WED Enterprises (WED), was formed by movie mogul For the same named company; see The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901–December 15, 1966) was an American animated film producer and animator. He was also the creator of an American-based theme park called Disneyland, and the founder of the highly profitable... Walt Disney on December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 15 days remaining. Events 1392 - Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, ending the nanboku-cho period of competing imperial courts. 1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes... December 16, Summary of notable events in 1952. Events January events January 8 - West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 - Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. February events February 2 - A Cuba moving northeast. The... 1952 to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disney's personal assets. It was originally an independent, private company, owned by Walt Disney himself, but on February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 331 days remaining, (332 in leap years). In the Northern hemisphere, there are 88 days in winter (in a non-leap year). We are considered halfway through winter on February 3. Events 1451 - Murad II... February 3, 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found... 1965 was merged into Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc., or simply Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney as an animation studio, it is today... Walt Disney Productions. It is currently known as Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), Disney Imagineering, or simply Imagineering.

Walt Disney Imagineering is much better known today for designing and building the world-famous The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company manages and builds the elite theme parks and vacation resorts that Disney is well known for. Together with Walt Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Media Networks and Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts forms one... Walt Disney Parks and Resorts all over the world;

• The Disneyland Resort is the collection of Disney hotels, theme parks, shops, and restaurants in Anaheim, California. It includes: Disneyland Disneys California Adventure The Disneyland Hotel Disneys Grand Californian Hotel Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel Downtown Disney Disneyland Resort was formally inaugurated in July 2001, with the opening... Disneyland Resort in Anaheim is a city in Orange County, south_west California, a part of the greater Los Angeles conurbation to the east of Long Beach. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 328,014. It is a focus city of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Founded by... Anaheim, California, The word Usa has more than one meaning: U.S.A. - The United States of America Usa, Oita - A city in Japan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you... USA
• Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks (River Country having been closed in... Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista is a city located in Orange County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 16. History Chapter 67-1965 of the Laws of Florida, incorporating the City of Reedy Creek, was signed into law by Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. on... Lake Buena Vista, Florida, The word Usa has more than one meaning: U.S.A. - The United States of America Usa, Oita - A city in Japan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you... USA
• The Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. It is owned by the Oriental Land Company with a license from Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983 as a single theme park (Tokyo Disneyland), but... Tokyo Disney Resort just outside of Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the worlds largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million people... Tokyo, Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan
• Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland Park Disneyland Resort Paris is a theme park in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. It is run by Euro Disney SCA, a corporation 39% owned by The Walt Disney Company. Construction began in 1988 and the theme park complex officially opened as... Disneyland Resort Paris in Marne-la-Vallee, The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France
• The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is currently being built by The Walt Disney Company and Hong Kong Government. It is located on reclaimed land in Pennys Bay, the northeastern tip of Lantau Island (approximately two kilometres from Discovery Bay), in Hong Kong. Its opening is scheduled for September 12... Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. (The other one is Macau.) Administratively, the name Hong Kong... Hong Kong, The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the 3rd century BC to guard the north from raids by men on horses. China  listen? ( Traditional: 中國; Simplified: 中国; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a nation located chiefly in continental East... China

The Name

The term "Imagineering" is a portmanteau word that combines "imagination" and "engineering." The term was coined by Richard F. Sailer in an inhouse article written for the National Carbon Company Management Magazine, and reprinted by the Union Carbide Company.

The article "BRAINSTORMING IS IMAGINation enginEERING" was published and copyrighted in 1957, and gravitated to Disney by unknown means. WED Enterprises applied for a trademark for the term in 1967, claiming first use in 1962.

WED stands for Walter Elias Disney. On February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 314 days remaining, 315 in leap years. Events up to 19th century 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are annexed to the crown of Scotland. 1547 - Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster... February 20, 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 - Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves... 1986, WED Enterprises was renamed to Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI). [1] (http://compt-nvweb.occompt.com/wb_or1/details.asp?doc_id=3065454&file_num=19862493527&doc_status=V)

The Old Game

The company was formed separately from For the same named company; see The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901–December 15, 1966) was an American animated film producer and animator. He was also the creator of an American-based theme park called Disneyland, and the founder of the highly profitable... Walt Disney's main company to keep the affairs separate. Although when WED was required to design and build sets for For the same named company; see The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901–December 15, 1966) was an American animated film producer and animator. He was also the creator of an American-based theme park called Disneyland, and the founder of the highly profitable... Walt Disney's live-action television shows, WED and the Walt Disney Studios got closer together. In 1952 when WED were asked to design and build Disneyland, Walt and his brother Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893–December 20, 1971). Born to Elias Disney and the former Flora Call in Chicago, Illinois, was Walt Disneys older brother. Roy was Walts business partner and an important supporting figure to him. While Walt did the dreaming, Roy did the financing... Roy O. Disney formed Disneyland, Inc to build, design, and manage Disneyland and produce the Disneyland television show. Disneyland, Inc was absorbed into WED Enteprises and WED Enteprises became a division of Walt Disney Studios - itself a divison of Walt Disney Productions, now named Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc., or simply Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney as an animation studio, it is today... The Walt Disney Company.

