Park Operating Hours - December 1971 thru May 1972

According to this little pocket Park Operating Calendar Disneyland is open 10-7 on December 8, 1971. Today, December 8, 2009 the park is open 8-6, I hear there is a cast party tonight!





It sure looks weird seeing so many “CLOSED” days and plenty of 10-6 days, neither of which occur any more.






This Fall-Winter 1971-72 Disneyland Guide has one of my favorite covers; dad is pretty daring with Jr. on his shoulders holding that ice cream!






Frontierland minus the Indian Village. This is the last in park guide before the addition of Bear Country. There’s the Columbia Museum (“B” ticket), the Summer 1971 guide book states the museum is open “winter only”. #13 A Burrito Wagon, any photos out there? The “Wheelhouse” at #16 - what was that?? #17 Delta Banjo Sandwich Shop in the old Don DeFore's Silver Banjo location??? #21 - The Frontierland Camera Shop???? There is so much I don’t know about Disneyland!






Here’s some of the Special Events and Entertainment. Come back on Bonus Sunday for the entire guide.

Jack and Jill Magazine - December 1961

Welcome to this special Christmas edition of Magazine Monday. From December 1961 its Jack and Jill Magazine. Be sure to check out my previous “Jack and Jill” triple bonus magazine post here (link). Yes this cover is trashed, but the rest of the magazine is in great shape.






This is on the inside over – was this a religious magazine or was it simply OK to have something like this in a child’s magazine in 1961? Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great, I’m just not sure you could do this today – invoking “Christ” and the “Lord” in a child’s publication. Maybe I’m way off base here, let me know?






The Disneyland article is six pages long and mostly covers the “Parade of Toys”.






I’m not a big parade fan, but the “French Balloonists March” looks pretty neat. And that giant mouse trap is fun too, HEY - they better keep Mickey away from that trap!






There’s those prancing reindeer with that silly expression on their faces; I used to work with someone who always had that same expression on his face! Nice castle shot, I like the toy soldiers up on the castle balcony – I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone up there on the front side? Notice the little ½ domed light on the lawn, my local miniature golf place used to have those exact same lights!






There are no advertisements in Jack and Jill, so how about a few holiday related articles? Here are a few fun recipes – Is it just me or do the characters on these pages remind you of Kevin Kidney's work?






A “Christmas Picture to Color” the child did a pretty good job with the crayons, I never stayed in the lines like that!






Diz and Liz look like they came right from the late 1950’s News Paper Comics section.






Time to test your wits.





The answers can be found here (link).

Bonus Sunday

Welcome to Bonus Sunday. From Tuesday’s 1968 “Kaiser Family Fun Night” post, here is the Fall 1968 issue of Vacationland.



This issue is short at just 20 pages, but its full of great articles about; The PeopleMover, The Disneyland Roundhouse, Tours Guides, The Mark Twain, Adventure Thru Inner Space, Knott’s Berry Farm (An actual article, plus the usual Knott’s Ad on the back cover), The Kids of the Kingdom, “Matterhorn, Landmark of Disneyland”, Disneyland Dining! That’s a lot for 20 pages!





Vacationland Fall 1968 – 100mb













The Centerfold.













Dolly Madison had this great advertisement. They are still around, but are now part of the Interstate Bakeries Corporation, which also owns Hostess and everything else that's baked.

The Newest Year-Round Vacation Center of America

Did you know that Anaheim, California is “The Newest Year-Round Vacation Center of America"? Of course it’s also “The Home of Disneyland”. This travel brochure is brought to you by the Orange County Chamber of Commerce.





This brochure is (say it with me) undated, however, the Dodger’s are shown at the Coliseum, which would place this between 1958 and 1961. The art work is great on this vintage map and looks very familiar – compare it to the back cover to the Fall 1957 issue of the Disneyland Holiday Magazine (link).






“Its summer year-round in Southern California”, well, that might be a bit of a stretch but it is looking to be another sunny beautiful December day here in the Southland. And don’t forget that “Hollywood Magic”.






Ah good time’s night and day…








The back cover has a nice section for Knott’s Berry Farm and Ghost Town. And there’s your “Fun Emblem” pledging “high standards of hospitality, services and fair practice".

The Survey Says.....

No vintage post today, I ran out of time and I’m at the park today!!!!

Have you seen the "survey" cast members at Disneyland, the ones with the electronic clipboards that hang around the Main Gate? I usually try and avoid these survey folks as if they had the swing flu. I’ve done the surveys in the past and they can be time consuming and kind of boring. We’ll, they moved the survey folks down into Main Street too (they were working both sides of the street!) and they nabbed me!

Fortunately, they just take your email address and zip code. I gave them my work email thinking it would never make it thru the spam filter, but sure enough, it blazed right thru the spam filter and I got the email you see below.

If you have absolutely nothing to do today, follow this link to my Trip Report blog and see the entire (65 screen) survey!

Disneyland Report Survey - Link

If you followed the link and actually read the entire survey, we both need to get a life!!!

Old-Time Christmas Shopping at Knott's

Are you ready to Enjoy Old-Time Christmas Shopping at Knott’s? This great little flyer is undated, possibly from the late ‘60’s? This is the only piece of ephemera for Knott’s at Christmas that I have in my collection. Vintage Knott’s Christmas stuff is almost as rare as Vintage Disneyland Hanukkah stuff!





I hope you’re ready for the Holidays at Disneyland here on the blog; Starting next week We’ve got about 15 vintage “Christmas at Disneyland” posts lined up for December, and that’s not counting the multiple vintage “New Years Party at Disneyland” posts – Tis the Season to be Jolly…

Kaiser Family Fun Night at Disneyland - December 1, 1968

It’s Family Fun Night at Disneyland December 1, 1968. This was the first annual Kaiser Steel and Kaiser Permanente Medical Entities Family Fun Night. I’ve always wondered if the “Steel” Kaiser was the same as the “Medical” Kaiser, looks like they are.

This event appears not to be private party so hang on to this ticket, you're going to need it for admission to the attractions. For $3.75 you get eight hours of unlimited attractions on a Sunday evening, how many can you do? I’m staying in the “New” Tomorrowland all night thank you very much…






How about a stunning Vacationland cover to go with our 1968 ticket? Up until recently my only copy of this Fall 1968 edition of Vacationland was a badly water damaged version. Compliments of the Jack ‘N Jill Motel, we’ve got a much nicer copy to look at.






This is where I’ll be for half of the family fun night, riding the PeopleMover around and around 1968 Tomorrowland.







Have you heard the Tomorrowland Terrace will close on January 4, 2010 for a four month refurbishment? That’s a long time to close. It is getting pretty worn, most of it’s from 1967, oh I sure hope they do it right. Note: The Rivers of America (and its associated attractions) will also be closed for refurbishment from January 4th thru May 6th, 2010. (link)






This is where I’ll be for the other half of the family fun night – I bet there’s a certain Gorilla that doesn’t blog who will be riding ATIS all night…