I rode Rainbow Ridge Mine Train once at age 4 in 1976. In the early 1980’s when I was 9 or 10 my dad brought home a Disneyland 25th Anniversary coffee table book. It featured 2 pictures of “Nature’s Wonderland” (the bears and the cabin on fire) I immediately asked my dad “hey dad you remember a nature ride of some sort? It was maybe tucked away somewhere around where Bear Country is? We rode a train?” My dad shut me down telling me I was probably thinking of the Disneyland Railroad and the cabin was what you saw doing the Indian canoes. Well, dad. We were both right, I’m just grateful that I had parents who ferried me from Fremont, CA all the way to Anaheim. Especially since they were very young parents who scrimped and saved bigtime in those early years and we rode all the E ticket rides on that trip.
my Grandpa passed away on Tuesday morning, he was a imagineer for Disney for 35 years i imagine a lot of his designs and inventions are in there, his name is Marc Miller. if you've seen the tombstones in the haunted mansion ride, you've seen his name. he was an amazing man.
That is a very special story. Thank you. Your grandfather was one of those who truly gave children tremendous memories & love through their work at Disney. It’s sad it’s not that way anymore.
The Rainbow Ridge animatronic burial story is completely false. When they dug up that area for Galaxy’s Edge the only things found were molds from the Jungle Cruise
Back during that era Tom Sawyer's was the best. You could run wild on the island. Fort Wilderness was so cool. The tree house the caves and various barrel rope bridges.
As a kid, it was a relief to take a break from the long-lines-and-rides format. I could walk through the cave backwards, if I wanted. We could climb on anything we wanted, pretty much.
You nailed it again Brickey! I’m too young to have seen the gun store, but I remember when you could buy toy flintlock pistols and rifles in Frontierland and the Pieces of Eight. The marina at the hotel was one of my favorite periods. A lot of good times there. I don’t think they have animatronic figures buried near BTMRR, as most of them were reused on the river and in Big Thunder, but either way, the story makes some interesting folklore. Thank you again for bringing a unique perspective on Disneyland!
Very interesting oddities video. My father was a smoker. We went to Disneyland at least twice a year from 1961 'til 1971, when we moved up north to Redding (where my brothers loved to fish). During all that time, I don't remember him smoking AT Disneyland, even though he didn't kick the habit 'til he had grandkids in the 80's. But then again, we didn't buy merch in Disneyland anyway! Middle class Mexican-American family with four kids, we didn't even buy food in the parks. We'd leave the park and go out to the parking lot to eat the food my Mom prepared beforehand. So he probably didn't buy smokes in the park either. But we did buy the occasional hat at the Mad Hatters, across from the Chicken-of-the-Sea pirate boat restaurant (uh, which we didn't ever go to). And my Dad did buy fudge on Main St right before we took the last train around the park before it closed. Wonderful times. And ya know, there were other animatronics in the Mine Train ride besides animals. There were all those moving rocks, animatronic versions of formations in parks like Arches NP in Utah. The nearest I got to those natural wonders before I was 30 years old WAS at Disneyland. I didn't even know they were real back then. Ah, guns in Disneyland, now that's an oddity. We saw the Golden Horseshoe Review, but that was after the shop was closed. But we did take guns TO Disneyland. Yep, we took toy guns to Disneyland in the early 60's, and I have proof. The earliest film my family has of Disneyland: vimeo.com/718526725 Thank you for your unique and interesting take on things. I will continue to watch... although you are out of merch, btw. Keep up the good work.
Brickey this was one of the most fascinating and and jaw dropping episode every. Another great documentary and love the history that your able to bring to light. 👏👏 great job.
I was a scuba diver at the park for 31 years. I can't speak to animation Buried in big thunder trail, However I can assure you they weren't thrown in the river! LOL!
Wow. Thats amazing. What sort of things did they use scuba for at the park? I’d be fascinated to learn more about what the role involved and anything neat that happened.
Well, they drain that place from time to time and I never heard of them finding anything like that in the water. Now, having said that I beleive the animitronic fish ~ really just a fish on a wheel is still near the old tunnel intrance. I seem to remember watching the "fish" jump out of the water for a while after the ride was closed.
Cool that you brought up the helo's. As a family of three, we would drive from Fullerton to the heliport that you mentioned located on the north side of the Disneyland Hotel. My dad would then take the Disney helicopter to LAX; continuing on from there in a commercial flight to his ultimate biz trip destination of Washington DC. It was so much fun to take him to that heliport as well as pick him up from there upon his biz trip's return. Thank you for sharing all of these great oddities!
I actually bought a flintlock pistol in the 80's from Pieces of Eight. I also have a rifle that either came from Disneyland or Knott's Berry Farm, again from the 80's. The rifle is solid and well made. Thanks for another awesome video.
Fun Fact: If I dug a tunnel to Disneyland (256 mi away) at 5 feet per day, in roughly 750 years my great, great, etc descendant would pop up out of the ground in TomorrowLand and it STILL wouldn't have a People Mover.
