Walt Disney and Welton Becket surveying the model for the GE Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair | Photo: (c) Disney It was sometime in 1953 and Walt Disney was discussing his latest project, Disneyland, to his neighbor in Holmby Hills. He discussed the issues that plagued the development. The biggest being that the architecture firm he had hired to design the park did not seem to understand his vision for the park. His neighbor replied by telling him to ditch the outside architects and instead look to the art directors and artists to design the place. They would understand his vision. Walt took the advice seriously and within the year, WED Enterprises was established, featuring a new design organization complete with those who understood what Disneyland was all about. It was the beginning of Imagineering. The neighbor and friend that suggested Walt to use his own people was Welton Becket. Welton Becket was an architect himself, one of the most prominent. His firm, We
Photo: DisTripping Waiting in line is not much fun. But it doesn't have to be. We want to make waiting in line a little bit more fun with the creation of DisTripping GameTime. To kick off this new segment of games dedicated to Disney parks we are introducing a game we call Where in the World. So get ready for some good ol' fashion fun. Let's Play! How Do You Play? Below are a series of pictures taken around the Walt Disney World Resort. You have to decide where in the Walt Disney World Resort are these pictures take from. You can find the answers at the bottom of the post. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 Answers are below Answers 1. Convention Center at the Contemporary Resort 2. Entrance to Epcot's Festival Center or the former Wonders of Life Pavilion 3. Boats docked near the village of Harambe in Animal Kingdom 4. The "bubble gum" wall at the ex