The Walt Disney Imagineering campus is rarely open for outsiders to visit. Which makes sense since Imagineers are busy dreaming up the future of Disney’s global theme parks and resorts in there. But the Imagineering buildings also serve as something of a living museum documenting… Read More »Disney offers Virtual Tour of its Imagineering Offices – Watch Part 1
Like clockwork after every big project led by Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), there is a layoff. The finish of Shanghai Disneyland is no different. The Glendale, CA facility has confirmed that layoffs in the ‘low single digits’ were made, with no one in senior staff… Read More »Layoffs impact Walt Disney Imagineering
The Annie Awards are to animation as the Emmys are to TV. But the last few years of awards have come off as slightly biased with the Annies not aligning with other industry awards due to irregularities in voting procedure (Dreamworks was allowed to essentially… Read More »Disney/Pixar ends boycott of Annie Awards
When The Disney Stores opened they were touted as providing a little of the Disney theme park magic in your neighborhood. Sadly, it’s been a long time since the magic has been present at many of Disney’s retail outlets. A series of mis-steps with The… Read More »Disney Stores to launch with new concept
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune profiles a team of three Cal State Fullerton Students who were finalists in a Walt Disney Imagineering contest to design and build a prototype of an attraction. Their idea is an interactive adventure featuring a guy named Otto. Their concept,… Read More »Cal State Fullerton Students make Imagineering Contest Attraction
Update: Disney officials continue to deny an agreement has been reached. But with all this positive press, you have to wonder if something is up. Wow. After Shanghai’s government approved the project last month, Disney officials were still denying that they were even involved in… Read More »Breaking: Shanghai Disneyland to be built