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Full video of Tony Baxter’s window dedication ceremony on November 1, 2013.
Congratulations to Tony Baxter for getting his window on Main St. yesterday!
Click the source to see more photos from the event.
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Concept Art for the Nautilus restaurant that would have been located inside the planned Discovery Bay area of Disneyland.
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Concept Art for Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay was a concept for a new land along the Rivers of America set in the 19th century. Dreamed up by Tony Baxter in the 1970s it would have featured attractions based on the inventions of the 1800s, Jules Verne novels, and the film The Island at the Top of the World. However because EPCOT and Tokyo Disneyland were being developed at the same time, the project was never realized.
If you want to read more about Discovery Bay click here
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I’m officially making today Tony Baxter Day! (on this blog at least lol) So if you see something that isn’t necessarily from disneyland or from more recent decades today that’s why :)
For those of you that don’t know, getting your name on a Main St. window is one of the highest honors an imagineer can receive. While you don’t have to be an imagineer to get one, windows are reserved for people who have played an instrumental role in creating the magic at Disneyland. Tony already has a window at Disneyland Paris but if you ask me this window at Disneyland is long overdue!
Tony Baxter - Undiscovered Disneyland (D23 2013)
For those of you who haven’t already seen it, here’s a full video of Tony Baxter’s “Undiscovered Disneyland” presentation where he presents rarely seen film reels of long lost Disneyland attractions!
An Imagineer painting Michelangelo’s Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel scene in Spaceship Earth
(from the Big EPCOT Center book)
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An Imagineer paints a prehistoric palm from the Universe of Energy
(from the big EPCOT Center book)
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One of the most influential Disney Imagineers, Dorothea Redmond’s work delights visitors of all ages who visit Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Even before joining Disney, Redmond had a long body of work as an art director and scenic illustrator for many classic films with RKO, Paramount, and Universal.
She joined Imagineering in 1964, starting work on the redesigning of The Plaza Inn at Disneyland. Since then, her contributions as a concept artist and designer can be found all around the parks: New Orleans Square, the Blue Bayou, Club 33, The Haunted Mansion (particularly the endless hallway), the Cinderella Castle murals, Disney World’s Main Street, Adventureland, Frontierland, and Fantasyland, Fort Wilderness campground, and Epcot’s World Showcase.
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From CP to Imagineer! The past 5 years have been a series of unexpected and exciting opportunities, one great adventure after the other!
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Today is the day I was supposed to be walking at my graduation from Academy of Art University SF. Instead I’m in Orlando about to begin the dream job I went to art school for in the first place. Congrats to all the grads c/o 2015 and shoutout to everyone walking the stage at AAU today! #graduate #classof2015 #academyofart #imagineer #disneyinterns #graphicdesigner #disneyside
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