The 2024-2025 Imagineering Awards

[spacemt354]

As 2025 comes to a close, it's time to celebrate the year of imagineering on the forum with the annual Imagineering Awards!

And since the years are flying by, we never had the opportunity to celebrate the great accomplishments of 2024 - so with that this year will have 2 years of imagineering achievements to highlight.

For the 2024-2025 Imagineering Awards the following categories will be available for nominations:

Best Imagineer

Best Competition

Best Competition Host/Judge

Best Team

Best Project

Best Project in a Competition

Best Competition Prompt

Best Park (in a competition or original thread)

Best Video

Best Concept Art

Best Original Thread

Best Presentation

Below and until December 24, feel free to nominate your choices for who should be up to the vote. And then on December 25, the poll will open where you can vote on the winners, with the winners announced New Years Eve!

I'll post some links below to various competitions and threads from the year to make searching easier, but feel free to nominate stuff even if I don't add it below. Thanks and enjoy!​

 

[spacemt354]

2024 Imagineering Games
Citrus Dreamin'
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Season 8 - Magic Journeys
What If? Volume 2 - Tegan's Version
One Sentence Competition - The Prism of SYWTBAI

2025 Imagineering Games
The Fozz Games
Visions Fantastic: An Imagineering Competition
One Sentence Competition - Monopoly Edition​

 

[spacemt354]

Here's my nominations:

Best Imagineer - @Mr. Sullivan
Best Competition - Citrus Dreamin'
Best Competition Host/Judge - @PerGron
Best Team - House Heimichen from Sorcerer's Apprentice Season 8
Best Project - Nexus Expo
Best Project in a Competition - Nexus Expo
Best Competition Prompt - What If Roles Were Reversed by @Tegan pilots a chicken from What If? Season 2
Best Park - DisneySky by @D Hulk
Best Video - N/A
Best Concept Art - @Architectural Guinea Pig in Visions Fantastic

Best Original Thread - The Imagineering Movie Discussion Thread by @PerGron
Best Presentation - Americana 1900 by @James G.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

1. Best Imagineer - @Lord Fozzinator
2. Best Competition - The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8 - Magic Journeys
3. Best Competition Host/Judge - @spacemt354
4. Beast Team - House Heimlichen from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
5. Best Project - The "Ultimate" Castle Park by @Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
6. Best Project in a Competition - House Tintirrino's Kingdom of the Witch
7. Best Competition Prompt - Fifth Gate for WDW in Visions Fantastic
8. Best Park - Nexus Expo from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
9. Best Video - New Energylandia Teaser Video from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
10. Best Concept Art - Ocean's Beyond Park from Visions Fantastic
11. Best Original Thread - The Imagineering Movie Discussion Thread by @PerGron
12. Best Presentation - New Energylandia Email Hack from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8

 

[Disney Warrior]

Best Imagineer: @TheOriginalTiki
Best Competition: Visions Fantastic
Best Host: @Pi on my Cake
Best Team: Team Boats
Best Project: Mirror Disneyland: One Final Edition by @MANEATINGWREATH
Best Project in a Competition: Disney's Hollywood Resort (Visions Fantastic)
Best Park: Universal Digital Worlds (Visions Fantastic)
Best Concept Art: Magic Kingdom: A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by @Lord Fozzinator
Best Original Thread: Imagineering Improv by @Outbound
Best Presentation: The Smasherer's Apprentice by House Tintirrino (SA8)

 

[cdunlap]

Best Original Thread - The Imagineering Movie Discussion Thread by @PerGron

That was last year.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

That was last year.

