Disney Lies

Hi Duley

We are on a Vacation and saw arll the animals went on the train ride and we saw Goofy and the castle mommy said Hi. Sorry Kathy

Later editions of this postcard noted in the small type, “Please do not stand on the castle walls or railings like Goofy does. You might fall and be pecked to death by gorgeous swans.”

Hi Schelly,

This place is fabulous!

Miss ___

The author is bragging because she knows that Disneyland’s entrance policy at the time banned many “undesirable” groups, such as men with long hair, communists, and people with avant-gardly spelled names like “Schelly.”

Wednesda

Deer Home people,

We arrived yesterday in the land of the Magic Kingdom. As I suspected, they wouldn’t let us film here. After all, they have an image to protect And it is a wonderful image! The place is not unlike the world’s Fair, but much more atmospheric. Saw, but didn’t get to shake hands with Mickey Mouse. Back to Santa Barbara today.

Love, Curtis

As the address shows, this was apparently written by someone who was friendly with some kind of “Klan.” We don’t know what kind of group this is, but their foul nature is hinted at by the fact that Disney would not allow them to be filmed in the park and Mickey Mouse refused to shake hands with the writer.

Thurs.

Visited here yesterday. You would love it here. So much to do & see.

Love,
Mrs. _____

This one is quite the work of art. The author of this one performed a difficult artistic double play — writing about how much there is to see on the back of what is considered the greyest of all Disneyland postcards, and topping it off with an upside-down nautical stamp on a nautical-themed card for the subtle Titanic reference.

Grandpa and I rode in this horse car today. The horses hoofs went “clop-clop-clop.” The bell went “clang-clang”. Each of us had to pay 10 cents.

Grandma

Isn’t this an adorable card? It sure seems like it until you discover, as our crack team of researchers did, that the grandchild Grandma is writing to a) is 27 years old, and b) had his reading skills severely challenged by this note.

By the way, for those of you who are planning a visit to the park, you should be aware that “horse car” ride prices have actually gone down approximately 100% since this postcard was written. (On the other hand, park admission prices have gone up some 1,200%, which takes a little bit of the joy out of the free horse-car ride.)

July 31

Hi you two

How are you doing? We heard Wes had operation, hope you are doing okay. Harold has a prostate gland operation, he is doing better. sure is hot here now, well take care + write, best of health

Pearl + Harold

1972 was a very different time. It was a time in which people often chose to recuperate from surgery in an amusement park; it was time when people didn’t worry overmuch that the mailman was reading about their prostate. Ah, the memories!

Next time, we have another copy of the same postcard, but with a startlingly different message from an entirely different person. After that — who knows! The suspense is incredible, isn’t it?!?