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    Interview with former Walt Disney Imagineer Tim Delaney



    00:00 Open
    2:11 Growing Up at Disneyland
    9:21 Opening Day
    12:27 Roots
    15:00 Frank Wells
    21:20 Michael Eisner
    30:00 Themes
    38:30 Circle-Vision 360
    43:00 Renault
    48:32 Devils Postpile
    50:00 Billboards/Autopia
    1:03:00 Billy Steinberg
    1:05:00 Corporate Sponsorships
    1:11:00 Space Mountain
    1:22:00 Opening of Space Mountain
    1:42:00 Bob Iger
    1:44:00 Hotels
    2:04:00 Press Q&A
    2:14:00 The Art of Disneyland Paris
    2:18:34 Wrap Up

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    20 Comments

    2. vikingshelm on

      Can he come back and fix Disneyland Tomorrowland?
      😂
      Man. Disney REALLY needs people like him that have an actual vision and passion.

    3. Fritzschmied on

      Great interview. I am from Europe and Disneyland Paris was pretty much my childhood themepark. I like it so much. Such a great park. It’s so sad that it didn’t get that much expansions as the other parks.

    4. CincoMuertez on

      Hearing stories from former and current imagineers is great. I wish one would come to Fort Wilderness and tell stories around the camp fire nights.

    5. S B on

      Thank you very much for this wonderful interview who is very informative, very entertaining and very passionate !

    6. TheD Man on

      "if I'm going on too long, cut me off"

      Me listening, fully prepared to not eat, drink or leave, and would die in place if he kept talking for a full week

    7. Kyle Frisch on

      Another fascinating interview! I was happy to see that the interview was so long! I could listen to this stuff all day. Tim Delaney always has such insightful stories to tell about his work.

    8. Charlie Mac on

      Another great interview! I love these, they're so insightful and really make you feel nostalgic, even when it's for parks and rides you've never experienced personally.

    9. Dans random videos on

      Watched all the way through. It's great to listen to the people that made my home park possible. Although the perfect park can be found with individual aspects of each Disney property, Paris is definitely the representitive for 'Castle Park'.

    14. Alan Larner-Davies on

      I am an aging over 50 person in a now multiple country IT company, Sometimes I get from young project managers on a rollout that I shouldn't spend 2% of the budget pre helping users to help themselves through the process quickly and correctly. It costs more, but to a different. spreadsheet,, and more expensive, i.e. 8% of the budget to help them is more have meetings in paid for pubs and restaurants.

    15. Neko-chan61 on

      I really enjoy these interviews!! Thank you Mr. Delaney for spending time with us and talking about your experience. These interviews are in depth and unique. I listened to the whole thing.

    16. André Costa on

      Fascinating! Thank you very much for this. Disneyland Paris is my home park and Gosh, so many happy memories. Grateful to all the Imagineers for the amazing work! 30 years later the park shines Brighter than ever.

    17. Tracie Combs on

      This interview was amazing! I wish beyond words that an interview like this would happen with Joe Rohde… The Animal Kingdom park experience will always be my favorite….

    18. David Newell on

      Thank for this! I JUST went to DLP for the first time a few weeks ago. I arrived just in time for the “Dream
 and Shine Brighter” show in the central hub and it surprisingly brought me to tears. Hearing this interview, now I realize it was the show AND the crowd, and the cast members working the route, lipsynching and doing a subtle version of the choreography. That energy and spirit is PRICELESS. I grew up in So California so went to Disneyland on a regular basis. DLP made me feel like I was “home” in a place I was visiting for the first time. The entire team who designed and built that park created a masterpiece.

    19. BK on

      What a fantastic interview! Thanks Tim for taking the time to go deep! I wish Tim could facilitate an interview with Michael Eisner – what was Michael's perspective on building the parks?

    20. Mathizsias on

      Oh man, Discoveryland and Space Mountain was absolutely forming for me as a teenager – I was at young kid in 1992 and 1995, Tim. It's the last attraction I enjoyed with my father before his health deteriorated. I think I've watched the BBC Shoot for the Moon documentary about a 100 times.

      Thanks Tim and the gang for giving Europe a beautiful park, thanks Tom for the interview!

      Ps. One minor complaint, perhaps you could focus the person talking as a large picture, so its easier to see what their illustrating with their hands and have to other person in a small picture in picture.

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