Disneyland's 10th Anniversary (1965)
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This episode is called "Disneyland's 10th Anniversary". This is the second of the five episodes that make up what I call "The World's Fair Era".
As the title implies, the episode celebrates the first ten years of Disneyland, but does far more than that. Before we go into the tenth anniversary celebrations, Walt Disney, along with Julie Rheim, the Disneyland Ambassador for 1965, first previews more Disneyland attractions, both from the World's Fair, such as "it's a Small World", and others, such as the new Plaza Gardens Restaurant.
But Walt also reveals plans for future attractions, and even a whole new land, the first since Disneyland opened in 1955. As a bonus, we see some of the creators and the imagineers talk about the various projects being worked on.
Walt reveals plans for "New Orleans Square", as well as what would become it's two staples, "The Haunted Mansion" and a ride based on the old pirates which would later take on the name "Pirates of the Caribbean". And as usual, Walt goes into detail about what he intends to include in the attraction, though as it turns out, he will not live long enough to see either of them open.
After that is finished, we then go to the tenth anniversary celebration, which includes still another addition, Mary Poppins. After the celebration in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle and a parade down Main Street, Walt begins to go through the history of Disneyland, major event by major event.
After documenting the history of Disneyland, Walt then takes us to the Enchanted Tiki Room, where we see an edited performance of Disneyand's first audioanimatronic attraction.
All rights and credits go to the Walt Disney Company and those that created the video and audio, including the music used in the program. That includes the Disney Channel, as I recorded this program on their Vault Disney block more than a decade ago.
If there are any others who I'm forgetting, please let me know so I can add them to the list of those to credit.
There's a chance that this video will either be taken down, not allowed up, or I'll be asked to take it down. If I'm asked to, I will take it down. - Zábava
I was born in the US at the right time, 1932. I just graduated from Purdue in 1955 and Lockheed Burbank made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I visited Disneyland in the first week of its opening. Everything was brand new. In 1965, I was at Mission Control Houston, so I missed the 10th anniversary. Hughes Aircraft Fullerton sent me to South Carolina in 1971 and I got to go to Disney World in its first week of its opening. It has been about 30 years since I visited Disneyland or Disney World. I probably wouldn't recognize the place.
This is awesome thank you for sharing! Wish I could’ve been alive during that time. Disneyland is just covered in strollers lol
Rip
20:24 The tall gentlemen front and center in all white (the drum major) is my dad. :)
OMG! AWESOME!! :D
Is he still alive?
+Paul Moustakas He is indeed. 69 next month. :)
+Paul Moustakas Oh gosh, he would have been 17 when they filmed this. He was the drum major at Anaheim HS at the time.
nice do u work at disney
It sucks that "Uncle Walt" died the following year of lung cancer. R.I.P. Mr Disney!
JAAFILMPRODUCTIONS people smoked like chimneys back then
Im sure it was just me, but did anyone else feel a strange surge of joy at the beginning seeing iconic attractions like "It's a Small World" "The Haunted Mansion" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the imagineering room? Just having the Knowledge of how those attractions would live to see Disneyland's 60th anniversary kinda warms my heart
Krystian Rodriguez Don't you mean Museum of the Weird? The HM at that time wasn't considered as it is today until Walt's death.
I think the world could have done WITHOUT "It's a Small World".
TheHauntedMansionFan12345 yeah you're right, I said Haunted Mansion because it's just more familiar is all
As a kid, I tried to build a PotC walk-thru model like that. Not very successful, lol.
And besides, Marc Davis actually said "Haunted Mansion" when Walt and Julie were talking to him. And the "Museum of the Weird" was originally just supposed to be a part of the attraction.
They need to air these specials on Disney channel again
Or Disney should create a channel to air this kind of programming, much like Cartoon Network did in 2000 when they created the Boomerang spin-off channel to air classic programming. And think of the possibilities that could be opened should Disney create a channel for classic programming, because you'd not only have classic Disney programming like what's seen in this upload, but also classic Disney cartoon series, not to mention the Marvel and Star Wars library that's also open to them to air classic programming derived from both of those properties, except for the 1967 Fantastic Four series and it's spin-off, the infamous Thing series from 1979, since both of those series are owned by Time-Warner.
ok
That would be *awesome*!!! In the meantime, thank goodness for TCM's Treasures from the Disney Vault...
cjs83172 the reason behind CN's Boomerang was because Disney had Toon Disney. That's where they aired classic Disney cartoons. Everything from black and white shorts to Disney Afternoon series. CN wasn't the only one however, Nickelodeon followed the two later with their Nicktoons channel, giving their canceled properties a new home elsewhere. But, just like with the other channels, they weren't pulling in the same numbers as their original network, so they started airing the exact same stuff they were marathoning on the other, cannibalizing on its own ratings. Despite having a vastly bigger library than the other two combined it got to where nothing was older than 5 or so years. With viewer numbers not where they wanted them to be, they killed off the channel entirely, rebranding it as Disney XD.
