Four Evening Stars

 

Disneyland celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. When this place was new, Walt said, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” The seventy-year-old theme park has adapted to the changing tastes of its audience. But there are places where, if you pay attention, you can see glimpses of the park Walt knew. The track for the People Mover (and later the Rocket Rods) still hangs over Tomorrowland. The Skyway gondola is long gone, but one the stations is tucked in the trees behind the Dumbo Circus Train. There haven’t been motorboats since 1993, but the covered loading area is still behind the Matterhorn. And four ticket booths still stand in Fantasyland, from the days when you had to buy tickets for each ride. One looks like a mushroom, one is a lighthouse, one is a cottage, and one a medieval-style circus tent.