Editors Note: Please welcome Jessi Wortley Adler to The Disney Blog. She sent is this very informative report from a recent chance to hear and meet Disney legend and former leader of Walt Disney Imagineering – Marty Sklar. On Sunday, May 15, I had the… Read More »One Little Spark – Disney Imagineers share stories in Chicago
Over at Disney’s Animal Kingdom we’ve been tracking construction taking place at Pandora: The World of Avatar since the last day of Camp Mickey Minnie. The new land will transport guests to the otherworldly planet created by James Cameron and his talented crew for the… Read More »Na’vi audio-animatronic glimpse in Pandora: The World of Avatar preview presentation
For those looking for ever clue deciphering what will be coming to Disney theme parks on both coasts, the LA Times just published an interview with Walt Disney Imaginering’s Scott Trowbridge. Trowbridge has been given the portfolio of managing how the Star Wars franchise appears… Read More »Star Wars Land: Meet the Imagineer In Charge
Theoron Skees from Walt Disney Imagineering is the project leader on Disney Springs. In a new video he shares the story created to immerse guests in the rich heritage and natural beauty (recreated by Disney of course) of Florida through unique architecture, inserted artifacts, and… Read More »How Imagineers puts the springs in Disney Springs
Why do you make an announcement late on a Friday evening? Because you want to bury it in the newscycle. Of course, with the internet, there is little ‘off time’ and people have been all over the shakeup at Walt Disney Imagineering. The Disney fan… Read More »Imagineering Shakeup moves Bob Weis into Lead of Disney’s creative theme park division
Pandora – The World of Avatar is currently scheduled for a 2017 opening. We’ve learned about two attractions coming to the land, a Banshee ride similar to Soarin’ and a family friendly boat ride. We also got to see the model for Avatar-land at D23… Read More »Floating Mountains of Pandora taking shape at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
As Disney CEO and Chair Bob Iger has stated, the company plans to capitalize on the success of the biggest animated hit in Disney’s recent history – Frozen. In the parks, that means summer festivals at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and a new attraction and meet… Read More »New concept art from EPCOT’s Frozen attraction in Norway
Thanks to D23 Expo we’ve learned more details on the “Rivers of Light” water pageant that will light up the night at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Discovery River in front of Expedition Everest. The show will combine amazing water screen projection technology that creates swirling… Read More »Rivers of Light: details of night time spectacular coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom