How Disneyland Hid A Giant Fire Engine | 4 Rare Disneyland Oddities

[@damianstellabott3613]

The water pump for the fire hoses on the Mark Twain is in the bilge below the main deck. I recall it being on the starboard side, but it's been a few years. The pump I remember seeing was old but I'm unsure if it's the original. The water tank in the hull is fresh feed water for the boiler. The removed equipment in the boiler cage was a steam powered generator for the boat's electrical system. This was functional but over the past 15-20 years more electrical was added to the boat and this exceeded the generator's capacity. The park elected to upgrade the diesel powered generator that served as a back-up and leave the steam powered one in place for show. The capped lines shown in the video are steam/ condensate lines and unrelated to fire fighting.

[@nightwheel]

I was wondering if there was a possibility of the firefighting equipment being below deck. So it's entire possible that the Mark Twain might still actually be a fire engine for the park if needed.

[@davekauffmanjr2069]

@@nightwheel id think you are right, just a guess, im sure the city of Anaheim has good water volume ,no idea about the pressure, but something like the mark twain would be ideal as it can be positioned anywhere along that water way and has a bunch of water to draft out of. constant,large volume of water could be pumped to a fire by stretched lines, but ill bet there are large diameter pipes plumbed around the shore of the water way , the twain could just pull up , connect and pump away.id thing it would be a "wet" supplyline as well for instant water, rather than a "dry" supplyline where they would have to fill it and open another valve somewhere before it would enter the system to be available for use by the firefighters. id sure like to know its capabilities as a firefighter. pump capacity in gallons per minute (GPM) how many discharges it has an size. does it have any preconnect lines for shoreline fires etc, he makes a comment about it being used for fires along the shore, im pretty sure it was built to supply high volumes of water for the protection of the buildings, small and large within the park. just my thoughts/guesses, i was last at Disneyland when i was 12, 1974,50 years ago, and yup im 62..

[@HammondOfTexas0]

Those pipes being for steam makes sense. The ones he showed are far too small to be used for fires, other than possibly on the ship itself.

[@davekauffmanjr2069]

@@HammondOfTexas0 i agree about the steam lines, the guy at the top of this thread was pretty clear about that area housing a steam generator for the boat. i still think im right. it would make sense to me to use it as a fire pump. when i was a firefighter in the 1980s and 90s, though i was in a small city and we had a great water system (i was also a plumber working for family when i could) , the county i lived in, northern california ,sierra nevada foothills gold country, very fire prone even back then, the county places propane or natural gas powered high capacity fire pumps placed near ponds and irrigation ditches, catch a grass fire or wildland fire, we all had a code to access them. we could use them to place portable water tanks or to fill out tank on the engine or watertender (or tanker) . they were very helpful.

[@tmcorbett]

How often does the fresh water tank have to be filled and where do they do it? Steam locomotive engineer here and I’ve always been curious about the logistics of running the Mark Twain.

[@enchantkeymike8170]

The effort you take adding old clips to your videos with music is so awesome man.

[@HeyBrickey]

I’m glad you notice the extra effort ❤️

[@davidlarson2534]

My sister was helped by one of these “policemen” back in 1958. I was with her, being only 5, when the car broke down. The “police” showed up, then 4 “service guys” showed and pushed us out of the way. We got a few C tickets for our trouble and given another car to continue our adventure. Later that day we got to ride with Walt down Main St in an antique car.

[@WardenWolf]

Wow! What a memory.

[@GeorgiannaMartin]

Super 😎

[@tammycaserio3912]

Hey Brickey. Thank you for your wonderful videos. I have recently started low dose Chemotherapy for Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. I never smoked, most likely caused by the environment. Your videos, nice sounding voice and kind nature is so comforting for me to watch during my treatments. You transport me to another place and time. Keep up the good work. Last February I sat next to Walt’s statue in Epcot and cried as a thanked him for all he has done. I love Disneyland and all the beautiful ideals that it stands for. Disneyland truly is my happy place and an escape from my worldly cares.

