Disneyland Postcards: What's New? - Archive

June 14, 2005
  • Added a very old hotel postcard, showing the original rooms!
  • Also added the 8-pack of the 25th Family Reunion parade.

  • May 29, 2005
  • Added a whole new section dedicated to the 50th, titled 50 Years of Disneyland Postcards!

  • May 24, 2005
  • Just got back from the park last week, and added eleven brand new cards!
  • Including the 3 new 50th Anniversary postcards.
  • A new Princesses one, 3 Tiki Room cards from SHAG in the Disney Gallery, and 4 very cool greeting cards of the Disneyland Hotel - the first Hotel exclusive cards of any kind sold at the hotel in decades!
  • Lastly, an older unofficial aerial one.

  • February 17, 2005
  • Added the 2005 postcard!
  • Added 7 older cards I acquired from a postcard show recently, including another pre-opening card of the Tomorrowland entrance, original Mark Twain card, unofficial aerial, a small world multi-view, and 3 new Adventureland cards.

  • January 3, 2005
  • Well, first off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
  • Now, I finally got to do an update (having two kids makes web site updates much less frequent!).
  • I added 23 brand new postcards that I acquired from my November trip to Disneyland!
  • 10 of those are "tear apart" Princesses postcards as part of a pack, 6 are of the Marc Davis sketches of the Haunted Mansion, another puffy 3D Nightmare Before Christmas one
  • And best of all (at least, for me) even individual photo postcards of attractions like the Monorail and Matterhorn, it's a small world, and Sleeping Beauty Castle (individual photo postcards - meaning, not an illustration or sold in a pack - of attractions haven't been sold in the park since Splash Mountain).
  • the other two brand new ones are a lenticular of the castle and logo and a Disney Gallery one of Snow White at the wishing well.

  • September 27, 2004
  • Added 3 new postcards: an unofficial aerial card, the concept card for the Neverland pool at the Hotel, and one of the original marquees.

  • August 1 and July 29, 2004
  • I finally acquired the last 5 of the Marc Davis Country Bear Jamboree cards!
  • Added 9 new postcards, including two more concept cards, the very rare Tahitian Terrace one and another rare Jungle Cruise card of the "huge" and "menacing" gorilla.
  • Also added one of the first Hotel cards, and a few others.

  • May 11, 2004
  • Added 13 postcards, including four more of Marc Davis' Country Bear Jamboree cards, a very rare postcard of the Fantasyland "court jester", a very cool, and old postcard of the Submarine and Matterhorn, and several others throughout the site.

  • April 26, 2004
  • I just got back from Disneyland and picked up 5 brand new postcards from the park!
  • Including an interesting "puffy 3D" Nightmare Before Christmas card, and four others in the Disneyland section, including the 2004 postcard.

  • March 28, 2004
  • Added 18 new postcards!
  • I just got back from a postcard convention and picked up several new ones; some rare, some common, and some 4x6s.
  • Most notable: Alice in Wonderland exterior, Sleeping Beauty Castle w/ Tinker Bell, and a rarely seen view of the Tomorrowland entrance (part of a postcard book/series).
  • Look for the NEW! tag in each section for the other new cards.

  • March 26, 2004
  • Added 7 new postcards, including one more March Davis Country Bear Jamboree concept card.
  • As well as a rare Fantasmic postcard, an old Disneyland Hotel one, and others in Fantasyland and Adventureland.

  • March 6, 2004
  • Added 13 new postcards, including three of the March Davis Country Bear Jamboree concept cards.
  • Also added the wonderful "Big Head Mickey" postcard, and others in Fantasyland, Frontierland, Main Street.

  • February 3, 2004
  • Added 4 new postcards, including one Jungle Cruise, and three in Fantasyland.

  • January 22, 2004
  • Added 3 Jungle Cruise postcards, including two older headhunters/natives cards - making that 44 (3x5) Jungle Cruise postcards! (beat that, Tom!).

  • January 18, 2004
  • Added 22 new cards...
  • Finally took care of my back log and added several postcards in each land, featuring the set of 8 48th Anniversary special editions, a brand new Lion King one and last season's Holiday postcard.

  • January 12, 2004
  • Added 7 new cards...
  • 3 of the Hotel and 4 from Frontierland, including a Pre-Opening card.

