Kwakuyisikhathi esiphezulu ngosuku olugcwele ngezikhathi ze-surreal. Ukuzungeza ikona egumbini eliqukethe umlando wobuciko we-Walt Disney we-Imagineering, lapho bekukhona: umdwebo odumile we-1950 wemidwebo we-Disneyland owawunomklami uHerb Ryman owaqeda ngempelasonto eyodwa noWalt Disney emi phezu kwehlombe.
Lokhu kwakungeyona ukukhiqizwa; kwakuyincenye yangempela edumile. I-Casual Imaging, eyayivela noma isendleleni eya embukisweni), imidwebo kaRyman yahlala phakathi kwezinye izingxenye ezingu-80 000 zobuciko i-Disney Imagineers, njengoba i-band of creative gurus ekhokhwa ukuklama amapaki ekhanda yenkampani yafika ukuze kwaziwe, kamuva kudalwe phakathi neminyaka.
"Konke kwaqala ngegundane," kusho uWalt Disney. Ngokungaqondile kuMickey, Disneyland kanye nomqondo we "i-park theme" ngempela konke kwaqala ngalowo mdwebo.
Ngakho kwenzeka kanjani ukuba ngiguqule umdwebo womlando kaRyman futhi ngizungeze amahholo angcwele eFingering eGlendale, eCalifornia? Phakathi kwezimboni ezisebenzayo ezifunda izihloko zami nguJon Georges, umqondisi weBlue Sky Development kuWalt Disney Imagineering. Wangimema ukuba ngikhulume neqembu le-Imagineers njengengxenye yochungechunge lwezikhulumi ze-Insight Out yenhlangano.
(Lapho umkami ezwa ukuthi ngizokwenza isethulo kumaFantasers, wathi, "Ngicela ngithole lokhu ngokuqondile. " Uzoxoxa nabo ngomkhakha wepaki wepaki? "Kuyavunywa, lo mbono wawubonakala amantongomane amancane, kodwa i-Imagineers yayiyizethameli ezinhle kakhulu, futhi sasizishintsha ngokufudumele ngamapaki kanye nokuzijabulisa kwabo.) Ngemva kokushicilela kwami, ngiphathwe uhambo olunzulu lwe-campus ehamba phambili.
Ngesikhathi ngifika ukubuka izinkomba, angizange nginikezwe ukufinyelela okungafihliwe. Kwakukhona amaphrojekthi amaningi e-hush-hush no-Imagineers ayefihla emasimini azo. Lesi sihloko asihlosiwe ukubuka kabanzi kwe-Imagineering; Kunalokho, ukubuyekezwa okungajwayelekile kokunye engikubheka ngalolo suku - ama-ramblings we-geek, uma uthanda.
Abacabangeli bafunde i-Goofy
Kwamangalisa ukuthola ukuthi abantu abakha izindlu zezinkomba nezithombe ze-geodeic benza umsebenzi wabo ngokuzenzekelayo nezakhiwo ze-nondescript. Kwakungekho ngisho nesibonakaliso, esithobekile noma okunye, ukukhombisa indlunkulu ye Imagineering. Ukushayela phansi i-Flower Street e-Glendale, bekungeke kwenzeke ukuthola indawo ye-campus ngaphandle kokwazi ikheli layo lomgwaqo. Ngaphakathi, noma kunjalo, kwakukhona izici ze-Imagineering ezishaya yonke indawo.
Egcekeni elingaphandle kwe-commissary, isibonelo, ama-gondolas avela ku-Disneyland's defunct Skyway ayenziwa njengamatafula e-makehift picnic. Ukwakhiwa Kwezemvelo Nezobunjiniyela, ezakha abakhiqizi, abakhiqizi kanye nabakhi bezakhiwo zangaphakathi, bekungumkhakha wesigodi ovulekile emphakathini. Izindleko zesikhathi esedlule zisekhona, kuhlanganise nendawo egumbini lezinkomfa elinetafula le-maple elalivela emagcekeni angaphansi kwezitaladi kanye nesikhulumi esasibukeka njengethebula lamaphuzu.
Isakhiwo esisodwa esakhiweni esikhulu siyaziwa ngokuthi iJohn Hench Graffiti Gallery. U-Hench wasebenzela inkampani yeDisney iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-60 futhi engumengameli omkhulu we-Imagineering. Lo mgwaqo wawugcwele izithombe ezivusa amadlingozi, imidwebo, ama-montages, nezinye izibonisi zanikezwa ngu Imagineers ekukhulekeleni kuHench, owashona ngo-2004.
(Ukuze uthole okuningi kuJohn Hench noFingering, cabanga ngokufunda incwadi yakhe emangalisayo, "Ukuklama i-Disney: i-Imagineering ne-Art of the Show.")