Around the same time Toon Disney launched, the regular network had a "Vault Disney" program at night, when most children were asleep. Here, they would "open the vault" and show specials like this one (which is why this video has the station bug). Other Wonderful World specials would air, as well as Mickey Mouse Club, Zorro... ...lots of fun stuff.
the good old days i would stay up late just to watch
I went to disneyland in 1965 for the first time when I was only 5. 50 years later and I still love to go but now I bring my grandkids.
How could anyone not love this amazing heartfelt place and anything Disney. He was a man before his time
+saltpan8005 I went in 1966 when my parents drove out from Philly for the first time at age 4. I live in San Diego now. I am hoping to take my grand daughter who turns 2 in January at Christmas or this spring
+Mike Atkins And I guarantee that it's much easier getting there now than it was in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, because the traffic's not as bad as it was before I-5 was widened in the 90s and early 2000s. Having lived in the San Diego area myself for 30 years (I no longer do), I can personally vouch for that.
Yeah, especially since we get up at 4am, so we can stop for breakfast and get there when the gates open. I really hate traffic, which is why I live in SD and not LA...lol . Parking, however is I think worse. $20 and I've got stuck in Pumba the last two times, from which you have to take a bus to close to the gate.I love riding the tram, but the bus is a chore with a stroller.
Traffic in San Diego is not much better than it is in Los Angeles. In fact, one of Southern California's worst traffic jams is the drive in Camp Pendleton on I-5 on the weekends, mainly because there's no alternate route, and because the SB interchange at CA-78 ends in a stoplight (the checkpoint doesn't help matters going NB, either).
Even NB I-15 is getting bad from Escondido to Temecula during rush hour now, as it frequently backs up from before CA-76 all the way to Murrieta, and I think we can both remember when the current freeway was being built in 1980 from having to use Champagne Blvd north of Deer Springs Rd. At the time, it might have been overbuilt, but now they may need to look at widening that stretch of I-15, as well as widening the stretch of I-5 through Camp Pendleton.
Another commute that's getting really bad, believe it or not, is the SB drive in San Ysidro, as both I-5 and I-805 can back up to CA-905 to get into Mexico. And when I was out there, that was NEVER a problem. And even I-8 east of El Cajon is seeing more than it's share of traffic now, which is why I think CA-52 should be extended to I-8 just east of Lake Jennings Park Rd.
+saltpan8005 i am crazy about it too
Congratulations Mr. Walt Disney for your imaginations, creativity, and your love of family.
And now, fifty years later and Disneyland still has some of Walt's magic going strong.
it changing a lil too much 4 me i miss the old classic vibe
sesame workshop 1965
Me too, I’m still just a kid at heart ❤️
@@Johnnycdrums aren't we all. 💖
@@laurenfernandez1163Huh
around 16:35 start watching the corner the dwarf's head flies off as Mary Poppin's goes into the sky.
Laura Jane
Off with his head!
lol
It’s a good thing that these days, Disney characters keep their heads on their shoulders.🤣
the produceers must have saw that coming and edited it out
IKR!
Life was so different back then. It's hard to remember what it was even like.
disneyland need to have old school day.
"That's a people."
Originally telecast on "WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR" on January 3, 1965.
And because of that, it was obvious that it was actually filmed in 1964, as noted in the end credits, but aired at the beginning of 1965 because '65 was the year of Disneyland's 10th Anniversary. In fact, most of the World's Fair attractions were still at the World's Fair when this episode first aired, as the process of moving them to Disneyland didn't begin until well into 1965.
ill be there in 11 days. it's amazing to see where walt has been. i've been to disney world many times, but disneyland is going to be so special! seeing where walt imagined his rides and all of his other amazing creations for generations to come.
ill be starstruck.
It’s heartbreaking to watch Walt describe the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean knowing he never got to see the finished product of both attractions. He would of been damn proud
Yup
Wow....at 16:40, watch the dwarf with the red hat on the far right.....he removes his head to get a better view of Mary flying away!
thats crazy
It's hilarious! Walt must have fumed!!
