If you were among the guests invited to the Disney Social Media Moms event out in California, then you were among the first to see this short video from Walt Disney Imagineering highlighting a few of the next-generation audio-animatronics that will populate the Seven Dwarfs… Read More »A First Look at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Next-Generation Audio-Animatronics Figures
Walt Disney Imagineering has released some wonderful footage that compares a full ride-through of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train side-by-side with an original pre-vis CGI ride-through that was created early on in the attraction’s development. Of course, the full ride-through is at night so you… Read More »Walt Disney Imagineering Shares First Ride-Through Video Of Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Geek & Sundry is talking comics in a weekly video podcast hosted by Amy Dallen. Their most recent video looked at “Seekers of the Weird,” a comic series developed by Walt Disney’s Imagineers and artists from Marvel and based on designs for a never-built Disneyland… Read More »Tour The Art Behind Seekers of the Weird Comic from Disney Kingdoms Series
A large sweeping drop will send passengers on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train speeding past a waterfall and over a wooden bridge.
The walls are down around a small section of Snow White’s mountain at the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in Magic Kingdom’s New Fantasyland expansion. So we’re back with a second update on the roller coaster this month. Work by Disney’s artisans and craftsmen (and women) appears to be is progressing at a rapid pace now. When workers aren’t putting finishing touches on the show details others are testing the cars on the track and working out the kinks of the dispatch and safety system.
Still no word on an official opening date, but some say soft opens could come as soon as April. Here’s video of taken of the newly open area yesterday as well as updates from all around Snow White’s Mountain.
Many more photos of the newly revealed vista and other progress on Snow White’s Mountain below the jump:
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Every year since 1991 the Imagineers at Disney have launched a contest asked college students to send in their biggest, brightest, and most magical ideas for a new park, attraction, hotel, or other concept. The theme this year for the Imaginations Design Contest was to… Read More »Disney Imagineering Announces Winners of Student Design Competition
We’re very excited to receive this new video interview with Walt Disney Imagineers Ben Van Beusekon and Mary Mac Eachin who explain the creative process behind designing and producing themed cars for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster. In the video, they reveal that in… Read More »Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Cars Paint & Design with Walt Disney’s Imagineers
Disney’s Imagineers have been high-ho’ing away on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride at New Fantasyland in Magic Kingdom, and we finally have proof that it’s almost ready to ride! We know it will open sometime in 2014, although when exactly is still unannounced.
The aspect of the train that I find the most fascinating is its aged look. Obviously it’s a brand new ride, but the Imagineers specifically painted and carved the wood to make it look weathered. The rusty hinges on the doors and the crumbling rock structures also add to the worn appearance, which I think makes it feel more authentic. The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is an old one, so it makes sense to combine it with an aged, yet new theme park ride.Read More »Update on the Details of Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in New Fantasyland
There was a time in the Disney Co’s history when the team at Walt Disney Imagineering was envisioned as something more than a designer for theme parks and resorts, but also as a group that was set on designing the future of technology and culture… Read More »Imagineer Designed Restaurant at LAX Closes