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This is epic and I love this! Thank you to whoever filmed this and preserved it! Nothing beats vintage DISNEY WORLD!

Been listening to a bunch of past episodes for the first time ever since they've been uploaded to CZcams! Love it. Hope you all are doing well. I know it is probably a good while away but I am looking forward to a Journey into Imagination episode and the Imageworks episodes. No doubt those will be great and well researched when they are ready. "You can't rush Creativity. It takes time to do these things right" Please take your time. I will be seated when it releases!

I don't remember the original ride but I remember that jumping fountain. I loved that as a kid I used to chase the water with my siblings until my parents were ready to move on But I wish I did remember the original for I only remember the first remake where they start by saying you didn't have imagination, it always made me so annoyed being told I didn't have imagination. Dreamfinder was so charming, he would of been somebody I would aspire to be if I were a kid, unlike the most boring scientist they have running it now.

nice job on the endings

very well done impressed!

I was born in the 2000s, I dont have any memories of this, I just think the fashion is cool lmfao 😭😭

RIP The Four Tops

The last time I went to Animal Kingdom, I made a bet with a friend on how many consecutive people we’d see with frowning faces in a row before seeing a happy one. I guessed 20. I won the bet as we saw 21 people in a row who looked miserable. Look around any money-grabbing Disney park. The happiest place on earth houses the miserable. Nobody is happy, especially the children. I loved Disneyland as a child of the 70’s.

Amazing footage! I love this. Safe to assume this was shot circa Late November to December 1983? Judging on the fact Horizons appears to have guests walking in and that split second shot of a Christmas Tree at EPCOT implying it is getting close to December (also the Magic Kingdom Tree). Either way love this footage. Thank you for posting and sharing and preserving memories that might have faded away. Love the Monorail POV. Man. Great times

Awesome!!

I want that Contemporary Resort Hotel trash can. I see there were still some Mark IV monorail trainsets in use. They were my favorite. 🚝

All the money disneyworld has taken over the years and place doesn't look much different today..except you now pay again to ride the rides

That guy in the white behind the band at 5:30...for some reason he reminds me of a Bond villain. I think it's the tilt of his hat. He's definitely up to no good. Or was in 1983.

Another good job 😀

Was there with my family December of '83. Brought back many memories 😊

Even though there is no sound I can still "hear" this. ☺️

One of my favorite parts of the Living Seas was seeing the diver in the cylindrical tank, waving to everyone as he ascended or descended

I think the girl at 28:58 had a little too much to drink!

absolutely beautiful

Very good. Shows details of some of the OG rides.

Please tell me you finished restoring this as this version seems so close to completion.

I saw this parade! I think it was in February 1976. I have old photos of it!

Terminal computing of a form was used in schools in the early 2000's. It was called thin client. There was one expensive (robust) computer in the school and classes had 2-3 of the cheapest tech available. Not quite the same. but the class clients did none of the actual processing. The bigest pain where I worked was that the printer was in the school office and a student had to be sent to grab any printouts.

as a kid, my parents had taped this on a Betamax tape and i'd watch it over and over!

Was roger rabbit in this?

My grandparents had a copy of this video and when they would babysit me I would watch it nonstop, probably why I'm a Disney Parks fan today. Thanks for uploading!

Disney is hell bent on destroying everything that made EPCOT Center the best theme park on earth. They are accomplishing their goal.

And not a rip off lightening lane in sight

Time traveling 💖

Them closing this down for no reason other than sticking to an agenda was my last straw. To hell with Disney, I'll stick to Tokyo from now on. I'm just glad I rode both Splashes in the US.

My favorite ride of all time.

A ticket in 1971 was $3.50. Cost adjusted for 2024 inflation: $27.33 In 2024, you're looking at $150 to walk in the gate!

They had a float of a witch dunking?!?!?!?! Don't tell me Disney tries to overly sanitize history!!!

Is that (sort of) animatronic figure of the guy fishing on end of dock in river still at Wdw? It’s charming.

Did the car cross the Chesapeake Bay on a ferry, or did they just take a motorboat ride?

No backpacks, no cellphones. How did we ever survive? ;)

Less than 50 years ago. Idyllic, wide open highways. Parade was trippy. Those large mannequin heads, curious. A double window into the past. Thanks for posting.

Love this. Great quality!

No sound 😮😊

best ride ever

This is interesting; it's one of the first times Steve Whitmire voiced Kermit, and also one of the final times Richard Hunt voiced Janice before his death. This was also an early instance of Disney character costumes with articulated masks; another was Baloo and Fat Cat in "The Disney Afternoon: Plane Crazy" at that time. The way Gonzo's colored reminds me of Baby Gonzo from "Muppet Babies". I also like the caps he and Fozzie are wearing.

This film is 100% from 1978, as that was the only year that Mickey’s 50th Birthday Parade took place. It debuted on Jan 28, 1978. The Dumbo parade started on Jan 2, 1979. Based on the fact that many people are wearing long pants (and some can be seen holding jackets), while others are wearing shorts, I’d say this film is for either Spring 1978 or Fall 1978. There are no signs of anything holiday related so I’m guessing Spring 1978 (my guess Mar or April). But it’s definitely 1978.

I saw the MSEP in June 1996 when my mum and i was on a vacation in L.A for a fortnight from the U.K it was MAGICAL.I was 25 and this was my first and only visit to the U.S.A.I cried like a baby as i was so overwhelmed with just how beautifull it all was.This is a very interesting video. Best Wishes Hazel

Yes WDW isn't a museum, but why not update the rides? Instead of wiping them out from memory, and having nothing to do with Walts vision. Just my 2 cents. Long live Horizons!!!

WOW!!!! I am so hapy this video exists, and so happy that I got to go to this ride a few times when a super young kid. Only those who went to it can really re-imagine how it was to be there by watching this video. It unlocked so many old memories I had forgotten. As soon as they showed up in the video, I remembered exactly how those pieces were inside the full room, with all the immersive sounds, all the amazing art, and even the smells of each area! They should just re-do it how it was but with newer animatronics.... Bring back the dreamfinder, bring back the dream vehicle, bring back the dream port.... it was so amazing. I was literally in awe watching this video and validating that I was not being crazy of how amazing I remember this was.

Had this on VHS. Played it all the time as a kid.

Can You Please More Walt Disney World Summer Jam Concert? 1999 & 2000

My all time favorite Disney World attraction. Love the song.

It's like looking at a completely different world. The amount of care and attention to detail, focus on experiences like Main Street being an actual Main Street and not just two blocks of a giant gift shop, the live music all over the park, attractions that have no tie in to an "intellectual property" but were built by imagineers to give an immersive story and environment you could get no where else. Most of that has been or is being erased.