Rare Glimpses of December 1971 Walt Disney World

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Sometimes one or two images will pique my interest in a set of slides.  This particular dual set of 35mm slides were from different film brands, were individually numbered and included some hand-assembled slides (literally film glued into a slide holder) that were photographs of images from the 1971 book The Story of Walt Disney World.  The slide set and its order indicate it was part of a presentation given by a professor or enthusiast to...Read More...

Podcast Episode 55: Backstage Tour – MGM

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Welcome to Episode 55 of the RetroWDW Podcast: “Backstage Tour – MGM” – We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our previous shows! Comments & Corrections Take a listen to our latest mini-episode, Bringing The World Closer To You – this was a quick one but ended up being very good. Enjoy! Listener Mail The mailbag is full and we love that!...Read More...

Podcast Episode 54.5: Bringing the World Closer to You

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Back in Episode 42 (Communicore West) we interviewed Lisa Bastoni, granddaughter of Walter Einsel, the designer of the Age of Information Exhibit at Futurecom in Communicore West. Through her grandfather's notes and a correct search of the song, we were able to locate the author and lyricist of the song, Tom Tierney! In this episode we speak with Tom about the creation of the song, how he developed the melody and lyrics and his interaction with…Read More...

Podcast Episode 54: A Very ’90s Christmas

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Christmas and the holiday season is upon us, which means more specials! We are getting into three different shows; The Walt Disney World Christmas Very Merry Parade from 1993, A Musical Christmas at WDW from 1993 and finally the 1995 Very Merry Christmas Parade. The specials and shows always seem to be plentiful around the holidays, so we get to discuss them in great detail.  If you would like to follow along as we discuss so…Read More...

Podcast Episode 53: Cute Stories With Rolly

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Back in May 2019, we traveled to California to have a chat with Disney Legend Rolly Crump. For this episode, we are releasing the audio from our interview with Rolly. You get to hear all the various questions and responses from this time and this is the sections we played during RetroMagic. Rolly is quite colorful and has a bit of language, so be cautious with who you play this around. The majority of our conversations…Read More...

RetroMagic Holiday Ornament Set Available!

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We have a limited number of RetroMagic Holiday Ornament sets left over from the event! These are our gifts to you for making a $50 donation to LBVHistory.org  You’ll receive a sealed box containing 3 ornaments! RetroMagic Logo, Journey into Imagination ride vehicle, and the very famous Mouse Airplane that Walt used to survey the land in Florida! Your donatoin is tax-deductible, LBVHistory.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, tax-exempt, educational 501(c)3 organization. DonateRead More...

Podcast Episode 52: Twenty Questions

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This month the entire episode is dedicated to your questions!  We opened up our floodgates to anybody and everybody. You all had the opportunity to send in questions, as us anything and possibly get on the show. The event has taken a huge amount of time from all of us, so for this episode, we shoot from the hip a bit. Brian took the lead on this and we felt we could pull new questions, old…Read More...

Podcast Episode 51: Horizons – Part 3: The Legacy

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We finalize the ride this month, as the last episode was just insanely long and had to be cut off. Todd gets us back in the ride vehicles and we talk about choosing your own ending. How has everything worked out in detail, as to how this worked as a ride.... Ted even chimes in with some official wording on how all of this funtioned day in and day out, using the Horizons Ride Control System…Read More...

Podcast Episode 50: Horizons – Part 2: The Promise

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The moment you have been waiting for is finally here. The classic attraction from EPCOT Center is finally getting time on our podcast and we couldn't be more excited. Horizons is here and get ready: this is going to take more than one episode! For Part 2 - The Promise, this is the meat and potatoes episode, ride throughs, scene discussions and so much more. Our discussion starts though with a simple questions: Was Horizons under…Read More...

Podcast Episode 49: Horizons – Part 1: The Prologue

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The moment you have been waiting for is finally here. The classic attraction from EPCOT Center is finally getting time on our podcast and we couldn't be more excited. Horizons is here and get ready: this is going to take more than one episode!For Part 1 - The Prologue, we get into quite a bit of the origins of EPCOT, going over mission statements, concepts and much more. This is all important and leads up to…Read More...