DLR Picture of the Day

[Mickey_777]

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Agreed. Parts of the park just weren't attractive back then, and this was one of them. Looked more like a carnival.

lol when I saw this picture, my first thought was how the castle wall part and the tent facade on it look like the WDW Fantasyland does today.

 

[Californian Elitist]

lol when I saw this picture, my first thought was how the castle wall part and the tent facade on it look like the WDW Fantasyland does today.

Does it really look like that, or are you exaggerating?

 

[Minnie1976]

Agreed. Parts of the park just weren't attractive back then, and this was one of them. Looked more like a carnival.

At least they had the skyway back then.

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Does it really look like that, or are you exaggerating?

Reminiscent of, not like a direct copy. If you ignore all the clutter in the foreground, the carousel and the ride next to it remind me of the WDW Fantasyland. Like if DL kept the same idea instead of going with the Bavarian village theme and made the faire theme as nice as they could, that's what "old" Fantasyland at WDW looks like.

 

[Cosmic Commando]

 

[Mickey_777]

 

[Californian Elitist]

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[Mickey_777]

 

[fractal]

You can't have too many Matterhorn pictures.

 

[dweezil78]

Reminiscent of, not like a direct copy. If you ignore all the clutter in the foreground, the carousel and the ride next to it remind me of the WDW Fantasyland. Like if DL kept the same idea instead of going with the Bavarian village theme and made the faire theme as nice as they could, that's what "old" Fantasyland at WDW looks like.

Here's another good comparison shot for those of you unfamiliar with WDW's Fantasyland. Easy to see the similarities here with the original FL at DL which didn't change until 1983... Keep in mind that WDW opened in 1971 (just a mere 16 years after DL opened -- to put that in perspective, Indy at DL will be turning 18 this year!)

 

[Californian Elitist]

I really hate the tent look. It looks cheap. I wouldn't count on Indy, LOL.

 

[dweezil78]

Oh I was just making the Indy comment because we typically think of WDW being a fairly recent, post-Walt thing. But in reality, DL is older by just 16 years.

In perspective, the Indy ride has been around for 18 and that doesn't seem long ago at all. (to me anyways, then again I'm in my mid 30s) Hopefully that makes sense in some convoluted way that my brain is processing right now...

 

[Mickey_777]

 

[fractal]

 

[Mickey_777]

 

[fractal]

 

[fractal]

 

[Mickey_777]

The forced perspective for the Materhorn is really effective from ToonTown. It looks huge from there.

 

[HTF]