He was immediately executed.
lol
Walt you have left your mark .no matter how much time passes you will always be present.
Disney Channel logo! They need to start showing stuff like this on there again
***** Or create a channel specifically designed for classic programming, such as ESPN Classic, or what Cartoon Network has had in Boomerang for 15 years (and had the Boomerang programming block even before then). They certainly have enough material in their vaults to create a classic network, considering you have to consider, not only do they have all the classic Disney stuff, but also the fact that they have rights to virtually every Marvel animated series, except for the 1967 Fantastic Four series and the 1979 spin-off, "The Thing", the rights of which are owned by Warner Bros.This means that they (Disney) have the rights to every Spider-Man animated series, going back to 1967, the infamous 1978 Fantastic Four series that featured Herbie the Robot, as well as the FF series from 1994-'96, the 1979 Spider-Woman series, every animated adoption of the Hulk (1967, '82, and '96), etc. They simply don't think that a classic programming channel, such as Boomerang and ESPN Classic, would be feasible. Hasbro tried that with one of the Discovery channels, and f the classic programming The Hub had, only the Sunbow-Marvel (G.I. Joe, The Transformers, and Jem) stuff remains, and I wonder for how long?
The dwarf on the right taking off his head to watch Mary Poppins fly away at 16:43 lmao
I lost it when he showed her the redhead auction in the Pirate’s attraction and she said “that’s fantastic!” with a big smile. It sucks how they had to take that out because of all the people (mostly women) complaining even though it’s a part of history and one of the most iconic parts on the ride.
Hypocrites!
Oh, nobody complained. It was their own ethics and inclusion committee that decided that. Same people who also put Jessica Rabbit in a long trench coat.
I love everything from
Walt Disney!
This is the most beautiful thing - entertainment, joy, pleasure! Wonderfully magical! Wow, wow,wow!
sad how Walt untimely passed away from lung cancer one year later. It's just a horrifying fact in how one year after something special like an anniversary of a special remembrance dat something terrible has 2 happen da following year.
JB Scott actually he died 2 years after this was made because it was made in 1964 but aired in 1965 still when the worlds fair was going on
oh had no idea
4:00 thank you for making the plaza inn. I worked there and it is really special. So many stories of Walt Disney hanging out in that restaurant and back stage.
i remember late at night stuff like this would come on disney channel. i would stay up late n watch it. bc i love the classic n history of disneyland.
Wow, the detail that went into the model of the Plaza Inn is amazing.
I had no idea he actually designed it I thought that was his favorite restaurant.
What a wonderful man was Mr Disney
i miss classic Disneyland
Loved Walt ,he was like a family member.
Amazing what this man accomplished in his life, the magic he has created for the world, and still, his life ended because of a huge weakness - he chained smoked.
Walt Disney sure had imagined a big world 🥰😍✌🏻👍🏻
thanks for up loading this bc i never saw the start of this.
4:40 "He gets around you know, he knows all the pretty girls" TAKE It easy, Walt! hahhahahah
***** the guy looks up with "guilty as charged eyes.."
lol
Hmmm... a 60s Harvey Weinstein?
@12:41 "and theres the biggest bargain of all." hhahaahhahahahhaha
The hypocrites ruined her too
Such a great look at the very beginnings of this amazing park. When the most simplest of concepts made people happy. Thank you for posting. Its hard to believe now that its been over 60 years since it opened.
16:43 OMG, Sleepy's head fell off!!!
Happy birthday Disneyland 🎉🎈🎊🎂🎁
Poor Julie looked so nervous early in the segment, then she calmed down. Walt pronounced her name in plural at first, and then corrected it later.
the wonderful of color disney chrilden television workshop
Walt Disney did so much to make all those attractions, Shows, and Even Sleeping Beauty's Castle! Thank you, Walt Disney! 😄😄😄
crazt to c the changes now 2019 i miss old Disney stuff
Im sure if walt was still alive he would not let the prices get as high as 100 bucks for a person all he wanted was a place were children and their parents could have fun together not a time when parents cant afford to tale them
+pearl mani You've got to be kidding, right? Disneyland is a business. It's a tremendous value, too! $100 for a full day and evening of entertainment, fun, sights, attractions, where else could you go and enjoy so many wonderful experiences for just $100? In fact, if you get there at the opening time, say 8AM, and stay until closing, say, 12Midnight, that's $100 divided by 16 hours = $6.25/hr! BARGAIN!
