Disneyland was built as the Googie architecture craze was coming into it’s own in Southern California. So much of the surrounding areas of Anaheim that arose with the success of Disneyland featured the Googie style. My favorite Googie site is Space Age City. I just found this link to Synthetrix’s “Photos of the Forgotten” and… Read More »Old Disneyland/Anaheim Googie Pics
A round up of recent stories from the top Disney websites: A look across the pond to Paris Disneyland and its latest show Peter Pan is on LaughingPlace.com. Jim Hill Media debuts a new look and a spurt of new articles including one on rumors… Read More »Disney Round Up II
Rumors are again circulating about the demise of one of Disneyland’s most cherished, but least visited, attractions. Yes. The eyes of park management have turned once more toward Great Moments with Mr Lincoln and this time the famous attration’s fate may already be sealed.
What is known is that current announced plans for the celebration surrounding the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland call for Mr Lincoln to take a hiatus for the length of the celebration. Part of what’s leading to the rumors is that ever since Light Magic, The Keel Boats, and the Submarine Voyage (despite Marty Sklar’s famous speed bump on Harbor Blvd speach) all went on ‘hiatus’ and never came back, hiatus has become a Disney codeword for ‘sent out to pasture’ aka retired. Needless to say this revelation is causing the bunching of many a panty.