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>> Hi, I'm Marnie McPhail. I'm in the lobby of
Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, California.
I know that doesn't mean much to some of you. But I can bet that most of you have
experienced the magic of this place in one way or another.
What is Imagineering? Well, from what I can gather Imagineering
is the master planning and design arm of the Walt Disney Company.
They're the ones who create all of the attractions that you'll find at Walt
Disney World, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and the soon
to be built Euro Disneyland in France.
Well that's about all I know about this place.
But they tell me if I push this button right over here,
I'll get a better idea.
>> Walt Disney Imagineering is the coming together of creative ideas
and the technology to crystallize them into reality.
Engineers, architects, artists and designers
all work together using the tools of imagination to create the Disney-themed experience.
Walt Disney set up Imagineering in 1952
to design a revolutionary concept in outdoor entertainment.
Disneyland, Walt brought in art directors and designers from his studios to create
the world's first theme park.
It is here, the world famous attractions such as it's a small world
and the Pirates of the Caribbean nestle into various themed lands.
Today, Disney Imagineers continue to pioneer unique and exciting
entertainment experiences throughout the world.
>> So as you can see, this place is just busting at the seams
with new ideas and activities.
Now I'm supposed to be getting a tour of this place in about 10 minutes but I
don't think I can wait for it.
>> Hi, I'm Craig Wilson, Walt Disney Imagineering.
>> Don't do that. I'm Marnie McPhail with the Disney Channel.
I think you were supposed to give me a tour of this place.
>> Yeah well, I probably missed you in the lobby.
>> Oh yeah, you must have missed me in the lobby.
Ready for your tour Marnie?
>> Let's go. >> Let's go.
>> What is this room here?
>> Marnie, this is one of our two sculpture studios
all of our characters and our theme shows begin here whether it's a
human form from the Hall of the President's, a pirate or an animal or one
of our animated characters. If you look around the room you might
recognize some familiar characters from some of our
animated shows.
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>> This is fascinating, I can't believe this.
>> Hey Marnie, come on we've got a lot more to see.
>> OK. >> Let's go.
Excuse us Mr. President.
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>> Marnie this is Splash Mountain. >> Yeah.
>> We're building this right now at
Disneyland. When it opens it'll be the largest log
flume ride in the world. >> The largest?
Well, how big is it going to be? >> Well it's about a 10-minute ride there's
103 animated characters, it's all based on the
Song of the South characters, Rare Bear, Rare Rabbit, Uncle Remus and all that
and so this is a whole musical adventure this last
drop here is almost six stories high that you'll
drop down and when when finished this will be the fastest ride in the park.
>> How fast? >> We don't know yet maybe 40 miles an hour.
>> 40 miles an hour? >> Don't quote me.
This is the Walt Disney World shopping village in Florida and right next to it
here on this island we found an old manufacturing
district that used to make giant sales for sailing ships and we're
turning all those buildings into Pleasure Island.
Will be six nightclubs, several new restaurants a whole bunch of shops
it's mostly a nighttime activity with entertainment a comedy warehouse
adventures club, roller rink big dance theater all kinds of things for
people to do at night.
>> And that's in Florida. >> It's in Florida at the shopping village at Walt Disney World.
>> Sounds incredible. >>That's fun that opens next summer.
Marnie behind here we've got our Disney
MGM Studios that we're building down in Florida but
i can't show it to you right now we're still kind of developing it
you'll understand come on let's go over here.
Marnie you're not supposed to be back here. I can get a lot of trouble for
showing you this. No, I can't let you see any of this come on
Marnie come on let's go over here.
This is Typhoon Lagoon at Walt Disney World it's the largest
water park in the world. And right here is a giant wave machine in fact it'll be
the biggest wave pool in the world. They're slides and lazy river and
there's an actual salt water coral lagoon that you
can swim through there'll be fish and live sharks that you can swim around with.
>> That's amazing.
>> The whole idea was that
this giant typhoon ripped through central Florida
and left and left this big way for an uncovered
this spring from far away that creates these waves and all this water gushing
from this big mountain.
>> And that's in Florida as well?
>> Down in Disney World.
>> Well that was a lot of fun I like seeing
EPCOT center and everything else, thank you for the cook's tour.
>> Oh, you wanted the cook's tour? Well that's in the commissary come on i think they're (silence) duck today.
>> Um all right I'll catch up to you. >> Bye bye.
>> Bye-bye. We are going to be dropping in on Imagineering a lot more in the future.
There's just so much happening here that it's impossible to cover it all at once.
Now we didn't even get a chance to talk about Tokyo Disneyland,
Euro Disneyland, and the Disney MGM Studios
in the future we will be bringing you highlights and updates
in much greater detail about the people and the process
and the magic that's created here at Imagineering.
Now, where did Craig go? To find my way out of here.
Craig?
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