The Magic of Walt Disney World (1972)

[@urspendy]

Ah this... brings back memories of my first Disney adventure. I remember this.

[@nicolejohnson9312]

I use to go to Walt Disney world in 1978😊😊😊

[@nicolejohnson9312]

I use to go to Walt Disney World when I was 7 years old and this takes me back those days🥲🥲🥲😭😭😢😢🥺🥺😁😁😁

[@laurenm8319]

My family stayed in the Contemporary in April 1972. That Disneyworld vacation remains one of my most treasured memories.

[@leonardhughes7679]

I've been through contemporary several times never stayed there.wdw prices are astronomical.

[@peterpaul231]

Me too! It was 1972 and I was 10! The place was soooo much more fun and affordable and a lot less crowded then.

[@markpanzarella5899]

July 1972 I was hooked

[@andywerner838]

My favorite memory is was the monorail going inside the hotel lol I was fascinated by that

[@iDontShareMyData]

December 1972. We took Amtrak's "Auto-Train" down from D.C and stayed at the Polynesian Resort. Back then they had a beach, and "sunfish" sailboats. They also had the Spirit of Aloha luau and show.

[@debbieparker5377]

awesome I was 6 in 1972 I remember going there about that time with my parents and grandparents we had ticket books back then each attraction had a.b.c.d.e. tickets you had to pick which attractions you didn't get to see everything like one can today. brought back memories.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

I was just there 5 days ago but the first time was in 1973 with the cub scouts. Probably gone 20 or so times since I was a kid. In the seventy's my family had what we called popcorn night. Which was watching every Sunday night this show . I think Wild Kingdom was on after. Lots of memories watching this. Thanks for posting.

[@ibrake4butterflies]

Yes! Mutual of Ohmaha’s Wild Kingdom!

[@arober9758]

Wonderful fireworks!!

[@kparcparc4230]

It's really amazing to see how Disney World has changed yet the core has remained the same!

[@WhoisJohnGalt402]

What world do you live in ? Today Disney is just more " ABC TRASH ! "

[@madelenealvarez]

Thanks for bringing back such great memories! Great video!

[@patmsb1]

I miss the old Walt Disney.

[@lensmaker1]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[@cjs83172]

lensmaker1 You're welcome. Comments like that are the very reason I upload certain videos onto KZbin. I do this only for the enjoyment for those who watch it, as I state in the info box to virtually everything I upload, whether it's classic auto races, classic Disney stuff, the Kingdom Hearts series, or anything else I might upload.

[@christopherleefe7770]

Amazing this was before Pirates of the Caribbean Space Mountain or Even Epcot Center MGM studios and Animal Kingdom came to the property Resort

[@johne4798]

so nostalgic...I was only 4 in 1972, so I could have been one of the kids there! :) Thanks for posting! I just subscribed to your channel, because I love Disney!

[@cjs83172]

+John I hope to get to Walt Disney World in August of 2022 for my 50th birthday, which may also be during a Golden Anniversary Celebration Disney is almost certain to pull all the stops for at Walt Disney World, since the 50th anniversary of the grand opening of Disney World would be October 1, 2021. Such a celebration is almost certain to last through 2022.

[@johne4798]

+cjs83172 That would be incredible! I hope you get to go!!! :)

[@cjs83172]

So do I. I was able to get to Disneyland a few times (including once for Grad Night) and just barely missed the Golden Anniversary celebrations there. (My last trip there was on Sept. 11, 2004 and they were beginning the process of sprucing the place for the Golden Anniversary celebrations.)

[@DementedCaver]

I was 6 in the summer of 1972, and got to go to WDW, and it was great.

[@Uhfgood]

I had only been to WDW twice before moving down here to Central Florida. The first was probably about 1980 when we were set to go overseas (Dad was in the Air Force). So the one thing my Dad wanted to do before going overseas (for 4 years) was Disneyland. So we drive to Disneyland and we're in the parking lot and we open the door and what do we find? Water up to our ankles. It had been raining and practically flooding (very odd for CA). My Dad was so angry that we got back in the car and we drove all the way to WDW. Yes you read that correctly, we drove all the way across the country because my Dad was so angry that there was so much rain when we're set to go to Belgium for 4 years and he wanted to visit Disneyland. The only things I remember from this WDW trip was the signs (that Disney globe looking thing on the blue sign) and a hint of Pirates. Apparently the building that housed Pirates of the Caribbean in Disney World looked so different and alien to what I had known in Disneyland that I freaked out and would not go on it despite it being one of my favorite rides. So I'm about 4 or 5 and the building just looked creepy as heck. That's the only thing I remember from the trip. The next trip we took was in 1999 before they removed the sky-ride. I believe we got to ride Mr. Toad before they pulled that out. Now most of my memories of DW are from about 2015 until now (although not this year). I always enjoy watching these old views of the parks. It even reminds me of how Disneyland used to be. Thanks for posting this. One thing I never got to see was the original Journey Into Imagination seeing as it was built in I think 82 and they had changed the ride like almost the summer before we visited in 99. What they replaced it with is terrible in comparison. I wish they'd bring the original back. Now it looks like Epcot is going to get overhauled and so none of the original rides might be around anymore.

