Tom K Morris

No, different. The tree in the older shot is one of the two that are down on the ground surrounded by a seat wall, between the gate and the tunnels.

A ball pit dedicated to I.P. Freely.

Sorry, I had one unused coupon to apply that stupid joke with and I needed to get rid of it.

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Willows are fast growing and invasive, their root systems will pop out the surrounding hardscape as they seek a direct source of water. 10 year swap-outs in this location wouldn’t be surprising.

In honor of Kaiser Aluminum.

Asphalt vs concrete.

Did someone say “Humdinger”?!

I worked with that guy’s brother.

Hieroglyphics

I’m curious about that tree in the foreground, but also the one in the background that might be the corral tree relocated from Tahitian Terrace in ‘62.

Add to list…

It was an Evergreen Elm, as spec’d by Ruth Shellhorn.

One of my paranoias is that I’m going to go out with an ironic ending. And this would certainly be one scenario.

Yes, if it was an Evergreen Elm or a Cork Oak it was likely from day one.

Isn’t this from Orlando-Land Magazine? Maybe in their archives?

Did it whistle?

IYKYK

At the time it was the WED House, I’m sure photos are rare, but you can get a very good tour of it online, as it was 12 years ago when it went up for sale.

$25.30! Like at that point they can’t just round it to $25. They still need .30 more cents!

But I was counting on you.

I’ve always been fascinated by the civil engineering aspect of theme parks. I’ve read, or heard first-hand from some of those engineers. Each Disney park had a particular challenge. 30 feet of sand, unstable landfill, clay. All agreed Central Florida’s root-a-muck is a special kind of unholiness.

With the liability and risk on Musk, maybe they just wanna sit back and watch him FAFO. I know I do.

Wish I knew!

Has he officially been named Walt, yet?

They’re about to learn a new meaning for the term “root canal.”

Wow, they were further along in December than I thought.

First shot is more likely Jan, 1955, isn’t it?

“Are these haunted rooms actually stretching…?”

It hasn’t been owned by the Disneys for several years now. It’s the house that went up for sale about 10 years ago with some misleading ballyhoo as “Walt and Lillian’s Palm Springs home.” They never lived in it.

1st photo, from the recent (fabulous) book about X Atencio by daughter Tori McCullough, intrigued me, as I’d run across other references to a “WED house” in Palm Springs, for use by its Imagineers in the 1960s/70s and wondered where it was. Now I’ve located it (not in Smoke Tree Ranch) on the right…

That’s a holdover eucalyptus tree right there.

WED architect Carl Denney is rarely mentioned in Disney histories. Walt’s personal architect, he usually worked on non-park projects like making improvements to WED’s Glendale facilities and designing Disney’s personal family properties, incl Walt’s Smoke Tree Ranch home and the nearby “WED House.”

Pretty much!