Ye Old Sign Shop: Eastern Airlines Ads Part 1

For nearly 15 years Eastern Airlines was the official airline of Walt Disney World. Back in the days of brand loyalty and travel agents being officially linked to the Walt Disney World Resort was a very smart business strategy. Today we look at some of the ads for Eastern during this partnership.

Ye Old Sign Shop: Signs for Sale!

On a recent trip to Downtown Disney we strolled into the Marketplace Co-op. This newer addition to the Marketplace has several mini shops in it that will rotate what they sell frequently. On this visit as we entered they had several well produced signs. They are based on attractions and other places in the parks, both here and in Anaheim. Below are a few that I took photos of and touched up. Enjoy.

If you click on the Adventures Club sign and look closely you 

can see the official logo of the club was used in the background.

 A nice tribute I think.

Ye Old Sign Shop: Toons Poo Too !

If you ever find you got to go while in Toontown then Goofy's Gas is the place to "Go". And if the gas and go puns aren't enough take a look at these two signs. Featuring the stars of the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Roger and Jessica help guest figure out what door to go through. Now if I could just figure out what to do if your not a Toon or a Rabbit. Guess I'm going to have to dance to Fantasyland. 

Ye Old Sign Shop: Safari Wars

After the holiday weekend im still feeling lazy, so I pulled up a post from my first blog from way back in the day. It fits well with my sign shop topic idea so I hope you enjoy.

A long time ago in a African village far far away... Two rival safari company's competed for top billing as “the best safaris in all of East Africa. This is the underlying storyline Disney Imagineers inserted to the already bustling story driven village of Harambe. The first company should ring a bell, the Kilimanjaro Safaris. But there rival is a little less known, Cap'n Bobs Super Safaris. Kilimanjaro's slogan is “When it comes to safaris, we go wild!”,bob's is “trust us!” so you be the judge who to travel with.

So how do you find out about the mysterious Cap'n Bob's? Well start by taking time to walk the back alleys of the village and read the posters on the walls. Most look like they have been plastered on 20 years ago not just 9, this is thanks to the great thematic techniques of the Imagineers. So next time in Harambe take some time to read the local ad's you may find there is more then meet the eye.