The piece reads, "To make the event even more sparkling, the Captain's Tower will be decked out as a diamond mine." The Captain's Tower was a free-standing hexagonal store (where Disney Pin Traders is today) with a tower above that served as focal point of the shopping district.
Bonus pic of the Captain's Tower on a postcard from a decade earlier in 1977...
On the back of the postcard, it's pretty funny what the original owner wrote to his folks back home about WDW: "This is your kind of place. Except for some high class idiots, this place is alright..."
Postcard via The Postcard Dude.
So interesting!!! Hey, I found something that made me think of you. Check out my buddy's blog post: http://dadsdish.blogspot.com/2011/11/tis-season-for-retro-sweets.html
ReplyDeleteVery cool Connie.
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