RetroWDW 4 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Greetings all! My first post here, so feel free to move this to the right category if needed. We recently completed a restoration of a Super8 home movie from 1976 that I think you will all enjoy. There is general footage of the Fort from 1976. There are great scenes of the beach/boat area, Meadows Depot, Settlement Depot and more! And of course, some of the best footage of the FWRR I've seen. Enjoy! (We have some great vintage River Country footage too if anyone is interested). Full article about the film: http://www.retrodisneyworld.com/imageworks/films/art-and-linda-go-to-fort-wilderness-including-fw-railroad-restored-super8-film -RetroWDW ceemike...Mike & Judy, Avatab.... Steve and JMSisko 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ceemike...Mike & Judy 50 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Really cool. I wish I had visited the Fort in its early days. Please post the River Country video too. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Thanks for sharing.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdm 47 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 well done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LONE-STAR 370 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Nice job some I remember and some I do not but nice to see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ImDownWithDisney 342 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Great video! Check out the fire under the locomotive at 8:30. I remember a lot of the stuff that is now gone....the mulch paths, the abundance of white sand shoreline on the lake, riding the train.... It is weird to see how different the trees were back then. Some areas are much more wooded and some have very young trees growing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wdwpoohbear...Jennifer 40 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Thank you for sharing that! I miss the totem poles...among other things...but we have pictures of my brothers and I by those totem poles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I was looking for myself in that video because I may have been there then! Wouldn't that be wild? My first trip there was either Dec 1976 or 1977....i have to ask my Dad. Anyways, I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing. And yes Blake I noticed the fire too. Sent from my handheld doohickie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dvccamper 32 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Very cool video. Some of the things shown I remember, although I never did see the train. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3Sealeys 1 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 We are sitting at the Settlement right now watching the video. Couldn't think of a better way to end our trip. Thanks for sharing that great video. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Thank you so much for sharing the video-it's fantastic! In addition to the things already mentioned, it shows the site of the Marshmallow Marsh activity, some of the old tree stump style trashcans, the cannons that used to be on display in the Settlement, and the silver River Country tank wagon. Wow. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dblr....Rennie 224 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Were the bikes in the movie that had the tall flags on them rentals back then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WannaBeImagineer 98 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Great video thanks for posting here. I love all of the themeing, log fences, stumps, signs all of it, that still existed back then, not to mention the actual wilderness. WBI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dvccamper 32 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 1 hour ago, dblr....Rennie said: Were the bikes in the movie that had the tall flags on them rentals back then? I wondered that too. I think it was a thing back then because I can remember some of my friends having those orange flags on their bikes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 3 hours ago, dblr....Rennie said: Were the bikes in the movie that had the tall flags on them rentals back then? 1 hour ago, dvccamper said: I wondered that too. I think it was a thing back then because I can remember some of my friends having those orange flags on their bikes. Those flags were a thing for a while in the 70's. My brother, sisters and I had them on our bikes. But, those might be rental bikes. The flags on the bikes made me think of a scene in this video- fast forward to 5:50, and you'll see a lot of bikes with flags following a big hippie on a small pony around the 400 loop at the Fort. Then the hippie escapes on the FWRR. It's pretty amazing: TCD Avatab.... Steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dvccamper 32 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Tri-Circle-D said: The flags on the bikes made me think of a scene in this video- fast forward to 5:50, and you'll see a lot of bikes with flags following a big hippie on a small pony around the 400 loop at the Fort. Then the hippie escapes on the FWRR. It's pretty amazing Wow, that's some video, I'm going to have to go back and watch the whole thing when I have time. I did see the bike scene though and all I can say is, that poor pony who had to take the hippie for a ride! Couldn't they have found a horse for him to ride? Or maybe hippies have a thing against horses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 9 minutes ago, dvccamper said: Wow, that's some video, I'm going to have to go back and watch the whole thing when I have time. I did see the bike scene though and all I can say is, that poor pony who had to take the hippie for a ride! Couldn't they have found a horse for him to ride? Or maybe hippies have a thing against horses. Dirty hippies got away with a lot in the '70's. It's one of the main reasons I don't trust them now. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southernview -- Ray 25 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Great video, thank you for giving us all some memories. Seeing the train almost makes me sick, although it had just been taken out of service for a short time when we first started going to the Fort, being a railfan and a Disney fan both, I just lament the fact that it was discontinued. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lightbikes 73 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Wonderful to see this - BUT it makes me sad for all the things we've lost. Avatab.... Steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
diane+ not THAT monte 7 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Welcome from us too . As you can see Fiends love anything that concerns our Fort . Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ImDownWithDisney 342 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 That hippie dancing scene that starts at 13:00 is absurd. Damn hippies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 1 hour ago, ImDownWithDisney said: That hippie dancing scene that starts at 13:00 is absurd. Damn hippies. Right on, man. Groovy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhall 115 Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 Here is that hippy now, looking faaaabulous..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMSisko 0 Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Though many things have changed since this video was made It's amazing to me how similar the fort still is to that time. A few changes here and there but in some ways still very similar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 On the Disney video, did you notice the sign on the MK? dock that said Treasure Island Launch? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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