While I love the Disneyland mermaids, that last fact always makes me sad 🥺 Women were paid less than men at the studio at that time because they figured women either shared their husband’s income already, or were divorced and received alimony, or were single and didn’t have a family to support. The original idea of the submarine ride came first from a concept by Richard Irvine for a glass bottom boat ride over a picturesque lagoon that was similar to the tourist boats in Catalina Island. Walt D