Vacation Fun Spots

Love this hand-drawn header graphic from the Spring 1978 issue of Disney's Vacationland magazine. Click image for larger view

More Vacation Fun Spots

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Gorgeously-designed and exceuted illustration for a 1982 issue of Disney's Vacationland magazine. Two years ago, I posted a similar illustration, but this one has much more going on. One of my all time favorites.

Vacation Fun Spots

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Time for some vacation! Illustrations taken from Disney's Vacationland magazine circa 1982.


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Theme Park Maps

My buddy Sam Smith hipped me to this fantastic online collection of theme park maps. Pileup blog devotees know what a huge fan I am of theme park maps, so that I really enjoy this website should come as no surprise. Here are a few highlights...

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Great Adventure, 1974


Walt Disney World, 1979


Busch Gardens Old Country, 1976


Six Flags Great Adventure, 1980

Check out the Theme Park Maps website for much more.

Magic Mountain

Gorgeous, anonymous watercolor illustration for Six Flags Magic Mountain. Amusement park maps 4 life.


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Related:
Vacationland magazine cover
Magic Kingdom brochure

Buffalo Bill's Wild West

Here's a magazine ad for a rootin'-tootin' cowboy show. I love the chunky, late '70s illustration and typography style used to create an image so clearly "wild west" and how it fits together so effortlessly. There's something about the complexity of typography from the era just before computers came around that hearkens to the turn-of-the-20th century graphic arts. This image is so 1981 and so 1901 at the same time. Thoughts?


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Disney Week: Vacationland

I've been wanting to show this magazine cover since day one of this blog. It's one of my absolute favorites.


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Disney Week: EPCOT Center brochure

Disney Week continues with a brochure from EPCOT Center's opening year, 1982. I remember EPCOT Center in its heyday, and the young nerd in me liked it way better than Disney World. The vision of the future, the fascination of science and technology, the melting pot of world cultures, and this sharp and cleverly-designed map and travel guide.




The wheel on the bottom can be turned to reveal different information about the different countries represented at EPCOT's World Showcase. On the back of the brochure, the wheel serves a second purpose as part of a Kodak advertisement, listing different camera facts at the turn of the wheel.

Disney Week: Magic Kingdom brochure

That's right. Disney Week. All this week I'll be showing some well-designed Disney promotional material and merchandise from way back when.

We'll be taking a look at the fantastic graphics and typography used to promote their movies, theme parks, and other elements of their beloved and hated legacy.

I'll start things off with a brochure from the Magic Kingdom, circa 1981.




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