Disneyland 1991 Preview Series Passport & Cards

How about some lame early 90’s graphics? “In 1991, as a part of the promotion for the sports franchises they'd recently purchased, Disney issued a special set of Upper Deck trading cards along with a commemorative passport.”





It’s my understanding this ticket is still good since it has no expiration date, however, it is marked $27.50. I’ve heard if you try and use these “no expiration” tickets guest services might only give you $27.50 off the price of a one day admission ticket. In some cases I’ve heard people get a full park hopper ticket as a straight exchange, it might depend on the mood of the cast member.







“The cards feature Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Roger Rabbit in sports regalia with pictures of Disneyland in the background.” And honestly, they’re ugly as heck. I’m pretty sure they only made these five; I’m guessing there was not a huge demand for more. Upper deck did issue several Disneyland 50th anniversary sets (link) they look a little nicer.














The backs of the cards contain some rare and exciting facts that I’m sure you’ve never read before.

Knott's Berry Place - Note Pad

Here’s an OLD souvenir from Knott’s Berry Place, before it was a Farm! I can see why they changed the name, “Place” sounds so generic, everywhere is some ”Place”, but Knott’s was a Farm! This little note pad is not much large than a book of matches and contains about 20 little blank pages for notes. Chicken Dinner 85¢!






I didn’t realize it at the time, but this is the room where Chris Merritt signed his book, all of us bloggers waited just inside the doorway you see in the background as we gazed out these windows, come to think if it, the room did seem to ooze history…






At one time this was pretty much all there was to see while you waited to be seated for your chicken dinner.






Established 1920! Hey, where is Disneyland on this map? And where are the Freeways?

Disneyland on January 1, 1958

Are you ready for an accounting of another trip to Disneyland, this time it’s New Years Day – January 1, 1958!. You may recall from two previous posts (August 29, 1957 - link) and (August 20, 1958 - link) there were a bunch of auctions on Ebay that were from a teenager who visited Disneyland frequently in the late 1950’s. These auctions have; Parking lot Flyers, shop bags, parking tickets and these great little “notes” kept by the Junior guest showing how much was spent on each visit. The Ebay seller had a few listed last week and I got one for a good price, he also has 6 more listed now that are ending soon so be sure and check them out here (link).

There’s our favorite thrifty Scottish Dumbo! You’ve seen him before along with an amazing amount of vintage brochures being posted every Monday over at “Stuff from the Park” - brochures (link).






Mom, Dad, Children, EVERYBODY! Buy ticket books!






The front and inside are repeats of summer 1957 brochure, but the back of this one is customized for winter and the special holiday hours. I’m looking forward to the Slovakian Nations show on December 20th; I’m thinking Major Pepperidge might join me…






The “accountant” dated this “1957” but I’m thinking he was still stuck in 1957, how many of us has done the same things, heck I do it for weeks of each new year! That paperweight was $1.00 plus tax, the receipt from Geppetto’s Work Shop is shown later in this post.






Once again our two guests did NOT purchase ticket books (they appear to never have purchased ticket books). It’s my guess the older sibling was reimbursed for every penny spent so he wasn’t concerned with saving a few cents on cumbersome ticket books. Bear Shoot? A rather short evening 5:10pm to 6:35pm, they must have lived near by.






The parking ticket showing both “M”ornng and “E”vening locations!






Here’s the receipt from Geppetto’s Work Shop.






This receipt for .47¢ from the Emporium doesn’t match the total of $2.08 on the accounting sheet (Ruby necklace and earrings) maybe there is another receipt that’s missing that makes up the difference.





Even the Emporium bag was saved, but where is the Ruby Necklace?

Golden Horseshoe Reservation Ticket Part 2 - Don Ballard

Today’s scans were donated by Don Ballard of the Magic Hotel Fame (website link – blog link) Thanks Don! Two very exciting things regarding Don; (1) He has a copy of The Bell TV Hour “The Sounds of America” from yesterdays post and is going to let me make a copy – I should be able to post it right here on the blog so stay tuned for that and (2) Don is having a special presentation next week at the Glendora Library on the History of the Disneyland Hotel – See the end of this post for all the details and I’ll see you there!

This Golden Horseshoe seating card must be newer than the one on my previous post (link). Don got this himself from the hostess; she was nice enough to give him a blank one!





Smart not printing the prices on the back – that way they could use these even when the prices went up (and I'm sure they did!). When did they stop using these or do they still have them??







WHAT: Don Ballard presents the History of the Disneyland Hotel

WHERE: Glendora Public Library, Bidwell Forum - 140 S. Glendora Ave., Glendora, CA 91741

WHEN: May 24, 2010, 7pm

From an email I received from Ryan Price:


Don Ballard and the History of the Disneyland Hotel

Donald W. Ballard lives in Northern California with his wife and children. He first became interested in the Disneyland Hotel in the late 1970’s. He never considered a trip to Disneyland complete without a stay at the Disneyland Hotel. The Hotel was an adventure and experience in itself to him aside from the joys of Disneyland.

By 1998, he decided to start documenting the Disneyland Hotel’s history. He began compiling many vintage paper items, photographs, magazines and souvenirs from the Hotel’s rich history. What first started as a short article for a Southern California travel magazine eventually became a book.

Along the way, Don learned a tremendous amount about the Hotel’s original owner Jack Wrather and recognized many parallels Wrather had to Walt Disney. Both were innovators and risk takers. Both had the guest’s experience and enjoyment first and foremost in everything they planned. Both were told Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel would fail yet both persisted in their plans. What tremendous courage each man had!

