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
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!
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!
This was from my Enlivened Spaces Class Called “The Inner Child”. The Idea I pitched idea ended up being the project we did for the semester so I was project manager. My objective was to create a interactive space based on a social injustice. I personally believe that anxiety is a social injustice since society frowns upon expressing these feeling and reaching out. I wanted to created a safe space for students to relax and heal from anxiety and stress. While the pandemic left us with a small crew we managed to finish it. I have a comic idea for this that I plan to use for my senior portfolio but for now I love looking back to this project because it taught me so much about setbacks, what it takes to be a great leader, and to working with artist of all kinds!
Don’t let the umbrellas fool you because they are welded from pencil wire (Yes I know how to weld LOL) so they’re heavy XD here’s a timelapse of me setting one of them up
I’m still going through all the footage I took working on this so I’ll share more. (Maybe some throwback Tuesday or Thursday?? idk)
One of my favorite hidden details about the Country Bear Jamboree, is that all of the bears actually have official backstories given by the Imagineers. Most likely written by show writers Al Bertino and Marc Davis, these mini bios were published around the time of the opening of the attraction at Walt Disney World.
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.
