Disneyland Brochure Comparison - 1968 & 1970

Time for another fun Brochure comparison. Today’s very similar brochures are just a few years apart so spotting the differences is a challenge. What’s even more fun is the first brochure, the “pink” version, is not dated! It must be from at least 1967, but could be as late summer 1969. There is no Haunted Mansion noted, I do see a “Gun Collection” in Frontierland and the C & H Sugar Corner on Main Street. I would guess it’s from 1968.













This “green” version is from December 1970. You’ll notice on the map that the guest marked the attractions they visited – they missed some good ones!












And in case you missed my post from July 2008 (link) here’s a re-broadcast of two more similar brochures, the “blue” 1976 version and the “brown” 1979 version.

From June 1976, it’s the “blue” version. I noticed the Mine Train ride making one of its last appearances…








From February 1979, it’s the “brown” version. A neat Space Mountain promo. No Big Thunder Mountain yet, its got about 7 months till its ready. Hey, the map drawing has the old Mine Train still!

The Black Hole - Disney News & See - Hear - Read

I hope you like Disney’s “The Black Hole” (I know “Paul!” does) because today’s post is all about the “interesting” movie. My own opinion is; the visuals and space sequences are quite well done, the story had potential, the acting is a bit under whelming, the dialog is dreadful and the ending is confusing and lame, hey I just described Armageddon!





Here’s a nice four page article dedicated to the hope (hype) that the movie would be a huge hit. Peter Ellenshaw who worked on 20,000 leagues was the production designer for The Black Hole, which explains whey parts of the move look really cool.







“A journey that begins where everything ends".

It’s time for some audio-visual fun. Anyone more than a couple of decades old probably remembers the read along book and record sets. Turn the page when you hear the chime. I grew up on these in elementary school.





I’ve scanned all the pages and recorded each side of the record so you can; Hear the Record, See the pictures and Read the book. My video is a bit dark, but the sound should come out nice and clear.

Side two – the joys of flipping over a vinyl record.

I hope you enjoyed that little show & tell. It’s actually a great movie when you condense it down to 9 minutes!

Magic Kingdom Club Membership Card - 1979

Still looking thru the Magic Kingdom Club vault today's we've got an "blank" membership card for 1979. This was for members of the Teamsters Local 278 (Hoffa wants this card back).







Here's the awesome cover to the Fall 1979 issue of the Disney News - Come back tomorrow for what's inside and some more "Black Hole" goodies.

Magic Mountain Postcards

Taking a little trip away from Disneyland, today's we've got two old and fairly rare post cards from the early days (early 1970's) of Magic Mountain. Up first is a great shot of the Mountain Express, it more thrilling than it looks (this Schwarzkopf Wildcat went 40 mph - that's faster than Space Mountain) . I keep looking for me and my grand parents in this photo, this is exactly the way I remember it.

The Mountain Express was once considered a "Great White-Knuckler"! While this attraction was removed from Magic Mountain in the early 1980's, it survived in service until 2006! (link).






The Animal Chatter shows at Magic Mountain never did anything for me. Oddly, these ladies in their fascinating outfits did.







Want to see more Vintage Magic Mountain Postcards?


* Mini-postcard Pack - 1971

* The "Maxi-Cards" - 1971/72

* Continental Cards - 1975

* Postcard Pack - 1977


Since school is starting back up, I feel a trip to the Mountain coming very soon.

Magic Kingdom Club Membership Card - 1970

Taking yet another look at the Magic Kingdom Club, this time we’ve got a membership card from 1970. This chapter was for the U.S. Naval Air Station at Los Alamitos, I like the Stars on each side.







From the last page of the Spring 1970 edition of Disney News, there’s the same membership card there on the left with all kinds of details on how the club functions. Someone from 1970 was not impressed with the discount, having written “It will take $23.50 just to go to (Disneyland)” Their math tells me the family had six people; Two adults, one junior and three children.






The cover photo to the Spring 1970 edition of Disney News was reused in a guide book for Spring 1972 which I have yet to post.






Disneyland’s new Ambassador looks like a young Barbara Walters (that would be back in 1886).






Feed the Guests 500,000 pounds of hamburger!!!! It’s always fun when they “add up the annual numbers” at Disneyland. Did they really used to have waitress service at the Tomorrowland Terrace? 100,000 gallons of ice cream, sounds like my annual intake.






From the “How the others see us department” here’s a great article that is a repost from Westways Magazine 1969 (Hey, I don’t have that one!). This article takes a look at how your perspective changes when you visit Disneyland all by yourself, something that I can completely relate to.










This is an excellent “Disneyland” focused issue of the Disney News; some issues get thin on the park, not this one. A fun look at the real Tom Sawyers Island and the simple fun it proved for millions of young boys and girls.

A post from a couple weeks ago (link) featured this orphaned Disneyland Calendar and advertisement on the back. Well, as it happens it’s the back page to this issue of the Disney News! They have been separated in my collection for years, now they are finally back together.

And "just cause I like it" , the return address section from the mail-in subscription renewal form.