[@HeyBrickey]

Tammy I’m so happy I’m sitting next to you during these tough times. Let’s do what Walt couldn’t and beat cancer together!!! Deal!!! We got this ❤️

[@tammycaserio3912]

@@HeyBrickey I am just starting another Low Dose Chemo session and I saw your message! Perfect timing! Magic and miracles happen every day! With your positive vibes and outlook I can’t loose! If you want to see what I look like you can search for me on KZbin. Tammy and Alan Showcase videos. I have uploaded 3 of my individual numbers. I am currently training for another show in December. I am taking a little break from choreography for the next 7-12 weeks while I battle. I am hoping to change my Chemo day from Mondays to another day. I usually take lessons and practice Monday nights. With the low dose chemo I felt pretty good about 5 days later. I used to dance 4-5 days a week. My husband and I used to teach Salsa and Argentine Tango. We dance Tango Fantasia or show tango. I hope to pick up the dancing and teaching when I beat this Cancer! I am also looking forward to going back to Disneyland. I need to sit on Main Street and soak in all the vibes. I need to listen to The Dapper Dans or even better ride the Horse carriage with them. I want to ride the train all the way around the park. I want to walk through the castle and pretend it’s mine. I am supposed to avoid big crowds now but my spirit longs to be in my happy place. I used to go about once a week. My car wants to go there every time I pass by Disneyland, even if that is not where I was headed🤣 I am getting so many treatments everyday. I go to The Cancer Center for Healing in Irvine, CA. It is so amazing and they help build me back up with healing IVs and modalities. I feel like I know you from all your videos. Thank you again for your kindness and support! I talk about your videos to anyone who will listen. It is so fun for me to know stuff about my favorite place. My Grandchildren ask me while we are at Disneyland together what new things I have learned. They are often with me on my weekly trips. My 6 Year old granddaughter thinks Sleeping Beauty’s castle is hers because I have been saying it since I brought her as a newborn. 💕 Tammy❤️

[@scale_model_apprentice]

Ms. Tammy, as a survivor of childhood cancer and many rounds of chemotherapy, I understand your pain and what you're going through. My family and I went to Walt Disney World this past year, and sitting in Epcot, seeing people from all over the world be happy together and thinking of the heart of the man who made it all possible is enough to make anyone cry. You will get through this battle. As a believer, I believe that God doesn't give us anything we can't handle. He gave us smart doctors and incredible medicine. God bless you.

[@chrishintz1077]

So glad you told the story of Tiny Klein and the line of subsequent Tinkerbells. Was lucky enough to see one of them climbing up into the Matterhorn pre-flight. She had the wig and a little coat.

[@edstrong597]

Fun video ! Disneyland Highway Deputies ! A Real Magic Key ! Mark Twain Fireboat ! Keep up the good work !

[@HeyBrickey]

Thanks Ed ❤️

[@ronaldsmith6829]

My father was a member of the IBEW electricians union. One of the union benefits were Magic Key coupons (or tickets) which were good for any ride. Several months before the park opened there was an open house day for the children of Disney employees. The Autotopia was one of the first rides finished. My brother was not quite ten at the time and he was one of the invitees. I think they started out with like thirty-five cars and by the end of the day they were nearly all demolished! The kids treated the exercise as a Crash Car Derby! I think only two or three cars survived. Hence the bumpers, governors on the motors, and the Squad cars. Things didn't improve much once the park opened and the Deputies were kept very busy.😆 Stashed in a box somewhere I have a 'good driver and outstanding citizen' card from the park. That would be from around '61, I think. My father's last duty for Disneyland was to throw the switch when Walt cut the ribbon on the Monorail. Hence the reason I was in the park that day.

[@jeffstoeger2974]

Great and very informative episode, Brickey. It's nice to find out about the magic key. Did Walt have a special entrance, or did he enter the main gates with the guest. Walt was way beyond dreaming, and millions have enjoyed his fantasy and dreams.

[@CH3NO2Semonious]

They used to have simulated wildfires on Tom sawyer's island near the area where the TeePees and Indian village was. I think this was before guests had access to the "Island". Grew up in SoCal and my parents worked for Ryan Aircraft. So every year, Ryan would rent the entire park and allow their employees to enter for free. So we went every year, I was 12 before I experienced Disneyland with huge crowds! Still AWESOME! Later in the 70s I worked for Alweg maintaining the monorail cars. Fun fact even with the automatic brakes that were applied when the car was going around a curve, you could could still go through the Hotel at about 50 mph! That part was fun, listening to "It's a small world" nonstop for 9 hours five days a week was the biggest downside and the reason I quit. I just found your channel and subbed before I even hit play. I really enjoyed your video, the storyline, the camera work and the editing really shines. I look forward to bingeing your past videos and the next ones too.