It's 2024 and 2025 according to OP which is why Space and I both picked it

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

1. Best Imagineer - @Earlie the Pearlie
2. Best Competition - CHOP//PED by @Tegan pilots a chicken
3. Best Competition Host/Judge - @Pi on my Cake for Citrus Deamin'
4. Best Team - Team Tintirrino from SA8
5. Best Project - Kpop Demon Hunters - Universal Studios Takeover by @tcool123
6. Best Project (in a competition) - Fantasia 2024 - https://architecturalguine.wixsite.com/fantasia2024
7. Best Competition Prompt - The Meteorite Adventure by @Pi on my Cake
8. Best Park - Universal's Worlds of Wonder from SA8
9. Best Video - @TheOriginalTiki 's Final Citrus Dreamin' Podcast (ft. OB Reveal)

10. Best Concept Art (below)
11. Best Original Thread - Sorcerer's Apprentice Season 8 Hype Thread by @spacemt354
12. Best Presentation - Mickey Mouse Park - https://sites.google.com/view/themickeymousepark/intro?authuser=1



The Eternal American Carnival by @Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

The Tree of Tempo by @MonorailRed

 

[Lord Fozzinator]

1. Best Imagineer - @Lord Fozzinator
2. Best Competition - The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8 - Magic Journeys
3. Best Competition Host/Judge - @spacemt354
4. Beast Team - House Heimlichen from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
5. Best Project - The "Ultimate" Castle Park by @Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
6. Best Project in a Competition - House Tintirrino's Kingdom of the Witch
7. Best Competition Prompt - Fifth Gate for WDW in Visions Fantastic
8. Best Park - Nexus Expo from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
9. Best Video - New Energylandia Teaser Video from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
10. Best Concept Art - Ocean's Beyond Park from Visions Fantastic
11. Best Original Thread - The Imagineering Movie Discussion Thread by @PerGron
12. Best Presentation - New Energylandia Email Hack from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8

Best Imagineer: @TheOriginalTiki
Best Competition: Visions Fantastic
Best Host: @Pi on my Cake
Best Team: Team Boats
Best Project: Mirror Disneyland: One Final Edition by @MANEATINGWREATH
Best Project in a Competition: Disney's Hollywood Resort (Visions Fantastic)
Best Park: Universal Digital Worlds (Visions Fantastic)
Best Concept Art: Magic Kingdom: A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by @Lord Fozzinator
Best Original Thread: Imagineering Improv by @Outbound
Best Presentation: The Smasherer's Apprentice by House Tintirrino (SA8)

Aww, y'all are too kind. As for mine:
Best Imagineer: @Outbound
Best Competition: Visions Fantastic
Best Host: @PerGron
Best Team: Team Magic (underrated in my opinion)
Best Project: Clockwork Kingdom
Best Project in a Competition: Design a brand new fifth gate for the Walt Disney World Resort
Best Park: Clockwork Kingdom
Best Concept Art: Literally any artwork created by @MonorailRed
Best Original Thread: Visions Fantastic Hype Thread
Best Presentation: I don't know the title but the presentation for Visions Fantastic Round 12 (the spy one)

 

[cdunlap]

Best Concept Art: Literally any artwork created by @MonorailRed

Agreed!

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

1. Best Imagineer - @Lord Fozzinator
2. Best Competition - The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8 - Magic Journeys
3. Best Competition Host/Judge - @spacemt354
4. Beast Team - House Heimlichen from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
5. Best Project - The "Ultimate" Castle Park by @Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
6. Best Project in a Competition - House Tintirrino's Kingdom of the Witch
7. Best Competition Prompt - Fifth Gate for WDW in Visions Fantastic
8. Best Park - Nexus Expo from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
9. Best Video - New Energylandia Teaser Video from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8
10. Best Concept Art - Ocean's Beyond Park from Visions Fantastic
11. Best Original Thread - The Imagineering Movie Discussion Thread by @PerGron
12. Best Presentation - New Energylandia Email Hack from The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8

Thanks for the nomination!! I’m actually hoping to revisit my castle park project and revamp it to be a modernization of the castle park formula, where each land is a lived-in world- Adventureland becomes the Mysterious Isle, Fantasyland becomes Storybook Kingdom, Tomorrowland becomes Progress City, etc etc. The main focal point of the revamp is having a huge central hub that allows every land to have their own bridge entrance with a weenie, with a new version of Fantasmic that has fireworks and effects for each of the lands, acting as a “finale” to your day at the park. Hopefully I can get a rough sketch done sometime soon!

