Space Mountain (1975)

Here's Mickey Mouse and Goofy at Space Mountain in the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Florida.  The ride opened in January1975.

         

Cheers for the pointer Tim


Steve

Say; Hello Spaceman - 4 Year Anniversary

The 1st of December will mark Say; Hello Spaceman's 4th Anniversary and its interesting to remind my self of what that particular year was like.

For a number of different reasons 2010 was a fairly wearing time and starting this blog was my way of keeping sane whilst battling through something of a shit-storm of troubles.  None of it was anybody fault, none of it could have been avoided and none of it was down to bad luck so much as just bad timing. Stuff just happened.  Then more stuff happened and then some more stuff happened on top of that.

But you keep on going because what else can you do.  And of course things got better and then things got a lot better and now days life is far more smooth than its crunchy.  And far more fun.

I do this little blog for different reasons now.  After 4 years I think I've built something quite interesting.  I think this blog not only shows us who we used to be but fairly consistently, decade after decade, shows us who we would like to become.  The future beckons and there's something very positive about our unwavering desire to be a part of it.

 

For RP my enduring companion.  Still laughing and loving

 

Steve

Tomorrowland, again

Some more snaps of the Tomorrowland Spaceman taken from the view-master reels.

These and the previous images are from the 50’s and 60’s only masquerading as the futuristic 80’s.  I hope I didn’t confuse any younger readers with my previous post. 1986 might seem like a long time ago but that wasn’t when the images were taken. We none of us ever looked this cool back then.

Now I’ve never had any desire to visit any of the Disney parks but I think I would have liked to have met  this chap and shaken him by the hand because he looks like he's The Man!   

........And his Space chick seems kind of happenen too!

Steve

Tomorrowland.

Once the future looked like this... 

Say; Hello Spaceman, as the mascot of Tomorrowland, a part of DisneyLand, California, welcomes you to the future of 1986

And this is what Walt had to say about it;

        "Tomorrow can be a wonderful age. Our scientists today are opening the doors of the Space age to achievements that will benefit our children and generations to  come. The Tomorrowland attractions have been designed to give you an opportunity to participate in adventures that are a living blueprint of our future."

As blueprints of the future go you have to hand it to old Walt for at least getting one thing spot on; Due to budget cuts not all of the planned attraction actually opened on time or even at all !

Still, you won’t find a more old fashioned, classic looking and lovable spaceman design than this... which goes some way towards excusing WD for the Mouse, the Duck, The Dog and whatever the hell Goofy is supposed to be.

Steve