657 Comments for The Enchanted Forest

Yeah. The whale had a Pinnochio scene going on in the back.

I went here a couple of times back in the 70's. That hill had a couple of long metal slides and wierd little vigniets in these little alcoves on the stairs up to the top. I remember one was Alladin and his magic lamp. I had no idea this place closed down.

when I was growing up, it wasn't the Enchanted Forest. it was Castle in the Clouds, in New Hampshire.
1960s. Without reminiscencesthese whimsical and real places would be...poof......

"And so...
Because there is magic in this mist, all of the original Enchanted Forest still lives on. But
it takes forever and a day for Mac and Tosh to visit each attraction in this forest of enchantment.
For they are forever politely bickering over why the other should enter each attraction first.
Always coming to the conclusion that yes, going in together is always best..."

Oh Wow! I love the ending to THIS story...
This story I could live with! : )

ROTFLMAO!!!!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
too many visuals! too many visuals!
virtual O.D.!
i find british humor (or is it humour?) highly amusing. so cut and dry it makes you crazy.

the shots of ef conjure so many scenes, real and imagined, it truly is enchanting. even in it's present state of disarray, i doubt that this place will ever lose any of it's magic. or it's charm. ever!!!

oh yeah, i'll be mac. why, thank you so very much, my dear tosh. it was ever so presumptuous on my part to choose the roles, wasn't it? can you ever forgive such a selfish gopher? though, doubtless, i don't deserve such kindness. shall we? after you, my dear. no, you first. oh, but i insist. why don't we go together, you ask? what a splendid idea! my, such a clever gopher! i am humbled to be in your esteemed presence. oh, but i am!

and with that, mac and tosh enter the photo of the stairs that prince motts took and amble their way through the mist into the enchanted forest to live among happy memories that never go away, where they live happily ever after.

Angel~ Are you Mac and I'm Tosh? Or vice versa? : )
e_jamesiii@yahoo.com~ I love the idea of the knight and his bride...
References were made earlier to John Cleese.
With your post , I'm now seeing, I think it was the wedding festivites, in Monty Python's Holy Grail.
("But father..I don't want to get married...I want to singggggg!" "STOP THE MUSIC! STOP THE MUSIC! They'll be NO SINGING HERE!!!" ) ~ : )

i feel that a knight should be blasting down these steps with his bride over one sholder and wielding his sword at anyone in his way as he desends.

LMAO, mac and tosh! it's great how we can connect from maine to southern california! and all i
it took was one very special photograph. :)

it's settled.
the official soundtrack for this image is "bookends" by s & g. how perfect!

my love and appreciation to everyone who posted here! and thank you for your very kind comments (uh oh, here we go again, lol)! you are all truly the best! everyone, please, just keep on being YOU, even ~me. ;)

motts, regarding the photo... they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words." they weren't kidding, were they?

<3 <3 <3

P.S. Angel~ I love your spirit!
We need more people like you out here in this world! I can see your spirit shining all the way here in Maine! : )

LOL!...Angel, you are right. We are sounding more and more like Mac and Tosh those very overly polite gophers from Looney Toons.
But I do want to thank everyone that has posted here. I'm glad it helped alot of us.
Motts has truely shown how a one picture can effect so many...
When seeing pictures like Mott's, and others of the Enchanted Forest, I can't get that Simon and Garfunkel song, "Bookends." out of my head.
So, I'll let them say what I feel...
"Time it was, and what a time it was,
it was a time of innocence,
a time of confidences.
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories,
they're all that's left you." ~ S & G
Take care everyone! : )

Thank you all for being whom you are. I love each of you.

In different ways of course, nudge, nudge wink, wink.

Motts, Did you EVER in your mind think that your work would inspire such love??

AngelWolf, Thank you for being who you are and expressing it so freely.

thank you ~me, for posting that. i was afraid of my post coming across as a little "off", as sometimes, maybe in a small way , i, myself, might seem to be. but i really meant what i said. it was from my heart. i am so relieved it was lucid enough for others to understand and, against all hopes, even relate to. how very kind of you!

bahrusker, that is exactly the beauty of this site and, in my estimation, it's deep importance, especially as these places won't be here forever. unfortunately, in time, all will fall victim to that dratted 2nd law of thermodynamics unless renovation plans are devised, and soon, though the chances of that happening are remote at best. and so we place our hopes and eager anticipation in the very capable hands and eyes of our good motts and co. remember, though, that you will never miss what you do not know. small comfort, i know, but there is truth in that old adage, "hindSIGHT is 20/20." that we are able to share the experience and utilize it as part of our make up is truly a gift indeed.

again, a million thanks to motts for making this all possible for us with his beautiful photographs and the stories behind each one. we are lucky indeed.

now, my dear ladyhawke, i want you to realize that this is a two way street.... we could thank each other back and forth ad infinitum and, of course, that isn't a bad thing at all. at all! your 1st post nourished my soul. your last post nourished my psyche, and at exactly the right time as well! for i, too, was caught in a dangerously grave state of despondency as of late battling growing feelings of helplessness and uselessness, among other demons. and then i read your post. is was as if a single candle was lit brightening up a deep, dark room. that feeling of being good for something, even something very small, something that made a difference somewhere, somehow, to someone, however small, shines like a beacon of hope and my life doesn't seem so desparate any more. i wanted you to know that. i also want you to feel very good about that. this is the best therapy.

and, so you know, everytime i look at the photo of the stairs i still see you holding your mothers hand, and i will always see it that way. even the mere mention of ef will remind me of that. shared memories are a wonderful thing!

my love to all,
~angel~

The people who put our EF together have unwittingly created a torch that has been picked up and passed on to future dreamers,artists,sculptors,pioneers in tomorrow's technology.The EF is not passing on without having left its mark on an untold number of people's hearts who,seeing the physical structures done away with,know that the spiritual structures will continue to live on in our minds and in our hearts!Having never been there,it has nevertheless altered the course in the direction of my life that I would otherwise never have known,and would have remained dormant,which in a person's life,and in the gift of life itself,is even sadder still and would have been an even greater tragedy never having known a hidden potential to having made it manifest to be shared and enjoyed by others for the present and in future times!