I just lament it because I didn’t really get to experience it other than on a single brief trip in the 90s. So it’s not anything I’m nostalgic for, it’s just the lack of experiencing it that I lament. Just like I lament having only rode ATIS once as a kid before it closed.
They collaborate with an architecture firm on everything. They have to.
Oh I'm sharing this one with friends, fantastic lol.
The Crate&Barrel there is one of the biggest/best, and the WilliamsSonoma and Pottery Barn are also large and well stocked.
That’s like saying there are carousels throughout the country. Big Thunder Barbecue was a BBQ eatery designed by Imagineers. It was mainly outdoors under awnings in Frontierland, set back among trees so that it was surprisingly immersive and peaceful, looked like an Old West Ranch, served some of the best (and reasonably priced) food in the park, had a fun soundtrack, and was a relaxed, beautiful pocket of serenity that was a joy to escape to. It was just a quick-service eatery, but such a good one my family ate lunch there on most visits during its existence. It’s fondly remembered because it was dang good. Plus goats nearby.
Let me just take a quick detour to Gus's in Pasadena to get my BBQ fix then head right back to Disneyland.
It was built in the 1980's as a separate mall, but now it's connected to the main mall via skybridge (as seen above). It is officially part of South Coast Plaza now and is where all the home goods and furniture stores are, plus some stuff like luggage stores or linen stores, and a few specialty boutiques.
I used to go there more than the main South Coast Plaza. Especially on a Monday afternoon after I, or a party guest, had broken a wine glass or something at a party that past weekend. My guests and I aren't clumsy drunks, just animated.
My favorite was the Restoration Hardware, which is big and very luxe at that location. I used to go in there not for the actual merchandise, but just to pick up the vibe from the sales ladies who all pretended as if they were only working there for a fun hobby and they could totally afford the $80 drawer pulls and the $7,500 sofas and the $1,200 towel bars they were selling. A visit to the Crystal Court Restoration Hardware was a laugh riot of Orange County perfection!
That’s like saying there are carousels throughout the country. Big Thunder Barbecue was a BBQ eatery designed by Imagineers. It was mainly outdoors under awnings in Frontierland, set back among trees so that it was surprisingly immersive and peaceful, looked like an Old West Ranch, served some of the best (and reasonably priced) food in the park, had a fun soundtrack, and was a relaxed, beautiful pocket of of serenity that was a joy to escape to. It was just a quick-service eatery, but such a good one my family ate lunch there on most visits during its existence. It’s fondly remembered because it was dang good. Plus goats nearby.
Except as I stated it’s only cause I didn’t get to experience it but once. If you want to call that ironic given I don’t feel the same way about the goats or other animals at the Ranch so be it. But to me it’s not the same.
See’s has always been above-the-norm; most chain retail experiences were pretty much like they are today— just with cornier “elevator” music (which I’ve come to adore and actually seek out theses days
) piped in. It wasn’t until Cosco and In n’ Out came along that I saw that kind of great, cheerful customer service on a regular basis anywhere else.
Though I don’t agree with the climate activists who push for the banning of automobiles, I do agree with the sentiment that walkable cities are good for the soul. Places like Disneyland, New York City, DC, and other sites where you can never have to drive are much more pleasant than driving place to place, having to find parking, and being stuck in traffic all day.
But now you have a tunnel and a cart outside selling light up toys in its place. WDI designed this iteration too. So immersive.That’s like saying there are carousels throughout the country. Big Thunder Barbecue was a BBQ eatery designed by Imagineers. It was mainly outdoors under awnings in Frontierland, set back among trees so that it was surprisingly immersive and peaceful, looked like an Old West Ranch, served some of the best (and reasonably priced) food in the park, had a fun soundtrack, and was a relaxed, beautiful pocket of serenity that was a joy to escape to. It was just a quick-service eatery, but such a good one my family ate lunch there on most visits during its existence. It’s fondly remembered because it was dang good. Plus goats nearby.
