My lord. Disney+ is getting all the Disney Dollars. A good reminder for park fans that the parks are likely going into new attraction hibernation for at LEAST five years. Current projects will be finished, but I doubt we'll see anything new for a very, very long time. 😔
In a desperate attempt to extract some joy from 2020, we went to uncharted extremes: we bought a used Japanese minivan. Introducing our 1991 Toyota Town Ace. It makes me very happy.
This is the "Super Extra" trim with the incredible "Skylite Roof". It's a diesel, just like my first car. 4WD but you gotta turn a thing on the wheels to activate it and I probably never will. The engine is under the passenger seat. The happy design of it just feels fun.
I cannot express to you how bright and fun and… train-like?… the interior is. The kids absolutely love it. (And fall asleep a lot in it?) And yes, I drive on the right, which took very little adjustment, surprisingly.
It's Friday, please post your favorite old or obscure or long-gone Disney Parks photos!!
Here's some I took during a California Adventure preview event!!
There was this wild-ass parade (Eureka!) that celebrated California culture — yes, that man is wearing a Hollywood Bowl on his head, puppeteering a conductor
Are these some of the most questionable decisions ever made for a Disney parade? 😅😅😅 20 years ago, wild
Always consider the overworked and underpaid people at the end of the line who don’t have time to deal with your clever packaging idea.
(The ice cream is supposed to be displayed and stacked “upside down” but, when inevitably it isn’t, it’s extremely difficult to read the flavor or anything else on the package because it’s, uh, upside down)