Thursday, August 07, 2025

65 Years Ago: Disneyland, August 1960, Pt. 3



The final installment of the August 1960 series begins with a shot of the Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship restaurant. The Skull Rock tableau had not been added yet. The below shot was most likely taken from a speeding Casey Jr. car.



A cast member does a little watering at left to keep the landscaping green. Below, you can see that the canal boat is named after Walt himself!



A back view of the Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship, taken from the Storybook Land attraction:



That beautiful mermaid! I wonder how many cans of tuna she sold?



Toad Hall in its original location:



How it looked in 2012 in its “new” location:



A nice closeup of Gepetto’s Village; no, that’s not the Matterhorn behind the Village. Those are miniature mountains that seamlessly blended into the 1959 attraction when it was built.



Final shot shows two little girls looking into the jaws of Monstro, wondering if anyone ever comes out alive!



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1 comment:

Fifthrider said...

I still look for Toad Hall in the old location every time we pass the "Y". I'm not used to it being moved. That's really neat about seeing Walt's name on the Wendy. I'd never noticed that before on any of the storyland canal boats. It's actually kind of rare to see Walt's name directly on an attraction, only 3 or 4 every had that distinction. I still miss Captain Hook's ship. I think I only ate lunch on it once but I treasure that moment.