Hungry? Fill it up! Disneyland's Autopia

Hungry? Fill it up! Disneyland's Autopia

The Matterhorn under construction in 1958

The Matterhorn under construction in 1958

The Matterhorn and Autopia at Disneyland

The Matterhorn and Autopia at Disneyland

The Skyway Tomorrowland station and Autopia's two tracks

The Skyway Tomorrowland station and this picture from 1959 shows that there were two different tracks for the Autopia.

The Phantom Boats and the Autopia from the Skyway

Phantom Boats & Autopia from the Skyway

This is a picture showing the Phantom Boats and the Autopia from the Skyway.  Taking pictures from the Skyway was a great way to get a birds eye view of the whole park.

It's A Small World from the Monorail

Monorail looking out towards It's A Small World

This is an interesting shot.  It was taken from inside the Monorail looking out towards It's a Small World.  On the right you can see the Autopia and on the left is the Motor Boat Cruise.  I do not have a date on this one, anyone have an idea?

Early Autopia

Early Autopia

I am not sure what year this was but as you can see there are no rails in the center to keep cars on the track.  However, the area that they can drive on was narrow enough to keep the cars from getting to far off.

The old and the new. How things have changed and stayed the same.

 Daily Disneyland: Mickey's Ferris Wheel and from the 60's the Matterhorn, Skyway, Monorail and Autopia.  There is a lot to appreciate with these two photos.  First is the new, the Mickey Ferris Wheel with all of the colors, the big roller coaster in the background and the fact that the area where this is was a parking lot when the picture on the right was taken.  Which brings us to the vintage Disneyland photo.  We have the Skyway as it is going through the Matterhorn, the old Autopia (it was a traffic jam back then as well) and an older version of the Monorail.  

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