Entrance to Tomorrowland, flags from all over the world flank a pathway toward a clock with a moon and sun on top, and a tall rocket looms in the background.

Vintage Disneyland Postcards: Tomorrowland

October 8, 2018, 5 Comments

Today we jump into the future…well, what Disneyland Imagineers of the 1950s and 1960s thought the future would look like, more specifically, what the world of 1986 would look like. Out of all of the lands, Tomorrowland is the one that has seen the most change, with complete overhauls in 1967 and 1998. The first…

Myself, standing on a bridge, wearing a brown, orange, and white floral maxi dress, and a crown made of orange and yellow flowers and swizzle sticks from Trader Sam's, featuring tiny tikis.

Tiki Day at the Park

October 3, 2018, 7 Comments

Long time readers of the blog are familiar with the unofficial theme days at Disneyland, including Tiki Day, which was last weekend. This Tiki Day was especially fun because I spent the day with some of my favorite ladies and we had a blast taking photos together. So for once I’ll be sharing photos of…

Leaning against a post, with old west buildings in the background, some of which have been covered in faux spider webs, wearing an orange dress with a small yellow and green floral print, and yellow and green rick-rack along the neckline and skirt, also wearing black tooled leather shoes, and a plastic black cat necklace.

Jess-Belle Vibes for Spooky Farm

October 1, 2018, 2 Comments

So earlier I talked about Knott’s Scary Farm, both with my first day outfit, and a guide to help newbies with the event, but today I’m talking about Knott’s Spooky Farm, the family-friendly event that Knott’s Berry Farm offers on weekends. It’s a fun offering where kids can trick-or-treat, take part in fun crafts such…

Atomic Redhead’s Knott’s Scary Farm Survival Guide

September 28, 2018, 3 Comments

Every fall a heavy fog creeps into Knott’s Berry Farm, transforming it into Knott’s Scary Farm. In a way, Knott’s Scary Farm is an entirely different version of Knott’s Berry Farm, as it offers so much more, and therefore is worthy of its own guide. If you’re more interested in learning more about a regular visit…

New Orleans Square, with fanciful wrought iron.

Vintage Disneyland Postcards: New Orleans Square

September 24, 2018, 4 Comments

In 1966 Disneyland debuted its first new land since the park opened in 1955 with New Orleans Square. Inspired by New Orleans of the 1800s, it features gorgeous wrought iron, convincing forced perspective, and originally was going to feature a larger in-park apartment for Walt Disney. From 1966 until 1996 there was the One-of-a-Kind Shop,…

A pale green wooden building, covered in fake cob webs, myself standing in front, wearing a long sleeve purple, Victorian style shirt, with a black and white cameo, and a black full skirt, net style tights with a floral design and black shoes. My hair is piled atop my head in a Gibson Girl style.

Kicking Off the Spooky Season

September 21, 2018, 1 Comment

It may still be September, but Halloween is in full swing down here in Southern California. Disneyland officially kicked off the Halloween season back on the 7th, I hauled out the Halloween decorations, and last night was the first night for Knott’s Scary Farm, the annual, multi-night event at Knott’s Berry Farm, which features a…

The entrance to Frontierland, which looks like an old fort, made of logs, a large sign reading "Frontierland" hangs over the gateway.

Vintage Disneyland Postcards: Frontierland

September 13, 2018, 3 Comments

Today we continue our vintage tour through Disneyland by way of postcards, and we enter the dusty old west of Frontierland. Frontierland has seen a fair amount of change over the years. When Disneyland opened Frontierland was actually the largest land, as it included the Rivers of America and a vast, winding railroad and pathways…

My outfit for the finale, a blue peasant top, and skirt of orange, red, yellow, and green which features an illustration of a barn dance.

Hoedown Honey

September 6, 2018, 1 Comment

For the last three summers Knott’s Berry Farm has offered Ghost Town Alive, which can best be described as a real life, family-friendly version of Westworld, the fictional theme park of the 1973 movie, and current HBO TV show under the same name, where guests get to live out the wild west, but at Knott’s…

The archway into the Jurassic Park ride, just like in the film - a medium brown stucco like material with red text outlined in yellow reading "Jurassic Park"

Welcome to Jurassic Park

September 4, 2018, 1 Comment

Well it’s been awhile since I wrote about Universal Studios…The reason being we let our annual passes expire last year, and didn’t get new ones again until last month, and just in time to say farewell to Jurassic Park: The Ride. When Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park hit theaters in 1993, it was an instant success.…

Vintage Disneyland Postcards: Adventureland

August 27, 2018, 4 Comments

Earlier I introduced a new postcard series where I would be sharing my vintage Disneyland postcard collection. And since it’s so large, I decided to split it up into each of the lands, beginning with Main Street USA. Today we enter the mysterious Adventureland. I think it’s important to note that when Disneyland opened in…