The New Game

Walt Disney Imagineering is now the The phrase research and development (also R and D or R&D) has a special commercial significance apart from its conventional coupling of research and technological development. In the context of commerce, research and development normally refers to future-oriented, longer-term activities in science or technology, mimicking scientific... research and development arm of The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company manages and builds the elite theme parks and vacation resorts that Disney is well known for. Together with Walt Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Media Networks and Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts forms one... Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, no longer a division of the For the theme park in France, see Walt Disney Studios Park The Seven Dwarves Building at the Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California serves as the international headquarters for media conglemorate The Walt Disney Company. Designed primarily by Kem Weber under the supervision of Walter E... Walt Disney Studios. WDI is not such a prominent part of Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc., or simply Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney as an animation studio, it is today... The Walt Disney Company as it once was but is much better recognised in the R&D and theme park communities. The Walt Disney Imagineering corporate headquarters is located in County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 79.4 km² (30.7 mi²) 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) 0.07% Population  - Total (2004 est.)  - Density 205,300 2,456.1/km² Time zone Pacific: UTC-8 Latitude Longitude 34°1015 N 118°15... Glendale, California, the building headquarters are located in the The Disneyland Resort is the collection of Disney hotels, theme parks, shops, and restaurants in Anaheim, California. It includes: Disneyland Disneys California Adventure The Disneyland Hotel Disneys Grand Californian Hotel Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel Downtown Disney Disneyland Resort was formally inaugurated in July 2001, with the opening... Disneyland Resort down the road in Anaheim is a city in Orange County, south_west California, a part of the greater Los Angeles conurbation to the east of Long Beach. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 328,014. It is a focus city of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Founded by... Anaheim, California, the financial headquarters are located at the Walt Disney Studios lot in This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. There is also a Burbank in Santa Clara County, California. Burbank is a city in the San Fernando Valley, part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, in Los... Burbank, California, and there are WDI field offices in Lake Buena Vista is a city located in Orange County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 16. History Chapter 67-1965 of the Laws of Florida, incorporating the City of Reedy Creek, was signed into law by Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. on... Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the worlds largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million people... Tokyo, Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japan, The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a dé... Paris, The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France and Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. (The other one is Macau.) Administratively, the name Hong Kong... Hong Kong, The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the 3rd century BC to guard the north from raids by men on horses. China  listen? ( Traditional: 中國; Simplified: 中国; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a nation located chiefly in continental East... China.

Current works

At the moment WDI are designing and building The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is currently being built by The Walt Disney Company and Hong Kong Government. It is located on reclaimed land in Pennys Bay, the northeastern tip of Lantau Island (approximately two kilometres from Discovery Bay), in Hong Kong. Its opening is scheduled for September 12... Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, in which plans include a Magic Kingdom-style Hong Kong Disneyland is currently being built by The Walt Disney Company in the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. It is located in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. Construction On the 18th of November 2004, a special ceremony was held in the park to commemorate a major building... park, two hotels and a major shopping complex.

WDI are also playing a major part in this year's The Happiest Homecoming on Earth, marketed outside of the United States of America as the Happiest Celebration on Earth is the eighteen-month long celebration hosted by The Walt Disney Company in honor of the fiftieth birthday of the American theme park Disneyland. Locations Disneyland Resort - Anaheim, California, USA Walt... Happiest Homecoming on Earth party celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of This article is about Disneyland in California. For other Disney parks and attractions see here. Disneyland is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. The creation of animation and entertainment pioneer Walt Disney and his business partner and... Disneyland - which would not have been built without the Imagineers. The Imagineers have also been hard at work restoring the much neglected Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room and rebuilding Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Space Mountain is an popular indoor roller coaster ride at four Disney theme parks. The indoor design allows controlled lighting to selectively hide portions of the track. This greatly increases the element of surprise experienced by riders, which can compensate... Space Mountain for the celebration.

The celebration also involves various resorts trading attractions, and a major party kicking the celebration off. This is an article about a castle at Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. For the castle at the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland, see Cinderella Castle Disneylands Sleeping Beauty Castle, freshly painted with blue and gold Sleeping Beauty Castle is the fairy tale structure at the center... Sleeping Beauty Castle, the symbol of Disneyland, has been decorated by the Imagineers (as has This is an article about a castle at the Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland. For the castle at Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland, see Sleeping Beauty Castle Cinderella Castle, at the Magic Kingdom Cinderella Castle is the castle at the center of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney... Cinderella Castle at the Cinderella Castle is at the center of the Magic Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom is a theme park covering 107 acres (433,000 m²) at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. Opened on October 1, 1971, it is the most... Magic Kingdom).

