RARE Disneyland 1966 Grad Party Tiger Frolics Button/Pin with Dumbo

You are purchasing a piece of Disneyland history in 1966 this button was given out to a Grad Party in 1966. Featuring Dumbo The Flying Elephant! Extremely rare piece is history. See below the full details of the pin/button & Grad Party!

This was the year of Disneyland’s Tencennial Celebration and the 6th Annual Grad Nite at Disneyland! $7.00 Admission included ($5.55 estimated admission, .45¢ Federal Tax, $1.00 photo), unlimited use of rides and attractions (excluding shooting galleries), dancing, entertainment! The sounds of the two-night, all-night party celebration was hosted “live and direct from the hub of Disneyland” by KFWB’s Genial Gene Weed, and lasted from 11p.m. to 5a.m. The nightly entertainment included many top name performers - the Disneyland “Humdinger” at the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Exhibit Stage (starring Mel Carter with H.B. Barnum, Tina and the Mustangs, the Humdinger Dancers, and the Womenfolk), the Association from the Golden Horseshoe Stage), the Royal Tahitians (at Tahitian Terrace), the Young Men From New Orleans (abroad the Mark Twain), Bill Elliot and the Disneyland Date Niters (at the Plaza Gardens), Deep Six (at the Oaks Tavern), the Clara Ward Singers (at the Fantasyland Theater), the Regents (at the Space Bar), Bud and Len (at Coke Corner), Hearts and Flowers (near the Mine Train), and the Port Royal Steel Drums (aboard the Pirate Ship)!

Lastly, guests had the chance to win a grand prize (tickets advertised a brand new 1966 Pontiac GTO - “the official car of Grad Nite ‘66” and “a gift of rare dimension,” as well as the 1965 Ford Mustang, and the 1966 Ford Mustang)! One grand prize was awarded on June 5th, 10th, 15th, 16th, and 17th. Each car was “fully equipped and rarin’ to go”!

Seniors Near Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland’s Grad Nite 1966

Seniors Near Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland’s Grad Nite 1966

Approximately 60,000 Seniors of 33 High Schools attended five all-night Grad Nite ‘66, including Arcadia High School, Aviation High School, Bell Gardens High School, Burbank High School, John Burroughs High School, California High School, Colton Union High School, Compton High School, Corona Senior High School, Costa Mesa High School, Dominguez High School, Duarte High School, Edgewood High School, Hueneme High School, La Habra High School, La Jolla High School, Mayfair High School, Mira Costa High School, Orange High School, Palos Verdes High School, Pasadena High School, Poway High School, Redlands Sr. High School, Redondo Union High School, Reseda High School, Santa Ana Senior High School, Santa Ana Valley Senior High School, Santa Fe High School, Sierra High School, Thousand Oaks High School, Tustin High School, U.S. Grant High School, and Verdugo Hills High School.

Seniors Adjacent to Carnation Ice Cream Parlor at Disneyland’s Grad Nite 1966

Seniors Adjacent to Carnation Ice Cream Parlor at Disneyland’s Grad Nite 1966

To these graduates of 1966, Walt Disney gave the following special message (published within Grad Nite ‘66 souvenir programs):

“Today we live in uncertain times which offer unlimited challenges to your generation. We are now on the horizon of space and the threshold of new discoveries in science. These conquests lie within your reach, if you are willing to take on the obligations of the future.

On this, your most important step in life, let me take the opportunity to wish you the best in the future.

In the years to come I hope you will look back on Grad Nite ‘66 at Disneyland as a happy and memorable experience. We’ve enjoyed having you.”