Love your vibe and energy. Disney is such a fascinating universe, and you are quite well informed. Bravo. Thank you for this one, my first of hopefully many more. (Angeleno for 30 years, Disney visitor about two dozen times)
Oh wow! Brickey… My daughter and I have often stopped and stared at that boarded up tunnel entrance…and then researched its history. What a revelation that the surrounding area is an animatronic burial ground; how lucky that they were allowed to stay close to their home …Fascinating! Thank you for this awesome vlog..
In 1962 and in 1968, the Disneyland Sikorsky helicopters crashed and killed over forty (40) people. The helicopters were known to be susceptible to "catastrophic rotor failure." Those crashes were truly horrific in nature. (I was raised in SoCal, near Lynwood, where one of the crashes occured and my friends and I were some of the first ones on the scene at Leuder's Park.) The scene was ghastly. I was 11 years old.
Hey Brickey, I recently discovered your very informative UA-cam channel on Disneyland. I was a Disneyland cast member from1 1978-1983. In your video titled “YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS | 5 Historic Disneyland Oddities” you featured two shops inside the Park where guests could purchase tobacco products, including cigarettes. As a Fantasyland Merchandise Host I was occasionally scheduled to work a shift in a third location that sold cigarettes on the DL. That was Arts and Crafts shop inside Sleeping Beauty Castle on the left immediately after crossing the drawbridge. The other mystery I’m happy to be able to clear up for you is the precise location where Teresa Salcedo was born at 5:29pm on July 4th 1979. The details were revealed in the July 9, 1979 issue of Disneyland Line: Note that the article says “Mrs. Salcedo reclined on a bench behind the Plaza Inn. “ This refers to a location backstage and not to any onstage place. Certainly at 5:30pm on one of the busiest days of the year there would be no suitable place on the Hub and all the benches would be occupied. The true location of the baby-birthing bench was against the wall of the Adventure thru Inner Space show building about midway between the gate leading oand the Inn Between on the other. I can personally attest to this because i was an eye-witness to the birth. I was returning from my dinner break when I happened upon the scene. I thought that discretion forbade me from tarrying so i hurried by. Over the years, a bit of sloppy journalism and imprecise writing gave the impression that Teresa was born in the Plaza. This passage from WDW Magazine illustrates loss and interpolation: “The first birth at a Disney property took place on July 4, 1979. Rosa and Elias Salcedo visited Disneyland 44 years ago to celebrate the 4th of July holiday. Rosa was expecting but still planned to enjoy the day in the Park with her husband experiencing all that Disneyland has to offer. The couple was riding the Submarine Voyage attraction in Tomorrowland when Rosa began feeling sharp pains. By the time the ride was over, her pain had worsened. She moved to a bench nearby the Plaza Inn while Elias called for help. Disney Cast Members, including the Park's paramedic team and medical staff from First Aid, arrived to evaluate Rosa's condition, but by this point, it was clear she was in labor. Without time to move, Rosa, the first Disneyland baby, was born in the center of the Park on Main Street, U.S.A.” (www.wdw-magazine.com/disney-history-disneyland-baby/) I hope you found this helpful Best regards , Bryan Walton
Brickey, I am really enjoying your content the last few months. It’s such a unique and creative perspective. Keep it up! I’m also at the parks today and wearing the “Vibes Over Rides” shirt.
Awesome video Brickey! Iv known about half of the things you mentioned and the other half was amazing to learn. Its great to see someone talk about the fun facts that a lot of people dont know about. This is why Im subscribed to your channel!!!
This is fabulous! Just came across your videos and you are my new favorite. No politics or personal snarky comments, just the interesting facts. Really a great, informative and entertaining video. Having been a Disneyland visitor frequently from the late 50s, it was freaky cool to see old familiar things and find out what happened to some of the ones no longer there. Well done, Mr Brickey! Carry on.
I was born in 61 and grew up in the city of Orange. I remember getting to take the helicopter once from the hotel to lax to board a plane for vacation.
As a child in the 1960's I lived in the flight path of those helicopters from Disneyland to LAX. There were several going back and forth every day. Yes, I remember as an elementary school child hearing about the crashes and then the sky grew quiet of the constant helicopter traffic. As an aside, this was also the times before we learned what a Smog Alert was. We would be out playing and wonder why it hurt to breath.
Hey Brickey, another great video! I just wanted to mention that when they had fishing on Tom Sawyer Island the River Belle Terrace didn't exist. The restaurant was Aunt Jemima's Kitchen in those days.
@@HeyBrickey I can understand that. Along with the Plantation House that area was sort of Song of the South personified. However you might want to do a video about these locations along with the black Shoe Shine Boys/tap dancers that lasted into the days of New Orleans Square. It may not be pretty, but like tobacco sales, it's a part of the history. I have edited photos if you're interested.
As a child in the '50s I remember the shootouts between the Sheriff and the bad guys. Later in the late '60s I worked a security guard job at a shopping center with my sergeant being the former Sheriff of Disneyland. He was a fast draw artist who was sponsored by Disney for years. Great memories.
Disneyland didn’t stop with selling tobacco products in 1990. After it stopped being a tobacco shop on Mainstreet in 1990, cigarettes were sold at the Market House on Main Street which is now the location of Starbucks. They sold tobacco until the mid-2000’s. I was a CM at Disneyland off an on from 2000-2009. I had APs beginning in 1998 and still purchased cigarettes while in the park as a guest with friends whom I would sign-in during my time working there.
