They should be playing this on a loop in the theatre on Main Street. I would stand there and watch the entire thing then go outside and see how much has changed.
This is a awesome video of Disneyland and it's history! Every Disneyland Fan should see this video its about a year after Disneyland opened in 1955! The aerial film over Disneyland is awesome to see!
30 years later, those sideway hotels trams were still in use backstage to shuttle parade performers to/from step-off locations behind Small World and Main Street. They finally disappeared from sight around 1990.
Note the amount of farmland around the park. Today there are fragmentary strawberry fields scattered around still selling their seasonal crops -- now the 6th generation farmers. So much has changed...
The reason for that is because they stopped building in open spaces and claimed it was because of the Environment. That has meant that they have had to build on existing developed land like farm land.
People of my generation weep over what we lost out on. The baby boomers lived in the greatest time America has ever know, in a matter of one or two generations this has been wiped out forever. Heart Breaking. Thank God for places like Disneyland where one can escape for a few glorious hours.
re: the narrator Winston Hibler- I just read that when they were trying to cast HAL in 2001 A Space Odyssey, Kubrick specifically named Hibler's Disney narrations as an example of what he should sound like. P.S. I grew up in Fullerton CA in the 1970s, me and my friends used to ride our bikes to the Disneyland Hotel and hang out by the monorail station there, keeping an eye out for tourist kids who looked cool enough to let us copy their invisible ink handstamps to scam our way into the park for free.
Not many know about the fact that you can go into the castle! Go through the draw bridge and turn left. You will see an open doorway, and when you enter, the stairs will take you up and through the castle to the other side. Kids love it!
I absolutely LOVE this video. thank you for sharing. would it be alright with you if I posted your video on my blog page, if I credited you for it? I would have no problem giving you credit. :)
Hello Ashley. Many thanks for your message. Feel free to post this video on your blog. Giving credit to my channel would be nice, you can also post a link to your blog if you want.
And you can see how space isn't so widely used back then. Many open spaces that today have been cramped with more attractions, kiosks, an of course, people. Foliage has taken over to hide much of what is meant to remain hidden and seems like safety wasn't as big a deal as it is today. No roped off areas or safety rails are as evident.
And now they have closed one of the best original attractions there - The Jungle Cruise. I guess they got too many threats from PETA over the boat captains shooting at the hippos. Very sad indeed.
The decline of the Disney Co. parallels the decline of America. We need to once again become a nation that's proud of its heritage, history, and birthright, not a nation obsessed with movies, comics, video games, other distractions, and political correctness.
its shameful hat they're doing to disneyland now. Taking parts of the rivers of america out for stupid Star Wars? Are you kidding? Thats a disgrace of Walts dreams. Stupid corporate disney
+Joe295398 I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan yet I highly agree with you! All these new companies that Disney is merging with is taking away what was once the magical nostalgic Disney awesomeness that I grew up with. This new land they're building will make Disney an even more crowded and hectic theme park -- and its bad even now. All about business and money is what it is.
It's the god damn new ceo of the company he's complete changed the damn business all together throwing walts dreams for the parks down the drain even fucking raising the price of the tickets and food by almost 3 times the orginal price
oh my god, love the casual racism. Here we have a house set ablaze by some flaming arrows.. though the indians had their friendly moments as well! mega lolz.
LOL some of the dialogue about Native Americans would have never been acceptable by today's standards. We've "come so far" xD All pretty sad really. Speaking the truth anymore is grounds for death it seems.