Don was fortunate to have stayed many times at the Disneyland Hotel in its pre-1999 format and experienced many of Jack Wrather’s amenities. He loved the Monorail Café and the Olympic Pool as well as the old Garden Villas and Suites. He was also fortunate to stay in the North Garden Villas the last night they were open to the public in May of 1999. Though sad to see the historical section of the Disneyland Hotel removed, he understood the need for change. He and his family love the new Neverland Pool and Downtown Disney. He hopes that with this presentation, he can rekindle your fond memories of happy times spent at the original Disneyland® Hotel.

Please join Mr. Ballard in the Bidwell Forum of the Glendora Pubic Library for a very special multi-media presentation about the past, present and future of the Hotel.

TV Guide - February 11-17, 1961

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today’s we’ve got TV Guide from February 11-17, 1961. In case you missed my previous TV Guide/Disneyland posts, you can visit them here: Why Disney Changed his mind about TV – October 1954 (link) and the four issue series “Disney Album” from January 1955 (link).






“Dancing in Disneyland”






The “Bell Telephone Hour” was presenting a special show this week “The Sounds of America” filmed and videotaped entirely on location at Disneyland!






Here’s the page that shows the listing for Friday night at 9:00pm. The Bell Telephone Hour was in Color since its TV debut in 1959. Good thing the Twilight Zone (late into Season one) is on at 10:00pm, there's an excellent performance by Jack Klugman that you won’t want to miss.






This looks like a spectacular show. Good luck finding it. A search on the web came up pretty dry, but I’m working on a lead. If anyone has a copy or can get one, let me know.






My favorite TV Teletype’s, this is the “New York” version found in the front of the guide. Hollywood is in the back.






Here are a couple nice photos of what ladies looked like in 1961. The articles are kind of dry, let me know if you have an interest in the rest of the articles and I’ll post them later.








The TV Teletype “Hollywood” version has lots of fun information. Gunsmoke will expand to an hour; it was a half hour show at first?

"Almost There"

Ran out of time to post, so here's the Disneyland Band from Monday May 10, 2010. I've really come to enjoy the band, I caught their entire set and boy was it a mood lifter. Turn up the volume and enjoy "Almost There" I did...

Disneyland Vacations 1973 - Presented By the Walt Disney Travel Co., Inc.

It’s 1973 and time to start planning your Disneyland Vacation! Presented By the Walt Disney Travel Co., Inc.






“Land of many Lands” Sounds like an Indian name! Hey, “Why not let yourself go”?






Lots of choices. Do they really need to state that each hotel/motel has accommodations “with bath” – did they even have rooms “without baths” still in the 1973?







I want all those vintage tickets shown in the “Goodtime Features” oh wait; I actually have some already… Those air fares sure seem high? Hmmm, I’d opt for the Category “A” with the hotels. Although I do see the lovely Space Age Lodge in Category “C”.






General Conditions.

"Blast to the Past Trivia Game" 1988 - How to Win

It’s 1988 and time to play Disneyland’s “Blast to the Past… Trivia Game”. Simply answer three questions correctly and you win!






Look at all the great prizes; Paddles Balls, Cokes, Jr. Slinkies, Yo Yo’s, Fuzzy Dice, Frisbees, Hula Hoops and more!






Suppose you happened to visit the park a lot in spring of 1988, like every day? I bet you could pick up tons of discarded tickets that were answered incorrectly. You could take those cards, rub off all the possible answers and start to figure out the correct answers to future tickets.






If you collected enough “looser” tickets you could actually figure out ALL of the correct answers.






This portable list looks pretty complete, there are a few hand written answers on the backs of the last two cards.






There are at least a hundred cards in this collection, more than will fit on my big scanner! I wonder if the person who collected these got a lot of cool prizes?

It's a Small World Ticket - 1964 New York Worlds Fair

Here’s a pretty rare item. Dated 1964 from the New York Worlds Fair a complimentary ticket to Walt Disney’s “It’s a Small World”, presented by Pepsi-Cola.






The back of the ticket is even better than the front! Dated 1963 (WED Enterprises, Inc.) and featuring the Tower of the Four Winds by Rolly Crump. Do you think we might see a recreation of this someday? I wish I had this ticket at the Knott’s Preserved event, I could have asked Rolly to sign it!






I recently received this ticket from a seller on eBay. Not only was the envelope vintage (and smelled like a 40 year old ticket book!) but check out the stamps the seller used, talk about a time machine!

Radio & TV News - June 1958

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Continuing on with the "one page" articles, from June 1958 its Radio & TV News. This is Disneylands second appearance in this magazine, see my previous post of the August 1956 issue here (link).






Lots of neato analog equipment. How much do you want to bet none of this equipment is still at the park?






Also from a previous post an Altec Lansing ad from Architectural Digest - May 1959.

Bonus Sunday

Welcome to Bonus Sunday. From Thrusday's 1970 Elks Nite post, here is the entire Winter-Spring 1970 edition of Vacationland.



Vacationland Winter/Spring 1970 - 77mb







Be sure and check out the SEVEN page article on Knott's Berry Farm. I wonder if Knott's paid to appear in this lengthy (and excellent) article?






Summer is just around the corner, don't let this happen to you! Didn't they list SPF ratings in 1970?