A Day the Magic Kingdom – 1991 AI Enhanced VHS

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With the parks closed for the next few weeks, we figured we’d give you a virtual tour via the early 1990s videos, “A Day at The Magic Kingdom”. We used some of the techniques we learned while enhancing Horizons: Revisited on this video, including an all-new deinterlacing process and we’ve used AI to upscale the video to 720 lines. A Day at the Magic Kingdom – 1991 with MSEP – AI Enhanced A Day at the...Read More...

A Day at EPCOT Center – 1991 – AI Enhanced VHS Tape

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With the parks closed for the next few weeks, we figured we’d give you a virtual tour via the 1991 video, “A Day at EPCOT Center”. We used some of the techniques we learned while enhancing Horizons: Revisited on this video, including an all-new deinterlacing process and we’ve used AI to upscale the video to 720 lines.Read More...

Horizons: Revisited 3D – HD Wide Angle 3D Ride Through

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The Lake Buena Vista Historical Society proudly presents… Horizons: Revisited 3D How does 3D work? From physics.org: If you look at an object near you and close your left and right eyes in turn, you’ll see that each has a slightly different view of the world. Your left eye sees a bit more of the left side of the object, and your right eye sees a bit more of its right side. Your brain fuses the...Read More...

Horizons: Revisited 3D Announcement & what you will need to experience!

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What happens when you have a fully restored tripod-mounted recording of Horizons? You turn it into a 3D video! Now you are probably thinking, how can you possibly have a 3D video when there was only one camera?  On March 25 2020, at 9pm Eastern we’ll let you ride this attraction like never before and let you in on the details on how we pulled off this amazing one-of-a-kind experience.   This production will be compatible...Read More...

Horizons: Revisited – HD Wide-Angle Lens Ride Through

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The Lake Buena Vista Historical Society proudly presents… Horizons: Revisited The following video is a restored and enhanced ride-through of the attraction featuring AI Interoplated HD video and an all-new remastered stereo soundtrack. For details on how this video was created, check out our Horizons: Revisted – Behind the Edit article! (Note this video features all 3 endings remastered from laserdisc copies: Space, Desert, and Undersea! They play in sequential order at the end)    Read More...

Horizons: Revisited – Release Day Announcement & Vote for the ending!

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    Join Todd, Brian, JT and How on a live video chat where they discuss the history and technical details of the restoration of the video before it premieres at 9 pm. Afterwords they will take live questions via the YouTube Chat feature and will then unveil a teaser trailer that you don’t want to miss! Once the live premier has ended the full video will be available on Youtube, Vimeo and at RetroWDW.com. Don’t...Read More...

Horizons: Revisited – Behind the Edit

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Later this month RetroWDW will release Horizons: Revisited, a restored and enhanced ride-through of the attraction featuring AI Interoplated HD video and an all-new stereo soundtrack (For details please see our Release Information & Schedule page). Normally behind-the-scenes details are released after the fact, but so much time and effort went into restoring and enhancing this attraction footage that we wanted you to read and see exactly what we did ahead of time. By having this...Read More...

Horizons: Revisited – Release Information & Schedule

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Many of our followers are eagerly awaiting the release of Horizons: Revisited. This page will provide up-to-date information on the release details as the video is just the beginning! Please be aware that the times/dates and details of the events may change due to unforeseen circumstances as we finalize the video release. March 5 –  Behind the Edit – A detailed article explaining the process behind the restoration and enhancement. From audio editing to Artificial Intelligence...Read More...

Horizons: Revisited – Teaser Trailer

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Coming in March 2020! The attraction ride-through you’ve always dreamed about! AI Interpolated HD Video Wide Angle Lens All New Remastered Audio Track Attraction Still Photos Queue Walk Through Comparison Photos (Left Original, Right Enhanced)Read More...