WED Imagineers were featured on the 13th episode of “The Disney Family Album” and originally aired on the Disney Channel in June of 1985.Â
Walt Disney famously combined the words Imagination and Engineer to form Imagineer, specifically for the development of Disneyland. He identified people within his company that had a unique way of getting the impossible done, and he assigned them to a division called WED, for Walter Elias Disney. There the Imagineers had the freedom to do whatever it took to make Walt’s dream possible. This episode of The Disney Family Album features some of those early Imagineers Randy Bright, Bill Justice, Tim Delaney, X Atencio and Dave Feiten being interviewed inside of the parks and in front of some fascinating models.Â
Don’t miss any of the Disney Family Albums: Clarence “Ducky” Nash, The Missing Episode, Ward Kimball, Sherman Brothers, Jim MacDonald, Milt Kahl, Ken Anderson, Disneyland Designers, Eric Larson, Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw, Wolfgang (Woolie) Reitherman, Frank Thomas, Voice Actors, WED Imagineers, Golden Horseshoe Revue, Ollie Johnston, Annette Funicello, Marc Davis, The Milotte’s and the Beebe’s, Fess Parker / Buddy Ebsen, The StoryMen
