Posted on Saturday, 3rd July 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Tony Baxter, the Senior Vice President of Creative Development for Walt Disney Imagineering and the Creative Executive for Disneyland, recently gave the keynote address at the Creative Problem Solving Institute titled “Designing for Disney: Patterns that Embolden Successful Innovation.”  A fitting subject for someone who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Themed Entertainment Association in [...]

Tags: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Claude Coats, Creative Problem Solving Institute, Disneyland Resort Paris, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, John Lasseter, pixar, Sleeping Beauty Castle, Tony Baxter, Walt Disney Imagineering
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Posted on Friday, 19th March 2010 by Tom Bell

Recently I attended the D23 First Anniversary Party held at Disneyland along with a small group of DIS friends.  An after-hours party at Disneyland…fancy desserts…all the rides in Fantasyland….obscure characters…VIPs….what more could you want??  Read on to find out….

Tags: Bob Gurr, Clara Cluck, Clarabelle Cow, d23, Daniel Roebuck, Dave Smith, Disneyland, Fantasyland, Jiminy Cricket, Malificent, Matterhorn, Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio, richard sherman, Robert Olszweski, Sleeping Beauty Castle, The Country Bears, The Three Little Pigs, Walt Disney
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Posted on Friday, 3rd April 2009 by Dave Parfitt

How many times have you gone to a Disney Park and stared longingly at the Castle wanting to see what’s inside?  At the Magic Kingdom in Florida, you can go inside Cinderella’s Castle to be “boutiqued” at Bibbity Bobbity Boutique, have a meal with mice at Cinderella’s Royal Table, and if you’re really lucky you [...]

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