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When we began this series in late July, it was to celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the Disney studio’s great artists. Since then, we’ve traveled the world with Herb Ryman, witnessed his brushes with the greats of Hollywood’s golden era, and seen how he helped create the art of theme park design. [...] Walt Disney displays a number of concept art pieces for Disneyland, all created by Herbert Ryman “Hello?” “Hi Herb, it’s Bill Cottrell. We’re over at the Studio working on something and Walt wants to talk to you.” “Well, OK…” “Hiya Herbie, it’s Walt!” “Well hi, Walt, how are you?” “Fine, Herb, fine. Now listen. I’m [...] To rub in the fact that most of us aren’t remotely cool at all, the Walt Disney Family Museum is having a series of events this weekend to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Disneyland. A number of Disney luminaries will gather over the course of three days to discuss the park and Walt himself. Tickets [...] From George McGinnis comes this: Front row: George McGinnis, Show Designer (1975) and Luc Mayrand, Show Designer (2005). Second Row: Bill Watkins, Ride Designer (1975). Bill asleep on his thrill ride. Proof it only goes 30 MPH. With me in the front seat at the 2005 reopening is the designer of the new show [...] With our recent look at the engineering process behind the creation of Space Mountain, I thought that now would be a good time to take a look back at the opening of the attraction itself courtesy of this very nifty program. Space Mountain had opened at Walt Disney World in 1975, but it wasn’t [...] |
 
Essays about the first forty years of Walt Disney World, including two pieces by yours truly. Available in print and for Kindle. |
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