  • November 29, 2003
  • Added 9 new cards...
  • Including four postcards of the Disneyland Hotel and five more Jungle Cruise scenes.
  • Oh yeah, Happy Birthday to me!

  • November 17, 2003
  • Added 17 new cards!!!
  • With seven pre-opening concept cards, three more America on Parade ones - completing my set, and also seven more Jungle Cruise scenes.

  • October 26, 2003
  • Added 6 new cards, including 2 Jungle Cruise ones, a new Sleeping Beauty Castle, another Disneyland Hotel card, and others in Tomorrowland and New Orleans Square.

  • October 19, 2003
  • Added 3 Bear Country Jamboree cards, another Pre-Opening Concept card (of the Ice Cream Parlor), and a Skyway postcard in Fantasyland.

  • October 17, 2003
  • Added 18 new cards!!!:
  • Too many to mention here, but notably 6 Adventureland postcards, 5 of them being Jungle Cruise, the third monorail postcard in Tomorrowland - look at the second to last row in the first section.
  • A Disney Gallery card of the Jungle Cruise, and several in both Main Street and Fantasyland.

  • September 23, 2003
  • Added 4 new cards:
  • A not so old, but yet hard to find Christmas card from 1989
  • Two over in Fantasyland, and a yet another Tomorrowland entrance postcard

  • September 16, 2003
  • Added 10 new cards:
  • A not so old Mickey and friends in front of the Castle one, two old carousel cards, and the original Snow White Adventure ride - all in Fantasyland, two Toontown cards (leaving only one more to get for my collection), a Mine Train card, the Ancient City in Jungle Cruise, and two rare Disneyland Hotel cards.
  • I also launched a new site! - Walt Disney Books, where you can purchase current and out of print books on Walt Disney, the Company, the Theme Parks, and Mickey Mouse.

  • September 2, 2003
  • Added an all new "Series and Sets" section!

  • August 27, 2003
  • Added 3 Main Street cards, including 2 vehicles and one of the band at the flag.

  • August 13, 2003
  • Added 5 new cards, featuring...
  • One of the RAREST cards out there, the Mermaid in the Sub Lagoon!
  • A nice postcard of the apartments at the Hotel.
  • And a few others including an unofficial aerial of Fantasyland and a MSEP.
  • Also began to add the backs of the cards to the site.

  • July 24, 2003
  • Added 15 new cards, featuring...
  • FIVE hotel cards, two nice aerial cards (one from the '60s), a very cool and rare Autopia one, the TWA Moonliner freebie, and a variety of others in Frontierland, Main Street, Critter Country, and Fantasyland.

  • July 2, 2003
  • Added 19 new cards, including a rare Frontierland card of the U.S. Marshall and a rare Autopia one of the long-running Mark VII car.
  • Also added a Disneyland Hotel card, a nice view from an Unofficial Aerial card, a Christmas 1988 one, and several other postcards in Adventureland, Main Street, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, and New Orleans Square.

  • June 19, 2003
  • I just got back from a Disneyland trip, and added 7 brand new cards from the park, and also one Autopia freebie and an unofficial aerial card.
  • The 7 new cards from the park are four new Pirates of the Caribbean cards, a new Villians card, the 2003 card, and a new Disneyland Resort character card.
  • I also added two Grand Californian cards.

  • June 5, 2003
  • Added 18 postcards, including some rare cards such as Colonel Jackson's Headquarters, which was located on Tom Sawyer's Island at the time of this postcard, but originally displayed in the Davy Crockett Museum in Frontierland.
  • Other rare cards include the General Store on Main Street, the Walt Disney Portrait, an old Jungle Cruise card and two others, as well as several other postcards on Main Street, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, and New Orleans Square.

  • May 24, 2003
  • Added 30 postcards of original movie posters from Disney's first 29 animated feature films.

  • May 19, 2003
  • Added 25 new cards:
  • featuring the only card ever produced for the short-lived Midget Autopia, the double-themed Plaza Pavilion Restaurant, the rare Ice Cream Vendor card, as well as others in Main Street, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, New Orleans Square, Fantasyland, and Disneyland

  • May 11, 2003
  • Added 7 new cards:
  • the first Autopia card ever produced and another Autopia card with Mickey and Goofy, as well as others in Frontierland, Main Street, Adventureland, and Disneyland

  • May 4, 2003
  • Added 3 artists' concept cards: Main Street Train Station, Frontierland Entrance, and Sleeping Beauty Castle.
  • Added 4 other cards in Adventureland, Tomorrowland, and Fantasyland

  • April 29, 2003
  • Added 2 Plastichrome cards: the first Casey Jr. card and a rare one of an Indian brave waving to the Stagecoach.

