The New Fantasyland Part 2 - Pirate Ship Removal

Following up on a yesterday’s New Fantasyland post. I was unsure that the pirate ship just fell apart when they tried to move it, I have seen a picture of the ship when it was built in 1955 and it appeared to be “moved” into place, so it just seemed logical that they could “move” if out of place, I guess not.

****** WARNING ***** Today’s post contains 10 graphic images of the Pirate’s ship removal. These were graciously donated by Progressland. “Heartbreaking” is how they were described and it’s an accurate description.

First, for happiness and reference, let’s looks at two photos from the good old days. December 29th, 1956, from Major’s site “Gorillas Don’t Blog”. She looks brand new still!




From Dave over at “Daveland Blog” This image with the Sails unfurled is from April 1958. Hey Dave, that slide looks familiar :-)

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>>>>> If you are a hardcore Pirate ship fan, you may find the images below disturbing. Continue at your own risk. <<<<<

These appear to be from Late August / Early September 1982. Enjoy or ?

Ok, now just to get everyone back into the retro vintage grove, here is a placemat from a much brighter day on the Chicken of the Sea. Date unknown, anyone want to guess? Anyone want to guess what caused that stain on the lower left corner? Tuna I bet!

Well, that was interesting! Tomorrow we’ll head back to 1983 for a complete Disneyland Guide post, and maybe a visit to Knott’s too!