You Can Meet A LEGENDARY Disney Imagineer In An…Interesting Location
Posted onHere's how you can meet a legendary Imagineer in a Haunted Mansion-inspired house!
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RETURN TO DISNEYLAND, PART 3: From The Matterhorn Bobsleds to a Runaway Railway: Doing The Impossible, Six Decades Apart
Posted onOver the years, members of Disney’s creative team have, on occasion, been asked to do the impossible. And most often than not, they have accomplished the task ... with spectacular results. "One heck of an assignment," is how Disney Legend Bob Gurr described his work on the Matterhorn Bobsleds attraction at Disneyland. "Like fitting a ship in a bottle," was Kevin Rafferty's way of describing his work on Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway in the Chinese Theater at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
ACT FAST! Tickets for an Event With an Iconic Disney Imagineer Are Selling OUT!
Posted onWant to learn what it was like to build Disneyland? Attend this exclusive presentation from a Disney Imagineer!
SAILING WITH DISNEY, PART 3: The Disneyland Fleet Expands
Posted onAs if The Rivers of America waterway wasn’t crowded enough in the late 1950s, Walt Disney decided that another large sailing vessel – preferably one of historical significance – should join the fleet. Walt tapped Joe Fowler, Disneyland’s construction supervisor and a retired Navy admiral, to pilot the project.
Learn From a TRUE Disney Legend at an Upcoming Exclusive Event!
Posted onA HUGE Disney legend will be attending a special Disney event! Learn more about it here!
The Long and Winding Road of Disney’s PeopleMover
Posted onWhen it comes to low-tech, low-speed attractions at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, there’s one ride that is sure to fulfill one's desire to sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery: The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.
As Walt Disney World Approaches Its 50th, We Look Back at Previous Anniversaries
Posted onBeginning in 1981 and for every five years hence, Walt Disney World was the place where anniversaries were not only celebrated, but were celebrated in grandiose, over-the-top fashion.
Extra! Extra! Read All About Disney’s Decades-Long Connection With Newspapers
Posted onNewspapers – at least newspapers in their heyday – played a prominent role in the lives of many key people within the Walt Disney Company ranks over the years.
The Rise of Disney’s Trackless Ride Systems
Posted onDisney's trackless vehicles are guided by computers, which allow these next-gen attractions to be kept very much under control even as they often appear to riders to be something akin to berserk billiard balls.
Disney Parks Attractions Design Guru Bob Gurr Calls Himself ‘A Failure at Retirement’
Posted onDisney Legend Bob Gurr, a man who is revered in the world of theme park attraction design, calls himself a “failure at retirement.”
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