Disneyland Ambassadors

here is the most recent addition to my collection..

This is the very beautifil badge that is given to Cast Members selected to be official Disneyland Ambassadors. What does that mean exactly? Well, I'm going to be lazy (again) and steal some info from wikipedia... "Disney ambassadors are selected cast members who are chosen and to represent and promote each Disney resort. The program started in 1965 by Walt Disney. For the 50th anniversary of Disneyland Park, actress and Disney Legend Julie Andrews was asked to be the honorary 50th anniversary ambassador."

Julie Reihm was selected to be the very first Disneyland Ambassador. Here she is..

My compliments to whoever designed this costume for the Tour Guides. Certainly easy on the eyes. Two weeks ago Disneyland selected the 2011/2012 Ambassador team. Here is one of them:

Her name is Jolie Hales, and she hails (pun intended) originally from the town just to the north of where I live. She is also an independent film director and producer. She wrote and directed a short film called "Latter Day Fake" which has won many awards at film festivals.

(if you ever read this, Jolie, and you are in search of a Disneyland-obsessed returned missionary who is also a film junkie, please don't hesitate to call me!)

A private club for our members (and their guests)

The above image is a recent addition to my collection. It's a very beautiful and detailed costume piece that's worn by the Maitre'D at Club 33. Below is the nametag worn at Club 33. A bit of Disney trivia... the Club 33 is the oldest nametag being used by Disney. It hasn't changed since the Club opened in 1967.

We Love To Fly, And It Shows

In 1989, Delta Airlines became the official airline of the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts. These buttons were distributed to airline employees and travel agencies to promote Delta's connection with the Disney destinations.

It's been my pleasure

This week I picked up the above. It's the famous "D Pin" worn by female Cast Members who give the Guided Tour at Disneyland. You know them, they wear the sexy plaid costumes and tell special guests the history, people and places of Disneyland. The program began in 1959, and has been very popular ever since. Here's one of the wonderful girls I am talking about..


If you click on the above picture to enlarge it, you can see the red triangular paper badge that the boy is wearing. This was given to all participants in the Guided Tour. These paper badges came in many colors..

In addition to the boy's red, and this black, there was also green, yellow, and orange tags used. So now if you see a girl (or guy) wearing a plaid costume, walking around with his/her hand in the air, being followed around by a group of people, you know what's going down.

Walt Disney Special Events Group

So today I got the nametag that's worn by the Walt Disney Special Events Group. This division of the Disney Company creates special stage productions and other promotional events, like film premieres and such. For example, in 2000 they produced an event which celebrated the Disney Channel becoming a free channel on Time Warner Cable in New York. Christina Aguilera perfomed at the event, along with other Disney properties.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

So this has been my most-wanted nametag for the past 2 years. It's a nametag that was given to VIP's and special guests when they were invited to special functions at Disneyland. Things like press conferences, or banquets at Club 33. I've dreamed of this one, drooled over it, hunted high and low, and cursed the day I ever started this hobby. Well, today I finally found someone willing to sell this tag to me. I don't care that the price was high. So what? This nametag is quite rare, I have only seen four others in all my time doing this. So it's a welcome addition to my collection. And now we are so happy, we do the Dance of Joy!

Magic Kingdom Club Update badges

So here's some interesting badges in connection to Vintage Disneyland Ticket's recent posts about the Magic Kingdom Club (you can read his post here http://vintagedisneylandtickets.blogspot.com/2010/09/magic-kingdom-club-membership-card-1979.html). These badges were used at the Magic Kingdom Club Update events in 1991, 1993 and 1994. I'm not exactly sure what the Magic Kingdom Club Update was exactly. There's not much information out there. You can watch a video about the Magic Kingdom Club Update here:

http://www.disneypix.com/Multimedia/Video/MKClub93/MKC93.htm

Anyone out there attend a Magic Kingdom Club Update?