Q & A with Joe Rohde, Winner of Buzz Price Thea Award

[*NikkiBell*]

From Disney Parks Blog:

In November, we announced that Imagineer Joe Rohde would be honored by the Themed Entertainment Association with its Buzz Price Thea Award Recognizing a Career of Distinguished Achievements, and on March 17, 2012, Joe received his award during the Thea Awards ceremony at the Disneyland Hotel. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Joe about the award and his career at Walt Disney Imagineering – which has included such enormous projects as Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park; Expedition Everest; Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa; and the upcoming AVATAR project at Walt Disney World Resort.

Joe Rohde is an imagineer that I have always wanted to meet. I was excited to see that he won this (don't remember hearing about it otherwise) and thought I'd share the link to the full Q & A He does touch on the Avatar addition to Disney's Animal Kingdom towards the end of the article.

 

[OKW Lover]

Thanks for the link Nikki. Much to brief an article to cover Joe. I'm hoping that somehow John the Genius can rope him into doing a special event for the DIS.

 

[jcb]

I guess this interview puts to bed the rumors about Avatar not going in at AK. It also, if I remember the rumors right (a big if) shows where the rumors of it being put somewhere else got started.