Can't afford to take them? The place was packed when I went. If it cost only 30 bucks to get in, you would attract a seedy element and you wouldn't have room to move. I say keep the riff raff out and the crowds reasonable.
toscodav That's right, toscodav! You just described Knott's Berry Farm, which is the place for people who don't see the value in Disneyland. You said it, Let the riff raff go to Knotts!
+John L I'm sorry I'm getting into the conversation but don't forget that people spend millions of dollars on meals and merchandise every year at Disney and I think at least their military option should be a lot better like seaworld gives a free day for service members and their family once a year
It is a business. SeaWorld is in deep trouble, with declining attendance. Check out their stock price over the past few years since Blackfish revealed the truth about how they treat whales. It's sickening. They are doing everything they can think of to increase revenue by offering deep discounts. They even give teachers FREE passes so they'll consider SeaWorld for field trips!
Again, if one cannot afford a trip to Disneyland, go to SeaWorld. I'm sorry if that sounds cold, but Disneyland is a luxury, not a necessity.
wow had no idea dat Julie was honored as a Disney Legend dis year because of all her contributions for making Disneyland grow. Hard 2 believe how she lived 2 see Disneyland grow through all of its 60 years in existence, I gotta call her da official "Forrest Gump" of Disneyland though Forrest Gump was a Paramount film.
JB Scott i am what does forrest gump have to do with this? not being rude or mean. i just did not get your point. lol.
it's just Forrest Gump saw lots of American events from like 1950 somethin through 1981 so Julie has seen Disneyland back from it's opening till now, u catch my drift
Oh ok i got it..that was a get one.
glad u understand my point now
@JB why do you speak/write like an illiterate slave?
#bringbackdisneyvault
or air any classic disney stuff! that would make my day!
I use these Disneyland specials to help me sleep. Put them on, and you're in a happy place :)
Gosh this video makes me nostalgic, it makes me think that Cold-War years were "the good years" when we all know they weren't...
i wish they put this series on dvd
If you ask me, Disneyland was much better then.
Yeah. If Walt was alive, Disneyland would be 10 times better than it is
@@lundulaproductions8958 and yet it's still better than Magic Kingdom.
why then and not now ?
That looks like such a beautiful cake in the thumbnail.
4:03 It's so weird to see their ideas and models after coming back from Disneyland. I ate at that very place!
i notices they put all the characters out there from all their movies. i wish they do that now.
Great to see the Imagineers!
If you look at the five episodes I refer to as the "World's Fair Era" episodes, ("Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair", "Disneyland's 10th Anniversary", "Disneyland Around the Seasons", "Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow", and "Disneyland Showtime") you'll see that's one of the themes in those episodes. Walt or the episode's narrator in the episodes after Walt's passing either mentions them and/or shows them in action in every one of those episodes. The Imagineering Department is prominently featured in the three episodes of those five Walt hosted.
I love the design on this 🎂
Beautiful
(16:42)
Sleepy: Off with my head! *ded*
Mary Blair's work was perhaps the most original and esthetically accomplished at Disney theme parks.
If your an animation artist like I am . To see Mary Blair is like seeing mother nature or lady Jesus or a unicorn.
i remember would come on at midnight n i used to stay up n watch
21:01 All those teenagers have guns, open carry, and even aiming them at people. But they ban obvious toy guns.
Mary Blair is awesome!
+Hailey Shannon yes
Disneyland's 10th Anniversary song: *exists*
Walt Disney Animation Studios' 50th Anniversary song: It's free real estate
Mary Blair fangirling hardcore! Also: I love the way Walt says "things", it invokes images in a way no other man can
Disneyland those first years was really special - mostly because at that time there was NOTHING ELSE LIKE IN THE WORLD. The Florida Project (Walt Disney World) was still six years off. Walt Disney was still alive and he had green lighting incredible attractions like the 1966 Pirates of the Caribbean and 1969 Haunted Mansion. And there was no annual pass system - making Disneyland much less crowded, and much more enjoyable.
a real slickster and selfish
now they r getting ready 4 their 60 yeah and i cant wait i hope tiana is in some of the things too
1:27 Cool Documentey About The Disneyland's 10th Anniversary In 1965. Thanks Mate. X
Back in the days when Walt Disney hosted the program, there was almost always at least one episode of the series dedicated at least partially, if not entirely to Disneyland. After all, the series was originally done to help finance Disneyland in 1954, and took off beyond anyone's wildest dreams, just as Disneyland did.
