Pictures from the Disneyland Hotel.. late 60's / early 70's

[OogieBoogie]

Here's some pictures that I scanned recently from my grandfathers slide collection. I'm not sure what year these were taken, but from the styles that are evident here, I'm thinking sometime between 68 and 74. Enjoy.

[MooglePower]

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Wow, these pictures are amazing. Although I love the hotel now, the way it looked back then is some reminiscent of first generation Tomorrowland. Thanks for sharing!

[almandot]

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thanks so much for those pictures. loved that hotel. miss it tremendously the way it was. never was a disneyland trip unless i parked there, spent some time there, and rode the monorail in.

[Mac Daddy]

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Boy...you forget how RED those early 1970's were until you look at some vinatage shots. I remember being very red just before 1974 when we took a trip up to the World's Fair.

When we came back, I think I was orange.

Great shots! Thanks for sharing them!

You must pick another color before giving Oogieboogie Rep again.

[Derekuda]

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Wow....simply amazing!

[OogieBoogie]

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Boy...you forget how RED those early 1970's were until you look at some vinatage shots. I remember being very red just before 1974 when we took a trip up to the World's Fair.

When we came back, I think I was orange.

Great shots! Thanks for sharing them!

Yah you can really tell the film was by Kodak. Kodak film uses a lot of red in it while Fuji film uses a lot of greens. That's how you can tell the 2 apart.

[Melonballer]

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Thanks for the pics.

Boy...you forget how RED those early 1970's were until you look at some vinatage shots. I remember being very red just before 1974 when we took a trip up to the World's Fair.

When we came back, I think I was orange.

My Dad still talks about how when he was a kid the world was black and white.

[Bornieo Goes Bananas]

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Wonderful pictures. Brings back some memories. Thanks for sharing! :ap:

[FantasyWatersDude]

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WoW! great pictures! I can't beleive that it the actual hotel. Thanks for sharing!

[Alchimedes]

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Oogie, all I have to say is keep them coming! I have really enjoyed all of your picture threads amazing.

[almandot]

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reminding me off one of my favs
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[Radiobarry]

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Boy...you forget how RED those early 1970's were until you look at some vinatage shots....

When we came back, I think I was orange.

Of course, the feeling in "Orange" County back in that day, in the midst of the cold war, was "better dead than..."

Most folks probably don't remember that there was a radio station in the old Disneyland hotel circa the late 60's. The now defunct KEZY AM 1190 had studios there near the Monorail platform as I recall, before their eventual move to Ball Road at East Street. I remember it well..."And the temperature now, high atop the Magic Kingdom, is 56 degrees"....

Again a bit off-topic...And an old Long Beach station, KNOB-FM, had studios in the old Hyatt House that used to be across the street on Harbor Boulevard...just north of the Grand Hotel.

Both long gone, along with the great old Disneyland Hotel sign.

Oogie Boogie, as usual your pics bring back lots of great memories for me...red, green, black, white...misty water color memories...of the way we were...Can it be that it was all so simple then...OOPS.:blush:

I'll stop now...

--Barry

[keith - SuPeR K!]

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*confused* was there a lake next to the hotel?

[Radiobarry]

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*confused* was there a lake next to the hotel?

No, just a smaller man-made "marina"...there was a campground not far away as well...if oldhotelguy's around, he'll straighten us all out...

--Barry

[almandot]

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they don't call it the marina tower for nothin =D still miss the underwater arcade *whine*
here's an aerial shot


i had some other shots before but just found these for the first time and thought they were nice
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[Melonballer]

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I remember the underwater aracde from my visit in 1992.

[ExJungleSkipper95]

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I never knew that had actual sailboats in the marina. Were they there for just show or did they actually sail in them?

[Yendorb]

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Used to love going to the hotel and the underwater arcade.

That old maritime antique shop was always cool, and we used to always stop for ice creame at Maisy's and there was that Fantasmic shop. with really great unique Disney merchandise, right next to the toy shop.

Ah memories

[NWRREngineer]

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oldhotelguy should be reading this. Hey, oldhotelguy!

[OogieBoogie]

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My first memory of Disneyland is actually of the Monorail Cafe at the Disneyland Hotel. My grandfather had a motor home and we would come down to the park in it and stay at Vacationland (The campground that was about a block up from the hotel). We would walk down to the hotel every morning and have breakfast in the Monorail Cafe while watching the monorail and all the people going up the steps to it and the smiles on everyones faces.

As I became older, I remember St Prestons Yukon Saloon (having my first drink there when I turned 21), The White Rabbit 1 hour photo at the back of the main gift shop, the underwater arcade when it first went in, and Small World of Toys, the toy shop that was at the base of the northern tower and the hair salon that was next to it. Yah these pictures bring back memories for me as well.