Bonus Sunday

Welcome back to Bonus Sunday. Things have been rather busy here as summer winds down, but expect to see "Bonus Sunday" more frequently as we move into fall. Today's amazing item was donated to the blog along with several vintage and mint Vacationland's, a HUGE thanks goes out to "Tom"!!!!

From the summer of 1967, this issue (Vol. 2 No.2) of Disney News is seriously "Disneyland" heavy with over half of the issue devoted to Disneyland. You may recognize the cover (which is pretty darn incredible huh?) its the same exact cover used on the summer 1967 issue of Vacationland (link) but ironically, this issue of Disney News is even better than the Vacationland.







Below are the pages that are about Disneyland, you can also get the entire issue here:


Disney News Summer 1967 - 81mb










The Tomorrowland Terrance must have had its name finalized at the very last moment before the New Tomorrowland opened. Once again it's referred to as "Refreshment Gardens". Climate Controlled yet devoid of walls, it could only happen at Disneyland.

Family Fun Party at Disneyland - September 18, 1980

Time for the 13th Annual Southland Hospitals Family Fun Party at Disneyland, held September 18, 1980. Alice seems to been having fun, good thing she left the Mad Hatter behind!

Disneyland Update

Here's quick little update from the current issue of Disneyland Back Stage Pass magazine. The New Star Tours sounds really cool, but its no Adventure Thru Inner Space... The New parade looks kinda neat too.

A Fantasmic Evening - September 15, 1992

Here’s an interesting Disneyland Ticket. From September 15, 1992 (18 years ago today if you’re like me and count those kind of things) this Disneyland ticket was for a Fantasmic Evening Honoring Bill Snyder. Fantasmic being just a few months old I can see why they emphasized the new show, but who is Bill Snyder?

Was it Bill Snyder the head football coach for Kansas State University? Probably not. Maybe Bill Snyder the president of the Anaheim/Orange County Hotel & Lodging Assn ? Not likely… My Guess would be William E. Snyder, cinematographer for 39 episodes of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. However he died in 1984 so I’m not sure if this event was for him either??






This ticket is good for 3 ½ hours only on September 15, 1992 at 7:30 pm. No refunds and its non-transferable - talk about limitations!






From January 24, 1992 here’s the cover to the Disneyland Line featuring Fantasmic. I bet the concept art looked better in color, same with the new signage.






Nice two page article on Fantasmic, they didn’t quite make that April deadline; the official open date was May 13th.







The new ETR is here! That’s right, Disneyland is implementing a the Employee Time Recording system. Revolutionizing the payroll process by eliminating old-fashioned paper timecards. Um, I worked for a manufacturing company in 1982 and we already had these in use. Is it just me or are those “ETR Clocking Procedures” way over done? How about; Press “In”, Swipe your card, it’ll beep – Press “Out”, Swipe your card, it’ll beep.

Disneyland Gray Line Ticket Book - May 1971

This just in, these scans are courtesy of the Gorilla that doesn't blog, thank you Major!!!!

From May 1971, Major's Gray Line ticket book has its Main Gate admission ticket still attached (I think all the ticket books in Majors collection have the admission ticket still attached - wow!) It appears this admission ticket is different than the standard Main Gate ticket of 1971, this one has Tinker Bell - WOW - I've never seen one of these!






Nice LOW serial number, notice the "G" in the sequence, that was also on yesterday's June 1974 ticket book.





Thanks again Major!

Disneyland Gray Line Ticket Book - June 1974

From June 1974, here’s an odd ticket book. Gray Line Tours (link) was such a large tour company that they got their very own Disneyland ticket book!






The Main Gate admission ticket is missing, it appears to be the standard “green’ ticket, but I can’t tell for certain.






The tickets are all “E” tickets and a very different from any other tickets sold at the park. Neato drawings huh? My favorite is the Haunted Mansion on the upper left.





