I grew up near the one in Anaheim. My dad was in the navy and spent lots of time off the coast of Vietnam in the 60s. Disney gave those vets complimentary family passes so going to that park was a frequent activity for us. I remember there were these Kodak displays throughout the park with suggestions on how to take a good photo of one attraction or another and, of course, what Kodak film one might use.
Some years later, the mid-70s, I was working in a medium-size photo finishing lab and it seemed like in every batch of 50 rolls that came through my station there was at least one customer order that had Disney photos on it.
I had gone to Disneyland as a child, with my parents, sometime in the mid-1960’s.
I hadn’t been there until the late 1990’s, when I spent some time in Southern California on business. The nature of my work afforded me lots of free time, and I always traveled with my trusty M2, a 35mm Summicron lens, and a dozen rolls (or so) of TriX.
At this time, I didn’t have the time to make purchasing a ticket and investing substantial time feasible.
So I worked the main street, outside of Disneyland, and made some interesting photographs of the neighborhood and local people. I recall wondering if Anaheim had changed much since the mid 1960’s or, if as a pre-adolescent, my recollections colored my perceptions. I remember thinking about this a lot when walking those streets and making those images.