Originally Posted By oc_dean Not a whole lot of pictures ... but some nice ones. And some that I've never seen before (both DL & WDW's systems): <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tumblr.com/search/wedway%20peoplemover">http://www.tumblr.com/search/w...plemover</a>
Originally Posted By oc_dean a bit related.... just found now .. a good picture of the TL section of the massive model of DL in the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco - oober cool <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://rockinmama.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Disneyland-Model-1024x680.jpg">http://rockinmama.net/wp-conte...x680.jpg</a> I regret not getting to see this museum .. when I was in SF this June. Not enough time. I don't know when I'll ever get back .. but the museum will be my first priority, next trip.
Originally Posted By oc_dean This Tumblr page also has stuff on DL & WDW's Peoplemover systems: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/disney,peoplemover/Recent">http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags...r/Recent</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I regret not getting to see this museum .. when I was in SF this June." WHAT?? I can't believe you didn't go. The DL model alone is worth a trip.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While I agree that the museum is pretty great (especially for a Disney fan specifically interested in Walt's vision), I found the model to be somewhat of a letdown. For the incredible amount of detail in it, I would have rather seen a model that was accurate to a certain era, rather than a mishmash of things that were built at various points and some concepts that never got built. While I understand what they were going for, it just looked a little too real for all of the "inaccuracies" compared to what actually existed But you should definitely check out the museum if you make it back to SF! My family spent about 5 hours going through it, and there was still stuff that we had to glaze over
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "For the incredible amount of detail in it, I would have rather seen a model that was accurate to a certain era, rather than a mishmash of things that were built at various points and some concepts that never got built." It's true that “The Disneyland of Walt’s Imagination” model isn't accurate, however it's a real showstopper, and without giving away too many spoilers the reveal of the piece as you enter the room is pretty cool. From the model's plaque: >>This elaborate Disneyland model does not document the park as it actually existed on opening day, not any time afterward. Instead, it represents Walt’s ever changing vision of Disneyland as a dynamic location for fantasy, hope, and aspiration.<<
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Interesting. Does it include things Walt was working on but not opened by 1966 (like Space Mountain, which I see looking very much like the way it was drawn on wall maps of the 60's/early 70's as a "future attraction") and HM (which is not in that shot)? But not things like Indy which he had nothing to do with?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^Correct. It also has some oddities like the Flying Saucers and Space Mountain sitting next to each other, when they both occupied the same footprint. They also took various creative liberties, like adding the open awning structures on either side of the main canopy structure at Tomorrowland Terrace. I can't see any others in the photo, and can't think of any off the top of my head, but there were lots of little things like that But that's not to say it isn't a great model. There's tons to look at and all sorts of neat details. We probably spent 15-20 minutes looking at it from various angles. I suppose it is more appropriate since it's a museum about Walt rather than a museum about the park, but it just has an odd balance for me
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <^^Correct. It also has some oddities like the Flying Saucers and Space Mountain sitting next to each other, when they both occupied the same footprint. > Really? I thought the FS were about where they were in that model and not precisely where SM is now - though it's often described that way for convenience sake when trying to describe where the FS were. When SM was built it was very much in what was - at least in the mid-70's - backstage space. I actually got to see some of that backstage space during construction of SM due to a friend whose dad worked there.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Maybe at one point they were planned to coexist. Who knows. The meaning and purpose behind the model, which I consider an art piece, is sound and an interesting perspective on Walt's original park in my opinion.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The saucers were roughly where the Magic Eye Theater is now, extending southward into the beginning of the SM building itself. They were there before they bumped put the railroad for the Primeval World diorama, so there was less space within the berm at that point. Even though it appears closer to the tracks in aerial photos, that's mostly because there was less space between the now-Star Tours building and the edge of the park I'm not positive, but I think the scale of the Flying Saucers in the model is smaller than it actually was too
