Disneyland is History

We could probably create 20 more posts about Disneyland, but this is it. We'll just have to blog about the happenings at home, I suppose.

One of the cool things about Disneyland is the nods to the park's history. I made mention of this earlier, but here are a few of our photos that help illustrate the point.

Many of the windows on Main Street USA reference the people that helped make Disney and Disneyland what they are today. This is just one example--Don Edgren was one of the original chief engineers who designed Disneyland.

Most of the critters in Splash Mountain (including the geese, birds, gators, buzzards, porcupines, etc.) are not from the movie "Song of the South", but rather from the extinct "America Sings" attraction.

This is one of a couple of tunnels that used to be part of the old "Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland" ride. It can be seen from the walkway between Fantasyland and Frontierland and really does not look out of place in any way. In fact, right across from it sits Big Thunder Mountain, which makes use of the old building façades from Rainbow Ridge.

This is an actual car (bronzed to look like a statue) from the old "Midget Autopia" ride, which closed in 1966 to make way for Small World.

I took this photo in the Winnie the Pooh ride (you have to look up and back to see them). These guys were once part of the Country Bear Jamboree, which occupied the spot on which Pooh now resides.

Thanks to MiceChat and Yesterland.com for all the trivial park info that I would otherwise have never known.