“Start with a question to discover if there is an opportunity for creativity.” ~Dave Crawford, Principal Mechanical Engineer, Show/Ride Engineering (quoted in The Imagineering Workout: Exercises to Shape Your Creative Muscles, by the Disney Imagineers) Our pursuit of the creative and thought-provoking challenges like those that may face Disney’s hallowed Imagineers brings us this week [...]
by Richard Bernato Back in the day there was a television game show called “To Tell the Truth.” Three individuals would claim to be a person who had accomplished something. Two were impostors who could lie and twist the truth to try to convince a panel that either of them was the actual person. The [...]
“When it comes to your creative ability, don’t worry if your glass is half full or half empty…. just knock it over and use every last drop.” ~Jason Grandt, The Imagineering Workout We are so enjoying this new series, we thought we would draw some inspiration from a GREAT book by the Disney Imagineers called [...]
Happy Friday once again, my partners in Disney “dream-gineering.” I’m just back from a wonderful trip to The World, which gave me another opportunity to appreciate the amazing detail the Imagineers incorporate into their story-telling! For this week’s Wanna-Be Imagineering activity, we are going to move away from the animal-based pieces previously posted and consider [...]
This month, we are celebrating the release of Ridley Pearson’s Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game and anticipating his LIVE CHAT with Lou Mongello on Monday April 23 (7:30 PM at www.wdwradiolive.com) In honor of this celebration, we thought it would be fun to “Imagineer” the Kingdom Keepers into the parks! And so, while there is [...]
Welcome back, my fellow wanna-be, wish-I-coulda-been, daydreaming-through-the-day-about-Disney Imagineers! We are delighted by the wonderful and creative solutions you had for our friendly alligator! Our sweet guy found homes at Port Orleans, Jungle Cruise, and Hollywood Studios. What a resourceful little fellow! This week, we will remain in the world of amphibians and consider the role [...]
Happy Friday once again to our team of wish-we-coulda-been-maybe-someday Imagineers!! We LOVED your thoughts about last week’s mysterious female statue holding two birds. Some were able to connect her story to Mary Poppins or Snow White. Others offered completely unique storylines for our maiden. From Animal Kingdom to Magic Kingdom, she found many a place [...]
Last week, we debuted a fun, new blog theme here at WDW Radio, one which encourages us to talk to our inner Imagineer and imagine what it would be like to design the magic in the Happiest Place on Earth! To review the concept: Each week, I will post a post a picture of something [...]
