LBVHS

LBVHistory Announces 2023 Holiday Ornament: Horizons Butler Robot

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The team at The Lake Buena Vista Historical Society has been hard at work creating a special holiday ornament or decor adornment, whatever you fancy, for 2023! We present The Horizons Butler Robot! Donate to Reserve your Horizon Butler Robot! EPCOT Center’s legendary Horizons attraction looked back at how people in the past imagined the future – complete with their own robot butler. While Neiman Marcus and Hammacher Schlemmer may not be selling robot butlers yet,...Read More...

Events

Mouse Adventure at RetroMagic!

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Think you know everything about Epcot? MouseAdventure will challenge that knowledge and provide a new perspective on all of the details built into the park. It’s a scavenger hunt crossed with an escape room based in a Disney theme park. In conjunction with RetroWDW’s RetroMagic event for Epcot’s 40th anniversary, MouseAdventure is hosting a free, non-competitive “mini event.” We will have a few puzzles from past events at Epcot, reworked to the park’s current state. Players...Read More...

Podcast, Retro Disney World

Podcast Episode 85: Mickey Mouse Revue

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We take you back to an attraction and for our fans that wanted us to go way back, we are going way back. The Mickey Mouse Revue which opened October 1, 1971 last about nine years closing in the fall of 1980. How is leading us this month which only means one thing: we are going super deep into this topic. He begins by going over the homophone of Revue vs. Review and also how little…Read More...

Blogs, Events, LBVHS, Podcast, Retro Disney World

RetroMagic 2023: Resource Guide

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With less than a month to go, we are all gearing up RetroMagic to celebrate 40 years of EPCOT Center. Leading up to this celebration, we thought it would be beneficial to everyone who is either attending or not attending to prepare a little. We have put together a list of books, resources, podcast episodes, restored videos, and more so you can pack your brain before we see you in Florida. We hope you enjoy this...Read More...

Podcast

Podcast Episode 84.5: DVC Feedback

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So our last episode, Episode 84: Disney Vacation Club, we dug into the history of the vacation club and the original resort. Throughout this episode, we were able to discuss our personal experiences with DVC and also our opinions. While going over all of the details in Episode 84, we asked for your feedback and your own opinions on DVC. You as the listeners did not disappoint! We had an amazing response and received tons of…Read More...

Historical Research, Retro Disney World

National Disability Independence Day – Accommodations Guide at Walt Disney World 1972

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July 27th is National Disability Independence Day marking 33 years since President George H.W. Bush signed the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act into law in 1990. While visitors today are familiar with the myriad accommodations for individuals with disabilities available at Disney parks and resorts you may wonder what the experience was like in the Magic Kingdom’s opening year. To mark the occasion we are adding to our archive the very first accessibility guide produced for...Read More...

Videos

Happy 4th of July

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Happy 4th of July from all of us at LBVHS! To celebrate we are happy to share “Celebrate the Spirit! Disney’s All-Star 4th of July Spectacular” from July 4th, 1992. Shot in Walt Disney World and Disneyland, the special aired on broadcast TV and was hosted by John Ritter. There are performances by Celine Dion, Billy Ray Cyrus, Los Lobos, Kris Kross, and more.  Read More...