[@thomashelm6931]

Did you ever make it to Seattle? I live here and appreciate the iconic Monorail, from the 1962 World's Fair.

[@allanbeamer7110]

I was a "custodial host" (street sweeper) and hated getting posted by Small World because of that bloody song all night... but it wasn't enough to make me quit. Not quite! Lol. Otherwise loved my time there. 😊

[@someguy9778]

The fires on the island were going with island open during the 80's 90's...Probably fencing somewhere.

[@THEoriginaljmelford]

I'm 79 and I remember driving the Autopia cars before the rails were installed. Sometimes we would bump into the curb going around corners.

[@HeyBrickey]

Nice!

[@hukalua]

Love this series! There was also a Magic Key Ticket book during those days that, unlike the lettered tickets, would allow access to all rides !

[@QuatroAtYale]

How very interesting. The Magic Key segment brought back a memory that may or may not be related. My father, as a manager of an automotive warehouse, had friends in various industries. At least one of these was in a fire department somewhere in Los Angeles. He would use the other gentleman's special id card to get a different book of tickets (yeah, just a little shady, I know). This book had all of one kind of ticket that would get us on ANY ride. It was equivalent to an entire book of E tickets. I'm pretty sure up to this point in my narrative. However, I have a vague memory of those tickets being purple in color, and they may have had the image of an old-fashioned key printed on them. My Dad loved Disneyland and he loved taking his four children there. And even though we could never afford to eat in the park (for example), he wanted us to have the best time we could there. So we got the special tickets, but we'd traipse out to the car to eat sandwiches for lunches and dinners. So we had our own... magic key.

[@RobertJarecki]

With 4 kids in the family, we couldn't afford to eat in the park, either. I remember getting our hands stamped (and being told by Dad to not even smear it) and going to a small area with picnic tables. I think the picnic area was there when we went with grandma in 1958 but I'm not very sure about dates so long ago.

[@b_b_ii]

Really appreciate this series.

[@vectorwolf]

My mother was one of the unfortunate kids to get stuck on Autopia pre-rail. Apparently someone passing her pushed her off the road and got her car stuck on the curb, and she had to wait for a cast member to come and pick it up bodily to put it back on the track. My grandparents said there was quite the traffic jam behind her when she got back to the station.

[@HeyBrickey]

I love stories like this. You know what nobody remembers a perfect ride, it’s when it all goes sideways we create core memories

[@JesseAdventure]

That’s a really smart idea to make the Mark Twain Riverboat also a fire boat Two for one!

[@HeyBrickey]

So clever!!!

[@TonyPiacenti]

Thank for another fascinating video Brickey.

[@kristymunson5967]

What a wonderful video! Thank you for making it!

[@HeyBrickey]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikeb.7183]

Makes perfect sense for the Mark Twain to be a pumper truck for the area around the Rivers of America.

[@HeyBrickey]

Total makes sense!!! When I found that I was like obviously but why haven’t I heard that before!!!!

[@lohphat]

The Tinkerbell tree is a recent change for the construction of Galaxy’s Edge. The old cabin stood where it always was until the early 2010s behind the abandoned Fantasyland station. I used to call the old cabin the “Roach Motel” when I worked there. “Things fly in…”

[@WardenWolf]

Roach Motel, LOL. I love it! The Flytrap would have been a good nickname for it, too.

[@HalloweenHunters]

Man I’ve been studying Disneyland history my entire life and I never knew where tinker bell landed! And I’ve seen that tree 100 times! Disney really knows how to hide these things to keep the magic!! Thanks for your amazing work and videos!!

[@HeyBrickey]

That's Great!!! Love when these videos can help somebody have a new thing they want to investigate when they go back home to Disneyland.