Another great video, have you ever talked about the Disneyland Police Department once located to the left of city hall. Thank you for the content from a 27 year CM.
Oh this was so great! When we ran into each other, I mentioned that I was just there for the archeology. This is exactly what I was talking about. Thanks!
Great vid! The animatronic graveyard is close to where you say it is. It’s actually where Big Thunder Ranch used to be, where the Living Desert of the Mine Train ride used to be. All of that was dug out during Galaxy’s Edge construction, so I’m not sure if they’re still there or not.
Hey Brickey, if you want to know more about the graveyard you should try to get ahold of the group of guys still alive who drove those mine trains. They call themselves "The Order of the Red Kerchief" and they get together regularly in SoCal. I no longer have any contact info for them.
Very cool video. Super fun. There are other animatronic graveyards at Disney Park, I’m pretty sure under the carousel progress at the Magic Kingdom is one.
I was young enough to still generally remember the Disney Marina and legacy facilities over at the Disneyland Hotel before it was eventually torn down. Back then, it was a very quiet place to relax, away from the bustle of the park. I was able to eat at the Shipyard Inn (or was it the Wharf?) with my parents and siblings, and enjoyed the pseudo-sea breeze one got from the half-open restaurant during noontime next to the Marina, when we went back to the hotel to sleep a bit in preparation to watch the Electric Parade and Fantasmic later that evening. The old stores they had were nice to visit too; having a lot of novelties and goods from around the world, similar to the World Market store brand before they became more mainstream, or Earthbound Trading Company before they became hippie/bohemian fashion. My mother ended up buying very nice Asian-made cloth blankets that were thin enough to pack 4 of them into a backpack and allow a bit of airflow through the fabric, but was thick enough to keep the sun off us while camping out viewing spots for the parades and shows. Those became total gamechangers in subsequent visits.
i never feel compelled enough to comment on UA-cam videos, but this video impressed me so much! i feel like i’ve heard every disneyland story/secret 100x, but these were all completely new!
An early 60’s movie called “40 Pounds of Trouble” features Disneyland in the final 1/3. It highlights the helicopter trip from LA to Dland. The movie features Tony Curtis, and Suzanne Pleshette. A very cute movie showing off Disneyland as it looked at the time. While some of the shots are misleading in how the park is laid out ( for instance the monorail station is made to look like it’s on Main Street) it is still a very fun movie. Interesting side note this was the first, and perhaps the only non Disney production given permission to film there. If you haven’t seen it try and get a copy.
I remember in the mid 80’s we went to Disneyland and my cousin got a “toy” rifle and we were stuck in security at LAX for quite a while until they finally determined it was a toy gun. That was an experience! I am a new subscriber and this video was great! Your a wealth of information for the tons of Disney junkies like me out there 😊. Thanks Brickey!
Wow…very cool stuff. The minute you said the teens “returned the guns with an apology note” I had the exact same thought….someone’s mom and dad played a big part in that note! 🤭🤣 But, cool..a real sign of the times. I remember taking candy from the store when I was little and my mom made me take it back and apologize to the manager. Ruh roh. I knew you could get tobacco, but not guns. Yet gum was 🚫. Great video 🎉
Gum was a clear no, because people dropped it on the ground and stuck it everywhere. At the time, the replica guns were just considered harmless toys, and thus not a concern at all.
I first visited Disneyland in 1955 (I was 7 yo), when it was still under construction. We could look through a fence & see the unpainted train station. A year later we drove down from the SF bay area & spent a few days in Disneyland. At that time, Mr. Toad & Peter Pan were y favorite rides. In 1972 we flew down to Orange County Airport to for a day In Disneyland.
The only animatronic that “buried” near Big Thunder is the jumping fish hear the other tunnel that the mine train ran through. In fact, there is footage at least from the early 2000s where the fish was still working. At some point, it stopped working. Edit: As of 2014 the fish still works, 64 years later
Of course you could buy tobacco at Disneyland... Walt himself smoked like a chimney! Honestly, it wasn't until the 2000s that people really started phasing it out for real. You could also, back in the day, buy a bra on Main Street... and enjoy a historical display about foundation garments, too.
Having an underwear store in the park is actually a good idea. I know there were times I wished I had a change of clothes during a long hot day at the park. If you get caught in a sudden rainstorm or sit in something accidentally it is nice to change into something dry. People have accidents... of all sorts😉
So I was born in 93 and I was going through old disneyland pictures and I found one with the disneyland hotel marina in it I didn't know what it was until I watched this video.
I was an eyewitness to the May 22nd LA Airways helicopter crash. I was 9 years old and was at a nearby park awaiting my little league baseball teams turn to take to the field. A sound made everyone look up and we all saw the helicopter rolling inverted while the main rotor blades were coming apart and parts were coming away from the aircraft. To me,it fell to the earth in slow motion and then disappeared from sight as it crashed into the ground. A huge black cloud of smoke appeared and the next thing I knew was our couches and parents were scrambling to get us all loaded up in cars and rushing us home. It was on the news that night and we learned it had crashed into a local dairy with no survivors. I can still picture it to this day. Years later I would serve on helicopters in the U.S. Army and I always had that crash in the back of my mind on every mission. You can believe I always kept a close eye on every moving part of my aircraft before each flight. The second crash was a shock to me and once again on the evening news the images were something I can never forget.
