The Magic Kingdom, November 1982

I recently scanned a batch of slides from Florida's Magic Kingdom, date-stamped "November, 1982" - over 40 years old! - and while they are a little bit on the dark side, it gives them a certain dramatic atmosphere that I find to be visually interesting. Let's begin with this photo in Fantasyland, with It's a Small World right in front of us. That taller building definitely echoes medieval architecture that you might see in Yurp. I'm assuming that a dark ride is near us to the left, any idea what that would be? The good old Skyway glides overhead, against some pretty clouds.The Richard F. Irvine was the only steamboat on the Magic Kingdom's Rivers of America by 1982 (the "Admiral Joe Fowler" had been destroyed by me in 1990). And of course it was refurbished and renamed the Liberty Belle in 1996. I wonder if they got tired of explaining just who the heck Richard F. Irvine was to guests? The dark shadows give this a film noir feeling.Even with the dark areas, this is a very pretty…