Whether you’re at home, on holiday or visiting friends or family, the toys are designed for all locations, both indoors and outdoors. Mind you, Shellhorn’s involvement in the creation of Disneyland is acknowledged. There’s that “Disneyland – World of Flowers” book (which was published back in 1965 as part of that theme park’s tencennial). By the way, after Joe Fowler’s memo to Jack Evans on July 11th … Bill supposed built & then installed the framework for Mickey’s face in that hillside directly below the Main Street Train Station on July 13th.
All toys are produced according to international standards. As for Ruth Shellhorn, the talented landscape architect who’d come in at virtually the last minute and helped Disneyland Park to open on time, she wasn’t invited to stay on the project. Perhaps unfairly, the fact that the razor ride ons horticultural aspect of the Disneyland project had gotten so stressful towards the end of its construction was placed at the feet of Ruth Shellhorn. One might argue that, because the construction teams in Anaheim had initially been so tough of her, Shellhorn then had to push back.
To be specific in the Paradise Pier area of that theme park. Which was an area that actually paid tribute to California’s seaside amusement parks. And thus would have been the perfect place to build a shooting gallery-based attraction.
But as for Raz Island (or Riles Island. I have to admit that I like that Idle Bay Isle name too), Walt knew exactly what he wanted to do. That was going to become a special stand-alone attraction at his vacation kingdom. Photos from the frozen ride on toy event turned up in all sort of national magazines (“Time, “Life,” “Look”) plus footage take on that day aired on TV news shows around the country. Major media outlets & publications from around the country turned out to cover the event.
Likewise gave Walt a movie that he could eventually turn into a two part episode of his “Wonderful World of Color” anthology series . Which — given that “Toy Story 4” didn’t arrive in theaters ‘til two years & two months later should have meant that we wouldn’t hear Don voicing Mr. Potato Head in that Pixar Animation film. But because WDI had all 30 – 35 hours worth of recordings that that Rickles did for the carnival barker version of Mr. Potato Head that appears in “Toy Story Midway Mania,” the sound team at Pixar was able to repurpose some of that dialogue.
For while those Disney employees admired the Volvos & that MG & the Toyotas, the only car that they petted was the Volkswagen. What they’d do when they saw all of these small cars parked out in front of the commissary. But by the early 1960s, he was also a practical businessman who was always on the lookout for additional revenue streams – which Disney could then funnel into expanding his family fun park in Anaheim, CA.