Mary Blair 😱
HAPPY 50TH KELLY! 💓
A BIG dancing cake! 😀
💝🎁🎈🍟🍔🍕🍗🍖🍫🍪🍰🎂🍧🍏🍎🍉🍉🍑🍌🍮🍩🍞🌽🍅🍆🍠😍
16:42
Look at the dwarf on the right of the screen. That is all. 😊
+MoviePro84
"Off with his head!!!1" -The Queen of Hearts
XD
MoviePro84 Walt must have been angry
😂
Wow it looks so cool bro
1:42 Oh This Is Gonna Be Sweet. X
16:42 dwarfs head falls off!
@Dimitriy Mykhaylov the Disney Fan that's like if Mickey Mouse took off his head & expose his human head.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So cool
That was one hell of a Cheesy broadcast. Every line so scripted and that poor young girl having to smile and agree with everything while Disney said to her
A hell of a lot better than the CRAP that is shown today.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
***** It's nice to hear from those that were either there during these events that were shown on these classic Disney programs, or those related to those that took part. And you're not the first one to comment on any of these uploads that have said that. There have also been others who were either there or related to those that were there on other episode uploads, such as "Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow". The "World's Fair Era" episodes (1964-'70) took place years before I was born (I was born in 1972), and I just missed the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland. My first trip there was in 1980, though I don't think I was there during any of the ceremonies for the Silver Anniversary, and my last trip there was in 2004, just as they were beginning the planning for the Golden Anniversary.
+cjs83172 i love classic
+cjs83172 That's lovely. I'm glad you've been able to take part in so much at Disneyland. :) My father was also there on opening day with his parents (who were working there at the time), and I was able to work the duration of the 50th.
This is very interesting and much details about this history!
Andy Fonseca o
16:40
Sleepy's Head Comes Off.
Look At Your Right.
I Miss Mr. Walt Disney 😢😭
we will missed the red head
Marshan Thomas I will never forgive the people at imagineering for changing that scene.
i love watching these old clips thanks 4 up loading
wow thanks for the upload. I was born 92 and I had The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song cd collection. Listening to that during my early childhood makes it feel like I was from a different time than the 90s. I had no idea what the Tiki Room was but I loved that song and it drove my parents mad! it sure was catchy. Disney has sure changed since then.
Did you ever get a chance to watch this, and other classic Disney episodes on the Disney Channel while they were still airing them? I ask that because this was one of a series of Disneyland-related episodes during what I call the "World's Fair Era" (1964-'70). Those episodes are "Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair" (from 1964), "Disneyland's 10th Anniversary" (this episode, which was filmed in 1964 and aired in 1965), "Disneyland Around the Seasons" (from 1966 and included the openings to "it's a Small World" and "New Orleans Square"), "Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow" (from 1968, and also included a scene from the "Carousel Theater of Progress"), and "Disneyland Showtime" (from 1970, which featured "The Haunted Mansion", the idea and plans for which first appeared in this episode).
***** No haha unfortunately not. I see this was aired on the disney channel and I didnt have cable until I was a teen. Thanks for sharing them!
You're welcome. I've got a total of 17 on my channel, and once had as many as 25, but some of the ones no longer up became blocked, so I deleted them. Those episodes included "The Story of the Animated Drawing" (1955), "A Present for Donald" (1955), "The Plausible Impossible" (1956), "Tricks of Our Trade" (1957), "The Fourth Anniversary Show" (1957), "Two Happy Amigos" (1960), and "50 Happy Years" (1973), an episode about the first half century of Disney entertainment that was narrated by Danny Dark, who became the voice of Superman on the Super Friends. And unfortunately, the Disney Channel stopped airing these timeless classics at the end of the 2001-'02 TV season.
And by the way, Disneytv4Me has other classic episodes from the 50s and early 60s that I do not have up, so you might want to check his channel out if you want to check some of those out.
14:20: Who were those 3 little witches in the parade?...🧙♀️🧙♀️🧙♀️
I've never seen them Anywhere 🤷♂️
Could they have been inspired by Witch Hazel from the Trick or Treat short? 🎃
R.I.P Walt Disney 1901-1966
i like how she said that lol
Good olé Uncle Walt (RIP).
20:41 I for some reason though that they were gonna play the 20 century fox theme
The lady at he start actually called him Walt.That's in a lot of interviews a rarity.
Interesting Disney documentary.
Interesting that this has the 1968 Wonderful World of Disney titles. As far as I can tell, this episode was never repeated as an episode of Wonderful World of Disney.
