I love these pictorial souvenir books. They are fantastic time capsules which fill in the blanks of memory for those of us who were lucky enough to experience these years and for those who were not so fortunate they can be transported back to a simpler time. This is the oldest one I have for Walt Disney World. As before, I have posted the cover and a couple of signifcant images from the book.
I had to scan this page as it is a treasure trove of extinct possibilities. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, and the Mickey Mouse Revue are all long gone and you certainly can't get this view of the Mad Tea Party anymore. Plus, Snow White's Scary Adventures will soon be gone as well leaving only the pictures of Peter Pan's Flight and Pinocchio Village Haus as remnants from this distant age.
God how I miss old Tomorrowland. Note that this is before Tomorrowland was complete and there is still no RocketJets rising up from the middle of tomorrowland and still several years before Space Mountain would jut it's spires into the Florida sky.
Even with all the fantastic images in this book, nothing could top the final page of the book with rederings for coming attractions like Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the ill-fated Western River Expedition.
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