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Restored videos from Disney-MGM Studios

June 22, 2022

Today we take a visit to the Disney-MGM Studios in 1991! The park was very focused on production and offering guests a peek behind the scenes in its early years. The Great Movie Ride was often the first stop for many guests, and offered a spectacular journey into the movies in a classic Disney attraction with detailed sets and Audio-Animatronic figures. The main attraction was the Backstage Studio Tour, a tram ride through various facades and...Read More...

Disney-MGM Studios Post Production Tour – 1991 Home Movie

June 1, 2020

by Matt

Video

The Post Production Tour gave guests a behind the scenes look at special effects and scenes were created for movies and television. This is some great footage showing how movies like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea were made along with how a guest actor could be “shrunk” down to ride a bee as seen in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.Read More...

Podcast Episode 55: Backstage Tour – MGM

January 27, 2020

by RetroWDW

Podcast

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...

Home Video: Disney MGM Studios from August 1989

August 18, 2015

by RetroWDW

Video

If you've listened to podcast Episode 10 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "Hooray for Floridawood" you may be wondering where some of the attraction sound bites originated from. Todd has just shared nearly 40 minutes of footage from his trip in August 1989 that was used for parts of the podcast. The video starts out at 6:30am, the sun is just coming up for a very early 7am opening.Read More...