[@kevinmcguire5696]

PS - I love the how the monorail stop at the Contemporary still has those round globe lights from the opening.

[@gc4644]

Was lucky enough to attend wdw on its grand opening (10/25/1971, was my sisters birthday). It looked much the same as in this video. However in this video you can see they just started breaking ground for Space Mountain (opened in 1975).

[@RSDX99]

The Good ole days at WDW before a bazillion people a day jammed in, went there in the 70's'80's 90's 2000's. I'm done now.

[@joshuawilkes5888]

you can see me thats so cool i knew it would happen again thank you oyu bring me happiness and man does it make me feel good you can see me thats so cool then the occupy can see you too

[@jessquinn6106]

When the parks were fun, clean, friendly and affordable

[@johnhintz4760]

This was a full decade before EPCOT.. Don't Mess Wit DA Mouse!..

[@Kodachrome40]

This was a feature in theaters in Europe.

[@heathersamuels335]

love it

[@joshuawilkes5888]

you made it on tv you did how did you do it out of all the people watching good job your in the future

[@christopherleefe7770]

I hope that they will bring this program to DVD

[@nicolejohnson9312]

My son Alexis he use to watch the magic of Walt Disney World when he was 2 year old

[@nicolejohnson9312]

And my brothers Shawn and Kirk we use to play the Walt Disney World magic kingdom game and the haunted mansion board game of the 1970’s😊😊😊

[@isabeld.paredes4923]

The only time I saw an original Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom game by Milton Bradley was at a shop in Disney Springs

[@TubeScrewed]

To think. We landed on the Moon more than 2 years previous to this video. America was on an unstoppable trajectory of accomplishments never before seen by any civilization! Now, fast-forward to today! Building a sky-scraper is not even possible in America! What Happened!

[@fathertime1331]

+TubeScrewed The last person in politics with any vision was JFK. Everyone who came after him thought they could fix the past by destroying the future.

[@calebproductions5970]

The moon landing was fake

[@LouiseAlll]

America is a whole continent, not just a country. ;)

[@peterpaul231]

I think Vietnam set us on the path to slow ruin.

[@joshuawilkes5888]

what did you find hidden away watching us watching them oh the joy ...my cousin knew the song and what is was about she sang to chools and anaheim crowd far away far away in the future

[@sarahwaters4448]

is there a store where people can get versions of these great shows and post them on youtube in such clarity!!!! . . like hee haw! get smart! . . columbo! (now partly :-( ) . . all in the family! speed racer! fractured fables! etc??

[@kingporter67]

A girl in a bikini going down a water slide at the 2:52 mark, two bikini beauties rowing a boat at the 3:09 mark and two gorgeous bikini babes getting a bronze tan at the 26:25 mark, this is a super 1972 Walt Disney World treasured classic!!

[@Thoralmir]

1:16 I've lived under that giant banyan tree near Miami my whole life.

[@livyscrapbook]

Love love these! Where do you find such treasures?

[@cjs83172]

I recorded most of them in, or around the year 2000, when the Disney Channel still had the late night classic programming block. I then took the liberties of doing a VHS-to-VHS recording, which allowed me to edit the commercial breaks out of the presentation (as well as use the 1970s opening for all the colorized episodes and specials), and after that, recorded them onto DVD, and it's from there that I began the process of ripping them onto the hard drive, from where I uploaded them. It's a complicated process. There were also episodes and specials, and this was one of them, where I simply downloaded it and uploaded on my channel, always crediting the original uploader, in that case.

[@livyscrapbook]

Awesome! Wish they would still air specials like this on Disney channel today!

[@cjs83172]