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Agreed!

I was intrigued so I checked it out… it’s just generative AI. Am I missing sarcasm or are we pretending AI is real art now?

 

[cdunlap]

I was intrigued so I checked it out… it’s just generative AI. Am I missing sarcasm or are we pretending AI is real art now?

Wait, WHAT?! Red used to actually do amazing-looking stuff with photo layering and filters! You would’ve thought they painted it or something at first glance! Now they’re using AI. If this is true, then, respectfully, they’ve really fallen off.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Wait, WHAT?! Red used to actually do amazing-looking stuff with photo layering and filters! You would’ve thought they painted it or something at first glance! Now they’re using AI. If this is true, then, respectfully, they’ve really fallen off.

“If it’s true” friend they just posted a few minutes ago in a thread that says it uses AI in the actual thread title

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

I was intrigued so I checked it out… it’s just generative AI. Am I missing sarcasm or are we pretending AI is real art now?

I believe he [Fozz] is mainly referring to Red’s art submissions from previous competitions. Red has always been a respected artist of our community and made gorgeous pieces of concept art long before AI was even a thing. While I don’t support the recent increase of generative AI used as reference recently, you can’t deny that Red isn’t an amazing artist as seen in the Tree of Tempo above.

 

[MonorailRed]

I was intrigued so I checked it out… it’s just generative AI. Am I missing sarcasm or are we pretending AI is real art now?

Well… it’s not art And I’ll never market it that way.

I’m working on creating a ride-through style tour of previous WDI concepts. I'm starting with Thunder Mesa and the Western River Expedition. It’s really more of a historical documentation hobby than traditional art work I usually do. Right now I’m using Photoshop and AI back and forth to establish visuals and camera paths, with more manual layering and video work coming later once I get what I’m looking for.

By the time it’s finished, the goal is something closer History Channel documentary like a "Lost Worlds" episode— richer visuals paired with summaries of extinct or unrealized attractions.

Totally fine to have opinions on AI — it’s a easy to use complicated tool with real concerns for artists — but I’m just exploring a new creative lane after hitting a lot of personal art milestones and seeing where it goes.

They’re probably referring to my usual work anyway, so here are a few examples from 2024:

And some sideart for funsises

 

[MonorailRed]

And probably my favorite -

 

[Lord Fozzinator]

I believe he [Fozz] is mainly referring to Red’s art submissions from previous competitions. Red has always been a respected artist of our community and made gorgeous pieces of concept art long before AI was even a thing. While I don’t support the recent increase of generative AI used as reference recently, you can’t deny that Red isn’t an amazing artist as seen in the Tree of Tempo above.

That is correct. Her early artwork was absolutely spectacular.

 

[cdunlap]

“If it’s true” friend they just posted a few minutes ago in a thread that says it uses AI in the actual thread title

Didn’t know that ATM.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Well… it’s not art And I’ll never market it that way.

I’m working on creating a ride-through style tour of previous WDI concepts. I'm starting with Thunder Mesa and the Western River Expedition. It’s really more of a historical documentation hobby than traditional art work I usually do. Right now I’m using Photoshop and AI back and forth to establish visuals and camera paths, with more manual layering and video work coming later once I get what I’m looking for.

By the time it’s finished, the goal is something closer History Channel documentary like a "Lost Worlds" episode— richer visuals paired with summaries of extinct or unrealized attractions.

Totally fine to have opinions on AI — it’s a easy to use complicated tool with real concerns for artists — but I’m just exploring a new creative lane after hitting a lot of personal art milestones and seeing where it goes.

They’re probably referring to my usual work anyway, so here are a few examples from 2024:
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hot dang these are fantastic! Thanks for sharing these- that nomination totally makes sense now. That Chernabog…. Amazing!