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You have an awesome thread going here, Todd. I got to see that balloon in action flying over Bay Lake in 1994. I haven't seen it since. It was called Earship 1 or something like that . I wonder what

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Wow.

 

Look at all the wilderness!

 

That's one of the old rental trailers. Before they had the Wilderness Homes and Wilderness Cabins.

 

TCD

 

Boy am I glad you knew that was a rental trailer I was afraid thinking he pulled it with that Volvo. :panic:

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I wonder why manufacturers stopped putting the front windows on TT's. I know you may find some variation on some off brands, but it was such a nice feature when I was growing up to be able to look out the front window at the campsites we saw an unusual 5er at the fort last time that had a wrap around window on the front. That was awesome.

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User "jeffaaronmiller" posted these videos on Reddit that were taken by his family on a trip in June of 1989.

 

Part One - Magic Kingdom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSi2XeZ5bhs

 

Part Two - Mostly Epcot, lots of the original Living Seas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SwMrnGoR1k

 

Part Three - More Epcot, a lot of footage of the original The Land

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XogkdOK0zwM

 

Part Four - Epcot, includes Image Works, World of Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT3HZyu0aAA

 

Part Five - Epcot, includes Japan, Tempura Kiku, Horizons, Universe of Energy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPsfX1Pa1E

 

Part Six - Epcot, includes Norway, Maelstrom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIXZARTktao

 

Part Seven - Epcot, various performances around the nations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OghGXHlDCoE

 

Part Eight - Epcot, more music from around the nations - note: this video is glitched and stops at about minute 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iTdTJWkkHw

 

Part the Last - Epcot, mostly Mexico, and the Main Street Electrical Parade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L67-tEpmb-g

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Great find on those videos, Wendinator.

 

I just watched the first one- it shows the '80's version of the ending of the Carousel of Progress.  It also shows the Skyride and many more things that no longer exist at the MK.  At the end, there is a brief sequence showing the Main Street Electric Parade, and the Tinkerbelle float is totally different.  All of this is very interesting and worth a watch.

 

I haven't watched the other videos yet, but I intend to.

 

Whoever filmed all of this was a trooper.  Video equipment was big and bulky in 1989.

 

TCD

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The guy who posted them said, "my dad actually owned a videography company back in the day, so he spent entire vacations behind the camera."

 

That's kind of funny.

 

You can tell that his family doesn't share his enthusiasm for the video camera.  When those big VHS cameras came out in the late 80's, Mrs. TCD had a cousin who would lug one around to all the family gatherings and shove it in people's faces and ask them questions.  It was so annoying.  We all used to fall over each other trying to avoid him.  I wonder what happened to all of his tapes?

 

TCD

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Would love to find some pics of the inside of spaceship earth when they did the upgrade a few years back. Would love to see how they hoisted that Chevy vega up to the outside of Gates garage

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