Disneyland: What's New What's Next
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What’s New, What’s Next
At the Disneyland Resort
Presented June 11, 2007

Part of the festivities surrounding the launch of Finding Nemo: Submarine Voyage included a media presentation of “What’s New, What’s Next�? at the Disneyland Resort. President Ed Grier welcomed the working press from the stage of the Imagination Institute in Tomorrowland.

Disneyland Resort President Ed Grier

YEAR OF A MILLION DREAMS
Grier first acknowledged the Year of a Million Dreams, noting that since the start of the world wide promotion, Disney Dream Teams had fulfilled 691,494 dreams for resort guests. As that number filled the screen, it slowly scrolled to 691,495.

HIGH TECH/HIGH TOUCH
Grier went on to note that while dreams were an important part of the Disney Resort experience, it was High Touch and High Tech that created them in the first place.

High Touch, he explained was the everyday interaction between Disney’s guests and cast members. On a daily basis, this was how guests experience the Disney difference. High Touch also described the way that Disney characters and their stories were used as the basis for new attractions and adventures.

High Tech, on the other hand, was the way that Disney’s Imagineers, artists and designers, created memorable theme park experiences. High Tech, he went on to explain, was established by Walt Disney and his very first Imagineers, more than fifty years ago.