
And officials reiterated their support for Disney cast in Florida, including Walt Disney World and Walt Disney Imagineering cast members.

But, as CEO Bob Iger asked last week following legal action between the company and Florida officials, “Does the state want us to invest more, employ more people and pay more taxes, or not?”ĭisney officials say that the company remains hopeful of sticking with Iger’s announced plans of investing $17 billion at Disney World over the years ahead. ĭisney had been slated to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives from the state of Florida for moving positions from California to the Orlando area.

The walls were filled with photos, illustrations, and text depicting the stages, including: blue sky (the department that Georges oversees), which provides the seeds that evolve into attractions concept development and feasibility, where ideas take shape in the form of two- and three-dimensional renderings as well as computer-generated models design and production, during which capital is approved, play-testing is conducted, and systems are developed construction and installation, where all of the Imagineering disciplines work collaboratively to build the actual attraction test and adjust, to tweak the attraction grand opening and patio party, when the team members celebrate the completion of the project (and doubtless hang out in the old Skyway vehicles).In June 2021, Disney announced plans to move about 2,000 cast members, including parks management and Imagineers, to a new campus at Lake Nona, near the Orlando International Airport.

Georges used another hallway display to take me through Imagineering's development process. Imagineers frequent them to explore new concepts and do research for attractions under development as well. Of course, the libraries aren't used to exclusively focus on the past.
