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  • Connecting with Walt Podcast – 08/16/19

    Connecting with Walt Podcast – 08/16/19

    In this episode, Michael and Craig are joined by Dave Bossert and Alan Coats to discuss the latter’s father, Claude Coats, one of Walt’s most important Imagineers and the topic of Bossert’s next book which needs your support! Podcasts #112 – Claude Coats with Alan Coats & Dave Bossert: [Download Mp3] Show Notes: Connecting with…

  • Connecting with Walt Podcast – 07/01/16

    Connecting with Walt Podcast – 07/01/16

    In this episode, Michael and Craig discuss Imagineers Claude Coats, Marc Davis, John DeCuir Jr., and Bill Justice, and their contributions to Walt Disney World. Connecting with Walt will be an “event” podcast. Several times a year, a new show will be released every Friday for an entire month. This July, expect 5 episodes of…

  • Disney’s “If You Had Wings” – Looking Back 40 Years

    From 1971 to 1980, Walt Disney World utilized the ticket book system that Disneyland had been using for many years.  Attractions were assigned a letter, A through E, based on the popularity value of the attraction.  A few attractions required no admission: “The Walt Disney Story,” “Circle-Vision 360,” “Carousel of Progress,” and “If You Had…

  • Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter: The Importance of Being Twelve

    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…