[@ScanFan_Ed]

Brickey, thank you for all the time and energy you put into your great videos! I always look forward to your videos!

[@chrismurray6606]

Another home run. Loving this series. Great stories, fantastic storytelling and top notch production values. So glad that your audience is growing. Thanks for all you do.

[@lydnut]

Another great one, Brickey! Excited to see you surpass 50k subs in a matter of days now!

[@HeyBrickey]

I wouldn’t say days but it’s definitely on the horizon!!! Glad you liked today’s video.

[@Lbrisbois2000]

I love this series. ❤ The footage is great, the facts are unique, and as always, there's the storytelling. Another home run. 🎉

[@HeyBrickey]

I’m happy this series leaves you Thunderstruck!!! ⚡️

[@Lbrisbois2000]

@@HeyBrickey You know it! 🎸⚡️

[@timothywolleck7628]

Your videos have been great lately and it’s nice to see that they’re getting the views they deserve. It’s nice to see that hard work pays off.

[@Rich.O]

Another great video full of fun facts. Sheriffs driving around Autopia, Mark Twain as a fire boat, Tinkerbell slamming into a mattress to stop. Thanks for the hard work!

[@justjeff4186]

Was the fire house under Walt’s apartment ever functional? Working today? How do they fight fires inside the parks today? Sprinkler systems? Fire hydrants? Fire truck and paddle boats?

[@HerpDerpNV]

Disneyland has their own internal private fire dept that uses modern mini-pumper trucks. They are not visible to the public but are able to better access parts of the park with narrow accesses vs the city fire engines that would also be responding.

[@julieamos1633]

Loved this. Totally remember her flight in late 60s and 70s when I was a kid

[@HeyBrickey]

Pretty magical thing to see as adult can only imagine seeing it as a kid

[@Michaeland]

Brilliant Brickey

[@HeyBrickey]

Thanks 🙏

[@1420Days]

Thanks for another great video. Always learn something new.

[@Magic.Happens]

Loved this one thank you!

[@FabianaPeluso]

I was in the park on the day you were filming. My family screamed at you from the train and I wanted to say Hi to you on Main Street. I love your videos. I appreciate the amount of work you put into these videos. Keep up the awesome work.

[@LuckyPierre789]

So very cool! I got my Walt 1901 Hoodie and the special gift you included. Thank you! I do have many of those buttons but this one is special. I am the Trampion! Thank you Mark! Love your work and I can't wait until the weather up here in the PNW allows me to wear my new Hoodie! xoxo

[@mikestrauss5968]

Damn! They could have used that water pump for Murphy!

[@MoonFairy929]

Holy god. I did NOT think tinker bell’s flight was a practical effect! Makes each time I’ve seen the flight that much more special.

[@MoonFairy929]

You are really finding your groove and I love this for you! 😍

[@HeyBrickey]

Thanks!!!

[@someguy9778]

lol...Apparently sometimes it's a dude. 😆

[@Michaeland]

Thank you so much for giving us that “you are there“ feel for this fabulous hotel. I wasn’t sure I loved it until you showed us all the details. Thank you.

[@WilliamTurk]

The main problem with a master key system is it makes locks much easier to pick.

[@sirBrouwer]

Probably less a issue if you also have castmembers constantly walking around. Most who need to know will know if you would have a reason to get in to somewhere behind a locked door. Even now a lock can be enough to just slow you down long enough to be noticed.

[@re575817]

Outstanding presentation!

[@TimelapseSends]

Almost 100k view! Such a great video, glad it got so many eyes on it 👀 Cheers Bud 🙌🏻

[@shashona3084]

This is gold

[@houseofob3479]

💯

[@kenbrown2808]

it is a very common thing for water features to be installed as firefighting waster reservoirs, so it comes as little surprise that the riverboat would have firefighting pumps.

[@Ericland_Entertainment_Inc]

I love oddities of Disneyland, its what makes the park so charming. I did a video on the Tinkerbell tree a little while ago, and it's something I'm glad you talked about

[@lohphat]

Magic Key was used during the 70s and 80s for the discount ticket books and pre-annual pass “all in” passes for people who worked for public services. Teachers and police and firefighters could get “Magic Key Club” tickets. I remember the first “all in” passes which were cardboard tags with a string loop you’d attach to a shirt button. When you got to the turnstile in an attraction where they would take a ticket from your book, the Magic Key tag allowed you to just go in. It was “magic”.