Mhlawumbe okuhlangenwe nakho okungaqondakali (futhi okwenziwe yi-geekiest?) Engangikuyo kuFactering kwafika cishe phakathi nohambo lwami. Umqondisi wami wangiphonsa esitokisini sokudweba futhi wangishiya ngedwa ngamanye ambalwa ukuzulazula igumbi le-musty futhi ngibheke emabhokisini okugcoba ama- Pirates aseCaribbean , abadumile baseHollywood bevela ku-The Great Movie Ride e-Disney eHollywood Studios, futhi eziningi ze-Disney statuary. Ekhoneni elilodwa lekamelo, i-Snow White yasekuqaleni kanye nezibalo eziyisikhombisa ezithandekayo lapho zijabule izivakashi e-Disneyland ezibekiwe embusweni. Kwababili befuna ukuba yedwa nazo zonke izibalo ezingenalutho kanye ne-tad ephazamisayo ukubona umlando omkhulu wepaki.
Ukukhangisa i-Yesterland
Umlando ubalulekile ku-Imagineering. Imibhalo yomlando yobuciko iyingxenye yephiko elizinikezele ekulondolozeni amapaki okwedlule. Kukhona futhi ilabhulali ye-slide enezigidi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2 zangempela kanye nezithombe ezibukhali ezikhangayo kanye nocwaningo olwenziwe ekuthuthukiseni. Isibonelo, uDiane Scoglio, owengamele ilabhulali ye-slide, wathi kunezithombe eziningi ze-Afrika ezichaza ukuhamba kukaJoe Rohde nabanye abaFake Imagineers njengoba beyakha i-Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Ilabhulali yamadokhumenti ekhombisa idokhumenti ifaka imininingwane yomlando wokukhangisa ngamunye we-Disney ngezinto ezifana namasampuli ombala, ukukhonjwa kokuklama, nezinto ezingavamile ezifana nezimpaphe zeTiki Bird namaphethini obomvu kusukela ku-Yeti ohlala ngaphakathi kwe-Coaster Expedition Everest . Kwakukhona ngisho nezingubo zangaphansi ezigqoke izinhlamvu ze-animatronic - ezazi? - zigcinwe lapha.
UGeorges wabonisa ezinye izigqoko ezibomvu zamapende futhi wathi ziyizigqila ezimnyama ezihlanganisa imiphumela emnyama yokukhanya. "Sifaka amasampula walokho ukudweba kubonakala ekukhanyeni kwemvelo nokuthi kubonakala kanjani ngaphansi kwezibani ezimnyama," usho kanje. "Umdwebo omnyama wokuba umbala uphenduka ubuciko obulahlekile." UGeorges uthe amalabhulali, ikakhulukazi ilabhulali yamadokhumenti yokubonisa, asiza i-Imagineering namapaki aseDisney agcine lezi zikhangayo. Iyaziwa ngokuthi "izindinganiso zekhwalithi yokubonisa," noma i-SQS ku-Disney-ukukhuluma. Ngicabanga ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokudayisa izingubo zangaphansi zikaRichard Nixon eHholo Lamengameli, kusiza ukuba nomlando walokho usayizi nomkhiqizo agqoka.
Ukusuka e-Blue Sky kuya e-Grey Patio
Yiqiniso, amashabhulali awasetshenziselwa ukugxila kuphela esikhathini esidlule. Abacabangi bajwayele ukuba bahlole imibono emisha bese benza ucwaningo ngokukhangayo okuthuthukiswayo. UGeorges wasebenzisa esinye isibonakaliso semigwaqo ukuze angithathe ngenqubo yokuthuthukiswa kukaFingerering. Izindonga zagcwala izithombe, imifanekiso, kanye nombhalo obonisa izigaba, kufaka phakathi: isibhakabhaka esibhakabhakeni (umnyango uGeorges owengamele), ohlinzeka imbewu eguqukayo; ukuthuthukiswa komqondo kanye nokusebenza, lapho imibono iqhamuka ngendlela yokuhumusha ezimbili nezintathu kanye namamodeli akhiqizwa ngekhompyutha; ukuklama nokukhiqiza, lapho kugunyazwa khona izimali, ukuhlolwa kokudlala kwenziwa, futhi izinhlelo zenziwa; ukwakhiwa nokufakwa, lapho yonke i-Imagineering iyala umsebenzi ngokubambisana ukwakha ukukhangwa kwangempela; ukuhlolwa nokulungisa, ukulungisa ukuheha; ukuvulwa okukhulu; kanye neqembu le-patio, lapho amalungu eqembu eligubha ukuqedwa kweprojekthi (futhi ngokungangabazeki ixhomeke ezimotweni ze-Skyway ezindala).
Angizange ngithole ulwazi oluningi mayelana namapaki noma okukhangayo okungenzeka kube kuphayiphi yeDisney, kodwa ngithole umuzwa wokuthi izinto ezinhle ziphuza. Kunomqondo ozwakalayo wokwethemba nokuklama okuvela ezakhiweni ze-nondescript ze-Glendale. "I-Disneyland ayisoze yaqedwa ... uma nje kukhona ukucabanga okusele emhlabeni," kungenye enye idumile yama-Walt. Ngenhlanhla, kubonakala sengathi kuningi lokucabangela ukuhamba phakathi kwamaConferensi yanamuhla.
Ngendlela, nawe manje ungakwazi ukuvakashela i-Walt Disney Imagineering. I-Adventures yi-Disney, inkampani yokuvakasha eqondisiwe, ihlanganisa ukumisa ohambweni lwayo lwe-Hollywood neDisney Resort .