Sadly, my Disneyland Annual Pass will expire at the end of this month. So I went for one last visit (at least for a while) last Wednesday. Before I left for the park, I went to some of my favorite theme-park-history-related blogs and printed out images from recent posts. I took these photos along, and took current photos to match. I'll be sharing some of these "before and after" photos over the next week or so..
The Frontierland concept art at the top of this post appeared on Stuff From The Park on March 19th. Somehow, I think the place would look more convincing if the streets really looked like dirt. Otherwise, the dream and the reality are quite similar.
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The photo below, showing the start of construction for Splash Mountain in 1987, came from a post on Outside The Berm on Feb. 12th. I couldn't figure out where the photographer was standing until I walked around the area for a while. Eventually, I found the spot on the upper deck of the Hungry Bear Restaurant. Note the still-standing cypress trees along the side of the Haunted Mansion.
More to come...
Nice job! Looking forward to more, Chris.
ReplyDeleteI had been planning to do the same thing myself! Awesome post and I can hardly wait for more!
ReplyDeleteGreat. Love the before and after stuff. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteExcellent :)
ReplyDeleteHope to see more of these in the future.
It sure is fun to do huh? I'll bet you had an 'ah-ha' moment when you went up the second deck of the HB and found the right place...
Take care---
Excellent series, Chris - right up my alley! Sorry to hear your pass will expire. Hope to see you at the Knotts event.
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