Dipping Apples

Nowadays I am fairly jaded when it comes to vintage Disneyland images; it takes a lot to get my pulse to rise when I see a batch of slides for sale. Today's featured image was one of those exceptions. An interior shot from a dark ride is very hard to come by. This one hails from November 1959 and shows the Evil Crone dipping an apple into the poison brew in the Snow White dark ride attraction. Looks like the edge of the spell book at left:



This was apparently a popular scene to shoot, as my collection also has in image from April 1959:



and January 1966:



Here's how the scene looks today:



More vintage (and contemporary) Snow White dark ride photos at my main website.

Reader's Digest Version: Fantasmic!

With the Rivers of America under construction for the Star Wars expansion, fans of Fantasmic! have had to do without their favorite nighttime entertainment. Here are some photos from December 19th, 2015 that I shot when I was able to view this waterfront spectacular for the last time before it went (temporarily) dark.









A closeup of Peter Pan:



This is probably my favorite part of the show when Snow White and her Prince dance to "Someday My Prince Will Come."



The Evil Queen and her cauldron:



A makeover in reverse:



Maleficent hits a growth spurt:



The dragon; always a difficult one to shoot with the smoke, lights, gas vapors on the water, etc.





Mickey Mouse saves the day!



A victory lap on the Mark Twain:





The Final Bow:



Hope you enjoyed this visual summary of Fantasmic!

More Fantasmic! at my main website.