That's because when I did the VCR-to-VCR recordings 15 years ago from which the Classic Disney uploads originated, I decided to use the 1970s intro to all the colorized episodes because it best exemplified what Disney entertainment represented at the time. I even used it for the 25th Anniversary episode from 1980. As it turned out, some of the scenes in that intro appeared in numerous episodes that I had.
is there a way to get these film on dvd do any one know,
Upload these to disney +!!
Would you happen to have the shows from Disney MEET ME AT DISNEYLAND 1962 and or DIXIELAND AT DISNEYLAND 1964? I’m am looking for the Clara Ward Singers appearances on those shows.
Do you think Julie is still alive
Pay attention to sleepy at 16:40
25:47 The monorail farted.
thanks for sharing this very important american history. I was born too late & didn't get to see this magic.
Fortunately, I haven't had to take this one down yet, unlike the episodes "Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair" from 1964 and "Disneyland Around the Seasons" from 1966, which I took down because they had become blocked in most of the world.
please put them back up it's important american magical history walts dreams
@@mfuji02 I'd like to, but they'd be blocked again, which is why I took them down to begin with. In fact, I have other episodes that I had previously uploaded that had also become blocked, which is why I took those episodes down a number of years ago.
do they still have the plaza inn n i wish most of the old old stuff was there again. like i would have lobe to get on magical sky way.
disneyland seen so big on tv n person it seem so small
We're going to the Plaza Inn tomorrow to have breakfast.
I always wanted to meet walt Disney
Zitlally Alcaraz me too
Whoa.I wore her outfit in high school
This was all very interesting. We just got back from taking a family vacation trip to Disneyland. Just by looking at these old videos, I can see some things haven't changed and some have changed quite a bit. I would have loved to have been able to be in Disneyland in its first 10 years to experience it as it was first developed and being a part of that early era. What a truly magical time.
What you said about how quite a bit of Disneyland has changed does not come as much of a surprise. After all, these old videos were made between 45 and 55 years ago, so it's understandable that much has changed. When he built Disneyland, Walt Disney decreed that "Disneyland will never be completed, as long as there is imagination left in the world", implying that there would always be changes. I was last there in 2004, and quite a bit had changed since these programs and specials were made. For instance, Frontierland, Disneyland's tribute to the past, is almost completely gone, while other parts of the park are as they were back in the 1960s.
Many of the rides have changed. There have been additions to the "it's a Small World" ride, but that one's essentially the same as it was when it was built. However, from what I understand, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride has completely changed in the last decade because of the popularity of the movie franchise. When I was last there in 2004, much of my party went on the pirate ride, and it was essentially the original ride which was Walt's final Disneyland project, but it's apparently changed much in the decade that's passed since then.
***** I was last there in 1992 (my first visit, although brief). I have some memories of that experience but not a lot. One thing I do remember is how Disneyland seemed quite clean and nice, which contrasted to the area around it, which seemed very cheesy and in bad need of repair (Peter Pan Motor Lodge, etc.). I do remember having great times on the Matterhorn, Splash Mountain, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Of course this was all pre-California Adventure Park (on which I think they did a very nice job, despite the fact it is relatively small compared to other Disney theme parks).
And getting there was a bit different back then. That's because they had the old freeway system, with I-5 being in it's original Santa Ana Freeway alignment before the renovations, which didn't take place where Disneyland is until the late 90s. I know this because I went there for Grad Night in 1991, and since my high school was in the southern part of the San Diego area (National City, to be exact), we went up I-5, and they were just beginning the reconstruction project between I-405 and the Orange Crush interchange, with the area around Disneyland being redone in the late 90s. Needless to say, getting to Disneyland from the south is much easier than it used to be, though getting there from Los Angeles and parts northwest (I-5 goes in a northwest/southeast direction in Anaheim) is still a handful, because the portion between the L.A./Orange county line and I-605 is still the original freeway, though it is, at long last, being widened.
But also, it would be understandable that Disneyland would be cleaner than much of the surrounding area, including Anaheim Stadium, because Walt Disney always wanted a place where the entire family could enjoy themselves, and cleanliness was, and still is a part of it.
It's eerie to think that within a year of this program Walt would be dead.
Actually, it was two years after this program was made that Walt would pass away. This episode was filmed late in 1964, as noted in the end credits, but didn't air until January of 1965, which is why I have that year in the title of the upload. Walt Disney didn't pass away until near the end of 1966.
We like it
i am hoping to renew my pass this yr.