Tag: Retirement
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Retiring Imagineer Bob Weiss Reflects and Shares About Career at Disney
Bob Weiss is retiring after working at Walt Disney Imagineering for nearly five decades. During his career, he worked on many memorable and iconic projects and also was the President of Walt Disney Imagineering for six years. As he prepares to retire, he sat down to talk about his career with Disney. Check out this…
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Global Imagineering Ambassador Bob Weiss Officially Retiring from Walt Disney Imagineering
Bob Weiss, former president of Walt Disney Imagineering and current Global Imagineering Ambassador, has announce that he is officially retiring from The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Imagineering shared the news today. Weiss then posted the news on social media. Weiss leaves Disney after a career that spans 42 years. His last official day will…
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Bob Iger Says Goodbye to The Walt Disney Company After Nearly 50 Years
On Friday, Bob Iger left The Walt Disney Company after nearly 50 years at ABC and then Disney. The former CEO has been the Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board for the last two years since handing CEO duties over to Bob Chapek in 2020. He had delayed his retirement multiple times in the…
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Bob Iger Shares More About the Reasoning Behind His Departure from Disney
As Bob Iger wraps up his run at The Walt Disney Company he is sharing more of his reasoning behind his retirement. In an interview with CNBC, he shared about one of the indicators that told him it was time to move on. Iger shared that it had to do with dismissing other people’s ideas.…
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Preparing to Retire, Disney’s Bob Iger Returns to Weatherman Roots
Bob Iger, the former CEO of The Walt Disney Company and current Executive Chairman of Disney’s Board is about to retire. Iger’s television career with the company began in Ithaca New York in 1973 where he was a weatherman. He would join ABC the following year. As the end of his run with Disney gets…
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Disney Studios Content Chief Creative Officer Alan Horn Retiring
Alan Horn is retiring from Disney studios as the Chief Creative Officer. For the last ten years, Horn has been running Walt Disney Studios, now called Disney Studios Content. Horn came to Disney and stabilized the studios after the bumpy three year run of Rich Ross. Under Horn’s leadership, the studios have released 20 films…
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Ahead of Retirement, Mary Niven Gives Final Tour Connecting Disney Legends and Lessons
Senior Vice President of Experience and Integration at the Disneyland Resort Mary Niven is retiring. After a career that spans 21 years, her last day with Disney will be Tomorrow August 14, 2021. As she prepares to close the book on this chapter of her life, she again gave a tour at Disneyland that shares…
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Imagineer Kevin Rafferty to Retire in April After 42 Years at Disney
Today it was announced that Imagineer Kevin Rafferty will officially be retiring on April 1, 2021. no, this is not a joke. In an interview posted on the D23 website, the news was made official. In the interview, Rafferty shared simply that his decision to retire was because “It feels like it’s time.” Rafferty began…
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Happy Retirement, Dad!
There is the old saying that “it takes a village.” Generally, this is in regard to raising a child but the same applies to a website like DAPS MAGIC. Through the years, there have been lots of people who have helped come up with concepts, ideas, content, videos, graphics, coding, and so much more. Today,…
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As Crisis Continues Bob Iger Comes to Disney’s Rescue
In March when Bob Iger announced his retirement from the position as CEO of The Walt Disney Company lots of questions and speculation rippled around the entertainment world. Many speculated that there was some underlying reason that must be the reason that he was leaving. Perhaps he saw the coronavirus crisis coming. Or maybe he…
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Sunday Spotlight: Farley the Fiddler
Walk through Frontierland on a weekday and there is a good chance you will see a fiddle playing cowboy entertaining folks. The fiddler is Farley the Fiddler who has been performing at the Disneyland Resort for 40 years! His real name is Gary Francisco and after Monday, he will be retiring from his career at…
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Pixar Co-Founder Ed Catmull to Retire from Walt Disney Company
Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull is retiring. The 73-year old will be retiring from leading both the Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios next year. He will continue on in an advisory role through July 2019. Catmull has been an innovator in the animation industry for four decades. He was originally hired by George Lucas in…
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Revered Director John Musker Celebrates Retirement
After a wonderfully productive four decades, legendary animation director John Musker has taken his retirement from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Musker, most well-known for his work with fellow luminary Ron Clements, made his directorial debut on The Great Mouse Detective, and went on to lead some of the most successful titles during his tenure, including…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger To Delay Retirement to 2021
Bob Iger has announced that he will be delaying his retirement again. This comes as part of a deal for Disney to acquire major elements of 21st Century Fox. Because of the complexities of this deal, Iger has extended his contract to 2021 to oversee the acquisition. Bob Iger succeeded Michael Eisner as the CEO…
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Disneyland Piano Player Ragtime Robert Retires From Happiest Place on Earth
For the last decade, guests visiting the Disneyland Resort have stopped by Coke Corner and heard Ragtime Robert tickle the ivories. As of Saturday March 18, 2017 Ragtime Robert has officially hung up his vest and hat as he officially retired as a Disneyland ragtime piano player. Ragtime Robert began his magic making at Coke…
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Bye Bye, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies – Popular Band Leaving Disneyland
For two decades Disneyland fans have delighted in “buck teeth,” violin bows getting stuck in the nose, classic rock sung as if they were country/bluegrass songs, and of course the Orange Blossom Special’s “train thang.“ On January 6, 2014 this will all come to an end. Yesterday the Disney Parks Blog announced the “retirement” of Billy…
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‘Spirited Away’ Director Hayao Miyazaki Retiring
Hayao Miyazaki Retiring Oscar winning director Hayao Miyazaki is retiring. On Sunday at the Venice Film Festival he said during a press conference that The Wind Rises, Miyazaki’s latest animated featured film, will be his last project. “Miyazaki has decided that Kaze tachinu (The Wind Rises) will be his last film, and he will now retire.”…
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Tony Baxter Steps Down from Imagineering Post
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs As was announced yesterday, Imagineer Tony Baxter is changing roles at the Walt Disney Company. The following letter explains was sent to Imagineers this morning explaining, in his own words, his reasoning for the change and also what exactly it is. The first words of the change…