  • April 27, 2003
  • Added 18 new cards!:
  • Frontierland: added a new entrance card, the last of the large illustrated character cards that I needed (Brer Bear on Tom Sawyer Island), and three yesterland cards: the short-lived Mule ride, Mine Train ride through "Bear Country", and a three-attraction card with the Stagecoach, Conestoga Wagon, and Mine Train.
  • Tomorrowland: the old Circarama (before it became Circle Vision and expanded) and a beautiful card of the Space Mountain area at night.
  • Adventureland: added the first card issued of the entrance to Adventureland, and another entrance card, but with Pooh and Tigger.
  • Other new various cards are in Toontown, Fantasyland, New Orleans Square (yet another card with Brer Bear and Brer Fox), and a couple multi-view cards in Disneyland,

  • April 19, 2003
  • Added 10 new cards, including a very cool Holiday Ornament Card, which comes with a postal package and a special pen so that you can actually send it (if one was so crazy to do so).
  • Also added the one and only card of the pathetic little bandstand that was moved at least three times in the park, until finally out of the park and over to Roger's Gardens in Newport Beach.
  • Added a few character cards: Mickey and the Band, another Goofy in front of the castle, and yet another (making this the 3rd) Brer Fox and Brer Bear card - but this one is in Frontierland.
  • Added the TWA Moon Rocket to Tomorrowland, and three unofficial aerial cards.
  • And finally, I added a promotional card for the Indiana Jones Adventure, which was sent to members of the press.

  • April 12, 2003
  • Redesigned the navigation of the site! - divided each section into categories. Start on Main Street.
  • Added a new Hotels section.
  • Added a new About This Site section, with numbers stats on my collection.

  • March 14, 2003
  • In the Disney Gallery section, I added a really cool (and rare) card of the famous "Sorry, We're Closed to Imagineer a Brand New Attraction" sign that was in front of the America Sings building for several years.
  • Another hard to find one, the "Partners" statue (in daylight) on Main Street
  • And finally, another arial card of Tomorrowland, which is compared to an almost identical card.

  • December 11, 2002
  • Added an old Disneyland Hotel postcard of the pool in Miscellaneous and two brand new Haunted Mansion Holiday cards over in New Orleans Sqaure.

  • October 1, 2002
  • Added all 100 Mickey postcards from the recent display at the Disney Gallery
  • Four brand new general postcards in Disneyland, including two flicker flasher ones
  • Some older cards: an artist's rendition of the Country Bear show from 1984 in the Disney Gallery, Alice in Wonderland dark ride card in Fantasyland, the short-lived Davy Crockett's Museum in Frontierland, and the Clock of the World in Tomorrowland.

  • July 16, 2002
  • Added an all new Feature of the Month page
  • Three new cards in Main Street: arial view of Town Square with 5 different vehicles shown, one of the Grand Canyon Diorama cards, and a Disneyland Band with Vesey Walker at the hub (long before the "Partners" statue was installed)
  • Added a fairly rare Submarine card with the Mermaids in the background in Tomorrowland
  • One more (and I believe last) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs card added to Fantasyland

  • June 27, 2002
  • Added the "Friendly Indian" card in Frontierland.

  • June 23, 2002
  • 6 new cards: a very rare card of the lion trainer from the short-lived Disneyland Circus in Fantasyland, a mini-menu of the old Carnation Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street, two of the "flicker/flasher" cards from the Art Corner in Tomorrowland, a card of the more recent version of the Golden Horseshoe Revue (aka Jamboree) in Frontierland, and one old and one new Disneyland Hotel cards in Miscellaneous.

  • May 18, 2002
  • HUGE update with 34 new postcards! Including 12 brand new cards now sold in the park from this 12 pack. Others include the 2002 card, very old Disneyland Hotel, a few Pirates of the Caribbean, Red Wagon Inn on Main Street, and much more. Look for the NEW! tag on each page.
  • Split Fantasyland into 3 sections: Sleeping Beauty Castle, Rides & Attractions, and Characters.

  • February 11, 2002
  • Added 5 more brand new Walt Disney postcards.

