Tag: Walt Disney Imagineering
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Disney Live Entertainment Joins Instagram
Disney Live Entertainment has joined Instagram. This branch of Walt Disney Imagineering works on telling storytelling through live entertainment. Its mission: “Through innovative storytelling and a culture of collaboration, the Disney live entertainment teams create, produce and deliver the most creative and engaging live entertainment in the world.” Disney Live Entertainment works on live storytelling…
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Disney Shares More Story Details About Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Splash Mountain recently closed permanently at the Magic Kingdom to be reimagined as Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. As the work begins to transform this from one attraction to another, Disney has revealed more story details about the new attraction that will be coming to both Magic Kingdom and Disneyland. Along with the new story details also…
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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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Walt Disney Imagineering Celebrates 70 Years Since Being Founded by Walt Disney
70 years ago today, Walt Disney Imagineering was founded by Walt Disney himself. Initially, Disney formed this group to help design and develop Disneyland. He brought together the people he used to make movies to move beyond the screen and quite literally, into the park. This new organization combined imagination and engineering, earning these pioneers…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Shows Off Refreshed Cinderella Carousel at Hong Kong Disneyland
Walt Disney Imagineering has revealed the refreshed Cinderella Carousel at Hong Kong Disneyland. The carousel has been worked on by Imagineering with the final product looking better than ever. The carousel has been repainted to be more beautiful than ever and two new lead horses were also added. Disney shared that the inspiration for this…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Shows More Details of EPCOT’s Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
Work continues to be done on Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana at EPCOT. Today, Walt Disney Imagineering shared some specific details that will found in this new area when it opens to the public. These details show how Imagineering is incorporating various characters from Moana into the rocks and waterways found in the walkthrough.…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Celebrates Milestone in Construction of New Tower for Disneyland Hotel
Walt Disney Imagineering is celebrating reaching a new milestone as it works on construction a new tower for the Disneyland Hotel. Today, Imagineering shared a post on its instagram sharing that the last of the highest steel beams for the building was raised into place today. With the milestone post, Imagineering also shared photos of…
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THE IMAGINEERING STORY: The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering Now Available
When Disney+ arrived in 2019 The Imagineering Story docuseries was an instant hit. This series is a beautiful look into Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI). As soon as it finished, many Disney fans were immediately wanting more. Thankfully, now more is here! It comes in the form of a book. THE IMAGINEERING STORY: The Official Biography…
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Disney Gives an Up-Close First Look at World of Frozen at Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland’s World of Frozen may not be opening until next year but Disney is sharing a look at the progress being made on the new area. Both the Disney Parks and Walt Disney Imagineering Instagram channels shared photos of the World of Frozen today. The Walt Disney Imagineering Instagram posted the following: Imagineers…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Helps Tam O’Shanter Restaurant Celebrate its 100th Anniversary
Tam O’Shanter restaurant is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Walt Disney Imagineering is helping with this celebration. The restaurant, also known as “The Tam” was founded in 1922 and was designed to be like it came from a fairytale. This celebration is being commemorated with an original painting that was created by Imagineer and Executive Creative…
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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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Disney Provides Update on Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana at EPCOT
Things continue to move forward in the transformation of EPCOT. Today, Disney Parks Blog shared a look at the progress being made on Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana. The EPCOT attraction is starting to come together with details being added. The team from Walt Disney Imagineering and a crew of artisans have begun to…
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Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Cotina, a Storyliving by Disney Community
A groundbreaking ceremony has been broken for Cotina, a Storyliving by Disney community in Rancho Mirage, CA. Imagineers joined both designers and developers for the event. According to a post on social media, the team is drawing on the region’s past and also its present for inspiration. This connects both the natural beauty and also…
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O GEEKMAS TREE! – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1208 (#582)
Welcome to the first episode of the GEEKMAS season on GEEKS CORNER! This week, the GEEKS kick off the season with the lighting of the GEEKMAS tree, along with a new giveaway for the month of December. Throughout the month of December, tweet with the hashtags #geekmas and #geekscorner photos wearing your best ugly GEEKMAS…
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D23 Announces 2022 Lineup of Events
Ahead of the beginning of the D23 Destination D event at Walt Disney World Resort, D23 has released what events it will be hosting in 2022. There are quite a few of them! D23: The Official Disney Fan Club will continue to host virtual experiences but it will also bring back in-person events that were…
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Disney Provides Updates on The Princess and the Frog Attraction
Since last year’s announcement that Splash Mountain will be updated to become an attraction based on The Princess and the Frog, fans have been wondering what exactly that will be like. Today, Disney shared an update on the process, the inspiration, and the progress being made on this attraction. Part of the process is going…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Among Fast Company’s 2021 Best Workplaces for Innovators
Walt Disney Imagineering is one of Fast Company’s 2021 Best Workplaces for Innovators. This honor recognizes companies that successfully foster cultures of innovation and encourage employees from top to bottom to discover, explore and invent. Fast Company partnered with Accenture to create a series of metrics designed to evaluate the role innovation plays in company culture and this…
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Brent Strong, Executive Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering, Shares Avengers Campus Hidden Details
There are a lot of hidden details to be found when visiting Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure. Finding them all can be a bit daunting. Thankfully, Brent Strong, Executive Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering, is on hand to give a look at some of these. Beware, there may be potential spoilers as Strong gives…
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D23 and Imagineering Celebrate Shanghai Disney Resort’s 5th Anniversary with Magical Milestones Virtual Event
Today Disney announced a virtual event celebrating the 5th anniversary of Shanghai Disney Resort. D23 x Walt Disney Imagineering Magical Milestones – Shanghai Disney Resort 5th Anniversary will be presented on June 16. It is the second virtual event in the Magical Milestone series that celebrate Disney Parks anniversaries. The event will be hosted by…
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Disneyland Resort Unveils New Artwork Inspired by Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon by Imagineer Xiao Qing Chen
Raya and the Last Dragon arrives in theaters and also on Disney+ with Premiere Access today! Artwork inspired by the movie also arrived at the Downtown Disney District on the corner of what used to be the ESPN Zone building. The artwork was designed by Imagineer Xiao Qing Chen and is now on display for…
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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…