Myself standing along Main Street wearing cream and gold Minnie Mouse ears, a cream shirt with the castle, Mickey and "Disneyland 70" on it, and yellow and cream shorts.

Disneyland at 70

July 23, 2025, Leave a Comment on Disneyland at 70

Walt Disney was a man with many dreams and ideas. After he and his animators conquered the animated feature film, he set his sights on another form of family entertainment, amusement parks. Wanting a space that both adults and children could enjoy, he started brainstorming his “Mickey Mouse Park” that started out as a small…

Vintage Disneyland Postcards: Adventurelands

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…

Dumbo ride vehicle, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride ride vehicle, with a devil in the background.

Forgotten Disneyland Attractions at the Van Eaton Pop-Up Exhibit

August 2, 2018, 1 Comment

Last week I was invited to a preview party of the That’s From Disneyland pop-up exhibit that just opened to the public yesterday, and it was all sorts of amazing. The pop-up exhibit showcases items from Richard Kraft’s collection, including vintage souvenirs, posters, ride vehicles and more. All of which will be going to auction…

Third Annual Tiki Day

September 30, 2014, 8 Comments

On Sunday Patrick and I took a break from unpacking for Tiki Day, one of the now many unofficial theme days at Disneyland. We attended last year, and had a blast and were super happy that our move coincided just perfectly for us to attend again this year. Tiki Day is a great time for…

Disneyland on Film

October 5, 2013, 6 Comments

Hello it’s Patrick here to do another post with some new 120 photographs from our last trip to Disneyland. Unlike last time, where Janey was just too depressed to write about it, I’m here to explain some of the more technical side to shooting 120 film. When I first met Janey she was astounded that…

Tiki Day

September 23, 2013, 20 Comments

Yesterday brought Tiki Day at Disneyland. Despite being only the second ever Tiki Day, there was quite a turn out! I wore my second vintage Enchanted Tiki Room garment (the first being this), a homemade dress of the fabric guests could buy at the park in the 1960s…

“Ole! Ole! It’s Showtime!”

July 3, 2013, 19 Comments

For those of you who have been reading Atomic Redhead for awhile will recall the treasure I came across back in January of 2012, a pantsuit made of Enchanted Tiki Room fabric. I learned from designer and former cast member, Kevin Kidney that in the mid-60s Disneyland not only sold mens shirts and ladies dresses…

One-Twenty at Disneyland

February 28, 2012, 19 Comments

During our visit to Disneyland, we didn’t just take pictures with our phones and digital cameras, but with our vintage Kodak DualFlex II, which dates to 1950-1954, using 120 film. The camera attracted much attention, people said they loved it, asked if it worked, and said it was cooler than the Holgas so many hipsters…

I Couldn’t Resist…

February 26, 2012, 8 Comments

…wearing my Disneyland skirt another day. Since my Disneyland skirt received such a wonderful reception the first day wearing it, I had to wear it again on our last day in the park. While waiting for the park to open I had several older cast members come up to me asking what the story was…

In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

January 16, 2012, 10 Comments

Last week I was killing time at Antique Alley (I do that a lot…) and was in Lorrel Mae’s space (visit her Facebook, blog, and Etsy) where I found this stellar pantsuit… At first I was freaking out because it was so fabulous, then I looked at it closer and realized it was fabric was…