anaheim?
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe not ALL of Anaheim, but the Anaheim Resort District; supposedly that was why the large Disneyland Hotel neon sign had to be removed.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Great! Great!
ReplyDeleteThe DHotel visible is only the original Tower Building (1/2 of what is now the Sierra Tower) and the neon spells out "Hotel Disneyland" because that was how it could fit with the still-extant outside elevator, which once exclusivly served the Top-Of-The-Park cocktail lounge. I beleive lounges have been banned along with the neon...
Great Bolg---Thanks for the effort!