Toy Review Magazine - 1972

Welcome to Magazine Monday – Florida Edition. This post is a little late in celebrating Walt Disney World’s 40th anniversary, hey if it were Disneyland they’d be celebrating it all year long. The Summer/Fall 1972 edition of Toy Review Magazine contains a nice three page article on a less than one year old Walt Disney World. Does anyone else see a resemblance in this cover photo to 1955/56 Disneyland Fantasyland photos?




The inside of the front cover shows come color photos of the articles within, a nice touch since the entire contents are printed in black and white on newsprint!





It’s actually a fairly informative and informal article on the early days of Walt Disney World. A clear mistake however in the reference to the tickets being “B” thru “E” with “B” for the cheapest attractions. There has been an “A” Ticket at Walt Disney World since opening day (link). The “Official” vendor thing is pretty funny.




So true about how difficult it is to get to the darn front gate of Walt Disney World!





Apparently the park was still not finished with half the sub fleet running and too few sit down restaurants. The hidden queue lines show some frustration. The author asked about using Disneyland tickets are Walt Disney World, answer – YES! Mention of the Magic Kingdom Club is neat, but there’s the “B” thru “E” ticket reference again, ugh!





How about a few pages of toy reviews? When I was a kid I always wanted one of those Disney Movie Viewers, I have one now!





Fun magic set and puppet show theater, awesome prices!





I got all three of these little kits for Christmas 1972 and I loved them, I can still here that bell. Thanks Mom…




More color photo fun on the back covers.

Magic Kingdom Club Ticket Book - October 1961

Let's roll back the clock 50 years and take a close-up look at a Disneyland Magic Kingdom Club ticket book from October 1961. This ticket book is complete and unused and in amazing condition for being 50 years old, the cloth and its adhesive on the binder are still soft and pliable. Even Disneyland's ticket books were first class!




Magic Kingdom Club members got great discounts. The "off season" Magic Kingdom Club ticket books were different than the "summer season" books. The Summer season had 2 extra tickets (usually 1 "D" and 1 "E") making a total of 12, for the price of 10. The "off season" club ticket books (like today's example) only had 10 tickets but each one is magic, a "Magic Key Coupon" good for admission to any ride or attraction in Disneyland making all 10 tickets potential "E" tickets!



Sharp eyes will notice the Magic Key ticket is not from the book in this post (I think its from 1960, but basically the same as 1961) I'm dedicated, but I'm not tearing a ticket out of this book!




Classic Disneyland is represented here in this attraction list. The Flying Saucers must be the newest attraction at the time.





$3.75 for admission to Disneyland and 10 "E" tickets, sounds like a bargain even in 1961 money.

Bonus Monday

Welcome to Bonus Sunday on Magazine Monday - better late than never...





Download the entire issue here: Vacationland Summer 1968 - 98mb

For your best value always buy Ticket Books!



My favorite sack of sugar photo.

On November 6, 1967 Disneyland held one of the magical “Private Parties” for the Illuminators (not to be confused with the Illuminati) and the California Grocers Association. “California Grocers Nite” was held from 7pm to Midnight. I wonder how many tickets were sold?




Refund only allowed if the party is cancelled due to inclement weather. Wouldn’t it be neat to know the weather at Disneyland for any particular day in history? Someone should write a book about that (link).




From this Sunday's upcoming Summer 1968 Vacationland post, I bet the Illuminators were pillaging and plundering on their private nite! Exactly what detail in Pirates of the Caribbean was an aspect taken from Adventure Thru Inner Space, which actually opened 4 months after Pirates!

May 1967 "E" Ticket

Today we’ve got one of my favorite Vintage Disneyland Tickets. I posted this one a few years ago, but I like it so much I’ve re-scanned it in HD and we can all gaze at it again. This Child “E” Ticket is from May 1967 and is printed on the rare “Star and Castle” safety paper.

This “E” Ticket is significant as it’s the first to feature a new realm; New Orleans Square and the very recently open Pirates of the Caribbean. With the exception of the Pack Mules, all of these attractions are still in operation at Disneyland today!

Vacationland - Summer 1968

Here's a classic issue of Disneyland's Vacationland from the Summer of 1968. Come back on Bonus Sunday for the entire issue.
















Still true today....

Meccano Magazine - November 1968

Welcome to Magazine Monday (and Happy Halloween!). For only Two Shillings and Sixpence you can have your very own copy of Meccano Magazine, a hobby magazine. This issue from November 1968 has a super cover photo of the Monorail at Disneyland. Enjoy the photo; it’s the only one of Disneyland in this issue! Hey, that’s not the Tomorrowland of 1968, I see the rocket to the moon (being convert to Douglas?) at least they could have used a current photo. Bonus points for the Bubble top Monorail though.





Here’s an exhaustive four page article about Monorails! Unless I missed it they left out any mention of Disneyland. To be fair the inside cover has these never before disclosed facts: “Front Cover: The Disneyland “Highway in the Sky” monorail railway, In California USA, is an extremely advanced transport system. Built on the Alweg principle the transit speed is 45pmh. Electronically powered this monorail went into service in 1959 and carried over 17,000,000 passengers since then.”










Those prices look like impossible fractions.





We had one of these when I was a kid, they really work!




I had Dinky cars too when I was a kid, do I have even one now, nope! Wow these were cool!

VIP Family Fun Party at Disneyland - October 19, 1980

There's nothing better than a VIP Family Fun Party at Disneyland. On October 19, 1980 Disneyland had a "Special Party", which sounds neat but I'm thinking a "Private Party" is more exclusive!

Fifth Annual Transportation Nite at Disneyland - October 6, 1967

(I forgot to post this a few weeks ago - pretend today is October 6th) 44 Years ago it was time to celebrate the Fifth Annual Transportation Nite at Disneyland - October 6, 1967. Limited tickets available! Admission to Disneyland, Unlimited use of all attractions PLUS: * Pirates of the Caribbean * All-New Tomorrowland * It's a Small World * New Orleans Square * Dancing * All this for... $3.75!!

Disneyland Lines - 80's Blowout

Its for some Disneyland Lines! Today we've got three select issues from previous Octobers, 1982, 1984 & 1989.


Up first, 1982










1984 - Land Ho!










A new sign for 1989.