I'll take that a step further. All the companies that own such classic programming and have such networks should create channels for such programming. It boggles my mind that Disney has never created a spin-off channel for it's classic programming, especially now since that includes not only all classic Disney programming, but also classic Marvel stuff, which they own the rights to, except the 1967 Fantastic Four series, which was created by Hanna-Barbera, and thus Time-Warner owns the rights to that program, but Disney owns the rights to all other Marvel cartoons. In addition, they also own the rights to the Star Wars franchise, and could air the two cartoons made in the 80s based off that franchise, but never has. In 2000, Cartoon Network did exactly that by creating the Boomerang network to air all the classic programming CN had in their vaults, including such classics as The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, etc., but they've sadly reduced the amount of classic programming on Boomerang. Then when one of the Discovery cable stations became The Hub in 2010, one of the main focuses of that channel was a classic programming block which included the 1960s Batman TV series and the Sunbow-Marvel series of the 1980s, such as G.I. Joe, The Transformers, and Jem, but as that channel changed to Discovery Family, less and less focus is being placed on classic programming, and the original Transformers series was removed from the lineup at the beginning of 2017, with Jem (which I never watched) having been removed previously. The Walt Disney Company also adversely affected the only sports network devoted to classic sporting events when ESPN Classic started to become another ESPN channel, instead of a channel devoted to the history of sports, as the founders of the Classic Sports Network had intended, and as ESPN continued to focus on classic sports programming the first few years after they acquired the Classic Sports Network, but over the last 5-7 years, it has become less and less a network for classic sporting events, though some of that has to do withe the fact that they no longer have the rights to show classic NFL GOTWs and other NFL programming that was once a staple of ESPN Classic, and along with the NFL, MLB, the NBA, and the NHL have launched their own TV networks, reducing the amount of classic programming ESPN Classic can show.

[@livyscrapbook]

cjs83172 yes, I agree! They need to utilize their old masterpieces and bits of nostalgia for those of us who appreciate it while we're still around! I think they miss out by only focusing on the new- and they underestimate the adults who appreciate the character and classics of older Disney. A classics channel would be wonderful and I would most definitely watch

[@seanpatrick7827]

WDW is the closest we get to heaven here on earth....!!!!!

[@X_Leonhart]

If heaven is an expensive and elitist place, yeah, sure it is.

[@kradmedia]

what type of dictator are you referring to?

[@calebproductions5970]

You must not have a mortgage

[@leonardhughes7679]

+Intheevening 123 really the cost of living in Orlando is through the roof.most people that are on fixed incomes dont even go there since wide doesnt offer discounts everyone goes to sea world instead.

[@leonardhughes7679]

+Leonard Hughes i mean disney world doesnt give discounts.

[@jonleibow3604]

Take back Marvel World, I want to go to this World

[@WhoisJohnGalt402]

I'm old enough to remember the magic of Walt Disney BUT Today the horrible TRASH Disney has become you could never believe what Disney was for someone born in 1954 !

[@cornjobb]

i never got to go to WDW until later, but this really does remind me how incredibly dull the 70s were. no wonder we went nuts in the 80s

[@zaqvoir608]

there is … and will always be .. only one Disneyland

[@antihero7843]

and one disney world.

[@MegaTurtlefan]

really cool before i was born! really fun seeing how it looked back then. been to disney world so many time. hopefully going in 2016.. never been too disneyland sadly but i love disney world.

[@cjs83172]

Much, if not all of this may also have been filmed before I was born. This was released in 1972, and I was born on the last day of August that year, so anything filmed prior to that was filmed before I was born, as well. Remember that Walt Disney World did not open until October 1, 1971. And if you can, I would check Disneyland out, as that was the original. I've been there about five times, including once for Grad Night in 1991, and it's an unforgettable experience.

[@MegaTurtlefan]

***** maybe someday i will go to disneyland? who knows got family down by disneyworld so we tend to go there. and we use too live down there too.

[@cjs83172]

That makes sense, especially if you're on the east coast. Now I've never been to Walt Disney World, though I would like to sometime in the future. But I don't live anywhere near there, and have never been anywhere near there, while I lived in the San Diego area for 30 years (I live in the Mid-Atlantic region now).

[@theresabergeron713]

[@abrahamalanis5525]

my mom was 2 when it was 1972

[@dandaintac388]

Been to Disneyland many times, but Disneyworld only once--in 1983 when I was in Boot Camp. At Disneyland, one of my very favorite rides since 1969 had always been the Matterhorn bobsleds. But at Disneyworld, they didn't even have it! It kind of ruined the whole experience for me.

[@JJdaPK]

Disney World has a much larger version of the Matterhorn known as "Expedition Everest" in the Animal Kingdom.

[@cornjobb]

i felt the same way when i found out there was no indiana jones ride at WDW

[@cornjobb]

there's a difference between a roller coaster and a bobsled ride

[@jakeuhhb]

8:18 where the extraterrestial himself preforms today. Sonny Eclipse from Yew Nork City of the Planet of Zork

[@kingjamesut]

Anyone know what the name of that intro song is? I have a few other versions with narration over top, but would love to get just the music.

[@ginauccelatore3002]

me too

[@nicolejohnson9312]

And a boy was born in the 28th of august in 1970:Alexis

[@Rlotpir1972]

Was this 30 minute movie planned to be aired on the big screen? Noting the MPAA symbol in the credits.

[@downlink5877]

+Robert Lopresti Yes, it was. Can't remember what movie it was that it played before.

[@MrCarter0975]

The short was shown theatrically with Snowball Express, and yes, I did see this short in the theater.

