Tag: WDI
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Bruce Vaughn Returns to Disney as Chief Creative Officer for Walt Disney Imagineering
Bruce Vaughn, who formerly co-led Walt Disney Imagineering and departed in 2016, is returning to Disney. His previous run with Disney lasted about two decades, with the nine last years having Vaughn co-lead Imagineering as chief creative executive. In 2016, Vaughn left Disney to become the CEO and CCO of Dreamscape Immersive, which makes location-based…
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Disney Imagineer and Former “CHOC Kid” Helps Bring Magic and Smiles to Children’s Hospitals
We are just two days away from the first-ever virtual CHOC Walk in the Park! To celebrate this incredible fundraising experience, Disney is highlighting Disney Imagineer Katie Barnes, who spent years growing up in the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. Barnes has had the opportunity to create magic in children’s hospitals, even CHOC! “The first…
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Joe Rohde, Executive Designer and Vice President, Creative, Announces Retirement
This morning, the Orlando Sentinel announced that Joe Rohde, Executive Designer and Vice President, Creative for Walt Disney Imagineering would be retiring. He has been with the company for 40 years and has created worlds unlike anything we’ve ever seen in that time. His retirement is planned to go into effect on January 4, 2021.…
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Dive into the Art Library at Walt Disney Imagineering in Final Virtual Tour
In the last few weeks, Walt Disney Imagineering has opened up its doors to the Glendale campus! This tour has taken us everywhere from the entrance, to the DISH, and now into the art library! This final stop on the tour is certainly not one to miss and there are even some fun easter eggs!…
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Journey Into Imagineering with a Look at the Research and Development Department
It’s time to take another journey into Imagineering! This week, we get a look into the Research and Development wing at Walt Dinsey Imagineering and we get a chance to see where the next great ideas come from! As Mike Honeck leads us through this leg of the tour, we get a chance to see…
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Walt Disney Imagineering Debuts New Look To Celebrate Disney+ Docuseries
As the Disney+ streaming service launched to many excited fans this morning, fans everywhere got to see some of their favorite stories come to life! For some fans, they took to the service to appreciate the history of how some of their favorite parks came to be! The Imagineering Story premiered on Disney+ this morning and…
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Buckle up for Fun! Epcot Guests “Drive their Design” at the Re-Imagined Test Track Presented by Chevrolet
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Walt Disney World Resort guests will experience the thrill of designing their very own virtual vehicle – then putting their design through its paces – when the re-imagined, multi-sensory Test Track Presented by Chevrolet grand re-opens Dec. 6, 2012. The iconic Epcot attraction,…