No story about Hollywood Maxwell’s on Main Street!!! That is a true oddity. Maybe a story for another day. Great video. Love the fun stories. #club1313
Did I catch when the gun shop closed? I recall visiting with my family in the 90s, my parents purchased replica cowboy style guns for my older brother and I and we ended up having a “shootout” with each other from separate cars on Autopia… fast forward to today I’d probably scold my toddler for even making the shooting gun motion with her hand. Man have times changed.
The one thing I often wonder about but rarely see anyone talking about is the Frito Kid vending machine. You can hear clips of it on UA-cam, but as far as I know, there’s no video and no one knows what happened to this very unique machine.
If there are indeed animatronics buried in Frontierland, they are more likely buried in the dirt beneath the concrete, not cast into the concrete itself. I also doubt the concrete is any thicker where the hills are in the walkways. It's much more cost effective to grade (slope) the soil underneath and then place a 3" to 6" thick concrete slab over it.
I don't know how you got out of the box Sir., but more power to you. I very much appreciate you and your awesome point of view about THE COOLEST topic ever. I do hope you are still around and doing this when we're old and grey. Surely Disney will still be doing things outside the box, and someone will have to explain it to all the lay folks. You have been doing an outstanding job from my point of view this far and I do hope to learn a lot more in the years to come. ❤️🏰
The marina worked at the hotel bc dt Disney did not exist yet and there were multiple other pools. Plus, they turned it into an ice rink in the winter. This was an excellent episode.
15:00 In New Hampshire we had Six Gun City until 2014. They had street shootouts every 1/2 hr or hour (I forget, I was much younger). Was a great place. Being on an open area surrounded by mountains as a setting... you could have been in Colorado with your imagination. We still have Santa's Village, Storyland, Clark's Trading Post (closest to a western theme), etc.
I rode Rainbow Ridge Mine Train once at age 4 in 1976. In the early 1980’s when I was 9 or 10 my dad brought home a Disneyland 25th Anniversary coffee table book. It featured 2 pictures of “Nature’s Wonderland” (the bears and the cabin on fire) I immediately asked my dad “hey dad you remember a nature ride of some sort? It was maybe tucked away somewhere around where Bear Country is? We rode a train?” My dad shut me down telling me I was probably thinking of the Disneyland Railroad and the cabin was what you saw doing the Indian canoes. Well, dad. We were both right, I’m just grateful that I had parents who ferried me from Fremont, CA all the way to Anaheim. Especially since they were very young parents who scrimped and saved bigtime in those early years and we rode all the E ticket rides on that trip.
I was born in 57 and my Dad worked for United Airlines. For my birthday one year we took the helicopter to Disneyland! So cool and a great memory!
Wow! That is an incredible memory!
That’s such a great memory. Thanks for sharing.
Pity it's probably not allowed now and probably a problem then too
That’s amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Really interesting it is one of a kind experiences,especially when you had your birthday!
my Grandpa passed away on Tuesday morning, he was a imagineer for Disney for 35 years i imagine a lot of his designs and inventions are in there, his name is Marc Miller. if you've seen the tombstones in the haunted mansion ride, you've seen his name. he was an amazing man.
I’m so sorry for your loss. We are so grateful for your grandfathers contribution towards the magic❤
That is a very special story. Thank you. Your grandfather was one of those who truly gave children tremendous memories & love through their work at Disney. It’s sad it’s not that way anymore.
Jeremy, I am so sorry for your loss. You can be proud of your grandfather's contributions to magic as we know it. 😢❤
Sorry for your loss
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The Rainbow Ridge animatronic burial story is completely false. When they dug up that area for Galaxy’s Edge the only things found were molds from the Jungle Cruise
I have heard most disneyland stories but these were all new!! 🤯 great work Brickey!!
Same 🤯
Back during that era Tom Sawyer's was the best. You could run wild on the island. Fort Wilderness was so cool. The tree house the caves and various barrel rope bridges.
You could also buy large pickles and lemonade on that island...in the fort.
As a kid, it was a relief to take a break from the long-lines-and-rides format. I could walk through the cave backwards, if I wanted. We could climb on anything we wanted, pretty much.
I can remember riding the Mule ride on my first trip to Disneyland. This is where Big Thunder is now.
You nailed it again Brickey! I’m too young to have seen the gun store, but I remember when you could buy toy flintlock pistols and rifles in Frontierland and the Pieces of Eight. The marina at the hotel was one of my favorite periods. A lot of good times there. I don’t think they have animatronic figures buried near BTMRR, as most of them were reused on the river and in Big Thunder, but either way, the story makes some interesting folklore. Thank you again for bringing a unique perspective on Disneyland!
I remember going to Disneyland and seeing people rock climbing the Matterhorn. This was n the 80’s. We need to see a video on that.
Oh ya. People in the 70’s & 80’s used to routinely climb the Matterhorn. Have seen it in person on multiple occasions.