  • February 8, 2002
  • Added a new Walt Disney section, with 11 brand new cards; 8 are from last year's Disneyana Convention.

  • February 2, 2002
  • Added a brand new cut-out of Mickey w/ the American flag in Disneyland
  • Main Street: 5 new cards - a brand new christmas card of Mickey and friends shopping at the Emporium, a double view of the Grand Canyon and Primeval World, the Flower Mart, and two Upjohn Pharmacy cards
  • Fantasyland: 10 cards - 2 older ones of the castle, a multi view of the New Fantasyland, Casey Jr., Matterhorn at night, Teacups with toons, and several character cards
  • Tomorrowland: 5 cards - Astro-Jets, close-up of Rocket Jets, an arial of the submarine lagoon, and two America Sings cards
  • Frontierland: the can-can girls at the Golden Horshoe Revue
  • Adventureland: another Jungle Cruise one with the elephants
  • Disney Gallery: 3 brand new cards celebrating Walt's 100th birthday
  • Miscellaneous: an old Disneyland Hotel card

  • November 21, 2001
  • Added two Main Street cards to the Trading Post
  • Main Street: 7 new cards - 2 older Train Depot, 3 of Town Square, horse drawn trolly in Town Square, and Mickey and friends on the fire truck
  • Fantasyland: 2 cards - Casey Jr. and Alice & friends in front of the castle
  • Tomorrowland: 2 cards - House of the Future and the People Mover/Rocket Jets
  • Frontierland: 4 cards - the Columbia ship, Train at the water tower, and two (more) Mark Twain
  • Adventureland: 2 cards - the Three Caballeros and another Jungle Cruise/elephants one
  • New Orleans Square: Haunted Mansion ghosts in the graveyard
  • Disney Gallery: Splash Mountain finale concept drawing

  • October 31, 2001
  • Added the new Trading Post section to the site; listing postcards I have for trade.

  • October 27, 2001
  • Added two multi-views (one all arial) in Disneyland
  • The Omnibus, Mickey and friends at the Train Depot and Mickey and Minnie in the street car, all in Main Street
  • Added 7 Fantasyland postcards; Sleeping Beauty Castle with a horse-drawn trolley about to come into the picture, one with the trolley in the picture, two of Mickey in front of the castle, Baloo, Winnie the Pooh w/ Eeyore and a great shot of the castle and Matterhorn together.
  • The only card with Tomorrowland's yellow submarine
  • Added the old mine train ride, circling Cascade Peak in Frontierland
  • Two Jungle Cruise postcards in Adventureland; one of the dock/exit, and another of the dock from a different view.
  • A multi-view of the Disneyland Hotel in Miscellaneous

  • October 25, 2001
  • Added Mickey leading the Disneyland Band in Main Street
  • A great view of the People Mover and Rocket Jets in Tomorrowland
  • Added two character cards in Fantasyland; an early Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and a Tinker Bell card
  • The entrance to Frontierland
  • Added another "old lady on the stairs" in 'Le Grand Courtyard' in New Orleans Square

  • October 23, 2001
  • Added a rare card of the "Swiss Village" in Fantasyland
  • Two older cards in Tomorrowland; Submarine Falls and the Corridor of Murals (above the Circlevision theater)
  • Added the "old lady on the stairs" in 'Le Grand Courtyard' in New Orleans Square
  • An interesting view of the elephants on the Jungle Cruise in Adventureland

  • October 12, 2001
  • Added a 35th Anniversary toon/character card in Disneyland

  • October 11, 2001
  • Added one of the very first (drawn, not a photo) postcards ever made, of the Carnation Ice Cream Parlor in Main Street
  • Two character photo postcards in Fantasyland, one of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and one of the "Fab Five" in front of the castle
  • Added a character photo of Brer Fox and Brer Bear in New Orleans Square

  • October 4, 2001
  • Added 4 brand new cut-outs; Mickey ears, Mickey Sorcerer ears, and Princesses, all in Disneyland and a Small World cut-out in Fantasyland
  • Added 2 old Main Street cards; the Train depot w/ attraction posters and a night shot of the strip
  • Added an old multi-attraction view of Tomorrowland, a Captain EO postcard/sticker, and 4 brand new Star Tours "Travel Posters", all in Tomorrowland
  • Added an open card of It's a Small World at the New York World's Fair, and a 10th Anniversary commemorative pc of the movie "Beauty and the Beast", both in Disney Gallery

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