Author: Doug Marsh
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Buster Poindexter, An Unlikely Disney Icon of the 1990s, Has Died
Buster Poindexter has passed away after a long and varied career that included work with Disney.
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
The collectors card for today’s 30 Years Ago at Disneyland celebrates Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye!
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Forty Years of Adventure (Part 2) – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On this 30 years Ago at Disneyland, Doug takes another look at 40 Years Ago of Adventure!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
The penultimate card in the Collectors’ Card series celebrated the first new land to be added to Disneyland since 1972. It was only fitting that Mickey Mouse himself was prominently featured on card #39, welcoming guests to “the land that toons built.” Full details about the 1995 Collectors’ Cards daily promotion can be found here.
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On this 40 Years of Adventure collectors card, it’s all about Fantasmic!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
It’s all about Disney Afternoon Live for today’s 40 Years of Adventure collectors card!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On today’s 40 Years of Adventure Collectors Card the focus is the Party Gras Parade!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
Here is Splash Mountain, in all its heart-stopping glory. The most elaborate log flume attraction ever created, this Disneyland original was noted for endless delays in getting it up and running. But guests agreed, it was worth the wait. The lavish opening ceremony was timed to coincide with Disneyland’s July 17, 1989 birthday. Full details…
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
It’s time to Blast to the Past with today’s 40 Years of Adventure collectors’ card!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On this 30 Years Ago at Disneyland, Doug looks at another 40 Years of Adventure Collectors’ Card celebrating Star Tours!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On this 40 Years of Adventure day, the collectors’ card commemorates Captain EO.
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
Today shares a look at the 30 Years Ago at Disneyland collectors card from 40 Years of Adventure!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
Take a unique look at the Country Bear Christmas Special at Disneyland for this 40 Years of Adventure Collectors Card!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
Today’s 40 Years of Adventure Collectors’ Card looks at New Fantasyland at Disneyland!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
For anyone who thought it would be difficult to dig much deeper than yesterday’s card, “Festival Japan,” here is card #28, Thumper’s Easter Egg Hunt. Yes, for the entirety of 1981, the most significant event at Disneyland was… an Easter Egg Hunt. The copywriter for this one gets points for creativity, describing it as “an…
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On today’s look at the 40 Years of Adventure Collectors’ Cards, Doug shows off the cards dedicated to Festival Japan!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On this 40 Years of Adventure Collectors’ Cards day, the card focused on the 25th Anniversary of Disneyland.
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
The 40 Years of Adventure for today focuses on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
What’s gotten into the Matterhorn? In 1978 it was “Harold,” the abominable snowman who was the biggest feature of… enhancements to an aging attraction (this seems to be a theme for the cards of the 1970s). In addition to new lighting effects, icy grottoes, and unexpected encounters with Harold, the bobsleds themselves were redesigned to…
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
On this 30 Years Ago at Disneyland, Doug shares about the Space Mountain Collectors’ Cards from the 40 Years of Adventure.
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
The team assembling the Disneyland Collectors’ Cards must have really been scrambling when it came to presenting a highlight for 1976. In another year with no new attractions, it was “enhancements” that were featured. This card informed us that the Jungle Cruise, a favorite attraction since Disneyland’s opening day in 1955, had added seven new…
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A Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
It’s time for Mission to Mars on today’s Collectors’ Card on 30 Years Ago at Disneyland!
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A Daily Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
America Sings on today’s gift for you from 30 Years Ago at Disneyland!
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A Daily Gift For You – 30 Years Ago at Disneyland
Today’s collectors’ card is The Walt Disney Story from 30 Years Ago at Disneyland!