Category: Failure

Dear Tony Baxter: How one Disney Imagineer’s fearlessness taught us all to be brave

Disney Cicerone May 7, 2026 0 Comments
Dear Tony Baxter, It must have been frustrating to be so youngwanting to be heard but wondering if you had a right to do more than listentrying to find your place at 22 in the shadow of Walt’s legacycobbling together a new idea from pieces of older onesfragments from the original dream-buildersof the park that you loved. It must have been heartbreaking to watch your detailed models go into...

The Dalmatian Disaster: How the Mistakes We Make Shape Who We Are Becoming

Disney Cicerone July 24, 2025 0 Comments
I once saw an interview that both broke my heart and inspired me all at the same time. In 1984, Ken Anderson did an interview for the Disney Channel as part of a series called the Disney Family Album, reflecting back on his time at Disney. He had a prolific career with Disney, from an art director designing Snow White’s cottage in the 1930s to developing Fantasyland for Disneyland. Walt Disney...

The Lost Jungle Book that Never Was

Disney Cicerone August 29, 2022 1 Comment
I recently had the privilege of visiting The Walt Disney Family Museum's special exhibit for the Jungle Book called Walt Disney's Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece, and, to be honest, I was only mildly excited about it walking into the experience. Don't get me wrong, I have always liked The Jungle Book, but it had never been a top 10 (or even 20) Disney movie for me. But after watching the...