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Vintage Wonderful World Book Ad

This ad appeared in the back of a Little Golden Book. This particular book has been sitting on the used book sale shelf at my local library since October. It's missing the back cover and several pages inside, but for a dime I figured it was worth salvaging just to scan this ad. However, the title page of the book is among the many pages missing. Therefore, it's hard to date this ad. The latest movie mentioned in the books is Robin Hood which would make this ad mid-70's, however if they are talking about the live-action Robin Hood and not the 1973 animated feature this ad could date back to the early 60's as Sword in the Stone and 101 Dalmatians is mentioned. Either way, it's a neat 4-page ad with some vintage character art work. These books are pretty easy to find at an antique mall or flea market. I've even seen the whole set, with the box, for $20.00.

Simple Disney Board Games

Back in the day all ya needed to do was simply slap pictures of Mickey and his pals on a tried and true game and you had yourself hours of fun. I grew up learning how to play checkers with Disney Checkers. Each piece had a different Disney character on it. I spent hours playing that game with my family. Such a simple little joyful childhood memory!

This early 80's comic book ad plugs three very simple Disney games: Mickey Mouse Tic-Tac-Toe, Goofy Game, and Disney Checkers. Each one of these probably only a few bucks when they were brand new and you can still find them reasonably cheap on E-bay, although Goofy Game seems to be the most rare of the trio.

Honeymoon Early 80's Style

• These groovy images are intended to persuade happening couples of 1981 to book their totally awesome honeymoon at Walt Disney World. The 4-Night Honeymoon Vacation Magic package included:

*Four nights accommodations at the Holiday Inn East Court of Flags Resort Hotel

*"Two days' unlimited shuttle pass for transfer between your hotel and WALT DISNEY WORLD Magic Kingdom or two days parking at Walt Disney World"

*"Two days' admission and unlimited use of all rides and attractions in the Magic Kingdom (except Shootin' Gallery)"

*"One admission to the WALT DISNEY WORLD Cruise to Discovery Island or one admission to the Moonlight Cruise"

*One admission to Wet `n Wild

*"Good-time excursion to Sea World"

*"You will receive a Kodak Instamatic TM X-15F camera outfit, complete with film to catch all those special moments in pictures"

*"A color photograph taken in the WALT DISNEY WORLD Magic Kingdom"

*Dinner for two at the Lake Buena Vista Club

*and a bottle of champagne.

These days you aren't even allowed to mention the name Sea World on standing on Disney property.

Fantasia Continued...indeed!

Here we have a case of the marketing department cart getting ahead of the animation studio horse. This early 90's magazine ad warns us of our LAST chance to see the original Fantasia IN ANY FORM...EVER! It also promises us a new flick in 1996 called Fantasia Continued that will replace the original masterpiece FOREVER! I'm afraid all the hype was about as pointless as an Orange Level Homeland Security Warning. Walt Disney's film still lives on in DVD and we never did get `96's Continued film. However, four years later Fantasia 2000 debuted and now the two films happily co-exist in the same world.

The folks at Disney have been creating public excitement for their films long before they extended Hannah Montana's stay at the multiplex.