Barbara Bouza, the President of Walt Disney Imagineering, announced on her social media this weekend that she will be moving on from her role this month. The Details Barbara Bouza joined The Walt Disney Company as President, Business Operations, Design & Delivery, for Walt Disney… Read More »Barbara Bouza, President of Walt Disney Imagineering, to Leave Position
As part of Bob Iger’s restructuring of The Walt Disney Company, Bruce Vaughn will return as chief creative officer of Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI). The Details Vaughn will return as chief creative officer, and will also co-lead WDI alongside Barbara Bouza, president of Walt Disney… Read More »Bruce Vaughn Returns to Walt Disney Imagineering as Chief Creative Officer
Walt Disney Imagineering is famous for their project documentation. The archives are full of great concept art, construction photos, and documentation from most of the major builds over the last 50+ years. But my favorite of these has to be the time-lapse video.
This short time-lapse video shows the construction of most of New Fantasyland, including Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Definitely worth expanding it to full-screen to view:
Interesting how construction on the coaster itself didn’t actually start until about half-way through the video.
Below the jump, I have an interview with Bruce Vaughn, executive vice president at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, as they talk about how Seven Dwarfs Mine Train fits into New Fantasyland and how excited the Imagineers are to finally have it open to the public on May 28th.
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