Funding

In the mid-1990s, major cuts were made in the Imagineers workforce, reducing it by half, from 3000 to about 1500 Imagineers - 75% working in Glendale. In the early 2000s, the R&D group was similarly decimated. Many Imagineers left due to lack of funding, which has slowly been reduced ever since the death of Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893–December 20, 1971). Born to Elias Disney and the former Flora Call in Chicago, Illinois, was Walt Disneys older brother. Roy was Walts business partner and an important supporting figure to him. While Walt did the dreaming, Roy did the financing... Roy O. Disney in 1971 - the last of the two founders.

A prime example is Tokyo Disney Sea is the newest Disney theme park, that opened on September 4, 2001. It is part of the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside of Tokyo. The parks two symbols are the Tokyo DisneySea AquaSphere (a water fountain with a large model of... Tokyo Disneysea in the The Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. It is owned by the Oriental Land Company with a license from Walt Disney Company. The resort opened on April 15, 1983 as a single theme park (Tokyo Disneyland), but... Tokyo Disney Resort, which is not owned by Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc., or simply Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney as an animation studio, it is today... The Walt Disney Company - although Disney collect profits from licenses, and allocate their Imagineers to build and design Tokyo Disney Resort parks. When Tokyo Disney Resort's owners, The Oriental Land Company, asked Disney to design a new park, Disney told the Imagineers to design whatever they wanted - as Disney were not paying the costs. The final result was a dramatic, stylised, exciting, modern but very Disney theme park which is the third most visited on Earth. At the very centre is the Mount Prometheus This article is about volcanoes in geology. For the action movie, see Volcano (movie). A volcano (plural, volcanoes) is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the earths interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature) erupts through the surface of the planet. Although... volcano, which inside contains a state-of-the-art ride based on Jules Verne's 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' novel.

Then, look at the two latest American parks - both fully owned by Disney. Animal Kingdom redirects here. For the biological Kingdom Animalia, see Animal. The Tree of Life stands as a symbol of the park, its base carved with the images of 325 animals. Disneys Animal Kingdom is a theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. It opened on April... Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks (River Country having been closed in... Walt Disney World Resort and Disneys California Adventure is a Disney theme park in Anaheim, California, adjacent to Disneyland and part of the larger Disneyland Resort. It opened on February 8, 2001. The new park has a California theme. Just inside the entrance, the Disneyland Monorail passes over a miniature Golden Gate Bridge; various... Disney's California Adventure at the The Disneyland Resort is the collection of Disney hotels, theme parks, shops, and restaurants in Anaheim, California. It includes: Disneyland Disneys California Adventure The Disneyland Hotel Disneys Grand Californian Hotel Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel Downtown Disney Disneyland Resort was formally inaugurated in July 2001, with the opening... Disneyland Resort both opened to poor reviews, due to hasty designs from the Imagineers who were working on a very tight budget. To be fair, both the parks have excellent rides which have been added to improve it, but at Gateway Pavilion, the entrance to either Disneyland is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. The creation of animation and entertainment pioneer Walt Disney, Disneyland has become the worlds most famous themed amusement park and one of the most visited sites in the... Disneyland Park or Disney's California Adventure - constantly a crowd are entering Disneyland while trickles of people go through DCA's gates. For a more detailed argument, see the 'Re-building Tomorrowland' link below.

Imagineers

An Imagineer (officially known as a Walt Disney Imagineer), is an employee of Walt Disney Imagineering. Nearly all Imagineers work at the corporate headquarters in County Los Angeles County, California Area  - Total  - Water 79.4 km² (30.7 mi²) 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) 0.07% Population  - Total (2004 est.)  - Density 205,300 2,456.1/km² Time zone Pacific: UTC-8 Latitude Longitude 34°1015 N 118°15... Glendale, California constantly developing ideas and attractions for worldwide Disney parks. Imagineers come in all forms; artists, writers, architects, engineers, model builders, construction managers, technicians, designers and a whole range of others. Past Imagineers include Alan Kay is an American computer scientist. He joined Xerox Corporations Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1970. In the seventies he was one of the key members there to develop prototypes of networked workstations using the programming language Smalltalk. These inventions were later commercialized by Apple with the... Alan Kay, Bran Ferren, Robert Swirsky, and This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. Synopsis W. Daniel Hillis [Danny] (born September 25, 1956, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American computer scientist. Hillis is interested in unconventional theoretical computers such as parallel computers, which might be far more powerful... Danny Hillis, and the current Chief Directing Officer of Walt Disney Imagineering is Marty Sklar.

External links

• Imagineering.org (http://www.imagineering.org/) Unofficial Imagineering site
• Disney Imagineering careers page (http://www.disney.com/DisneyCareers/WhoWeAre/Imagineering.html) on disney.com
• Rebuilding Tomorrowland (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/rebuilding_pr.html), Scott Kirsner, Wired magazine is a full-color monthly magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. It reports on how technology and the Internet affect culture, the economy, and politics. (It is not at all related any longer to Wired News, which publishes at Wired.com... Wired Magazine vol 10.12, September 2002.