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2 unusual facts about Walt Disney Imagineering


Disney Enterprises

WED Enterprises, original name for Walt Disney Imagineering when the name and the theme park design and architectural group was purchased by Walt Disney Productions from Retlaw Enterprises

Squeak

Its development was continued by the same group at Walt Disney Imagineering, where it was intended for use in internal Disney projects.


Captain EO

The film was choreographed by Jeffrey Hornaday and Michael Jackson, photographed by Peter Anderson, produced by Rusty Lemorande and written by Lemorande, Lucas and Coppola, from a story idea by the artists of Walt Disney Imagineering.

Efteling

Ton van de Ven, who designed many of Efteling's attractions, is also a good friend of Disney's Tony Baxter (senior vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering).

Matt Marcy

Marcy wrote and consulted for Walt Disney Imagineering in the Theme Park Productions department, including for the Thea award-winning CinéMagique at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Resort Paris.

Monsanto House of the Future

The design and engineering of the house was done jointly by Monsanto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Walt Disney Imagineering.

Sailing Ship Columbia

WED researchers used it, along with research materials from the Library of Congress, to design the Columbia.

Sleeping Beauty Castle

The castle initially featured an empty upper level that was never intended to house an attraction, but Walt Disney was not satisfied with what he viewed as wasted space, and challenged his Imagineers to find some use for the space.


see also

Marty Sklar

In 1961, he moved to WED Enterprises, renamed in 1986 to Walt Disney Imagineering, where he worked on attractions for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

The Coats of Claude

The album is speculated to be dedicated to Claude Coats - an american artist, animator and set designer, known for his work with the Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering.

W. Daniel Hillis

Hillis left Disney in 2000, taking with him Bran Ferren, President of the Walt Disney Imagineering, R&D Creative Technologies division.