Ready to head back into “The Imagineering Story”? The docu-series’ sixth and final episode, “To Infinity and Beyond,” premieres on Disney+ this Friday, December 13th. Here’s how Disney+ describes the final installment in the series: Bob Iger personally shepherds his labor of love, the Shanghai Disney Resort. The Imagineers customize an ambitious new theme park … Read more
Ready to head back into “The Imagineering Story”? The docu-series’ fifth episode, “A Carousel of Progress,” premieres on Disney+ this Friday, December 6th. Here’s how Disney+ describes the fifth installment in the series: Bob Iger returns Imagineering to the foundation of Disney DNA – quality wins out. He modernizes the formula. By strategically investing in … Read more
For years, we have anxiously awaited Leslie Iwerks’ documentary about Walt Disney Imagineering. Well, it’s finally here as part of the launch of Disney+. We reviewed the first two episodes here and here, but you can also watch video reviews of episodes 2 and 3 here. The Imagineering Story Part 4 is titled “Hit or … Read more
Ready to head back into “The Imagineering Story”? The docu-series’ fourth episode, “Hit or Miss,” premieres on Disney+ this Friday, November 29th. This fourth episode follows the trajectory of Michael Eisner after the sudden passing of Frank Wells, his right hand and key advisor. After a tragic downturn, Eisner steps back from creative stress and hires … Read more
Ready to head back into “The Imagineering Story”? The docu-series’ third episode, “The Midas Touch,” premieres on Disney+ this Friday, November 22nd. This third episode covers how Michael Eisner and Frank Wells saved Imagineering and encouraged widespread growth. They made Disney cool and relevant with teenagers. Every design project the Imagineers touched turned to gold. … Read more
Disney+ has officially launched and subscribers can’t get enough of the long-awaited docuseries, “The Imagineering Story.” So far, we’ve brought you written reviews of both episodes released to date (check out Episode 1 and Episode 2), but for more in-depth analysis of the episodes, we’re launching an all-new branch of WDWNT content: The Plus Party! … Read more
For years, we have anxiously awaited Leslie Iwerks’ documentary about Walt Disney Imagineering. Well, it’s finally here as part of the launch of Disney+. We reviewed the first episode “The Happiest Place On Earth” earlier this week. The first episode covered the advent of WDI through to the end of Walt Disney’s life. For the second … Read more
Ready to head back into “The Imagineering Story”? The docu-series’ second episode, “What Would Walt Do,” premieres on Disney+ this Friday, November 15th. This second episode delves into the development of Florida’s Walt Disney World as Walt’s brother Roy attempts to fulfill his brother’s wishes, despite the risky endeavor. Watch as a second generation of … Read more
For years, we have anxiously awaited Leslie Iwerks’ documentary about Walt Disney Imagineering. Well, it’s finally here as part of the launch of Disney+. The first episode spans the course of an hour and basically covers the advent of WDI through to the end of Walt Disney’s life. In the course of the program, we … Read more
Disney has given a better description of the upcoming docuseries The Imagineering Story planned for Disney+. This six-episode series, available upon launch on November 12th, tells the history and story of Disney’s fabled Imagineering department… and yes, Joe Rohde is in it: I have a scene in this! Plus I think I saw an archival … Read more