As an Imagineering Art Director, I was sent to Tokyo Disneyland, on various occasions, to assist with decorations for Christmas, and developing park-wide props and area dressings for Restaurants and Merchandise locations. Having been instrumental in designing the first Disney Stores, I also helped to set-up a Disney character program with my extremely talented Japanese Visual Merchandising counterparts.
Years later, after leaving Walt Disney Imagineering, I was asked to help in designing and building the Universal Studios Japan, Theme Park in Osaka, as the Show Producer for Waterworld, Jaws, and Jurassic Park.
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