Former Imagineer Jim Shull shared an image on Twitter of the original plan for the EPCOT overhaul including the now-canceled festival center. At the top of the image is Spaceship Earth, with Connections and Creations Shop in the white buildings to the lower right. The colorful space of the image is the area currently under … Read more
A year after stepping down as head of Walt Disney Imagineering, and 42 years after joining The Walt Disney Company, Bob Weis is retiring. Walt Disney Imagineering shared this on Instagram: Forty-two years after first joining Imagineering, Bob Weis has announced his retirement. Serving most recently as Global Imagineering Ambassador and before that as president … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Friday, June 24, 2022. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
Walt Disney Imagineer and former Jungle Cruise Skipper Kevin Lively has shared that he will be leaving the company after 14 years due to Imagineering being almost entirely relocated from California to Lake Nona, Florida. Lively shared a thread on Twitter about his decision to leave alongside photos of his Disney memories. Below is a … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Thursday, September 30, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more
Today, legendary Imagineer Bob Gurr posted on Instagram that he is filming interviews with 20/20 for an upcoming special on Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary. Bob Gurr is a Disney Legend and Imagineer who was hired by Walt Disney to work with WED Enterprises back in 1954. He has designed Autopia cars, the Monorail, Matterhorn … Read more
UPDATE: Omaze ended the sweepstakes early on April 2. The sweepstakes was originally listed as ending on April 14. A winner has yet to be announced. Omaze is back with yet another epic sweepstakes where you can help support the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation and win a private, VIP, Imagineer-led tour of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. … Read more
When he’s not making guest appearances on Pawn Stars or designing revolutionary new scooter mobility systems, what does Bob Gurr do in his spare time? Well, right now, he’s sheltering in place just like the rest of us––except he’s living his best life in his own Imagineer-esque way. The 88-year-old former Imagineer was awarded Disney Legend … Read more
While nearly all of Walt Disney World is closed due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, legendary Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde is offering a different kind of tour of some of his work. In a series of post on his Instagram account, Rohde explained the thesis behind the design of Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Tree of … Read more
Two new t-shirts celebrating Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are designed by very special artists: the Imagineers that helped bring this new attraction to life. Both of these special shirts feature elements of the brand-new attraction. This dark gray t-shirt features art by Ryan Donoghue, who worked on the animation seen … Read more
Tyler and Thomas of the Ride Rehab Podcast on WDWNT finally get their burning questions answered by former Disney Imagineer Brian Collins. As a show writer for WDI, he wrote the radio for the queue of Jungle Cruise, dialogue for The Great Movie Ride, and tons more. How did Journey Into YOUR Imagination happen? Is … Read more
For over six decades, visitors to Disney parks have been enthralled by the work of Imagineers. Now, a new video and activity series from Walt Disney Imagineering and Khan Academy offer you the chance to learn about the Imagineering process and try your hand at designing your own theme park with “Imagineering in a Box.” … Read more
Imagineer and Disney Parks poster artist Jim Michaelson, responsible for posters for such iconic Disney attractions as Country Bear Jamboree, The Walt Disney World and Disneyland Railroads, and Pirates of the Caribbean, has passed away, according to multiple reports. As we reported back in April, Michaelson had been fighting prostate cancer since August 2017. Disney … Read more
Back in December, we at Ride Rehab recorded this episode for the WDWNT Marathon Show and we’re happy to share the audio version with you now! We snuck into the Imagineering offices to find out what makes a good ride good, and a bad ride bad. And then, we crafted the best ride ever, and … Read more
Former Disney Imagineer, Bob Baranick, had plans in mind for a project called “Whirligig Woods” that closely resembled a theme park like Disney World. This was to be based in the Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, with 21 acres of bought land in Alamance County. Baranick says this of the project, “We’re not building … Read more
Marc Davis: Imagineering Master By Daniel Butcher Everyday guests of the Walt Disney World Resort enjoy the efforts of largely unknown and unnamed Imagineers. Imagineer Marc Davis began to impact theme parks years before Walt Disney dreamed of Disneyland. Davis was a late comer to attraction design, working in animation when Disneyland opened. From … Read more