Monday, February 15, 2010

Washington's Birthday at Disneyland - 1977

Happy Presidents Day everyone. Back in the old days (1977) we used to celebrate a couple of actual individual presidents birthdays – at some point it got switched to the generic and silly “Presidents Day" (which technically is still called Washington's Birthday). I think they should bring back Lincoln’s birthday and Washington birthday and drop “Presidents Day”, OK OK - we can have James Polk day too…






Let’s Celebrate America” with a Polynesian Revue. Enjoy the new Jungle Cruise? How many times has the Jungle Cruise been “new”?






Wow, even back in February 1977 they accurately predicted the opening date of Space Mountain. A note on the little codes at the bottom right; 2/19-21/77 are the dates, and the “38M” I always assumed was the print count, 38,000 in this case. But is 38,000 enough flyers for three days? It was winter, but a weekend and a holiday? Maybe that’s not what the “38M” means?


2 comments:

Major Pepperidge said...

I've often wondered what those tiny code numbers are that you find on so many old Disney products (including the tickets). You're right, 38,000 doesn't really sound like enough over a 3-day holiday weekend...

TokyoMagic! said...

Wow, I really like this flyer. Cool little graphic of Mickey as Washington.

That Space Mt. artwork shows Florida's exterior, along with their covered People Mover track....DL used that artwork for a while before Space Mt. actually opened in Anaheim.

Interesting.....I never knew that the Jungle Cruise redo of 1977 was ever advertised to the public. As a kid, I only knew about it because of an article that ran in Disney News Magazine.