[@sarahwaters4448]

lensmaker1 can you make 3 lenses for me for canon ef mount that a re about f1.8 to f1.4? . . one by one! im not rich! (at tamron ish or mitakon pricepoints!)

[@looneywoman]

Was this released to theaters or simply shown on television? The opening credits almost make it look like a theatrical film...

[@downlink5877]

Yes it was :)

[@MrCarter0975]

The short was shown theatrically with Snowball Express.

[@gc4644]

This was an episode of "The Wonderful World of Disney" shown on NBC tv on Sunday nights at 7pm.

[@scottclaus3606]

Saw it either before "Snowball Express" or "World's Greatest Athlete," can't remember, but it was a memorable moment, will never forget "Joy To The World" as performed in this, hee hee...

[@ginauccelatore3002]

here in europe, I saw the 1984 version in a cinema and two years later I was actually going ! seeing in on a big screen in the dark, wow ! I'm not a big fan of "the black cauldron" but I went to see it several times just to see FOLLOW US TO WALT DISNEY WORLDjust before it, it also was my first glimpse of EPCOT and the dance number and song in the end convinced me "we make the world go round and round" yes, I got the message and felt "I'm coming ! can t wait anymore!

[@scottr3484]

it's sad its nothing like that today.

[@nicolejohnson9312]

And the grand opening was 1 year old

[@truncatedholiday6987]

I love these old Disney World promotional videos! Thanks for posting! Make sure to check out my channel for vlogs from Disney World and Universal Studios Florida!

[@joshuawilkes5888]

leave a computer message and the occupy movement will find your message you can hide it behind a logo and the tinkerbell sprit will find it for you good luck and your in the race

[@boomka]

I always found the sound in these old episodes very annoying. They were obviously filmed without sound, and all new sound effects and music were added in, but it wasn't well done. All the music *sounded* like one band did all the different types of music.

[@joshuawilkes5888]

a bus comeing for me to pick meup dont worry ill find the bus i use t oask the bus what it saw

[@abrahamalanis5525]

she was born in 1969

[@phillipcrandy9150]

Teen girls bikini in the 70s where hot

[@buccXA]

I remember country bear jamboree when I was little then it disappeared one day. Now I realize it was because it was politically incorrect

[@kellyweingart3692]

Country Bear Jamboree is still at Magic Kingdom

[@kellyweingart3692]

the Disneyland version was replaced by The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

[@PrimeStone]

Crap! Peter Pan's flight is that old

[@hannahroberson783]

The PrimeStone Collection Yup! Peter pans flight was actually there when Disneyland opened as well

[@kanyonbair1989]

Opening Spell Background Eyes

[@joshuawilkes5888]

so i would ask if were on tv in th efuture will muscians come back and play the same spot and disneyland said the ywould my eyes were open wow the future the nyou thin kwhat hsould i do in the pst to mak ea name for myself i nthe futur ethe ndeicded im goona do it im ..im gonna make it to the future and jsut incase ido i mgonna be th ebest ...i gonna make a disneyland staement ....far int othe future so i made pack with myself i kept it secret so no one could stop i ll get into the future ..and ill ma d ecahnge a disneyland change

[@kanyonbair1989]

New Superbatmanhulkthorsen Bair

[@joshuawilkes5888]

the one who lick the bottom got on tv ma nshe made far into the future ste knew dee pdown inside im gonna win as did the kid wo most likely reincarnated jsut to get on tv twice good job

[@RazgrizDavion81]

too bad its not magical anymore but wokeism now....

[@kevinmcguire5696]

How's about they show this as the video in the resorts and get rid of the "top things to do" video?

[@antihero7843]

Because this is dated.... some of the stuff in this video might not still be there... plus there are newer things like epcot (1982).

[@ginauccelatore3002]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ginauccelatore3002]

​@@antihero7843 but they could update those , make new ones of the kind, like they did in the 80's and 90"s , they even used musics from little known movies like "light in the forest" instead of the infamous advice they give nowadays" must see tower of terror, see the real disney stuff only if you have toddlers" that s disneyland paris influence stop taking americana and disneyana out of disney parks don t forget it all started with a mouse

[@sce2aux464]

Woke politics destroys everything it touches.

[@kleeamd8274]

Sad that back in 1972 the water was clear & you could enjoy all types of water sports in it. Now in 2019, the Seven Seas Lagoon is like swamp water that you're no longer allowed to go in because of the gators that killed that boy Don't understand why Disney didn't maintain its original state

[@Emily-yl9oz]

kleeamd82 The water wasn’t clear then... The entire park is built on swampland, and despite their waterways being manmade, nature does what it wants. Florida is basically America’s Australia. They can only do so much to stop it. The water never was clean and clear, however. Think of it as lake water, which people also willingly swim in despite being relatively murky.