This is exactly the kind of video I love to watch! Thanks Mark!!!
Very interesting oddities video. My father was a smoker. We went to Disneyland at least twice a year from 1961 'til 1971, when we moved up north to Redding (where my brothers loved to fish). During all that time, I don't remember him smoking AT Disneyland, even though he didn't kick the habit 'til he had grandkids in the 80's. But then again, we didn't buy merch in Disneyland anyway! Middle class Mexican-American family with four kids, we didn't even buy food in the parks. We'd leave the park and go out to the parking lot to eat the food my Mom prepared beforehand. So he probably didn't buy smokes in the park either. But we did buy the occasional hat at the Mad Hatters, across from the Chicken-of-the-Sea pirate boat restaurant (uh, which we didn't ever go to). And my Dad did buy fudge on Main St right before we took the last train around the park before it closed. Wonderful times.
And ya know, there were other animatronics in the Mine Train ride besides animals. There were all those moving rocks, animatronic versions of formations in parks like Arches NP in Utah. The nearest I got to those natural wonders before I was 30 years old WAS at Disneyland. I didn't even know they were real back then.
Ah, guns in Disneyland, now that's an oddity. We saw the Golden Horseshoe Review, but that was after the shop was closed. But we did take guns TO Disneyland. Yep, we took toy guns to Disneyland in the early 60's, and I have proof. The earliest film my family has of Disneyland: vimeo.com/718526725
Thank you for your unique and interesting take on things. I will continue to watch... although you are out of merch, btw. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for sharing your family's films of Disneyland.
Just discovered your channel. The Disneyland history is so interesting! I'm excited to see more of your videos.
Pirates was my favorite attraction as a kid, my souvenir was a replica flintlock pistol.
Flew in the LA Airways from Disneyland to LAX in 1972. The helipad was located in what is now The Downtown Disney Parking lot
Great content on your channel. Thanks!!!!❤🎉😊
Brickey this was one of the most fascinating and and jaw dropping episode every. Another great documentary and love the history that your able to bring to light. 👏👏 great job.
Another fun video ! Some great oddities ! Who would have thought? Keep up the good work !
I was a scuba diver at the park for 31 years. I can't speak to animation Buried in big thunder trail, However I can assure you they weren't thrown in the river! LOL!
Wow. Thats amazing. What sort of things did they use scuba for at the park? I’d be fascinated to learn more about what the role involved and anything neat that happened.
Well, they drain that place from time to time and I never heard of them finding anything like that in the water. Now, having said that I beleive the animitronic fish ~ really just a fish on a wheel is still near the old tunnel intrance. I seem to remember watching the "fish" jump out of the water for a while after the ride was closed.
Those fish still jump In Bear Country Pond. hang out for a while and you may spot one or more!
This is one of my favorite videos so far! Such cool info
Love your videos the rich history of Disneyland
Great timing on that Monorail when you were pointing to the former helipad location. Like it was the helicopter arriving from the past.
Cigarettes, guns, and fish, oh my! 😂 These oddities are a treat and, once again, great footage!
It's fascinating history. Some of it ended up in Celebration and Marceline.
Guns is how I get my fish and cigarettes
Super fun video. I would have totally paid the helicopter up charge!
Cool that you brought up the helo's. As a family of three, we would drive from Fullerton to the heliport that you mentioned located on the north side of the Disneyland Hotel. My dad would then take the Disney helicopter to LAX; continuing on from there in a commercial flight to his ultimate biz trip destination of Washington DC. It was so much fun to take him to that heliport as well as pick him up from there upon his biz trip's return. Thank you for sharing all of these great oddities!
Love your positive vibe, Well done my friend!
Thoroughly enjoyable video. Great job!
There was also a back Tomorrwland entrance to the park for Helicopter guests only, in the area next to the Skyway terminal.
I work at Disneyland and even I didn't know some of these things. Thank you for your channel.
I actually bought a flintlock pistol in the 80's from Pieces of Eight. I also have a rifle that either came from Disneyland or Knott's Berry Farm, again from the 80's. The rifle is solid and well made. Thanks for another awesome video.
Fun Fact: If I dug a tunnel to Disneyland (256 mi away) at 5 feet per day, in roughly 750 years my great, great, etc descendant would pop up out of the ground in TomorrowLand and it STILL wouldn't have a People Mover.
Yo! This video ruled tons I did not know and I thought I knew a lot! Thanks dude
Love your vibe and energy. Disney is such a fascinating universe, and you are quite well informed. Bravo. Thank you for this one, my first of hopefully many more. (Angeleno for 30 years, Disney visitor about two dozen times)
Oh wow! Brickey… My daughter and I have often stopped and stared at that boarded up tunnel entrance…and then researched its history. What a revelation that the surrounding area is an animatronic burial ground; how lucky that they were allowed to stay close to their home …Fascinating! Thank you for this awesome vlog..
In 1962 and in 1968, the Disneyland Sikorsky helicopters crashed and killed over forty (40) people. The helicopters were known to be susceptible to "catastrophic rotor failure." Those crashes were truly horrific in nature. (I was raised in SoCal, near Lynwood, where one of the crashes occured and my friends and I were some of the first ones on the scene at Leuder's Park.) The scene was ghastly. I was 11 years old.
