Disneyland Starlite Nights Ticket Book - 1965

Here’s a fun look at a “couples” ticket book from Disneyland’s past. From June 1965 this special “Starlite Nights” ticket book was for couples and I’m guessing intended to be used on “Date Nites”. This first scan was donated to the blog by “anonymous” from his secret lair, thank you sir! How cool is that double admission ticket? Notice the “Special Main Gate Admissions” are good after 5pm only. Even the back of the book is outstanding, the crescent moon and stars are a nice touch.





From my collection we’ve got a partial book with a couple of “A” and “B” tickets left, the smart couple used all the good tickets. Since this is June 1965 we are still graced with Walt’s stylized signature, although the trademark purple has been replaced with “Starlite Blue”.

The tickets are regular lettered tickets except the letter is again blue not purple and of course that super cool Castle & blue moon logo make these tickets special and good only after 5pm!





The Tomorrowland Jet(s) and the Art of Animation have about a year left.





These tickets we good only after 5pm (yea that’s the 3rd time I said that) but they are also only good during the "regular summer season", in fact, they’re VOID after the summer season, so there.





Here’s an “E” ticket from a post I did back in 2008 and I’d rescan it but I can’t find it at the moment, I’m working on a special project and my tickets are all over the place!




The June 1965 attraction list sure looks inviting.





The “sister” book to the one in the first scan recently sold on eBay for $500, I didn’t even bid on it!

Trip Report - October 3, 2011

Come take a trip with me to a very uncrowded Disneyland and take a close look at the Carnation Plaza Gardens, see my trip report here:



LINK -----------> Trip Report - October 3, 2011

Star Tours Letter Head

A quick post today. Here's a piece of letterhead from Star Tours 1.0, what do you suppose they use these for?




Gotta love the back side!





Come back later today for a photo & video heavy trip report from an eerily (but pleasant) empty Disneyland Park on the Morning of October 3, 2011.

Better Homes and Gardens - February 1956

Welcome to Magazine Monday. Today’s Disneyland related article is from Better Homes and Gardens, February 1956. This is one of those articles where the rest of the magazine is missing; I was able to stitch the internet’s together to complete this post. Here’s the cover taken from an old Ebay photo.





“The land the does away with time” is an excellent (if not short) article on a less than one year old Disneyland. Some interesting photos that really show how barren the park was in the early days.






The next two pages are the back sides of the Disneyland article, ok so maybe we’re not missing much by not having the entire issue.






These advertisements are from Better Homes and Gardens 1956 issues found on this great Flickr site (link).













This last advertisement if actually from 1954, but I couldn’t resist.

Walt Disney World - Super Bonus Sunday

Welcome to a special "Walt Disney World" edition of Bonus Sunday.

Up first the Complete issue of Walt Disney World Vacationland - Fall 1971.





Download the complete magazine here: WDW Vacationland - Fall 1971 -66mb





Next up the complete issue of Walt Disney World Vacationland - Winter-Spring 1972.





Download the complete magazine here: WDW Vacationland - Winter-Spring 1972 - 68mb





Last up the complete issue of Walt Disney World Vacationland - Summer 1976.





Download the complete magazine here: WDW Vacationland - Summer 1976 - 90mb

Walt Disney Word Vacationland - Inaugural Edition - Fall 1971

Happy 40th Anniversary Walt Disney World! To help celebrate lets take a close look at the beginning. From the Fall of 1971 its Walt Disneyland Vacationland - The Inaugural Edition. Below are the highlights of this edition, come back tomorrow for the entire issue.















The very FIRST map of Walt Disney World, its sure looks fun doesn't it?





That's one BIG Castle!




Walt Disney World got its very own "Square", was this a substitute for New Orleans Square, both have their own unique charms.








Both of the Hotels have their own unique charms too!







Not into Hotels? Try Camping!

Walt Disney Word - October 1971 Ticket Book

Walt Disney World’s 40th anniversary is just one day away! What better time to take a closeup look at the original tickets used when Walt Disney World opened. This first scan was donated by a blog reader (D.G.). back in 2008. This is a complete October 1971 Magic Kingdom ticket book. It has the main gate ticket, the transportation ticket and all of it’s a thru E tickets, how cool is that?




The following scans are also tickets from October 1971, these are from a couple of incomplete books in my collection. A complete book as shown above is ultra-rare and is worth a boat load of Churro’s.