Tag: Tom Fitzgerald
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From Sea to Shining Sea: Walt Disney Imagineering’s Tom Fitzgerald on Creating Soarin’ Across America
On May 26th at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT and then on July 2nd at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort, Soarin’ Across America will take guests on a sweeping flight across some of the most iconic sights found in the United States of America. This third iteration of the attraction comes as Disney joins…
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Patriotic Bunting Returns to Disneyland Resort
As the United States of America celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Walt Disney Company has been joining the celebration in several different ways. This initiative has been called Disney Celebrates America. With the celebration of Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary last year, patriotic bunting did not appear on Main Street, USA at Disneyland or Buena Vista Street…
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Disney Shares About Bringing ‘Soarin’ Across America’ to Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts
As part of its celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, Disney has announced that it will be bringing a new version of Soarin’ to Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort. This will take fliers on a journey across the United States of America where they will get to see…
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New Adventures Continue 4-Decade Star Tours Legacy
In 1979, Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald was hired to Walt Disney Imagineering. In less than ten years, he would be working on the original version of Star Tours. This was a simulator attraction that initially was envisioned to change and adapt with new stories from a galaxy far, far away, as they were created by George…
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Disneyland Paris Releases Virtual Imagineering Panel in Celebration of Space Mountain’s 25th Anniversary
Earlier this week Disneyland Paris released a virtual Imagineering panel that looks into the creation of Space Mountain: From the Earth to the Moon at Disneyland Paris. The attraction originally opened on June 1st, 1995. The panel included the following Imagineers: Tom Fitzgerald – Portfolio Creative Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering Yves Ben Yeta – Director Creative…