Thursday, August 11, 2022

Melinda Goes To Disneyland, Pt. 3!



Melinda is back again with photos from Frontierland, taken during her family’s 1980 trip to Disneyland. As she recalls:

Most of our meals were eaten from the cooler in the back of the car. The show and meal at the Golden Horseshoe Revue (shown above) would have been a big splurge. I remember sitting close to the stage and being awed by the high kicks of the can-can dancers. My own daughters spent years taking dance classes and I have a huge appreciation for the skills the dancers show in the videos of the Golden Horseshoe Revue and the birthday parade when I see them now. 



The cast of the Golden Horseshoe Revue, circa 1979 (above). Back to Melinda’s collection with two images of the mighty Mark Twain riverboat at the dock:



The family leaning over the railing:



The Indian Settlement they saw during their journey on the Twain:



If this waterfall captured by Melinda’s family doesn’t look familiar, that’s because it’s no longer there. It was the once mighty Cascade Peak:



Which was still around in 1984 (shown below) but torn down in 1998:



This shot of Tom Sawyer’s Island was also taken from the Mark Twain:



We don’t have many pictures of our time on Tom Sawyer’s Island, but I do remember having lots of fun running around the island, climbing over, under, and through it all. It was a welcome break to standing still for a little while. I also loved the Swiss Family Treehouse as the movie was a favorite of mine and it was just like being there.







Melinda’s family captured this shot of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, which was less than a year old:



Melinda only had this one photo from Adventureland, taken from the Jungle Cruise attraction:



I remember being on the side of the boat where the hippo jumps out and it startled me.

This 1978 image from my collection will have to suffice - I hope it doesn’t bring back painful memories, Melinda!



More Melinda at Disneyland to come! See more Disneyland photos at my main website.

3 comments:

  1. Hooray! More photos of Melinda’s trip!

    These are so neat. Tom Sawyer Island before Fantasmic! changed the geography at the southern end. And I’ll bet Big Thunder still had that “new roller coaster” smell.

    Thanks again, Dave & Melinda!

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  2. I see part of teeter-totter rock in one shot. Cascade Peak is really missed, even after the Mine Train closed, that was a great water feature on the rivers as you passed by. Thankfully Disney was able to replace it with a McDonald's French Fry wagon. (groan) Thanks Dave and Melinda for sharing these amazing shots.

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  3. Anonymous9:52 AM

    Miss Big Thunder as well. Having worked the Canoes, MT, Columbia and Mine Train, I enjoyed it from all sides and angles many a time. KS

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