Although fuzzy and not the best shot, this image is of the Christmas Bowl at Disneyland in 1956. Located at approximately the current Carnation Gardens site, the bowl was where all the festivities took place. The centerpiece is the elegant bandstand that was eventually moved and then moved offsite. The Christmas lights sure do make it seem festive. Stick around and I will show some more night shots of holiday decorations.
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Don't know if they had the equivalent of the candlelight procession, or had a celebrity read the story of Christmas back then, but I suppose that this is where they would have done it!
Wow what a cool pic!! I'm getting caught up on all of the blogs I"ve missed over the last couple of weeks and this is an awsome way to start. The bandstand was moved from this location to an area roughly between the Plantation House and the Jungle Cruise. When they expanded the Jungle Cruise it was permanently moved offsite to Rogers Gardens Nursery in Newport Beach, CA where it can be seen today!! Thank you Matterhorn for taking so much of your time to post the SOP's. The Maintenance of Magic is AWSOME (any chance you could repost page 34, its missing). Have a very Merry Christmas!!!!!!
Hey D.D. thanks for the catch on the SOP. I have uploaded page 34 for your reading pleasure. By the way I have visited Rogers Garden to see the Gazebo, have you?
I went there about 5 years ago and vagely remember seeing the gazebo but didn't know at the time the significance. Thanks for the upload on the SOP its' a great document!! DD
D.D.-You should go, especially now as Rogers Garden is all decked out for Christmas and the gazebo has lights kind of like this....
Great picture. I am actually working on the Band Stand section of my video. I will drop you a line to let you know where we are at. I would love to get help from all the bloggers. Let's talk.
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