[@jentracey1758]

Hey Brickey! Great video as always! It was so nice meeting you at Rancho del Zocalo last Friday. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me and my family.

[@HeyBrickey]

Nice meeting you too Jen. Hope my predictions about the weekend were accurate. Can’t wait bump into you at WDW some day soon!!!

[@jentracey1758]

They were! Wish WDW weekends were like that lol

[@GeorgiannaMartin]

I was entertained the whole video because of your very well done choreography and your voice 👏

[@WDWCentral]

I didn’t know there were so many keys!! I just need a key lime pie

[@emattsmith]

In the early 1970s, I remember riding on the Mark Twain. I also remember the spray nozzles being used, and I can still picture the arc of water that it produced. This was part of the ride, as I recall, but never thought of it being a fire truck. Very cool.

[@lcruz2783]

This was a great video just prefect on all the stuff we would never see.

[@davidatovar]

I remember Knott's berry farm in the sixties had gas powered model-t cars not on a rail but fenced in by steel rails.

[@someguy9778]

I think in the 80's also? I remember this.

[@karebear3152]

The riverboat still being a functioning fireboat would've come in real handy when Murphy went up in flames, eh? C'est La Vie...

[@jerryeubanks491]

Hey brickie ❤ your channel I just found it today and because you brought back memories of a 71-year-old person's childhood. I remember driving the Utopia with the rails gone and was bummed in either 64 or 65 when they put that in. I remember passing people I never got stopped by the cops, I don't ever remember seeing the cop car but the black and white should have stood out because all the other cars were single colored back then . I just subscribed your channel I have something to watch with memories thank you

[@gali01992]

I visited a cousin in the 60s who lived essentially right across the street from Disneyland (I was 7 at the time). Every night that my family was there, we'd watch the fireworks but my cousin went off to do other things. So one night I asked him, "Why don't you watch the fireworks every night?" He answered, "After watching them every day for a couple years, they get awfully boring." Too much of a good thing...

[@iangarland2096]

Great video buddy! Hope you’re doing well!

[@terrymurphy5991]

I really appreciate the information you share with us The sweatshirt arrived Friday and I really really like it Adding an autographed picture of Hey Brickey's star would be even better

[@BrianStorey-j5n]

Got to " drive ' the Mark Twain for short bit once years ago ,, what a treat!!

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

Well, that was neat. Thx!!

[@HouseOfAmarna]

I literally thought tinker bell was a projection this whole time! I need better glasses! What a cool fact!

[@HeyBrickey]

Haha. I love when you learn something like that and then it clicks and makes sense. Happy to share ❤️

[@houseofob3479]

Another classic‼️‼️

[@PTRRanger951]

The stuff behind the cage was removed when the boiler was replaced. All the capped pipes were part of the original steam engine components that actually powered the ship. The fire hose lockers are common and required on passenger ships like that for safety. Same reason you will find the same hose cabinets on tall commercial and residential buildings. Usually several on each floor. The hoses are not long enough to go anywhere off of the ship, and are for any fire onboard the ship. It’s a wooden ship, so any fires can get out of hand quickly. The ship is also on a track underwater, so it wouldn’t be able to change its course to get closer to shore to try to put out a fire. It would need something on it called a “monitor” or “deck gun” which would be able to spray water at long distance, like what fire boats actually have. So sadly it was not designed as a fireboat, it was just part of the original engine system, probably where they mounted it for balance and weight when the tank was full. And the hoses are for ship emergencies. There are probably more of them around on the decks.

[@someguy9778]

100%

[@paulgracey4697]

I was 14 in 1956 when our family arrived in Orange County and Disneyland's Autopia was high on my brother's and my list of things to do once we got to go there. No Matterhorn existed, so all that could be spotted by me from the freeway as we came past that very first time was the TWA rocket to the moon. Regarding the Mark Twain Steamboat; as I recall from an article in the paper many decades ago, that vessel had to meet all coast guard steamboat safety codes in force at the time she was built. That meant that she also had to have a fully licensed passenger ship Master in charge.