RIP Rainbow Ridge animatronics.
Hey Brickey,
I recently discovered your very informative UA-cam channel on Disneyland. I was a Disneyland cast member from1 1978-1983.
In your video titled “YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS | 5 Historic Disneyland Oddities” you featured two shops inside the Park where guests could purchase tobacco products, including cigarettes. As a Fantasyland Merchandise Host I was occasionally scheduled to work a shift in a third location that sold cigarettes on the DL. That was Arts and Crafts shop inside Sleeping Beauty Castle on the left immediately after crossing the drawbridge.
The other mystery I’m happy to be able to clear up for you is the precise location where Teresa Salcedo was born at 5:29pm on July 4th 1979. The details were revealed in the July 9, 1979 issue of Disneyland Line:
Note that the article says “Mrs. Salcedo reclined on a bench behind the Plaza Inn. “ This refers to a location backstage and not to any onstage place. Certainly at 5:30pm on one of the busiest days of the year there would be no suitable place on the Hub and all the benches would be occupied. The true location of the baby-birthing bench was against the wall of the Adventure thru Inner Space show building about midway between the gate leading oand the Inn Between on the other. I can personally attest to this because i was an eye-witness to the birth. I was returning from my dinner break when I happened upon the scene. I thought that discretion forbade me from tarrying so i hurried by.
Over the years, a bit of sloppy journalism and imprecise writing gave the impression that Teresa was born in the Plaza.
This passage from WDW Magazine illustrates loss and interpolation:
“The first birth at a Disney property took place on July 4, 1979. Rosa and Elias Salcedo visited Disneyland 44 years ago to celebrate the 4th of July holiday. Rosa was expecting but still planned to enjoy the day in the Park with her husband experiencing all that Disneyland has to offer. The couple was riding the Submarine Voyage attraction in Tomorrowland when Rosa began feeling sharp pains.
By the time the ride was over, her pain had worsened. She moved to a bench nearby the Plaza Inn while Elias called for help. Disney Cast Members, including the Park's paramedic team and medical staff from First Aid, arrived to evaluate Rosa's condition, but by this point, it was clear she was in labor. Without time to move, Rosa, the first Disneyland baby, was born in the center of the Park on Main Street, U.S.A.” (www.wdw-magazine.com/disney-history-disneyland-baby/)
I hope you found this helpful
Best regards ,
Bryan Walton
Hi, please give me an email address where I can send you the complete document with its photos that give the entire story
this is amazing, i thought i knew a lot as a disney fan but your channel continues to find facts and trivia i havent heard
My grandfather used to use the helipad as a quick way to get from Orange County to LAX.
In the 70s, my parents bought me a Davy Crocket toy muzzle loader rifle at Disney. It was later used to launch a ton of bottle rockets.
Brickey, I am really enjoying your content the last few months. It’s such a unique and creative perspective. Keep it up! I’m also at the parks today and wearing the “Vibes Over Rides” shirt.
Hey Brickey. I just joined. Great channel.
Awesome video Brickey! Iv known about half of the things you mentioned and the other half was amazing to learn. Its great to see someone talk about the fun facts that a lot of people dont know about. This is why Im subscribed to your channel!!!
Didn't know about the gun shop. I remember purchasing a replica Navy Six from the gun shop down rthe way at Knott's Berry Farm.
Great Video! Keep up the great work!
Anytime an animatronic dies, it's given an animatronic funeral... 😂
This is fabulous! Just came across your videos and you are my new favorite. No politics or personal snarky comments, just the interesting facts. Really a great, informative and entertaining video. Having been a Disneyland visitor frequently from the late 50s, it was freaky cool to see old familiar things and find out what happened to some of the ones no longer there. Well done, Mr Brickey! Carry on.
Welcome aboard!
I was born in 61 and grew up in the city of Orange. I remember getting to take the helicopter once from the hotel to lax to board a plane for vacation.
Thanks for the fascinating & informative video, Brickey!😊👍
As a child in the 1960's I lived in the flight path of those helicopters from Disneyland to LAX. There were several going back and forth every day. Yes, I remember as an elementary school child hearing about the crashes and then the sky grew quiet of the constant helicopter traffic. As an aside, this was also the times before we learned what a Smog Alert was. We would be out playing and wonder why it hurt to breath.
Hey Brickey, another great video!
I just wanted to mention that when they had fishing on Tom Sawyer Island the River Belle Terrace didn't exist. The restaurant was Aunt Jemima's Kitchen in those days.
Yeah I was trying to avoid the shit storm that creates.
@@HeyBrickey I can understand that. Along with the Plantation House that area was sort of Song of the South personified. However you might want to do a video about these locations along with the black Shoe Shine Boys/tap dancers that lasted into the days of New Orleans Square. It may not be pretty, but like tobacco sales, it's a part of the history. I have edited photos if you're interested.
@@brucemarshall5110that’ll be a nice watch! History is history and avoiding it is more of a shit show!
HA! okay Johnny, keep telling yourself that.
@@brucemarshall5110 Howdy Bruce! Hope all is well!
