Disneyland has replaced the iconic lamp in Walt Disney’s former apartment on Main Street to one that more closely matches the lamp that originally stood in its place.
The new lamp has a large glass dome with a floral pattern, which is hard to miss.
Of course, it was known that the previous lamp was not the original that Walt had in the apartment, so the new lamp is no less significant than the one it replaced. The only real significance of the piece is that is stays illuminated, a reminder of Walt’s constant presence in the first park he created. However, the new lamp perhaps seems to more closely resemble the one that was actually in the apartment during Walt’s time (as best we can tell).
The apartment above the Main Street Fire Station was frequented by Walt, and sometimes even his family often from before the park even opened through his death in 1966. The family continued to visit it after his passing. Emile Kuri, the famous set decorator who won an Academy Award for his work on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was originally tasked with decorating and furnishing Walt’s apartment in Town Square.
So, what do you think of the new lamp? Is it OK to replace it with a new design after all these years?
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I am confused on the matter. Like it doesn’t stay on or not.
That is one of my favorite pictures of Walt :)
I think that it’s very pretty and it looks like something that people will really see.
I know that anybody I ever told about the lamp and the apartment they never seemed to know what I was talking about because of the lamp being so small.
There are pictures of 2 lamps known to be in the parks during Walt’s lifetime. One was green. My guess is that is why they chose the green one that had been there for nearly 30 years. Saying that the new lamp “seems to more closely resemble” the lamp that was there during Walt’s time is not very accurate. Walt and Lillian never had a lamp with a painted decoration or of this style. At least the green was accurate in color to one that was known to have been in the window while Walt was there. Not to mention that it has been “the lamp” for nearly 30 years. They even made two pins of the lamp. Clearly even Disney sees it as Walt’s Lamp. To change it now makes no sense at all.
I agree, makes no sense to replace the original green glass lamp. After so many years and pins to celebrate the green lamp, you should learn to leave GOOD alone, not everthing needs to change. Keep the original magic shining and get rid of the new lamp.