Originally Posted By SifuJustin Any idea which Imagineers were responsible for the new Finding Nemo sub ride? Me
Originally Posted By Roger55 The latest "Backstage Pass" has an interview with Josh Catzlfo who they name as the project lead. I can't tell if he works for WDI or DLR. Article also mentions TL Project Manager Paul Spitsen and Attractiobs Program Development Tom Turley.
Originally Posted By leemac For WDI there are a lot of people who have had a hand in the project over the past decade. Kevin Rafferty, Rick Rothschild, Kathy Mangum and Tony Baxter would be regarded as the leads over that time.Rick and Kathy have had the biggest influence over the past few years though.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Tony Baxter was the one who has been working to bring back the Subs since before they shut them down in the 90s. He was the main guy who spearheaded this project.
Originally Posted By soccermermaid Josh is from DLR. He's also a lead at buzz, thought I doubt he'll ever really see it again with nemo about to open.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Speaking of buzz ... there seems to be a lot of buzz behind the scenes regarding the big changes coming to WDI. Very interesting ...
Originally Posted By leemac <<Tony Baxter was the one who has been working to bring back the Subs since before they shut them down in the 90s. He was the main guy who spearheaded this project.>> Let me make this clear so that even you understand Skellington88: Tony was hell-bent on getting the Atlantis overlay to the Subs and was like a dog with a bone over it (even when the movie tanked). When Nemo came out Tony, like every other creative imagineer, thought they had the perfect property to work it up. The problem was that the enabling technology didn't exist and the storyline he was pitching was just plain awful. It took Rick to get the engineering side of it fixed and Kevin to get the storyline going. Kathy has led the project for the last 2+ years. She is officially the show producer for WDI. I should also throw George Scribner into the mix. He worked up the storyboards on the animation and it is just pitch perfect.
Originally Posted By bxtrlnd ^^You forgot the part where Bruce Gordon was thrown under the wheels of the monorail, to make way for Kathy Mangum. Team Baxter bad... Team Fitzgerald good. I guess this is why Rasulo jumped the gun last week.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ In short I think it is safe to say that every man and his dog has worked on the Subs. Probably why it is the most expensive Disney attraction ever developed in the US. <<Team Baxter bad... Team Fitzgerald good.>> Only in the land of internet message boards and armchair imagineering is it that simple. Every story needs a hero. Every story needs a villain.
Originally Posted By bxtrlnd <<Every story needs a hero. Every story needs a villain.>> Look like you already made that crystal clear in posts #3 and #7.
Originally Posted By leemac I don't see any heroes or villains in this piece. Unless the attraction fails to live up to the hype - and there is little doubt this is the most eagerly anticipated attraction at DLR since Indy. Tony hated seeing valuable real estate sitting idle at Disneyland and was the initial driver for this project. Unfortunately, due in no part to Tony, Atlantis was a box office failure and along with it went the notion that WDFA could produce product for the parks. A lot of Blue Sky folks came up (often independently) the idea of using Nemo for the subs. Again as a SVP in Creative Tony was on the project for a considerable amount of time. The issue became how to present those characters and get a storyline that hooked guests. The belief was that AAs would not be sufficient to bring those characters to life in a dry-box environment. It took some nifty work from the R&D team to come up with the enabling technology that is already in use at the Seas with Nemo & Friends at Epcot and about to be used in Crush's Coaster at Walt Disney Studios Park Paris. Plus the initial story treatments just weren't popular internally. When it finally came to execute the attraction the show producer job fell to Kathy Mangum. She has been supported by Rick Rothchild who is also a SVP and has immense experience in executing complex technological systems in attractions. I can list a few dozen people that have been involved over the years. Tony's emotional attachment to the subs (he was there on opening day if I recall) and his dedication to the Disneyland legacy meant that he was the perfect driver for this project in the initial stages.
Originally Posted By wangaroa Shoop, G's. Here I is back onna block hav-n ta ko-rect the recahd wunz mo'. Lemme lay it out fo y'all: Findin' NEEEMo SUBmarine Voyage ain't got no "dry box" animazizzles. This be a mith perpetchated by homes like lamemack. Sho, some of the fooz be dry, like sum o' da jelly fishizzles in their scene. The rest them figures be fully submerged like real straight up fishes. Also, ain't no Kazuki-rizzle robo-arms fo da anglas. Dat a straight up LIE. Y'all like the tone the above G be coppin'? Sho, we all gots homies at the gift shop. But, DANG. Wangsta out.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ Then let me be clear in English which you don't seem to understand but thankfully the rest of LP do. Where do I say that the subs are dry box? Where? I said there was a belief (amongst some Blue Sky folks) that dry box AAs would be the only solution. I never mention that that is what they have used.
Originally Posted By wangaroa Dandah be up now, G. Reedin' inta semantics o' yo statement, IE (thas Latin, amico): "The belief was that AAs would not be sufficient to bring those characters to life in a dry-box environment. It took some nifty work from the R&D team to come up with the enabling technology that is already in use at the Seas with Nemo & Friends at Epcot and about to be used in Crush's Coaster at Walt Disney Studios Park Paris" a homie might intuprit dat it was the dry box holdin' bak the PROjekt, and that the solusirizzle to the tekno querie be whut fin'ly allowed the sho ta go, noam sayn? Seriously, G, it just the holiah'n all y'all tone yo affect make me wunna start flexin' herein, noam sayn? But we've all got to get into character now and then, I think you would agree. Out.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Let me make this clear so that even you understand Skellington88:" Ouch...don't know if that was called fore, but ok...
