#imagineers

I was on the Ariel ride and the line was actually more immersive than the ride.

Spaceship earth has such amazing animatronics, they actually creeped me out- where the hell is that effort now?

For the amount they make people pay and for all they boast about creativity and innovation; it’s lackluster at best.

I was a Disney kid, I’ll always be a Disney kid but I think they need to fire their current imagineers or something. Idk who died, maybe it was the only singular person who could make decent animatronics but please , someone, hire a new guy.

Concept art for Space Mountain by John Hench, 1964 or 1965.  At the time it was imagined they would build a giant “space roller coaster” attraction.  As seen in this preliminary version, portions of the ride would be outside.  

Walt wanted this new rollercoaster, which he called ‘Space Voyage”, to be the focal point of Disneyland’s renovated Tomorrowland planned for 1967.  But his death in 1966 and the emphasis on preparing for the newly announced Disney World project forced imagineering to put aside the design of Space Mountain.

Decorating for Halloween often means fun and frightening features such as cobwebs, fog, or flickering lights, but how about using paper? Disney Paper Parks, created for the Disney Parks Blog, has long been inspired by Halloween and the Haunted Mansion, offering downloadable and printable 3D activity sheets for the spooky season. From crafting paper tableware and wearables to building paper…

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Vintage Disney book illustration by Walt Disney Studios artists.

The Imagineering Story is truly an incredibly cool watch, worth your time.

But one really illuminating bit is in the first episode, these OG imagineers are giving interviews like:

Yeah I was just a painter but they asked me to design something I'd never heard of from scratch. I said 'I dunno how' and they were like 'figure it out' so I did and anyway three weeks later I was the head of construction on a ride which launched my 50 year career as top brass with Disney.