Walt Disney Imagineering reshuffles creative leadership at Walt Disney World

[Taylor]

Really? Meh.

At least with that and the imagination overhaul EPCOT is finally getting some attention.

 

[PeterAlt]

Kathy Mangum's move to the east coast looks to be very significant.
Details at http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/walt-...-creative-leadership-at-walt-disney-world.htm

Hmm... They give the two parks that need the most TLC... And poor Joe Rhodes has Cameron to deal with and no other project for AK that we know of!

 

[PeterAlt]

Yawn, still nothing visible happening any where.

But at least we know things are happening ... And prob no announcement at D23..

 

[PeterAlt]

Yes.

Wow. In one of my screen writing classes, my teacher said that sometimes the less words a character says the more effective the delivery. Here's the perfect example, except Lee isn't a character. Or is he?

 

[PeterAlt]

I agree to a certain extent that keeping Pixar and such out of Epcot is a good idea, but I do understand Disney's logic if they go in that direction. Everything today is about marketing, Disney wants to sell plushes, backbacks, and other garbage with characters. They can do that in the imagination pavilion with what they have, Figment, if marketed correctly could be huge with kids...but the kids who come to the parks they do not know figment, that is Disney's fault...but they do know Nemo, they do know Donald Duck. I think they could create a show for Disney Junior with Dreamfinder and Figment and it could be more popular that the Princess Sofia and Jake and the Neverland Pirates...then going back to the original vision would be great. Anyway the entire pavilion needs to be redone, actually with the exception of Test Track ,Soarin, and Mission Space all of Future world needs a reboot. We should pray for a miracle.

Except for Space needs an interactive add-on area expanded onto the current pavillion.

 

[PeterAlt]

Only the film...Soarin is the biggest draw Epcot has had since 1982.

I thought it was also getting the digital HD projector system...

 

[doctornick]

Hmm... They give the two parks that need the most TLC... And poor Joe Rhodes has Cameron to deal with and no other project for AK that we know of!

Well, there's at least plans for a night time show in addition to Cameron. And other insiders have hinted at "something" being attached to the new FOLTK build in Africa.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Well, there's at least plans for a night time show in addition to Cameron. And other insiders have hinted at "something" being attached to the new FOLTK build in Africa.

Of course those things would be the first to be cut when/if the budget balloons. And it always does. Especially with Rohde and Cameron...we'll be lucky to see toilets included in the final Avatarland, let alone a nighttime spectacular.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I thought it was also getting the digital HD projector system...

Could be...they stopped calling me with details about 40 years ago. It would be nice if it did change to a digital format, but I thought I heard somewhere that the IMAX format didn't lend itself to digital. Believe me the knowledge that I possess about this could fit in a thimble.

 

[flynnibus]

the alternative to IMAX in digital (IMAX digital theaters today are a bit of a misnomer) would be to replace the single large projection with a collage of projections. Video walls are amazing now vs what was possible 40 years ago.

 

[dreamscometrue]

Only if forced, Thankfully, it is being forced.

Perhaps TDO will be more willing now with Georgie K there. If not, I'll take the final products, even if Burbank has to force thier hand. As long as stuff gets done.

 

[PeterAlt]

Perhaps TDO will be more willing now with Georgie K there. If not, I'll take the final products, even if Burbank has to force thier hand. As long as stuff gets done.

If I were Burbank and had to constantly force TDO to do things, I would be issuing pink slips!