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Design: Those Were The Times

DESIGN: Those Were The Times – No.23 1955 Arrow...

Today's Wheel of Years has stopped at 1955. Most Disneyland fans typically assume that all Disneyland attractions have always been designed by Walt Disney...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times – No.17 1961 Soaring With the...

We have a treat for you today as Disney Imagineering Legend, Bob Gurr, takes to the clouds. Who says man can't fly, Bob can! Today's...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.28 – 1956 Disneyland Animals Before...

Today's Wheel of Years stopped at 1956, so here we go. In the years before Disneyland's attractions were able to use Audio-Animatronic figures, both human and...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.6 – 1966 Walt Disney: Curious...

Bob Gurr, Disney legend and fan favorite, has set the Wheel of Years spinning once again. Wherever the red arrow points is where today's...

Design: Those were the Times No. 13 – 1955 Surviving Toxic...

Disney legend, Bob Gurr, proves the point that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Or does it? Journey back to the toxic 1950's...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times – No.15 Catastrophe Canyon EFX

Let's go way back in time with Disney Legend Bob Gurr as he takes us to that time of great music and terrible hair,...

Design Those Were The Times #4: 1951 Ward Kimball’s Fire Engine,...

The Wheel of Years has been sent spinning and when the clicking stops, the red arrow will point to a year - that's where...

Introducing Bob Gurr’s DESIGN: Those Were The Times

EDITORS NOTE: We are delighted to introduce you to a new MiceChat column from a name that almost all of you know, Bob Gurr....

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.14 – 1959 Modern Air Travel

Let's go up, up and away with Disney Legend Bob Gurr as he takes us back to the Golden Age of Air Travel. Yes,...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No. 3 – The Red Car...

The Wheel of Years will be sent spinning and when the clicking stops, the red arrow will point to a year - that's where...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No. 12 – 1991 Fast Wireframe...

Want to know how Disney Imagineering works? Disney legend, Bob Gurr, takes us back to his days working at Disneyland. He has spun the...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times – No.24 1943 Movie Stars and...

Today's Wheel of Years has stopped at 1943, so here we go. In the movie, Saving Mr. Banks, Walt Disney, played by Tom Hanks,...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.2 – Meet Roger Broggie Sr.

Today's Wheel of Years stopped at 1954, so here we go. Shortly after I began making design sketches at home for Disneyland's Autopia Car, I received an...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times – No.16 1955 Early Disneyland Managers

Let's go back to early Disneyland history with Imagineering legend Bob Gurr as he takes us on a journey to the inaugural year of...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.5 – 1937 Grand Central...

Legendary Disney Imagineer, Bob Gurr, has set the Wheel of Years spinning once again. Wherever the red arrow points is where today's story will...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.22 – Disney Fantasy Secret Tour

Today's Wheel of Years has stopped at 2013, so here we go. MiceChat and Fairy Godmother Travel hosted a recent Caribbean Cruise on Disney...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times – No.18 1946 Futuristic Cars Arrive

Bob Gurr was hired by Walt Disney to design the Autopia. It remains a Disney classic to this very day. We have a special...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.19 – 1954 Cars, Clubs and...

Today's Wheel of Years stopped at 1954, so here we go. Starting in 1951 I wrote and illustrated a few books with Dan Post, a close...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No.21 – Bob Spaced Out with...

Up, up, and away! Bob visits Virgin Galactic and learns what it's like to reach for the stars.  He gets the royal treatment and...

DESIGN: Those Were The Times No. 20 – 1950 Sports...

Bob Gurr, race car fanatic?  That's right.  This Disney Legend was a speed racer way back in the day.  In fact today we set...