This post is late 😫 oops
The Coca-Cola Refreshment Corner opened with Disneyland park in 1955.
At the Refreshment Corner, you could sit down and eat, and also listen to a pianist play songs on a Ragtime Piano. (they still have this it's just a different piano)
For a few years they only sold coke. In 1958 they began offering sandwiches too. But they phased out the use of Coca-Cola bottles and switched out to serving the popular soda pop in Dixie brand cups. Soo mid.
In 1960, DJ Jerry Dexter would host the program Coca Cola Side Walk Cafe nightly on radio station KMPC - 710, from 10pm-12am. On Fridays and Saturdays he would host directly from Disneyland.
Coca-Cola sponsored elements were (and some still are) everywhere. Including something called Discover Disneyland, where you could win prizes by finding and collecting Coke caps
Above: A 1969 map (year that Haunted Mansion opened, after the building sat for years in development hell in New Orleans Square) (The Creels moved to their home in 1959, coincidence?)
⬆️The aforementioned bottle caps you could collect from each area.
Row 1
1. Alice in Wonderland
2. Autopia
3. Carousel of Progress
4. Corner for Coke (Coke Corner)
5. Dumbo the Elephant
Row 2
1. Hippo (Jungle Cruise)
2. Indian Canoes
3. Kodak Camera Shop
4. Mark Twain (Riverboat)
5. Matterhorn (Bobsleds)
Row 3
1. Mickey Mouse
2. Mine Train (Through Nature's Wonderland)
3. Monstro the Whale
4. Mr. Lincoln (Great Moments)
5. Omnibus
Row 4
1. Peter Pan
2. Pinocchio
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
4. Pluto
5. Rocket Jets
Row 5
1. Sleeping Beauty Castle
2. Small World
3. Steam Train
4. Submarine (Voyage)
5. Swiss Family Tree House
6. Terrace For Coke
Caps not shown in picture:
-Snow White -Tiki Room -Mad Hatter -Monorail -Haunted Mansion -Goofy -Tom Sawyer Island -Columbia -Indian Village
*Any of the attractions I have put in bold are attractions referenced, intentionally or unintentionally, in ST, whether it be the attractions themselves or the films they are based on
In 1985, the same year Coca Cola released New Coke, Disneyland and Coca-Cola partnered to welcome the park's 250 millionth guest and this artwork was made to promote it:
You see the 250 Million? Look closer: you'll see a bunch of stacked Coca-Cola cans 😩 and the guy in the middle is holding a New Coke can 😠 pretty sure
In a 1990 issue of Disneyland LINE Magazine, it was announced that Disney signed an agreement that would allow Coca-Cola “worldwide marketing rights involving Euro Disneyland,[now known as Disneyland Paris], tie-ins with motion pictures, Consumer Products and more,” (Vol. 22, No. 12, March 16th). And we know where Finn Wolfhard was recently 🙃
⬆️ some Coca Cola Disney pins from the 90s
This is what the Refreshment Corner looks like today, checkered tiles and all.
Looks familiar 😒
evil coca-cola crate