[@chrishintz1077]

Some may have thought it humiliating, but I always liked when the cm (usually a young man) would come to the rescue at autopia and ride the outer pedal to free up a stuck car.

[@joet068]

This was a great video.😊

[@chrishintz1077]

Oh my!: the cinema marquee featured Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky. But no Rod La Roque. ;( I love these deep dives. So much history!

[@nzjonty]

“Squad Car Kid” - definitely new merch design

[@carlsprout7903]

Those sealed off pipes in the cage were for the steam powered generator and the Super heater used to "Dry out" the steam exhaust

[@April.December]

How about the door that opens at the matterhorn, matterhorn is lit up, am the tone except about 30min before flight, lights go off and you can see a blackness/ darkness and it's the pen door. You can see tink there is you look closely right before flight!

[@aaroncxse]

New word added to my vocabulary: Matterhorny

[@HeyBrickey]

You're Welcome 😉

[@itowmyhome797]

Thank you

[@andycranford8531]

The city of Venice, Italy have an entire fleet of fire fighting boats that have the ability to draw water directly from the canals. Modern fire engines and pumps also can draw water from a static source (lake, river, pool) in a process called drafting. To imagine the Mark Twain as an undercover fire boat is completely plausible.

[@DavidBoote]

I was very lucky. In 1956 at age of 11 I came for a holiday from England with my parents and went to Disney land. It was amazing

[@Nderak]

amazing video

[@robertjones1729]

There was also a magic key ticket you got on special nights..they could get you on any ride..like all E tickets..and you could use them any day

[@margaretmiller3590]

I was once told that The Mark Twain ran the Mississippi River, & was 1 of 3 Original Paddle boats left, The Delta Queen & The Mississippi Queen which still ran the Muddy Waters.

[@gregking7926]

Squad car kid for sure! I've spun the Myrtle Beach Grand Prix cars..

[@tessa.robles.84]

I don't know how I feel about while you're discussing full on CHP Deputies on Autopia that you failed to address a full on astronaut crossing in front of the Autopia vehicles in your black and white footage. Ummm??? And not just once Mark, it was several times my guy. Now I'm just totally preoccupied with the astro--- wait.... wtf?!? Did you just say Matterhorny??😲😧😀😆🤣Lol omg, you just keep me on my toes, bud. I love it!! As always, thanks for the great content!! Your work ethic is unparalleled! ✌️💜✌️💜💯

[@HeyBrickey]

Astronaut is getting his own episode soon. So I purposefully kept that one in my pocket 😂

[@tessa.robles.84]

@@HeyBrickey U sly dog u!

[@tylergathman5849]

I always thought the magic key term came from the ticket books, there were A,B,C,D,E tickets for each tier of attraction but there were also “magic keys” that could be used for any tier attraction. If I recall this wasn’t until a few years after the park opened but I definitely have some from an old vintage ticket book

[@BrianStorey-j5n]

I remember seeing Tiny as Tink!

[@BryanTorok]

I would certainly like to see more about the river boat also being a fire boat. If it was to used as a fire boat, it should have had high pressure / high volume nozzles, also known as monitors. They would have been able to deliver a stream of water hundreds of feet from the river. Does the river boat have any hidden propulsion, besides the stern paddle wheels? Hidden propellers or water jets for maneuvering?

[@Booger414]

I used to work somewhere that had a tiered key system from Yale. We only had three levels but he A key could open everything, the B key opened most doors, and the C key was limited to a few doors.

[@3henry214]

It's funny to see the "tinker bell" tree. Today it would easily be thought of as a cell tower fake tree, which would further hide its really purpose. And the history of the real "flying" tinker bell, completely mind blowing ! Back then most people in the 70's were thought of having 1 foot in the grave, starting at the age of 70 and doing for 3 years... that was one tough lady.

