The Princess Motel was located at 1769 West St. near Katella. One of many such places that touted that they were "Across The Street From Disneyland". Across the street from the back of Disneyland's old parking lot is more like it. There was a Shell gas station at the corner and the old Lamplighter Motel was just north of the Princess. This motel had a great neon sign before the Anaheim Resort makeover banished most Googie signage from the area around Disneyland. One of the things I remember most about the Princess Motel was the Gottlieb, MIBS, pinball machine that was back near the pool. A "wedge head" design machine from 1969. I love pinball and there were an abundance of machines at the motels around Disneyland back then. It was one of the cool things about growing up in this neighborhood.
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Supposedly Walt Disney didn't like the clutter of "look at me!" motels, restaurants and stuff that sprung up around Disneyland, but it sure made growing up in Anaheim a lot more fun!
Walt must not have liked the competition.
I mean after all, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland were so refined.
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