Sunday, July 25, 2010

Bonus Sunday

Welcome to Bonus Sunday. For your reading enjoyment, today we've got the full issue of Disneyland Backstage - Summer 1977!


Backstage Disneyland Summer 1977 - 80mb






This is a super issue, summer 1977 had lots of exciting things happening at Disneyland. After reading through this, it occurs to me that no matter how hard Disneyland (and its Marketing arm) have tried, the "snap" or "slickness" of the the late 1970's has never returned.











Friday, July 23, 2010

Casting for a role in our Disneyland Show - 1970/72

Are you ready to be cast in a role in the Disneyland Show? From 1970, this fact filled brochure helps outline the casting procedure, read along and see if there’s a role for you.




How fun, it’s not a “Job” it’s a “Role”! Working with people personally can be “fun and fulfillingOR tiring, hot and frustrating” - that’s brutally honest. Work roles are for “extroverts” count me out! “We work while other play” you have to work on Holiday’s and weekend’s? Join a union! Since it’s a role, how about SAG?




Appearance; since I look just like the guy in this illustration, I’ve got “The Disneyland Look”. Availability; “With rare exception, we normally hire only those living within the immediate area surrounding Disneyland” Does the West San Fernando Valley count as “immediate”? Count me out again!






No car pooling, its been proven “unreliable”. Physical Requirements; Wow, no ladies under 5’2” or over 5’10”, but men can be any height? There are some interesting drawing on this page?






Notification; they reply to every application they receive. Can you image, the letter from Disneyland arrives, the excitement, then the disappointment, ouch.






Be enthusiastic” but don’t over do it! The code on the bottom left appears to reveal this brochure is revision number two (R-2) and is from March 1972 (723) not 1970 as is printed on the front page.






Who doesn't love this version of the castle? Isn’t it funny how one little logo can symbolizes years worth of fun childhood memories?


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Disneyland - Entertainment Backstage Passes

Here's a couple of sets of Disneyland Entertainment Backstage Passes. Fun as they are, I have no idea what these are for or how they were used or how old they are.





I wonder if the triangles meant something different than the rectangles?


Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Coil Box Courier - August 1958

Welcome to Magazine Monday (on Tuesday). Technically this isn't a magazine, it's a newsletter, but close enough. From August 1958 it's the Coil Box Courier, a newsletter for antique automobile buffs (The Horseless Carriage Club of Southern California).








Break out the sewing machine and you to have your very own wardrobe for Disneyland!










Go back to 1958 and buy some of these "oldies", store them for 50 years and your rich!


Monday, July 19, 2010

Voided 3

Please accept this voided 3 Day pass while Magazine Monday returns tomorrow.


Saturday, July 17, 2010

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Disneyland Car Pass's

At one time free parking tickets to Disneyland only meant a savings of small change. Today a free parking ticket is worth the price of a good meal. This first ticket is from 1978 and was mailed to a guest from Disneyland's public relations department. You'll see the letter and parade tickets around Christmas time.





I don't have a date on this one, the "X" in the serial number usually means this is a courtesy ticket. If so, the ticket above really should have an "X" also, one of the many ticket mysteries.


Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Disneyland Today - July 14-20, 1990

It's Disneyland Today – 2o years ago today! July 14 -20, 1990. What better way to start the 90's than to have huge balloon characters roaming down Main Street.






Don't miss the Dick Tracy Musical Review at Videopolis, I sure did. I never understood the pastel-colored Dick Tracy of 1990, too weird. Lot's of ticket choices, the annual pass is a bargain at $165 (with parking).






There is so much (too much?) going on the main page here you almost forget there are rides too! Don't forget, the Pigskin Classic begins August 26th.






Only Disneyland can throw a party this big a GEO, huh, where the Cadillac's they gave away in 1985!





The old parking lot maps make me smile.


Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Take One

Take One! No time for text today, but plenty to read here...