[@firechief6613]

Techinically the Mark Twain would be classified as Disneys First Fire Boat probably Anaheims one and only Fire Boat since it is landlocked. Not sure if they may have had a couple boats for rescue on the lakes but the Mark Twain would be the only capable of pumping water to fight fires

[@BruceBergman]

The only thing ive ever seen on the Mark Twain was the steam turbine electric plant. They stopped using it when they put a diesel Onan light plant in the stern, to extend the boiler water supply. They need treated water to minimize boiler scale buildup, so could not use raw river water in the boiler. 4:43

[@RobertJarecki]

I think i may have gone to Disneyland in 1955. We drove up from National City (near San Diego) in the Nash. I was only 3 years old and doubt I was allowed to go on Autopia. Eventually, I did go on Autopia after there were tracks. Couldn't jump the tracks though I tried. In 1956, we went to New Jersey in a new Ford station wagon and went to Disneyland in '57 or 58 when relatives came out from New Jersey. Somewhere I may still have 8 mm Kodak movies from the '57/58 visit with views of the area outside Disneyland from either the Dumbo or Tomorrowland rocket ride. At some point, the Mark Twain riverboat had a separate ticket. I don't know if I still have one of those. IIRC, I visited Disneyland every year until 1970.

[@WDWCentral]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of the Autopia Police Cars? It’s not a story management would tell…Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself

[@ccm290]

There is something about a tunnel on Tom Soyers Island, also something odd about the mini golf that use to e near the Disneyland Hotel.

[@christianmockler5141]

I use to work adventure/Frontierland restaurants. When we had a break or lunch during Tinks flight we would be near the tree when tink would “land”. We would as a joke write down a number on paper as rating for her landing like a Olympic judges.

[@chrishintz1077]

Does the market house still have the old fashioned party line talking telephones on the wall?

[@HeyBrickey]

It does!!!

[@chrishintz1077]

@@HeyBrickey yay! Those ladies are still yakking and just won’t stop! ;)

[@Plokman040]

Love one fact the modern Autopia cars have Buffers like British lockomotives.

[@ProfPoindexter1968]

As a kid, I loved driving on Autopia, but refused to do so after they ruined it by adding the rails.

[@AirDOGGe]

And now Disney world is getting rid for their fire truck AND the river, island, rafts. Sad days.

[@RegenerativeHomes]

Magic Key was the term and logo used on tickets sold to military and civil service employees during the 1960s and 1970s. Magic Key ticket books included Magic Key tickets instead of A, B, C, D, and E where each ticket was good for every attraction, and each ticket book contained one ticket per each attraction in the park plus two extra. The ticket books could be purchased at Disneyland booths with proper military or civil service ID, or purchased at military bases. Each ticket had a large picture of a key and labeled Magic Key.

[@connorjensen533]

There is also a fire axe on the top deck on display. If know where to look.

[@timothywalker4563]

I wonder if there were any (police patches) that would be a nice collectors item 😊

[@robertjones1729]

Aloha Brickey..I love these because I know most of them .oh .I met Ray Bradbury while working there..he had an accual Gold Key card...signed by Walt..real gold plate I also gor several tickets from those cops

[@kaijupredator4063]

One Key to rule them all ...

[@HeyBrickey]

😂

[@disneylilly9433]

I was 3 years old when Disneyland opened. So I was to little to self drive the big Autopia. I had to drive the mini rail Autopia. By the time I was tall enough to self drive, they had be changed to rails.

[@robertjones1729]

Cool .I lesrned something..that fact about the Mark Twain fire truck was new to me.. sounds like a Fowler original idea...if the pumped from the river thats unlimited because it comes from The GREEN Water System that is constantly filled by a level control

[@MainStreetPaul]

Question: could you update 🤔 us on the Disneyland project for the Palm Springs. It's been way too quiet 🤫 for Disneyland

[@craigtiano3455]

At WDW, Tickerbell flew from Cinderella's castle and lands on the roof of the Plaza restaurant. The performer must be a few pounds around a particular weight, as the entire flight is powered by gravity. In hot weather, the cable stretches and sags, requiring more weight. If she's under weight for a particular set of conditions, she'll have a weight belt attached to make sure she gets to the bottom. None of that fancy powered trolly at WDW.

[@randallsluder8289]

All 3 Ferry Boats that ran between TTC and the Magic Kingdom, in Florida, originally had fire pumps and hoses. They were removed around 30 years ago, because they no longer met fire code.

[@HeyBrickey]

That's a good one! Thanks