Sailing Through Sundays on The JC: August 1955—The Gardner Collection

Dick Gardner was stationed in San Diego with the Navy back in 1955; fortunately, he took a lot of BEE-YOU-TEE-FULL color photos of Disneyland while he was in Southern California. He has graciously allowed me to post his images for all of you to drool over. Here are three from the Jungle Cruise, beginning with the lanai near the dock area. Shot #2 of the ancient shrine gives a great view of the long-gone monkeys:



Last but not least is the semi-charging Rhino:



Thanks a million to Mr. Gardner for sharing these great images!

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Sailing Through Sundays on The Jungle Cruise: July 1960 JC Voyage

This post is strictly for historical purposes only. These slides are blurry, bad color, and somewhat faded. However, it is interesting to see what a guest decides to photograph on a JC journey, especially 40 years ago when some of these scenes do not even exist anymore.





















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Sailing Through Sundays on The JC: Jungle Cruise, 1955

Here is a set of JC views from 1955. First to come into view is this rare Rhino, no longer visible on the JC attraction. The natives in shot #2 look purty darn threatening! Let’s keep our boat moving!



Two shots returning to the dock and the lanai. AMAZON BELLE: I believe this shot is of a small hut that sat just beyond the "Attacking Natives" before Schweitzer Falls. You can also see it in one of your previous posts. The Jungle Cruise narration done by Thurl Ravenscroft on Side B of the Tiki Room album referred to it as the "Witch Doctor's Hut." But the 1986 spiel had no mention of it.





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Sailing Through Sundays on The Jungle Cruise: Dock Area, 1956

Here’s a rare view of the Jungle Cruise Dock & Original Boathouse...WITHOUT any guests! Note the Mekong Maiden in the foreground. Shot #2 is an undated 1950’s view of the Lanai.



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