tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19940374.post9222962919544214414..comments2024-03-28T00:32:33.703-07:00Comments on stuff from the park: A Presidential VisitMatterhorn1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/07140583153080149244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19940374.post-37379989219809723312008-04-16T12:50:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:50:00.000-07:00Matterhorn: Daveland also has a photo from Main S...Matterhorn: Daveland also has a photo from Main Street of the same day.<BR/><BR/>http://davelandweb.com/matterhorn/images/<BR/>12_26_61_Eisenhower.jpg<BR/><BR/>I remember being there, and seeing Ike, and thinking how tired he looked.CoxPilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284076551547506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19940374.post-37810725911356562008-04-16T09:27:00.000-07:002008-04-16T09:27:00.000-07:00I thought you would have the exact date Progressla...I thought you would have the exact date Progressland. I was trying to go with the age of the grandkids and also that the engine is the Gurley which was one of the latest additions to the Disneyland steam trains.Matterhorn1959https://www.blogger.com/profile/07140583153080149244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19940374.post-53562043814176781492008-04-16T07:43:00.000-07:002008-04-16T07:43:00.000-07:00Eisenhower visited Disneyland with his family (gra...Eisenhower visited Disneyland with his family (grandkids and all) on December 26, 1961. Walt wasn't around, but Tommy Walker and Ed Ettinger and a few others led them around for six hours. I'd wager a guess that the holidays had something to do with it, because Walt escorted a lot of other VIPs around the Park!Jason Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193194008194991219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19940374.post-42039664272005197132008-04-16T07:02:00.000-07:002008-04-16T07:02:00.000-07:00I wonder if Walt personally escorted the Eisenhowe...I wonder if Walt personally escorted the Eisenhower family around the park? I would imagine that he would be pretty proud to have a President at his park, especially one that he supported. And what kind of security was necessary back in those days? Not that the Eisenhower family had to wait in any lines, rubbing elbows with the regular guests!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.com