To have lived in that era must have been exciting, I know you have your main attraction points such as Pirates, Mansion, New Tomorrowland etc but there was so much more and just the amount of new offerings each year was insane.
To help put it in perspective:
1959:
1. Matterhorn Bobsleds
2. Submarine Voyage
3. Disneyland Monorail
4. Both Autopia get major updates
5. Glacier grotto is created in the Matterhorn for the Skyway to pass through
6. Motor Boat Cruise gets an Update
7. The Ernest S. Marsh train is added to the Railroad fleet.
1960:
1. Skull Rock/Pirate’s Cove
2. Mine Train becomes an entirely new ride with its multi-million dollar transformation
3. America the Beautiful debuts in Circarama
4. Art of Animation exhibit
5. Walt’s Electric cars roam Main Street
6. Pack Mules get new route through Nature’s Wonderland
7. Mickey at the Movies parade
8. Toys on Parade Christmas parade
9. Dixieland Event
10. Rolly Crump/Yale Gracey update Fantasyland dark rides
1961:
1. Flying Saucers ride
2. Snow White Grotto Area
3. Monorail track is extended to the hotel and receives a new model
4. Flying Tinker Belle is added to Fireworks show
5. Marc Davis updates the Submarine Voyage
6. Babes in Toyland Exhibit
1962:
1. Jungle Cruise gets remodeled queue, new Marc Davis scenes and changes serious spiel to comedy spiel
2. Swiss Family Treehouse
3. Tahitian Terrace
4. Safari Shooting Gallery
5. Indian Village Expansion
6. Frontierland Station is remodeled/renovated
1963:
1. Enchanted Tiki Room
2. Mickey Mouse Club Headquarters
3. New York World’s Fair Exhibit
1964:
1. Jungle Cruise receives more Marc Davis scenes
2. Columbia Ship receives new Below Deck area
3. Autopia gets a new model car
1965:
1. Great Moments with Mr. lincoln
2. Disneyland Tencennial parade
3. Plaza Inn gets major Victorian style update
4. Monsanto Fashions and Fabrics throughout the Ages
5. Skyway gets new iconic style buckets
6. Tomorrowland Autopia finally gets center guardrail
7. Submarine Voyage gets live Mermaid lagoon
1966:
1. New Orleans Square
2. It’s a Small World
3. Primeval World ride added to Railroad
1967:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean
2. Blue Bayou Restaurant
3. Club 33
4. Carousel of Progress
5. Tomorrowland Terrace Stage
6. Adventure through Inner Space
7. New expanded Circle-Vision with handrails and AT&T exhibit
8. Rocket Jets
9. Mary Blair Ceramic Murals
10. WEDway PeopleMover
11. New Tomorrowland Stage
12. Flight to the Moon is rebuilt from scratch and expanded with new animatronic pre-show
13. Autopia iconic Stingray vehicles debut
1968:
1. Alpine Gardens area
2. Kids of the Kingdom show
3. Castle Walkthrough gets updated
1969:
1. The Haunted Mansion
2. Monorail Mark III bubble model debuts
Other honorable mentions that debuted in this decade were:
1. Sunkist Citrus House (1960)
2. Adventureland Bazaar Remodel (1961)
3. Sunkist I Presume (1962)
4. One of a Kind Shop (1966)
5. The French Market (1966)
6. Creole Cafe (Cafe Orleans) (1966)
7. The Character Shop (1967)
It’s just amazing how much growth there was for one park. It is truly the greatest Disney Decade there ever was and ever will be.
Which Disneyland decade even comes close?
To help put it in perspective:
1959:
1. Matterhorn Bobsleds
2. Submarine Voyage
3. Disneyland Monorail
4. Both Autopia get major updates
5. Glacier grotto is created in the Matterhorn for the Skyway to pass through
6. Motor Boat Cruise gets an Update
7. The Ernest S. Marsh train is added to the Railroad fleet.
1960:
1. Skull Rock/Pirate’s Cove
2. Mine Train becomes an entirely new ride with its multi-million dollar transformation
3. America the Beautiful debuts in Circarama
4. Art of Animation exhibit
5. Walt’s Electric cars roam Main Street
6. Pack Mules get new route through Nature’s Wonderland
7. Mickey at the Movies parade
8. Toys on Parade Christmas parade
9. Dixieland Event
10. Rolly Crump/Yale Gracey update Fantasyland dark rides
1961:
1. Flying Saucers ride
2. Snow White Grotto Area
3. Monorail track is extended to the hotel and receives a new model
4. Flying Tinker Belle is added to Fireworks show
5. Marc Davis updates the Submarine Voyage
6. Babes in Toyland Exhibit
1962:
1. Jungle Cruise gets remodeled queue, new Marc Davis scenes and changes serious spiel to comedy spiel
2. Swiss Family Treehouse
3. Tahitian Terrace
4. Safari Shooting Gallery
5. Indian Village Expansion
6. Frontierland Station is remodeled/renovated
1963:
1. Enchanted Tiki Room
2. Mickey Mouse Club Headquarters
3. New York World’s Fair Exhibit
1964:
1. Jungle Cruise receives more Marc Davis scenes
2. Columbia Ship receives new Below Deck area
3. Autopia gets a new model car
1965:
1. Great Moments with Mr. lincoln
2. Disneyland Tencennial parade
3. Plaza Inn gets major Victorian style update
4. Monsanto Fashions and Fabrics throughout the Ages
5. Skyway gets new iconic style buckets
6. Tomorrowland Autopia finally gets center guardrail
7. Submarine Voyage gets live Mermaid lagoon
1966:
1. New Orleans Square
2. It’s a Small World
3. Primeval World ride added to Railroad
1967:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean
2. Blue Bayou Restaurant
3. Club 33
4. Carousel of Progress
5. Tomorrowland Terrace Stage
6. Adventure through Inner Space
7. New expanded Circle-Vision with handrails and AT&T exhibit
8. Rocket Jets
9. Mary Blair Ceramic Murals
10. WEDway PeopleMover
11. New Tomorrowland Stage
12. Flight to the Moon is rebuilt from scratch and expanded with new animatronic pre-show
13. Autopia iconic Stingray vehicles debut
1968:
1. Alpine Gardens area
2. Kids of the Kingdom show
3. Castle Walkthrough gets updated
1969:
1. The Haunted Mansion
2. Monorail Mark III bubble model debuts
Other honorable mentions that debuted in this decade were:
1. Sunkist Citrus House (1960)
2. Adventureland Bazaar Remodel (1961)
3. Sunkist I Presume (1962)
4. One of a Kind Shop (1966)
5. The French Market (1966)
6. Creole Cafe (Cafe Orleans) (1966)
7. The Character Shop (1967)
It’s just amazing how much growth there was for one park. It is truly the greatest Disney Decade there ever was and ever will be.
Which Disneyland decade even comes close?
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