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Topic: TDL's New Parade - Jubilation!

#	Author	Message
41	Mr X Wed 4/9/2008 6:18p	What is "CE"?
42	tcsnwhite Wed 4/9/2008 7:33p	WDI-CE is Walt Disney Imagineering - Creative Entertainment ...I would guess? Lee, do they want to go by that now, instead of Disney Creative Entertainment (DCE)? Also, as for Tales being Tales by Steven...HAHAHA...you won't hear a bit of complaining from me. Please don't stop...for the most part, Disney gives tons of attentions to attractions and parks when it comes to WDI books and the like...and entertainment gets left out of most of it. So, I love that Tales is giving them their due. I've always thought it was time to create a coffee table WDI book focused on the creative and tech side of entertainment throughout the years. Can you imagine all the concept sketches and designs. I'm tired of book after book on DL classics, and Pirates, and mansion and so on. hehe....
43	Mr X Wed 4/9/2008 7:48p	That might make sense. I guess. I always figured the imagineers "built stuff", so are they involved with creating floats and that sort of thing too?
44	tcsnwhite Wed 4/9/2008 8:00p	I believe anyone who works at Imagineering is basically an Imagineer...whether it be creative or technical, artisan or engineering, etc...all the different disciplines. Lee can probably explain better. Creative ent. is a division/dept. (something like that) of WDI and focuses on live ent. experiences. I believe Ann Hamburger still has to report to the heads of WDI...
45	leemac Thu 4/10/2008 2:34a	<<I've always thought it was time to create a coffee table WDI book focused on the creative and tech side of entertainment throughout the years. >> Funny that you should say that as we have been discussing something along those lines for a long time. The History of Disney Theme Park Entertainment. Hopefully something will happen with it eventually. And DCE is WDI-CE since January to bring both units into better alignment.
46	leemac Thu 4/10/2008 2:37a	WDI-CE is a sub-unit of WDI. Ultimately Bruce Vaughn and Craig Russell are responsible for all of the creative aspects of WDP&R but CE have a great deal of autonomy when it comes to their projects. <<I always figured the imagineers "built stuff", so are they involved with creating floats and that sort of thing too?>> X - you would probably be surprised about how little actually "building stuff" is done by WDI - mainly by contractors these days as it is more cost-effective and you can bring better quality artisans into the frame. WDI tends to be more about the Blue Sky theorizing, design and conceptualization and execution of any given project.
47	Mr X Thu 4/10/2008 2:59a	Interesting. Anyway, I gather part of that blue sky conceptualizing stuff includes parade floats, effects, and other entertainment kinda stuff (through WDI-CE)?
48	leemac Thu 4/10/2008 3:06a	Anything entertainment-related whether it be parades, shows or fireworks flows through WDI-CE. There are local entertainment teams at each resort too but ultimately the decision-making is made by WDI-CE in Glendale.
49	Mr X Thu 4/10/2008 3:12a	Interesting. Thanks for the info.
50	MagicalNezumi Thu 4/10/2008 5:10a	Leemac wrote: >>> There are local entertainment teams at each resort too but ultimately the decision-making is made by WDI-CE in Glendale.<<< Yay! I was born and raised next door in Pasadena. -- MagicalNezumi

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