The attraction page has a slightly different font than the standard ticket book, I like it. Noteworthy; “America Sings Opens July 1974” and no more Pack Mules…

America on Parade - Grand Finale - September 12, 1976

Sometimes even good things must come to an end… Disneyland is no exception as America on Parade floated through its Grand Finale on September 12, 1976. Hey, I really like that Castle drawing with the fireworks, wow! The wavy flag is pretty cool too.






Opening up the flyer we find these details; The Grand Finale included “the music of massed bands and choirs in Town Square and Central Plaza”. I wonder what the official Bicentennial flag looked like (one of these?) and where did it end up?






For being 34 years old this sticker looks, feels and smells like new. Yes it still has that waxy sticker smell.

Magic Kingdom Club - 1980

Ready for more Magic Kingdom Club goodness? From May 1980, here’s the Club price guide. Remember, these ticket prices are NOT for the general public!





Operating Hours - still closed Monday’s and Tuesday’s for the off season.






Here’s a 1980 Passport. By 1980 they had abandoned the little “hole & string” idea, I’ve seen these with safety pin holes, but this ticket must have been kept in the guest's shirt pocket.





No date on the back, just Globe Ticket company’s weird little logo and “S 260” which appears on lots of non-lettered tickets and I still have no idea what it means?





How about an 11 adventure “All E ticket” book?





I like how Dumbo is used on the Magic Kingdom Club banner!






By 1980, the courtesy and MKC ticket books no longer had a separate “Welcome” sheet, its combined on the first page with the first of 11 “1/2” sheet tickets.






Although these little tickets are for ANY attraction (basically all E tickets) the small size makes them seem less valuable.








1980’s attraction list is quite impressive!






Since we're all vintage Magic Kingdom Club members here on the blog, lets check out the 1980 membership guide.





Neat photo of Alice and her buddies in Fantasyland and is Goofy trying to tell us something?






1980 is Disneyland’s Family Reunion year.






What a great grand prize, round trip airfare, a 5 night stay at Disneyland and $1,955.00 is CASH!! Canada residents have to answer a “skill testing question” should they win. This contest in only open to MKC members, is that fair?






You’ve got lots of choices for your vacation stay at Anaheim.






Awesome Knott’s photo!






Opens December 21st, I can’t wait!

Donald's 50th Birthday at Disneyland - 1984

See your Club director for tickets - hurry, only one day left...

Disneyland's Summer of 100 Million Smiles & Dixieland and all that Jazz - September 6-11, 1971

It’s Disneyland’s Summer of 100 Million Smiles! From September 1971 this parking lot flyer is all smiles!






Disneyland’s 12th annual Dixieland now includes “all that Jazz” and covers six nights instead of just one night as did previous Dixieland’s. Fireworks on the River???





Buy the Deluxe 15 book, it’s your best value and you might have tickets left over to sell to some weird ticket collector 40 years later.





Don’t forget where you parked!





What do you suppose was purchased at the “One-of-a -kind Shop” for $3.95 on September 7, 1971?






And since were focused on Dixieland and all the Jazz, here’s a rebroadcast of my post from September 2008 (link) that features a super press kit on the event.

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News from Disneyland! It’s time for Dixieland and All that Jazz! This press release from September 1971 details the 12th annual “Dixieland and All that Jazz” and its six night celebration.






Here is the press guest sticker, it was never used and still looks like it has plenty of that industrial sticky stuff under the peel-away parts on the back.






The description sheet for the press photo of the Mark Twain in full “Dixieland and All that Jazz” get up.






What the heck is strapped to the front of the Mark Twain, bails of hay? And look just to the right of the hay stacks, is that a person wearing a hood or is their back to us? Weird…






Summary of the press event for September 6th, 1971.






Four pages of details, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Wonder and tons more, wow, what a stellar event!







If you’re still yearning for 1971, check out a couple of my prior posts.

Summer Scene 1971 & 2008






Bonus Sunday Summer 1971 Vacationland.