Walt Disney World
A History in Postcards
Chapter 8 Everything Old is New Again, Page 2: Once Around The Park
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FANTASYLAND
0100-11101 THE NAUTILUS
0100-11101 THE <I>NAUTILUS</I>
It looks to me like the sub in this view was about ready for a re-hab when this photo was taken look at the rust around those rivets!

0100-11102 SKYWAY OVER FANTASYLAND
0100-11102 SKYWAY OVER FANTASYLAND
Not only a good view of the Skyway, but one of the only views of the facade of It's A Small World.

0100-11103 IT'S A SMALL WORLD
0100-11103 IT'S A SMALL WORLD

0100-11104 "CASTLE AND CAROUSEL

0100-11104 CASTLE AND CAROUSEL
TOMORROWLAND
Tomorrowland continued it's tradition of being under-represented in postcards at the Magic Kingdom though not by as much as in previous series, much of that though is because of the lessened emphasis on attractions in this series, so in this case the views dedicated to Tomorrowland attractions when the series first came out ties Frontierland, which had the second fewest views in the first series as well (both started with two in this series the reason only one is pictured here is that the other was a repeat from the previous postcard series).
0100-11201 TOMORROWLAND
0100-11201 TOMORROWLAND
The Star Jets were about halfway through their 19 years of operation when this photo was taken. When the similar Astro Orbiter attraction replaced it in 1995 not all of the old attraction went to waste. According to Lou Mongello Author of the Walt Disney World Trivia book and web master of http://www.disneyworldtrivia.com: "When it closed in 1993, the center was removed, painted green camouflage, and used in the TV series Thunder in Paradise which was filmed at Disney-MGM studios (It can now be found in the Studios' "Bone Yard.")

ADVENTURELAND
0100-11302 PLUNDERING PIRATES
0100-11302 PLUNDERING PIRATES
The two other Adventureland post cards issued in this series reprint cards that were printed in the standard sized series. Still the print of the Pirates in the Jail Cell in this series is a much clearer print, it was taken from exactly the same angle, is cropped close to the earlier version, and everything is in the exact same place, even those audio animatronic parts which are designed to move. So, I suspect it is still from the same negative, but the color has just been adjusted much better in this printing than any of the copies I have in the standard size version.
0100-11303 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
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FRONTIERLAND


0100-11401 COUNTRY BEAR CURTAIN CALL
0100-11401 COUNTRY BEAR CURTAIN CALL
Although similar to a card from the first post card series this one is different.

0100-11401 GRIZZLY HALL CURTAIN CALL
0100-11401 GRIZZLY HALL CURTAIN CALL
This card replaced the Country Bear Curtain Call card to reflect the change to the Vacation Hoedown version of the show that played at WDW for a few years.
0100-110402 BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD
0100-110402 BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD

Though clearly a different image than the one standard size view of this attraction, they managed to catch the train in almost the exact same spot.


LIBERTY SQUARE

0100-11500 THE RIVERS OF AMERICA
0100-11500 THE RIVERS OF AMERICA

By the time this card was Released this twin Smokestack steam ship had been retired, leaving the Richard F Irvine, which has a single stack, to ply the waters of the Rivers of America.

0100-11501 PRESIDENTIAL PRESENCE
0100-11501 PRESIDENTIAL PRESENCE

0100-11502 HALL OF PRESIDENTS
0100-11502 HALL OF PRESIDENTS

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