Originally Posted By spaceace Someone sent me a link to this site for another reason but when I saw the old Disneyland had to check it out. I do not think this one has been posted before but it is some old school stuff. theimaginaryworld.com/dtour01.html
Originally Posted By spaceace Let me try the link again <a href="http://theimaginaryworld.com/dtour01.html" target="_blank">http://theimaginaryworld.com/d tour01.html</a>
Originally Posted By dresswhites Those are some pics! Is it just me though or has Disneyland really improved with age? Also when did the Matterhorn get its permenant snow look? There are some pics when the Matterhorn is mostly rock looking. i much prefer the all snow look.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There is a shot of a windy little path through a garden by the Matterhorn. Where exactly was it, and why did it get taken out? It didn't look like it could take a lot of traffic (maybe 3 across), but it really looked like one of those little places that made Disneyland stand out above the rest.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice FerretAfros... I would say that's King Triton's Garden a LONG time ago and prior to many makeovers.
Originally Posted By berol I thought it was by the sub lagoon until i saw the shadows. I'd say Triton's, too.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>There is a shot of a windy little path through a garden by the Matterhorn. Where exactly was it, and why did it get taken out? It didn't look like it could take a lot of traffic (maybe 3 across), but it really looked like one of those little places that made Disneyland stand out above the rest.<< That is the exit path from Monsanto's House of the Future. It was located within the shadow of the mighty Matterhorn from 1958 to 1967. The area is, indeed, Triton's Garden these days.
Originally Posted By PorpooiseMouth what i love is when they show the old pics of mainstreet, like with the back of that kid, literally can't tell its a theme park
Originally Posted By ryanbalas I wonder what it would have been like to travel by all that farmland/orchards and then finally get to see the Disneyland sign! I grew up in Ohio and we would go to a place called Geauga Lake every summer (now owned by Cedar Fair - owner of Knott's). The highlight of the drive was being the first to spot the Space Needle (Tower that takes you up on a 360 degree view of the area). You knew the park was close and your day would soon begin!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <The highlight of the drive was being the first to spot the Space Needle (Tower that takes you up on a 360 degree view of the area). You knew the park was close and your day would soon begin!! That's exactly what the Matterhorn did to anyone driving towards DL in the 60's. The surrounding area was far less built up, and you could see it from much further away. When I was small, the 57 freeway didn't exist, and getting to DL from eastern LA County involved a convoluted series of surface streets (plus Brea Canyon Road), ending in a long stretch of Harbor Blvd. through Brea, Fullerton, and Anaheim. You could see the Matterhorn from a long way away, and it seemed to then take FOREVER to get down Harbor past all those traffic lights. Which always seemed to turn red on us. But ah, the anticipation.
Originally Posted By dizzdis I still get all googley and giggley when we can see snipets of the Park as we approach to this day. I feel exactly the same as I did in 1976, and it never lessens, just intensifies with age! I love that so many things are the same and yet not too. Do I make sense or am I stuck in a rambling reverie?
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^That makes perfect sense dizzdis! With 42 years-worth of visits, I still get the same way! First when seeing familiar freeway exit signs, then... there it is from the 57 - the Matterhorn!!
Originally Posted By berol "The highlight of the drive was being the first to spot the Space Needle" We did that with Magic Mountain coming from Ventura. Used to be able to do that with Disneyland with the Matterhorn going south on I-5, kinda miss it.
Originally Posted By pecos bill I think the biggest change to the park through the years is the way the landscaping has filled in. The place looked pretty barren in those early years. It looks incredible now.
Originally Posted By berol It was more fun as a kid for me. If I were a kid or adult then and now, I think I'd find it more fun now.
Originally Posted By lawdawg ///That's exactly what the Matterhorn did to anyone driving towards DL in the 60's/// Or the 70s and into the 80s. The really bad thing was watching it get smaller as you drove away
