The Spirit of the Time

PASSENGER 25: Forty-seven-year Disney Imagineer, Disney Legend, Thea Lifetime Achievement recipient, and Main Street Window honoree responsible for creating some of Disney's most beloved parks and attractions, Tony Baxter .   For nearly five decades, Tony Baxter has been the most famous theme park designer on earth. Starting as an ice cream scooper at Disneyland when he was 17, Tony moved north to...

PASSENGER 24: 40+ year former Walt Disney Imagineer who served as a creative leader on such classic attractions as  The Great Movie Ride, Muppet*Vision 3D , The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Toy Story Midway Mania!, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin ,  and many, many more: Eric Jacobson.   If time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend, then Eric Jacobson has spent wisely. Eric began hi...

PASSENGER 23: Award-winning live entertainment producer with over $1 billion in produced live spectaculars and events over 40 years for Disney, Universal, and arenas and stadiums around the world, Mike Davis.   Mike Davis is the only immersive entertainment industry executive ever to spend two decades each leading live entertainment teams at both Disney and Universal. Across his 40- year career, D...

PASSENGER 22: Oscar-nominated master storyteller, inventor, writer, producer, TEA Lifetime Achievement recipient, Bob Rogers , inductee into the IAAPA Hall of Fame, and founder and chairman of BRC Imagination Arts. From "Impressions de France" (in the France Pavilion at Epcot) to "Rainbow War," "Back to Neverland," Space Center Houston, Mystery Lodge, the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, the Heineken Expe...

PASSENGER 21: Celebrated founder and president of Garner Holt Productions (the world's largest animatronics company), philanthropist, and TEA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Garner Holt.   From designing and building haunted houses in his parents' backyard, to creating Halloween exhibits at the local mall, to being handed the Audio-Animatronics torch by Walt Disney Imagineering, Garner Holt...

PASSENGER 20: Iconic former Disney Imagineer, Chief Experience Architect for Virgin Galactic, Recipient of the TEA Lifetime Achievement Award, and Explorer's Club Member, Joe Rohde! Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney's Aulani Resort, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout!, and The Adventurer's Club at Pleasure Island are just some of the signature themed entertainment experiences created by veter...

PASSENGER 19: Location-based entertainment art director, illustrator, and attraction designer, David Damron .   The minds behind the magic aren't always the names you know. Case in point is location-based entertainment art director, illustrator, and attraction designer David Damron , who has spent 40+ years behind the scenes, conceiving, designing and illustrating hundreds of theme parks, attracti...

PASSENGER 18: Former executive creative director at Walt Disney Imagineering and 2022 Disney Legend, Rob ' t Coltrin .   What do  Mystic Manor, Radiator Springs Racers, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars, and Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin  all have in common? These beloved Disney rides were all conceived over the past 32 years by forme...

PASSENGER 17: Former Disney Imagineer, writer, set designer, inspirational speaker, and the voice and vision of Universal's Epic Universe, Steve Tatham   From the Jungle Cruise to the comedy stage, architecture school to theme park design, Steve Tatham has spent over 30 years walking the path of creative leadership. And boy, are his feet tired! Set your pocket watch to join us for the 16th timely...

PASSENGER 16: Former Disney landscape architect & co-author of "Women of Walt Disney Imagineering," Becky Bishop !   Fall into our sixteenth timely and timeless journey as we welcome Becky Bishop aboard the time machine! If you've been to any Disney theme park since 1987, then you've certainly enjoyed Becky 's area development and landscape masterpieces. Following in the footsteps of her mentor, D...

PASSENGER 15: CEO of THG Creative, former SVP Attraction Development for Universal Studios, and tall cool one, Phil Hettema ! Polish your time travel goggles and prepare for our fifteenth timely and timeless adventure — this one journeying through the spectacular 40+ year career of TEA Lifetime Achievement recipient Phil Hettema . After working at Disneyland providing costumes for projects created...

PASSENGER 14: Entertainment designer, writer, director, producer, author, TEA Lifetime Achievement recipient — and the creator of the Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade — Ron Miziker.   They say that time is what we want most, but what we use worst. And then there's Ron Miziker, a man who has dedicated every minute of his 80+ years to creating major world spectaculars, extraordinary experien...

