Classic aerial photographs

Post by **rdeacon** » Aug Fri 10, 2007 8:55 am

Yesterland has posted some classic Disneyland aerial pics.

http://www.yesterland.com/aerial1955and1960.html

Cool how you can see how the park was surrounded by nothing in the beginning. And in 5 years how much had already changed.

UPDATE

Here is a link to a current aerial shot

http://www2.zansstuff.com:3390/aerialdlzoom.html

Rich

disneydreamer58 · Post by **disneydreamer58** » Aug Fri 10, 2007 9:07 am

That is pretty cool! Thanks for the link. I need to look on Google for the DL today and look at the difference.

Lobelto · Post by **Lobelto** » Aug Fri 17, 2007 2:13 pm

That is very cool.

I am an aerial photography junkie. Before Google Maps and Google Earth, about 5 years ago, I paid $500 to get a high resolution image of Orlando including WDW, only a year later they were available free on Mapquest and shortly after on Google

billville · Post by **billville** » Aug Fri 17, 2007 3:18 pm

Nice view! I say tear down the parking lot at the bottom left, tear down paradise pier hotel, and the other parking lot there to make room for the third gate!

casrin · Post by **casrin** » Aug Fri 17, 2007 6:36 pm

Wow, that's quite a difference, isn't it?

Magique · Post by **Magique** » Aug Fri 17, 2007 9:58 pm

Thanks for sharing the pictures, rdeacon. It is amazing how Disneyland changed in five years.

Post by **subsonic** » Aug Mon 20, 2007 10:27 am

What's crazy about those pictures are the surrounding area. Too bad Walt didn't immediately take the money Disneyland was making and buy the surrounding land. Now it is so urbanized.

AKLRULZ · Post by **AKLRULZ** » Aug Mon 20, 2007 11:54 am

That is crazy with the amount of build up!

Thank goodness for lessons learned with the Orlando property.