As a child in the '50s I remember the shootouts between the Sheriff and the bad guys. Later in the late '60s I worked a security guard job at a shopping center with my sergeant being the former Sheriff of Disneyland. He was a fast draw artist who was sponsored by Disney for years. Great memories.
Disneyland didn’t stop with selling tobacco products in 1990. After it stopped being a tobacco shop on Mainstreet in 1990, cigarettes were sold at the Market House on Main Street which is now the location of Starbucks. They sold tobacco until the mid-2000’s. I was a CM at Disneyland off an on from 2000-2009. I had APs beginning in 1998 and still purchased cigarettes while in the park as a guest with friends whom I would sign-in during my time working there.
Another great video, have you ever talked about the Disneyland Police Department once located to the left of city hall. Thank you for the content from a 27 year CM.
BEST video. Thank you for all your time you put into this video
My aunt worked in the Msin Street tobacco shop. This brought back memory
Oh this was so great! When we ran into each other, I mentioned that I was just there for the archeology. This is exactly what I was talking about. Thanks!
I love ❤️ ❤❤these kind of videos!!! Keepem' comming!!❤
Brickey is one of the best Disney content creators out there! LOVE IT
Great vid! The animatronic graveyard is close to where you say it is. It’s actually where Big Thunder Ranch used to be, where the Living Desert of the Mine Train ride used to be. All of that was dug out during Galaxy’s Edge construction, so I’m not sure if they’re still there or not.
PAINT THE NIGHT floats…..hopefully they haven’t been buried permanently!
Last time I bought cigarettes on disney property was clear back in 98. Me and my buddy had to go to a shop at the Disneyland hotel to buy them.
The good ol times
Hey Brickey, if you want to know more about the graveyard you should try to get ahold of the group of guys still alive who drove those mine trains. They call themselves "The Order of the Red Kerchief" and they get together regularly in SoCal. I no longer have any contact info for them.
Very cool video. Super fun. There are other animatronic graveyards at Disney Park, I’m pretty sure under the carousel progress at the Magic Kingdom is one.
I was young enough to still generally remember the Disney Marina and legacy facilities over at the Disneyland Hotel before it was eventually torn down. Back then, it was a very quiet place to relax, away from the bustle of the park. I was able to eat at the Shipyard Inn (or was it the Wharf?) with my parents and siblings, and enjoyed the pseudo-sea breeze one got from the half-open restaurant during noontime next to the Marina, when we went back to the hotel to sleep a bit in preparation to watch the Electric Parade and Fantasmic later that evening. The old stores they had were nice to visit too; having a lot of novelties and goods from around the world, similar to the World Market store brand before they became more mainstream, or Earthbound Trading Company before they became hippie/bohemian fashion. My mother ended up buying very nice Asian-made cloth blankets that were thin enough to pack 4 of them into a backpack and allow a bit of airflow through the fabric, but was thick enough to keep the sun off us while camping out viewing spots for the parades and shows. Those became total gamechangers in subsequent visits.
One of my favorite, non design, videos of yours…didn’t know any of them.
I'm glad I found you. Your posts are always so interesting and well told. Great job!
Great video , we lived in Orange County when I was a kid and made many trips to Disneyland
i never feel compelled enough to comment on UA-cam videos, but this video impressed me so much! i feel like i’ve heard every disneyland story/secret 100x, but these were all completely new!
An early 60’s movie called “40 Pounds of Trouble” features Disneyland in the final 1/3. It highlights the helicopter trip from LA to Dland. The movie features Tony Curtis, and Suzanne Pleshette. A very cute movie showing off Disneyland as it looked at the time. While some of the shots are misleading in how the park is laid out ( for instance the monorail station is made to look like it’s on Main Street) it is still a very fun movie. Interesting side note this was the first, and perhaps the only non Disney production given permission to film there.
If you haven’t seen it try and get a copy.
There are a few fly over shots looking down at Disneyland near the end of the 1962 film, "The 3 Stooges in Orbit".
There are a few fly over shots looking down at Disneyland in the 1963 film, "The 3 Stooges In Orbit."
Loved this one 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Well done Brickey
I remember in the mid 80’s we went to Disneyland and my cousin got a “toy” rifle and we were stuck in security at LAX for quite a while until they finally determined it was a toy gun. That was an experience! I am a new subscriber and this video was great! Your a wealth of information for the tons of Disney junkies like me out there 😊. Thanks Brickey!
great video Brickey!
Wow…very cool stuff. The minute you said the teens “returned the guns with an apology note” I had the exact same thought….someone’s mom and dad played a big part in that note! 🤭🤣 But, cool..a real sign of the times. I remember taking candy from the store when I was little and my mom made me take it back and apologize to the manager. Ruh roh. I knew you could get tobacco, but not guns. Yet gum was 🚫. Great video 🎉
Gum was a clear no, because people dropped it on the ground and stuck it everywhere. At the time, the replica guns were just considered harmless toys, and thus not a concern at all.
I first visited Disneyland in 1955 (I was 7 yo), when it was still under construction. We could look through a fence & see the unpainted train station. A year later we drove down from the SF bay area & spent a few days in Disneyland. At that time, Mr. Toad & Peter Pan were y favorite rides. In 1972 we flew down to Orange County Airport to for a day In Disneyland.
