My brother & sisters & I were devoted watchers of “The Wonderful World of Color,” the Sunday night Disney TV show. Usually they showed serialized movies, but sometimes they showed these Disneyland docu-plugs. Eye-popping stuff for kids from Long Island.
And GOD, how frustrating! My parents were utter cheapskates, and wannabe hipsters disdainful of Disney (“I wouldn’t go if it was across the street!”), and the notion of a family vacation to Disneyland (or Disneyworld) was on the same level as me getting flying lessons, my own german shepherd puppy, and my father staying sober all on the same birthday.
We didn’t even go to Gulf gas stations so we could get the Disney activity magazine. (Which was probably full of more plugs for the theme park and movies.)
FWIW, Julie’s outfit was apparently the official uniform of the Disneyland helper-staff. A girl in a skirt with a riding crop and helmet didn’t strike me as weird when I was a kid, but it seem really odd now.
