#opening year

[a-land-of-shadow-and-substance]

What’s this?  A complete DCA Tower walkthrough... FROM 2004???  Well, it turns out that ancient Disneyland/DCA fan page I found the other day did update at least once after 2002--to give a complete rundown of the DCA Tower as it appeared immediately after opening!

Poetically written, this is a lovely look into both early DCA and early 2000s web design.  Still, I must warn that there appear to be some odd inconsistencies in what they describe about the ride.  I can’t tell if some of it is poetic license (for the author does write very poetically), or if they’re describing long-discontinued effects or sequences that even I don’t remember experiencing.

It’s a really great read--go check it out now!

[lovenikkiclothes]

Based around the bottoms ‘Shot at Dawn’.

[wexplorations]

Tomorrowland, Tea Cups, Terminated Blank Walls: 1971 in the Magic Kingdom

This colorful, but odd shot shows the simplicity of Walt Disney World in it's opening year. Not yet covered from the scorching Florida sun, the Tea Cup sit along the border to Tomorrowland, by which there is no transition. Also funny to note, is the truncated and rather bare wall of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride's show building, which today is covered with a wooded berm and the Cheshire Cafe.