It may be rougher than rough these days, but for my eldest son, few attractions say "Disneyland" more than the Matterhorn Bobsleds. This mock up of a proposed attraction poster is really quite nice! It's not in the cool blues and icy whites of what was finally chosen, but the Imagineer captured the pure joy of what it meant to ride the world's first steel tubed roller coaster.
Even back then, Walt Disney preferred to be on the cutting edge of technology to tell the stories he wanted to tell. Under Walt's leadership, what he wanted was often completed. This is what gives his original Magic Kingdom such a different feel. You can almost sense him walking down Main Street U.S.A., sailing on the Jungle River Cruise, the Storybookland Canal Boats, or aboard the Mark Twain Steamboat.
The man did it out of love- not corporate greed- and the world loved him and the park that was created. If only that would be the case today. I wish someone beyond fans and the handful of now mostly retired Imagineers had such a passion for the love of the art. If only.
(Art copyright The Walt Disney Comnpany.)
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