Adventureland's Shooting Gallery

Here's a blast from the past: Disneyland had not one but two shooting galleries in the 60s through the early 80s. Really! No, Buzz Lightyear doesn't count and neither does California Adventure's Web Slingers. There were two honest to goodness places to fire fake guns. The one in Frontierland and the long defunct one in Adventureland. 

In 1962, Adventureland added the Big Game Shooting Gallery, and it stayed in operation until the early 80s. The sounds of shots firing into the jungle were just a precursor to the action on the Jungle Cruise nearby. Remember when safaris were more than a bit dangerous and not just a photo opportunity? It was a just a fun diversion, nothing more. 

Westernland at Tokyo Disneyland still has its own version and so does the more than excellent Frontierland at Disneyland Paris. (It is the best of all the Frontierlands!) Imagineering never designed or built one when it came to open the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. And of course, you'd never find one today- especially at Disney's Animal Kingdom!