Passenger 13: American painter, illustrator, and celebrant of idealized 1950s, 60s, and 70s architecture, fashion, cocktails, tikis, and lavish lifestyles, Josh Agle (aka SHAG)!   Lost time is never found again, unless you're enjoying the art of American painter and illustrator Josh Agle, aka SHAG — the lucky 13th guest on The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast. Based in Southern California, Josh's disti...

Passenger 12: Thea Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, strategic planner, master planner, designer, and former SVP of Universal Creative: Bob Ward   Time waits for no one, so plan now for the 11th timely and timeless episode of The Sprit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger, 50-year industry veteran, and Thea Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bob Ward . Bob spent 20 years as an SVP at Un...

Passenger 11: Walt Disney Imagineering interior designer, author, and the daughter of Disney Legend X. Attencio, Tori McCullough .   Time waits for no one, so plan now for the 11th timely and timeless episode of The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring 40-year Walt Disney Imagineering interior designer, co-author of the new "Women of Imagineering" book, and the daughter of legendary Imagineer X....

Passenger 10: Concept designer, art director, illustrator & former Walt Disney Imagineer: Chris Runco The time is now to prepare for the tenth timely and timeless episode of The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger Chris Runco — former Walt Disney Imagineering concept designer, art director, and illustrator responsible for such beloved experiences as Typhoon Lagoon, Grizzly River Run,...

PASSENGER 9: WRITER/DIRECTOR/ARTIST & THE MIND BEHIND THE MEDIA OF 22 BELOVED DISNEY THEME PARK ATTRACTIONS: JERRY REES Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout • Mystic Manor • Soaring: Fantastic Flight • ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter • And More! Set your smart watch for the ninth timely and timeless episode of The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger Jerry Rees : writer, direct...

PASSENGER 8: MEOW-WOLF CO-CEO AND CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER AND FORMER IMAGINEER ALI RUBINSTEIN Prepare to blast-off on the eighth timely and timeless episode of The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger Ali Rubenstein , Co-CEO & Chief Creative Officer of Meow Wolf and 22-year Disney Imagineer with executive creative director and executive producer credits on Shanghai Disneyland, Hong Kong...

PASSENGER 7: 5-TIME HUGO AWARD-WINNING ILLUSTRATOR & FORMER DISNEY IMAGINEER TIM KIRK Prepare to blast-off on the seventh timely and timeless episode of The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger Tim Kirk - five-time winner of the prestigious Hugo Award for science fiction and fantasy illustration and the principal designer (along with his brother) of Tokyo DisneySea, which is celebratin...

Passenger 6: Creative director, filmmaker, and former WDI SVP - Rick Rothschild  Prepare to take-off on the sixth timely and timeless episode of The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger Rick Rothschild - one of the themed entertainment industry's most accomplished creative producers, responsible for groundbreaking multimedia spectaculars like the FlyOver flying rides, Soarin' Over Cali...

Our passenger, Gordon Hoopes, was WED Enterprises (Disney) architect/planner - who just turned 82! Ryan and Joe celebrated EPCOT's upcoming 40th anniversary (2022) with the man who was there, led the project, and designed it's iconic attraction, Spaceship Earth!

Passenger 4: Former Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Executive Peggie Fariss Mark your calendars for the fourth timely and timeless episode of The Spirit of the Time Zoomcast, featuring passenger Peggie Fariss - the former Disney Imagineer who was the show producer for the Disney Gallery, did the amazing historical research for Spaceship Earth, managed sponsorship branding for Disney parks around...

Passenger 3: Former Imagineer, Illusion Designer adn Author - Jim Steinmeyer Climbing aboard our time machine today is the proverbial man behind the curtain. Jim Steinmeyer is one of the world's foremost illusion designers for themed entertainment, theater, and television. If you've ever seen Doug Henning, David Copperfield, Ricky Jay, or Penn & Teller perform, then you've probably seen his work. ...

Passenger 2: Universal Studios Creative Director John Murdy Over the course of 32 years, John has conceived, written, and creative directed dozens of theme park attractions. He then followed in the footsteps of Dr. Frankenstein, resurrecting and giving new life to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. He's overseen the event annually since 2006, making him, what Universal, itself...

Passenger 1: Former Legendary Disney Imagineer Tom Morris Hopping aboard for the inaugural journey is guest traveler Tom Morris, who will discuss his approach to design and creative leadership, honed by his 42-year career with Disney, where he designed and led the development of attractions for Epcot, Disney California Adventure's Cars Land, Hong Kong Disneyland and Fantasyland at Disneyland Paris...