Rolly Crump in Oceanside

While Rolly Crump is not a fashion icon, he definitely has style, so I have no qualms about finishing the week out with a post about his exhibit which I recently had the pleasure of seeing. This is about the only thing that would get me to Oceanside! Titled "It's kind of a cute story," the Rolly Crump exhibit at the Oceanside Museum of Art was incredible.



Care to see the original scale model for the it's a small world façade, featuring a working clock?



Amazing that this little gem from 1966 still survives. Here's a view of the back. I like to present the stuff that most people wouldn't. Yes...I go the extra mile so you don't have to.



A model of the Tower of the Four Winds, which was where EVERYONE at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair would meet each other. Designed by Crump himself, Walt Disney was enamored with it.



A photo of Rolly with Walt Disney at the Tower, signed by Walt himself, 1963.



Most Disneyland fans know that Crump was poised for his greatest Disney triumph with The Museum of the Weird, which was to be a focal point of the Haunted Mansion. Here's one of his concept drawings:



A 2017 model of The Gypsy Wagon that was to be part of the Museum of the Weird:



Once Walt passed away, the Disney Corporation got a lot less weird and Crump's revolutionary designs were axed. Here are some of Rolly's Disney name tags/ID cards:



The true highlight for me was seeing some of Crump's other art work that had nothing to do with Disney:



Slightly dark...a little irreverent...and full of humor. Rolly Crump is my kind of guy!





DEFINITELY worth the trip to Oceanside!

See more Oceanside photos at my main website.

60th Anniversary Trip, Pt. 14: The Haunted Mansion

Today's journey to Disneyland takes us on an in-depth tour of the Haunted Mansion, probably one of the most famous attractions at the Park. Feast your eyes on the panoramic view of the entrance. With all of the anticipated traffic for the Hatbox Ghost, the Fast Pass area was open again.





See no evil.



Lovely Charmaine was working the Fast Pass area.



The queue has lots of details to keep my camera busy:





It didn't take long to get to the foyer, where it appeared that some of the cobwebs had been cleaned off.



How many Mansion fans have purchased this Victorian pattern for their own home?



For all of you Stretch-Portrait fans, here is a shot of each one, beginning with Alexander Nitrokoff:



The Tightrope Girl:



The Widow Patecleaver:



and the poor gents sinking into the quicksand:



Finally, we reach the end of the journey:



EVERYONE has skeletons in their attic…so to speak:



A few animated gifs of the Changing Portraits:





As well as the dimensional bust in the loading queue hallway:



I am in light fixture heaven...



What? How did Charmaine get here so quickly?



The ghostly green effect in the loading queue area:



This Rolly Crump chair is one of the few items from his Museum of the Weird that made it into the final Mansion:



Dying to get out of the Conservatory:



The 13 Hour Clock. Who couldn't use an extra hour each day?



Madame Leota; somebody needs to fasten her back to that table.



A windy Ballroom:



One of these days I'll get a decent shot OVER the railing:



Let's hope that chandelier continues to hold this trio of revelers:



The Shooting Portraits:





The duel that goes on forever:





The Ghostly Organist



And then we enter the attic, which has photos of all of Constance's (dead) hubbies:









This shadow effect of the pianist is one of my favorite things to see in the attic:



Constance herself, who has just been upstaged by...



the Hatbox Ghost:













Instead of a hat, the Cemetery Caretaker is holding a lantern:



A panoramic view of the Grim Grinning Ghosts so that you can see all of them at once:



A few shots of the very difficult-to-shoot Cemetery:













The appearance of the Hitchhiking Ghosts signals that yet another tour of the Mansion is almost over.



The creepy Hand Sconce that I can't get enough of!



And Little Leota:



Let's zoom in on her so that we can enjoy her beautiful face up close:



MANY more Disneyland Haunted Mansion photos at my main website.