In 1952, Walt Disney assembled a team, who would come to be known as Imagineers,to help him plan, design, and build his dream—Disneyland.Â
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Bob Weis, Global Imagineering Ambassador and former President of Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), announced today that he will retire at the end of the year.
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When Doris Hardoon arrived in 1979 for an interview at WED Enterprises—as Walt Disney Imagineering was then called—three future Disney Legends sat in judgment of this recent graduate from San Francisco’s California College of the Arts: Marty Sklar, John Hench, and Rolly Crump. Her creativity and design experience at a small animal-themed park in Northern …
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Walt Disney Imagineer Wyatt Winter guides us through the wild Easter eggs, awesome song selection process, and stellar surprises awaiting guests on Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT.
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Women of Walt Disney Imagineering is a tribute to the trailblazing women who have contributed to Disney Parks over the last half-century as a part of the Imagineering team.
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By Zach Johnson Kevin Rafferty, the brilliant and charismatic Imagineer who conceived, designed, wrote, and oversaw the creations of some of Disney Parks’ most memorable attractions and lands, has announced in a memo to staff that he will retire from Walt Disney Imagineering, effective April 1, 2021. His end date is not an April Fool’s …
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New holiday traditions coming to Walt Disney World Resort, the untold origins of Olaf, Halloween with D23, Dancing with the Stars’ celebrity cast, The Mandalorian gets season two debut, Trevor Tordjman to join BUNK’D, Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween set, and an update on Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disneyland. Plus, Disney Imagineer Zach Riddley shares news from EPCOT, favorites and gems from …
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By the D23 Team As D23 celebrates 65 years of the Disney theme park, D23 Gold and Gold Family Members were treated to a pair of exclusive events that continued the festivities. First, Disney Imagineers paid tribute to the place where it all began, Disneyland Park, followed by an exciting trivia night that tested D23 …
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By the D23 Team In 1962, senior animator Marc Davis moved from Walt Disney Feature Animation to a new division of the company: WED Enterprises, the group assembled to design Disneyland. After more than 30 years working on classic feature films, Davis was about to become one of the most renowned Imagineers—and, in 1989, a …
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