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Restored Home Movie: A Trip to WDW 1976

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This 8mm restored home movie of a visit to Walt Disney World starts off in Town Square. After a nice slow pan around, its time for a parade (mandatory to be filmed in all visits during the 70’s, it seems). A visit to the Tiki Room follows, which has some great (and unusual for the time) low-light footage from inside the show. There is some equally impressive shots of the Haunted Mansion preshow and then a...Read More...

Podcast Episode 60 – Tomorrowland ’94

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For this month, we are discussing a major overhaul of a land at the Magic Kingdom. Many of the lands have slowly evolved and changed, but Tomorrowland had a major change with nearly everything being touched in 1994. Brian & How start us off at Disneyland in 1983 with the expansion of Fantasyland - bringing comparisons to our main topic. All of these major refurbs work towards making the park appealing to a new audience -…Read More...

You’re Invited: Home Movie Night

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Mark your calendars and get the popcorn ready for this Thursday, July 23 at 8:30 PM eastern time and join us for our 8th live home movie night! We’ll have 3 newly restored movies to share with live commentary plus some Walt Disney World ephemera show and tell afterwards.Read More...

Restored film: Parade and More at the Magic Kingdom

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Mickey Mouse leads the parade at the Magic Kingdom in this film from June 1974. We then visit Tom Sawyer Island, and have some fun in a wide-open Adventureland. There is some great footage of the ferry ride to the Magic Kingdom as well as from the Walt Disney World Railroad. The film finishes with some great on-ride shots from It’s a Small World.Read More...

Restored Video: A Dream Called Walt Disney World

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This 1981 souvenir VHS video showcases what a guest could expect when visiting the Walt Disney World resort just a decade into its operation. The video starts with a brief history lesson from Walt Disney himself and then proceeds with a tour of the Magic Kingdom. Next there is an overview of how transportation works in the vacation kingdom, and then a tour of Fort Wilderness, the Contemporary, and the Polynesian Resorts. Finally, other activities like...Read More...

Walt Disney World – 1970’s

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Enjoy a trip to the vacation kingdom of the world as it was seen during its first decade of operation. This film features views of the Magic Kingdom from the Skyway and WEDWay PeopleMover as well as some great shots of the Polynesian and Bay Lake from the Contemporary. There are also some great shots from the subs, and of course, a parade!  Read More...