Early 1970s Tomorrowland

[The Empress Lilly]

And, the capped off central Wedway bridge to Flight to the Moon. The southern one was not capped, and the bridge out of Mickeys Mart (now Startraders) had a false wall flush with the building wall.

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This picture reminds me just how good the recent CoP paintjob is. It reads like an aesthetical study of vintage TL. It distilled four of the constituting elements of vintage TL: the colour scheme, the Tomorrowland angle, the WedWay arch, and the hexagon. And then managed to make a modern design out of these. Pleasing to the eyes in its own right, and a hommage to and continuation of 1970's TL.

A product of a nearly forgotten WED art: to study, understand and then repackage existing design and architecture. That is what once was understood with 'to make something Disney'.

Truly a remarkable piece of work, worthy of the great artistry of WED in its finest days.

 

[marni1971]

Never underestimate the power of the hexagon.

 

[DznyRktekt]

This picture reminds me just how good the recent CoP paintjob is. It reads like an aesthetical study of vintage TL. It distilled four of the constituting elements of vintage TL: the colour scheme, the Tomorrowland angle, the WedWay arch, and the hexagon. And then managed to make a modern design out of these. Pleasing to the eyes in its own right, and a hommage to and continuation of 1970's TL.

A product of a nearly forgotten WED art: to study, understand and then repackage existing design and architecture. That is what once was understood with 'to make something Disney'.

Truly a remarkable piece of work, worthy of the great artistry of WED in its finest days.

Elegantly stated, Empress Lilly.

 

[Oddysey]

I always find it odd that there was this everyday strange tint of orange in the 70's and even more odd that life on earth was black and white not so long before that. So glad I was born in the 80's when life seemed to become much more colorful.

In all sincerity, thanks to those for posting photos. I love seeing old Disney World!

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Why do park ops like the Wedway? Because it is a real people mover!

 

[marni1971]

Why do park ops like the Wedway? Because it is a real people mover!

Badum-cha!

 

[Starlight67]

always find it odd that there was this everyday strange tint of orange in the 70's

The Brady Bunch kitchen

 

[mergatroid]

Here's Martin's video on the subject