Love in Fantasyland

Fantasyland Postcard
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Here is the happy couple on an early postcard in front of Cinderella Castle.  This postcard was part of a Fantasyland booklet of 8 cards.  You can read more about the early postcard booklets on Big Brian's WDW History in Postcards website. 

Mickey & Minnie Silver (plated) Spoon

Silver Plated Walt Disney World Spoon

In honor of the upcoming 'Day of Love,' I will be sharing items that feature the first couple of Walt Disney World, Mickey & Minnie.
Here is a silver plated spoon made in Australia.  It features the Big D logo curved around an early photo of the happy couple.

Tomorrowland View-Master Reels

Viewmaster Reel A9521
Tomorrowland

Not to be left out, here is a GAF View-master reel set of Tomorrowland.  They are older than the 1973 Talking View-Master Reels from my collection because they show pictures of the WEDway PeopleMover and Mission to Mars which both opened in 1975.
Reel A actually refers to 'Mission Control for Journey to Mars.'  Does anyone know if that was an alternate name for the attraction or is this just a typo?

Magic Kingdom Talking View-Master (part 2)

Talking View-Master Booklet
Magic Kingdom
AVA955, 1973

The booklet that accompanies the Magic Kingdom Talking View-Master contains the narrative used on the reels.  The cover uses the stacked Big D logo found on many of the other GAF sponsored items.

The intro describes the park's various lands.  Tomorrowland gets its only mention here: '...where the forces of the atom and the blinking light of future knowledge highlight journeys into science and outer space.'

Along with the narration, the booklet contains some great drawings of rides and attractions, including the Mad Tea Party sans canopy.  The middle has a great map showing the location of each reel image.

The images show some iconic locations such as Cinderella Castle, Swiss Family Treehouse and 'it's a small world.'  As well, a few extinct attractions are featured, such as Mickey Mouse Revue and Skyway to Tomorrowland.

Magic Kingdom Talking View-Master

Talking View-master Reels
The Magic Kingdom
AVA955 1973

In 1971, GAF developed the Talking View-master.  And as an official sponsor of WDW, it only made sense that they would create these Magic Kingdom reels with ''an exciting new combination of 3-D sight 'n sound."

The reels highlight all of the lands of the Magic Kingdom with the exception of Tomorrowland.  They also come with a booklet that contains a transcript of the narration.  More on that in my next post.