tirian
Well-Known Member
No, there's an Imagineering rule that every project must tell a story and creating a script and story board are part of the creative process. This rule was created by the head Imagineer himself Walt Disney.
It depends what you mean by "must tell a story."
If you mean a narrative, then sorry, you're wrong. Walt never established that. The narrative-based attractions came during the Eisner years, when the easiest solution was that something suddenly goes wrong.
If you mean place making and putting Guests into an environment that encourages storytelling—yes, that was Walt.
The parks were always a balance between narratives and places. Nothing was hypocritical about it. (BTW, the mustache rule only applied to DL CMs, not the studio or WDI.)