Retro Disney World

RetroWDW EPCOT Fountain: #1 of 230 charity auction for Give Kids the World

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We promised we’d do something special with the #1 fountain from our event, and here are the details! You have a chance to own a Limited Edition EPCOT Center Fountain replica produced by RetroWDW.com for Looking Back at Tomorrow, our EPCOT35 Event that took place on 9/30/17. Only 230 fountain replicas were made and we are auctioning off #1 with 75% of the profits donated to Give Kids the World! Your winning bid will help make...Read More...

How to build a replica EPCOT Fountain

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When we first decided to host an EPCOT Center event we always knew we wanted to give out a gift to the attendees. We also knew that a pin or bag wasn’t going to be enough to set apart not only the gift, but the event itself. We went down the path of metal coasters and even a 12 sided rubiks cube with the different pavillion logos. I always wanted to make a replica of the...Read More...

RetroWDW adds Corine Gulli, Granddaughter in Horizons, to event lineup!

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RetroWDW is excited to announce that we have added Corine [Cook] Gulli to our Looking Back at Tomorrow event lineup! Corine played the granddaughter in Horizons where she was filmed for the conversation with the “beach boy” Tom Fitzgerald! An audio-animatronic likeness of her was then made for the other half of the video presence of the future! Corine grew up three blocks from Disneyland and will tell us a bit about the casting, recording and...Read More...

WDW giclée prints signed by David Coolidge

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David Coolidge is an American Watercolor Realist and in podcast episode 22.5 Todd and How discussed with David how he was one of the first ever to display his art at Lake Buena Vista. During our chat, we discover that David used the original Polynesian waterfall as the subject of one of his paintings. But more recently he's done some more paintings of WDW!Read More...

Welcome to Mesa Verde University

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For many of us fans the Horizons pavilion in EPCOT Center will always hold a special place in our hearts. While it closed years ago it lives on for many in the ride’s dialog and many can recite it from memory. One particular part of the attraction recently inspired us to create several t-shirt designs, the first of which (oh yes, there are more on the horizon!) we are revealing today.. Welcome to Mesa Verde University!...Read More...

204 photos from my 1980 visit to Walt Disney World

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In December I released at 30 minute film of my trip to Walt Disney World from 1980, I bet you didn’t know that there were over 200 photos to go along with it. Thanks to the folks at ScanDigital I now have the entire album safely stored in digital format. I sent them the entire album…they went through it page by page, scanned each photo and then re-assembled the album before shipping it back to me...Read More...

Fort Wilderness Breakfast Show & Melvin Moose

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So I learned something new today.  Back in the 80s, Fort Wilderness had a breakfast show.  What I find interesting is I stayed at the Fort forever, and I don’t recall seeing anything related to this whatsoever.  I must have walked by Pioneer Hall many, many times and just didn’t pay attention to the showbill signs posted.  Too focused on finding the lawnmower tree I suppose. I’ve also heard that originally in Pioneer Hall, they used...Read More...

Restored Horizons POV Ride Through – Go Sniff an Orange and Watch This!

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This is the first video restoration that we are releasing…We couldn’t think of a better attraction to start with other than Horizons! Martin Smith, whom you all know from his Ultimate Tributes (www.martinsvids.net) was kind enough to send me this footage from June 1990 for enhancement/restoration. A few things before you jump right to the video. Some of you will ask, if this was shot in 1990, why does it look “softer” and less realistic than...Read More...