Subscribed!!! ❤😂 love the history. I appreciate it 🙏
Blows my mind
The only animatronic that “buried” near Big Thunder is the jumping fish hear the other tunnel that the mine train ran through. In fact, there is footage at least from the early 2000s where the fish was still working. At some point, it stopped working.
Edit: As of 2014 the fish still works, 64 years later
Of course you could buy tobacco at Disneyland... Walt himself smoked like a chimney! Honestly, it wasn't until the 2000s that people really started phasing it out for real. You could also, back in the day, buy a bra on Main Street... and enjoy a historical display about foundation garments, too.
Having an underwear store in the park is actually a good idea. I know there were times I wished I had a change of clothes during a long hot day at the park. If you get caught in a sudden rainstorm or sit in something accidentally it is nice to change into something dry. People have accidents... of all sorts😉
🤯I had no idea you could take a helicopter from LAX to Disneyland! Times have definitely changed... Guns, cigarettes and fishing at Disneyland! WOW!
So I was born in 93 and I was going through old disneyland pictures and I found one with the disneyland hotel marina in it I didn't know what it was until I watched this video.
My brother had one of those replica guns, also a gun from pirates. They were metal and wood and we had them my entire childhood
I was an eyewitness to the May 22nd LA Airways helicopter crash.
I was 9 years old and was at a nearby park awaiting my little league baseball teams turn to take to the field. A sound made everyone look up and we all saw the helicopter rolling inverted while the main rotor blades were coming apart and parts were coming away from the aircraft. To me,it fell to the earth in slow motion and then disappeared from sight as it crashed into the ground. A huge black cloud of smoke appeared and the next thing I knew was our couches and parents were scrambling to get us all loaded up in cars and rushing us home. It was on the news that night and we learned it had crashed into a local dairy with no survivors. I can still picture it to this day. Years later I would serve on helicopters in the U.S. Army and I always had that crash in the back of my mind on every mission. You can believe I always kept a close eye on every moving part of my aircraft before each flight. The second crash was a shock to me and once again on the evening news the images were something I can never forget.
There was a real sword shop in Fantasy land. We got a pirate’s head with real swords there!
Yup, that was a great shop. It followed the Merlin's Magic Shop at Cinderella's Castle.
Not only the animatronics, but some of the original bobsleds from the Matterhorn, which were replaced in 1978.
No story about Hollywood Maxwell’s on Main Street!!! That is a true oddity. Maybe a story for another day.
Great video. Love the fun stories.
#club1313
I got one of those rifle cap guns as a kid. It had a design painted on the butt. I thought it was so cool.
I almost couldn't listen to this! From espionage probably caused by goofy, to helicopter crashes . No wonder I never want to go to dizzyland again 😂❤
Bro, this was a crazy video . Wow who knew! The what else are you working on?
Did I catch when the gun shop closed? I recall visiting with my family in the 90s, my parents purchased replica cowboy style guns for my older brother and I and we ended up having a “shootout” with each other from separate cars on Autopia… fast forward to today I’d probably scold my toddler for even making the shooting gun motion with her hand. Man have times changed.
Kids hyped up on street justice, then show where they can buy that sweet merch! Priceless thank you.
So weird to think I rode on those tracks, exiting that tunnel, back in the late 60's & early 70's. Mind. Blown.
This was the coolest video! Many thanks!
Make sure you check out episode two if you enjoyed this one ❤️ thanks!!!
The one thing I often wonder about but rarely see anyone talking about is the Frito Kid vending machine. You can hear clips of it on UA-cam, but as far as I know, there’s no video and no one knows what happened to this very unique machine.
The Frito bag o' chips vending machine was at the front of what is now Rancho Del Zocalo. Back then it was named Casa de Fritos. For obvious reasons!
If there are indeed animatronics buried in Frontierland, they are more likely buried in the dirt beneath the concrete, not cast into the concrete itself. I also doubt the concrete is any thicker where the hills are in the walkways. It's much more cost effective to grade (slope) the soil underneath and then place a 3" to 6" thick concrete slab over it.
I don't know how you got out of the box Sir., but more power to you. I very much appreciate you and your awesome point of view about THE COOLEST topic ever. I do hope you are still around and doing this when we're old and grey. Surely Disney will still be doing things outside the box, and someone will have to explain it to all the lay folks. You have been doing an outstanding job from my point of view this far and I do hope to learn a lot more in the years to come. ❤️🏰
Just been recommended your videos
The marina worked at the hotel bc dt Disney did not exist yet and there were multiple other pools. Plus, they turned it into an ice rink in the winter. This was an excellent episode.
Love this ❤. Hello from Scotland
Disney got the animatronic burial ground idea from the mob....LOL
15:00 In New Hampshire we had Six Gun City until 2014. They had street shootouts every 1/2 hr or hour (I forget, I was much younger). Was a great place. Being on an open area surrounded by mountains as a setting... you could have been in Colorado with your imagination. We still have Santa's Village, Storyland, Clark's Trading Post (closest to a western theme), etc.