Villains Land at Magic Kingdom

[OrlLover]

Yeah. All that stuff they use could be easily googled.

Honestly it’s not same versus seeing in person.

Why wouldn’t you want to go and see the source material instead just googling random images ?

Disney has the money to spend on its workers and I don’t see the issue with that.

 

[Mad Dog]

Honestly it’s not same versus seeing in person.

Why wouldn’t you want to go and see the source material instead just googling random images ?

Disney has the money to spend on its workers and I don’t see the issue with that.

It's a bit different yes....but more extravagant than needed. It's not like the Imagineers get low level salaries like the CM's get paid.

 

[Jake S]

It's a bit different yes....but more extravagant than needed. It's not like the Imagineers get low level salaries like the CM's get paid.

are you suggesting the imagineers should … pay for their own research trips? come on now, lmao.

 

[fryoj]

are you suggesting the imagineers should … pay for their own research trips? come on now, lmao.

I think he suggested they just google it. lol

 

[Mad Dog]

are you suggesting the imagineers should … pay for their own research trips? come on now, lmao.

Just google it.

 

[Legacy]

Just google it.

Yeah… the issue with Google is that you can only see what you can find. If you’re researching an aesthetic, a lot of times, you don’t know what you need to see… what you can see… until you actually see it.

I assure you, Universal pays for research trips as well. The quirk is that, for a lot of Universal’s research, it’s for American cities or for places that don’t explicitly feel like “research.” Universal also doesn’t draw attention to a lot of the work. Disney draws a ton of attention to it.

 

[Disneyland/DCA]

If I was Bruce Vaughn, I'd save a ton of money by just having the imagineers use chatgpt only. Universal's already on that forefront and it's amazing: see Zelda World concept art posted last week.

Villainsland could really benefit from the otherworldly images artificial intelligence tends to dabble in. The engineers can now be the rockstar imagineers

 

[darkridelover]

For anyone wondering, these Imagineering Trips are just a myth making marketing strategy. It's for the appearance mainly. It so Disney fans have lore to share. That's not how they actually design attractions.

 

[OrlLover]

For anyone wondering, these Imagineering Trips are just a myth making marketing strategy. It's for the appearance mainly. It so Disney fans have lore to share. That's not how they actually design attractions.

I agree with this to an extent.

These trips are more for the land aesthetics versus actual attractions.

 

[Skold]

Just google it.

We've finally discovered what sort Legacy Joe Rohde left behind.

 

[Mad Dog]

We've finally discovered what sort Legacy Joe Rohde left behind.

Yes....spend spend spend culture... ...no wonder their charges to the other Disney divisions are so out of whack. ...What ever
happened to Imagineers using their Imagination? Guess that's just a Figment of the imagination.

 

[HandsomePete]

Honestly the issue with WDI spending is more the quantity of people versus the activities those people are doing. Even the efficiency team is overstaffed.

 

[Clive]

Yeah… the issue with Google is that you can only see what you can find. If you’re researching an aesthetic, a lot of times, you don’t know what you need to see… what you can see… until you actually see it.

I assure you, Universal pays for research trips as well. The quirk is that, for a lot of Universal’s research, it’s for American cities or for places that don’t explicitly feel like “research.” Universal also doesn’t draw attention to a lot of the work. Disney draws a ton of attention to it.

I distinctly remember them making a big show of the research trips they did for Revenge of the Mummy (though, perhaps ironically, those were mostly to the British Museum). They absolutely do it.