Question about Imagineers?

[DisneyparkFreak]

I just got back from WDW and was lucky enough to see James Cameron and Rohde walking some of Animal Kingdom. I could not get too close to them and really didn't know it was them at first. However, it got me thinking about Imagineers. AK is always referred to as Joe's park, so I am assuming he is the lead guy at AK. My question is who are the lead guys and gals at the other parks?

MK
EP
AK Joe Rohde
HS

DL
CA

 

[ntoeman]

I dunno for all of them, but just to name a few in my opinion but some of them aren't Imagineers...

MK Roy Disney, but I think this was a HUGE team effort
EP Marty Sklar
AK Joe Rohde
HS Michael Eisner

DL Walt Disney, Tony Baxter nowadays
CA

 

[lazyboy97o]

Currently the rest of the Walt Disney World parks are overseen by Eric Jacobson.

Disneyland Resort is overseen by Tom Fitzgerald with Disneyland itself being "overseen" by Tony Baxter.

Bob Weis, who was overseeing the redo of Disney's California Adventure, is now heading up Shanghai Disney.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I just got back from WDW and was lucky enough to see James Cameron and Rohde walking some of Animal Kingdom. I could not get too close to them and really didn't know it was them at first. However, it got me thinking about Imagineers. AK is always referred to as Joe's park, so I am assuming he is the lead guy at AK. My question is who are the lead guys and gals at the other parks?

MK
EP
AK Joe Rohde
HS

DL
CA

MK - The Playhouse Disney team, who've been given free reign to re-imagineer the MK into toddler cartoonland
EP - Evil, evil men
AK Iger / Cameron, disregarding Joe 'out of the loop' Rohde
HS - Dunno. I do know I want the people who gave us ST2 in charge of all of Disney.

 

[MarkTwain]

Currently the rest of the Walt Disney World parks are overseen by Eric Jacobson.

Disneyland Resort is overseen by Tom Fitzgerald with Disneyland itself being "overseen" by Tony Baxter.

Bob Weis, who was overseeing the redo of Disney's California Adventure, is now heading up Shanghai Disney.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Eric Jacobsen heads all of WDW, with the exception of Rohde who is in charge of Animal Kingdom. To add to Lazyboy's list, Hong Kong (if I remember correctly) has its own small team of designated designers who are mostly contracted from the Chinese/HK region. I think Tokyo is worked on by Imagineers in Glendale only when a new attraction is being built there, for no Imagineers work at Tokyo full time as Disney doesn't own the resort.

 

[Scuttle]

MK - The Playhouse Disney team, who've been given free reign to re-imagineer the MK into toddler cartoonland
EP - Evil, evil men
AK Iger / Cameron, disregarding Joe 'out of the loop' Rohde
HS - Dunno. I do know I want the people who gave us ST2 in charge of all of Disney.

Me to! Star Tours 2 is incredible. They blended the old and new movies together very well. I can't say one bad thing about ST2. It's an amazing ride and light years better than the original.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I think Tokyo is worked on by Imagineers in Glendale only when a new attraction is being built there, for no Imagineers work at Tokyo full time as Disney doesn't own the resort.

I am not sure about the present situation, but I believe this post was once held by Eddie Sotto. Disney does maintain a small presence at the Tokyo Disney Resort, former Disneyland President Ed Grier oversaw this group prior to his position at Disneyland.

As for initial development:
Disney-MGM Studios - Bob Weis
Disneyland Paris - Tony Baxter
Tokyo DisneySEA - Steve Kirk
Disney's California Adventure - Barry Braverman

I cannot remember who it was that was lead on Walt Disney Studios Park but it was the same person who was lead on the 1994 redo of Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom.