Disneyland Guide - Spring 1973
I have a few of these Disneyland booklets to share with you. Let's dive back into the 70s!
Here's the cover of the guidebook:
Fab shot of the Matterhorn Bobsleds
Here's a blurb about the Insurance Company of North America's 'Carefree Corner' on Main Street, and the table of contents:
I am finding it interesting that they always put the full park map right in the middle of the book rather than in the front? I guess it naturally opened up to that point where the staples are but seems unintuitive to me.
More General Information about the park:
Pretty standard park info that mostly applies today.
Here's what's different from today: the Ticket Books! (For those who don't know, this is where the phrase E-ticket attraction came from! Those were the best and/or most popular rides at the time, and therefore the most expensive ticket in the booklets!)
A lot of these attractions are still around in some form today, but you can see many that are long gone!
Here's what Main Street, U.S.A. had to offer in spring '73:
Lots of shopping opportunities!
A fairly large yet sparse part of the map due to the expanse of the Jungle Cruise. Also interesting to me there's a shooting gallery here? I always thought the shooting galleries were a Frontierland thing.
The lovely New Orleans Square:
I think only Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion are still the same today lol.
LOVE that Teddi Barra had her own arcade omg!
I never realized just how small New Orleans Square was in comparison to the other sections!
The bustling Frontierland:
Both familiar and defunct attractions and food offerings here! Also "Gun Collection" is something I can't imagine Disneyland having on exhibit today.
The whimsical Fantasyland:
SO much kinetic energy going on in this area of the park; everything is moving around in this section of the park! Again, some familiar and some defunct offerings but I imagine it does look similar today.
Yesterday's perception of the future in the '73 Tomorrowland:
The most changed by far; I think almost all of these attractions are closed!
Here's the Food & Refreshments repeated with more detail about what they actually offer:
Which places would you want to try? Or if you went to these places, what do you miss from them?
Here's the stores repeated, also with more detail about what they offer:
A glassblower, hurricane lamp shop, and perfumer are the most interesting offerings to me! Can you imagine taking home a whole lamp like that???
I definitely wish I could visit Merlin's Magic Shop. So fun!
Here's the Entertainment Calendar (or I guess Calender as they spelled it at that time?? odd), from April 11 1973 to June 15 1973:
More entertainment, and free shows & exhibits:
Lots of special parades for the spring. Interesting to me that Carousel of Progress is free and not considered an attraction! I didn't even realize that when looking at Tomorrowland earlier. Also funny to read that Circle-Vision has "the futuristic Picturephone, where you can see the person you are calling."
Finally, here's the back cover of the guide:
Hope you liked reading through this one!
