Better trained cast, sometimes. I'd say Universal's giving a run for the money at the moment. As far as WDI people, not really. Most of the really special old-guard from WDI are gone. The originals are sadly not many any more, and all retired. There's a few - as I'd call it - 'second-wave' people still out there, like Tony and Marty, and a dwindling bunch of '2.5' and 'third wave' people who worked on Epcot like Monty Lunde of Technifex and the guys who went on to start WET Technologies, along with a whole bunch of others who went on to start their own companies, consult or freelance. We all go where the work is. It's a small industry - there's the top tier guys, and all the rest. If the top guys are avail, they work for WDI, they work for Universal, the Olympics, Paramount, WB, whoever. I have a ton of colleagues who came out of WDI and went on to Universal. Others are working on Paramount Murcia. Others are freelance or own their own firms, consulting for everyone, including Disney. So it's more who is available to be where at the moment, as opposed to Disney still keeping the top people. Most assume that Disney is the top of the food chain, and many do aspire to be at WDI. But the fact is WDI isn't the only game in town any longer - there's a list of outside companies with the same people, just as good or better in some cases. With all of the purges over the years, WDI is a lot of newer people, and the people who used to be the top people are now external. With a few notable exceptions still within Imagineering like Joe, Kathy, Theron, Michel, Kim, etc.
