Sailing Through Sundays on The JC: July 1955 Views

Take a ride on the Congo Queen with this July 1955 shot of the park. Next up we can see the swinging monkeys that didn’t last too long in the Ancient Shrine portion of the Cruise.



I’d never noticed before that the little boogers actually had bananas!



A shot of the lurking gator (or is it a croc? I can never tell the difference) as we leave this scene:



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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: The Missing Monkeys

In case you are a Disneyland fan who’s been living in the jungle, I am sure you’ve heard about the DVD release of “Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, and Magic.” The highlight is a glowing color Cinemascope 1956 film showing the park from just about every angle. This segment also shows the scary monkeys on the Jungle Cruise that used to “hang” out at the Asian Temple; even though I have 3 photos that show them, I’d never noticed them before. Here are the photos:







Here are some detail shots:





And out of the blue, who shows up with a great cheesecake promo photo? Kevin Kidney of course, the JC Blog Saviour:



Apparently these little furry creatures didn’t last too long; even so, apparently they scared the bejesus out of unsuspecting guests.

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