E82 The Epcot Legacy
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Restoration Showcase
January 12, 2024
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Preserving Epcot's past is (at times) an all-encompassing effort.
What you see on the website and in the Locals community is just the tip of the Epcot iceberg. In many cases, projects are prepared many years in advance with much of the work going on completely behind the scenes — that ends today. 

From now on, frequent progress reports will be given exclusively to Locals Supporters on the various projects and historical preservation efforts that keep the Epcot Legacy alive.

One such effort is maintaining a vast archive of audio/visual materials, and recently I've been tackling an extremely rare set of 36 documentation photos from the 1994 version of Spaceship Earth that were badly scanned with a large amount of smudges and scratches. These can often take a couple of hours to repair and to date 11 of them have been restored.


These and many others from various attractions/locations in Disney history are now part of a password-protected restoration showcase on my JLH Omnimedia portfolio site....

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Grand Fiesta Films!

E82 celebrates #CincoDeMayo by premiering several source films from Mexico's "Grand Fiesta Tour" starring The Three Caballeros!

After years of having the visuals, I recently received the source soundtrack to finally marry sight & sound together.

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Dreamcatcher Restoration

A "Restoration Showcase" illustrating the laborious process of cleaning and enhancing the Dreamcatcher B-roll has been added to the video!
View the entire film shoot here:
https://www.epcotlegacy.com/history/dreamcatcher

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Moonlighting at the Vacation Kingdom

In honor of Moonlighting's premiere 40 years ago tonight, here's my popular 2021 "commercial" inspired by the show's opening titles!

"Evoking the sophisticated delights of Walt Disney World during its adolescence, "Moonlighting at The Vacation Kingdom" (set in 1989) showcases the once more mature and most magical place on Earth."

This kingdom is worth saving. #SaveMagicKingdom

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Techno Millennium

As part of the Millennium Celebration, the anthem "Celebrate the Future Hand in Hand" was produced in several musical genres including Country, Latin, Pop & Gospel.
I thought I had all of them until I discovered this somewhat forgotten variation as part of a recently contributed archive of theme park music.

The following is the 2OOO "Techno" variation created for the New Year's Eve celebration held nightly on Pleasure Island.

Enjoy!

Techno Millennium
Birthing Little Sparks!

Check out our new line of baby clothes for your little bundle of Energy!
https://www.epcotlegacy.com/gifts

Is someone working on doing an HD upscale of the TV set footage of Larry Ceder singing “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” for the 1920s future scene from Horizons?

Desk Mats are (finally!) back in stock at E82's Centorium Souvenir Shop with plenty more new designs on the way!
https://www.epcotlegacy.com/gifts

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A Music Purists Paradise
The Official ^Instrumental^ Album of EPCOT Center

Our 15th-anniversary celebration kicks into high gear with this unique tribute to the park's musical repertoire.

Inspired by the once frequent and highly treasured Official Albums of the parks, The Official ^Instrumental^ Album of EPCOT Center, utilizes the latest AI* audio separation models to present, for the first time ever, these classics in purely instrumental form, accompanied by many once-commercially released medleys and augmented by several that should have been.

This fast-paced 2+ hour journey contains several spoilers from future releases making their debut this year so (unlike most) this album will experience an extended preview for supporters only until October! 

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Journey into Imagination... Music

Dearest Supporters, 

In honor of Journey into Imagination's birthday, here's your limited-time opportunity to download the pavilion's full soundtrack in CD-quality sound (much higher than the streaming version)!

 

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Holiday Programming

As a reminder to all my wonderful supporters, the two-hour compilation "A Classic Disney Christmas" is available for your viewing pleasure this holiday season.


https://vimeo.com/jlhomni/disneychristmas

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