Comments on: The basketball court inside the summit of Disneyland Matterhorn

By: Dimitrios Papagiannis

Dimitrios Papagiannis — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:45:00 +0000

Who remembers “The Little Window”

By: Walter Dexter

Walter Dexter — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:26:00 +0000

Possibly rhetorical, but I remember the ticket books at Disney World, I assume in the mid-to-late 1970′s.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:58:00 +0000

Yeah, I saw that, I just feel that today it wouldn’t fly – and that’s sad :)

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:45:00 +0000

My parents were, and really still are, cheapskates when it comes to fun and adventure. They did go to the recently-opened Disneyland as a young couple when my father was in the Navy, but the thought of the family going . . . hah! Of course, it would have meant a cross country trip. Even Florida, to Disneyworld, would have been an unbelievable stretch.

Disneyland was this unachievable thing that was tantalizingly portrayed on The Wonderful World of Color, GULF gas station promotional magazines, and via scant reports from school mates lucky enough to go.

SIGH

By: jandrese

jandrese — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:20:00 +0000

According to the article the Mermaids weren’t dropped because people were too uptight about seeing bikinis, but because they were in the same water the submarines drove around in and the diesel exhaust combined with the chlorine in the pools was making the girls sick.

By: tedrock

tedrock — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:28:00 +0000

Do I spy a Matterhorn illustration on the backboard for the basketball hoop?

By: Randy Scott

Randy Scott — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Went to Disneyland every year in the late 60′s and early 70′s as my father worked for Hughes Aircraft. The Matterhorn was an “E” ticket ride. How many remember Disneyland ticket books? Now it’s a single entry fee.

By: Michael Smith-Welch

Michael Smith-Welch — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Mark, would you, or have you brought your kids there? Curious.

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:09:00 +0000

I can’t say I’m surprised they did away with the sexy teenage girls in bikinis, but sexy teenage girls in bikinis are such an iconic 60′s Southern California thing that I’m definitely still disappointed.

My favorite thing about Disneyland is the sense of history and nostalgia that you get from it even if you’re young and have no logical reason to feel nostalgic about it, an aspect that is sorely lacking at Disney World (not to mention the lack of the Matterhorn, by far my favorite ride even including Space Mountain). Bikini mermaids are a perfect fit for that SoCal nostalgia.

By: welcomeabored

welcomeabored — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000

I wonder how many commenters here have ever traveled in a car before air conditioning, tinted windows and windshields visors became standardized (or were even available for any price)?

I’ve only been to Disneyland once, at age 15. This would have been around 72′. We traveled there as part of a larger church group circuit, by school bus, from Washington state. No airconditioning. We were teenagers with very little excess fat and still sweated buckets driving through Arizona, New Mexico and southern California. The triple-digit heat was much more miserable for the chubby adults up front. We employed every trick we could think of to keep cool. Tempers grew short.

How many kids in the backseat, Mark?

By: Souse

Souse — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:34:00 +0000

An excellent article!

By: Megan Squire

Megan Squire — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:34:00 +0000

On my first and only visit to Disneyland when I was 11 (in 1983 or 84), the Matterhorn broke down when I was on it, and all of us were escorted off the ride by going down inside it on some stairs. I don’t remember any basketball court in there, but I do remember it was really big and scary and dark and felt much larger inside than what you would think. After that we went to Knott’s Berry Farm for a concert where the headliners were Sister Sledge and John Stamos.