Old VHS Tapes of WDW

[ELLH]

I'm 35 and, like most folks my age, my childhood was mostly documented via camcorder.... Christmas Parties, Birthday Parties, etc. I've recently begun the process of taking all my family's old VHS tapes from my childhood/teens and converting them to digital format for safekeeping. My wife has gotten some of her family's tapes as well and within that stash we hit pay dirt; her WDW 1989 WDW family vacation a month after MGM (HS) opened. My wife's father did a great job filming the parks. Almost too good a job; he hardly got the family. It was as if he was the videographer on a nature hike and "nature" in this case was WDW. LOL

Watching through them with her made me realize just how different it was back then. I barely remember Disney as a kid so seeing the Roger Rabbit stuff from MGM, parts of the Backlot Tour, etc jogged my memory. I might throw them on YouTube and share some of that with other Disney fanatics here because it's pretty neat. Especially the video they have when they got to ride in the front of the monorail. Though, I wonder how 'weird' it might be for others to watch someone else's family vacation... and I don't have the time to sit through them all and cut out some of the more family-centric portions. Am I being silly or is it indeed 'weird'?



Any of you folks have any old WDW vacations on tape and find yourself in awe of how differently you viewed the resort back then vs now as an adult?

I'm a sucker for nostalgia. And 80's pop music.

 

[goopysolelady]

Oh my goodness...YES...a lot of Disney vacations on tape along with slides and old photos. I'm a sucker for nostalgia too and recently had some of our slides put on DVD by Legacybox. Oh the memories those photos brought back! Our now 40 year old daughter on her first trip to DW at 4 years old , as you said...jackpot! Youngest DD's first trip all the way to her high school band trip. I personally would love watching your father-in-laws videos of a brand new MGM!

 

[Communicore1991]

I'm 35 and, like most folks my age, my childhood was mostly documented via camcorder.... Christmas Parties, Birthday Parties, etc. I've recently begun the process of taking all my family's old VHS tapes from my childhood/teens and converting them to digital format for safekeeping. My wife has gotten some of her family's tapes as well and within that stash we hit pay dirt; her WDW 1989 WDW family vacation a month after MGM (HS) opened. My wife's father did a great job filming the parks. Almost too good a job; he hardly got the family. It was as if he was the videographer on a nature hike and "nature" in this case was WDW. LOL

Watching through them with her made me realize just how different it was back then. I barely remember Disney as a kid so seeing the Roger Rabbit stuff from MGM, parts of the Backlot Tour, etc jogged my memory. I might throw them on YouTube and share some of that with other Disney fanatics here because it's pretty neat. Especially the video they have when they got to ride in the front of the monorail. Though, I wonder how 'weird' it might be for others to watch someone else's family vacation... and I don't have the time to sit through them all and cut out some of the more family-centric portions. Am I being silly or is it indeed 'weird'?



Any of you folks have any old WDW vacations on tape and find yourself in awe of how differently you viewed the resort back then vs now as an adult?

I'm a sucker for nostalgia. And 80's pop music.

I don't know if you have ever heard of his videos but there is this guy called Martin who makes tribute videos of rides and provides very in depth history and details of attractions, lands, etc. In any case, he is always looking for video and angles to use for his videos, perhaps he would be interested in the footage your dad shot especially since it is right from when MGM opened.

This page on his website details how you can help: http://www.martinsvids.net/?page_id=42