Bonus Sunday

Welcome to Bonus Sunday. We’ve got a nice “Tencennial Celebration” edition (with a neat Jack & Jill Motel stamp) of Vacationland for your reading pleasure today. This same Winter/Spring 1965 cover photo was later used on the Winter/Spring 1968 Vacationland (link) and it was also flipped horizontally in 1968 as it is here in 1965.






Possibly it was a mistake the first time in 1965, but again in 1968?






Download the entire issue here; there are a couple of really good articles in this one.


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This five page article is exceptional even for a Vacationland; you’ll have to download the entire issue to read the rest.





Sweet "before & after" 1955 - 1965. Taken from Walt's apartment?

Walt’s Disneyland.






Here’s a close-up of the park map from the centerfold above. So many things wrong; a Huge Indian, The Plantation House (in 1965?), Dumbos’ apparently really do fly, the Skyway Chalet is massive, where’s the House of the Future?? Oh what the heck, I like this map so much I don’t care if it’s not so accurate.






Another great article.





These "actual" photos don’t make the wax dummies too good, Marilyn Monroe and James Dean look way off.





The Main Streeter tells us there's a new Haunted Mansion attraction going up in Frontierland – only four years to go!






This old Jack & Jill postcard could be from 1965, it came with this issue of Vacationland (Thanks again mystery donor – these issues are amazing).






According to the Internet (link) it seems the motel is still open for business, it’s now called the “Budget Inn”. Here’s a “Now” postcard I made from photos I found on the web.





The backside of the vintage postcard.