Model airplane demonstrations were shown. A spaceman in an experimental rocket pack would take off from here.
Disneyland Then And Now
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Dateline: May 1, 2005
Status: Archive
Source: Sacramento Bee
1955
Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week in summer; closed Mondays the rest of the year.
Size: 60 acres, plus 100 acres for parking.
Zones: Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Main Street USA 18 attarctions
Admission: $1 (including tax) for adults. 50 cents for children. Ride tickets, sold separately, priced from 10 to 35
Idea Is New So Is Cast In Fantasy Parade
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Dateline: October 12, 1965
Status: Archive
Source: Independent Press Telegram
Traditional concepts of holiday parades will be turned topsy-turvy for the coming Christmas season at Disneyland beginning Saturday night when Walt Disney unveils his new "Fantasy on Parade."
Instead of a procession of four horses, marching band, float, four more horses, another band and another float, etc., the new Disney concept will feature a series of colorful
At one time, a spaceman in an experimental rocket pack would take off from here and fly around Tomorrowland.
''Welcome to the Thimble Drome. This flight demonstration is presented by the L. M. Cox Manufacturing Company of Santa Ana, California, the worlds largest maker of ready to fly model planes. The first plane you see in flight is our smallest, the Little Stinker, powered by the tiniest internal combustion engine in the industry. This small engine is only .020 cubic inches of displacement, and turns at over 20,000 revolutions per minute. All the engines are fueled by a mixture of nitro-methane, alcohol and castor oil.
