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The Imagineering Story: Season 1

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The Imagineering Story

Season Details & Credits

Disney+ | Season Premiere Date: November 12, 2019

Summary: The six-part documentary series narrated by Angela Bassett looks at the history of the Imagineers and includes behind-the-scenes footage of the Disney Parks from around the world.

Genre(s): Reality, Documentary, Travel

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. To Infinity and Beyond
Air Date: December 13, 2019
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S1:E6. To Infinity and Beyond
Air Date: December 13, 2019
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S1:E5. Episode 06
Air Date: November 30, -0001

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The Hollywood Reporter

Robyn Bahr

Nov 12, 2019

It's an elegantly crafted, if unavoidably rhapsodic, history of Disney's theme parks that made me utter, "Wow!" multiple times while watching the first two episodes available to critics. It is, so far, the only series in this first wave of Disney+ programming that has enticed me to want to gobble up the rest of the season. Read full review

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Nov 7, 2019

If you can see past the Walt Disney hagiography, it’s well made and includes some rarely seen footage and new interviews with ride designers who occasionally take viewers behind the scenes. Read full review

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Colorado Springs Gazette

Terry Terrones

Nov 7, 2019

If you're a hard core Disney fan, you'll love this deep dive into the history of the men and women behind the organization. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Robert Lloyd

Nov 11, 2019

Hagiographic as regards Uncle Walt, who is present through much of the early episodes, and skating over whatever does not redound to the glory of the enterprise, it is nevertheless, like Disney+ itself, packed with good stuff. Read full review

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Collider Adam Chitwood

Nov 4, 2019

While Iwerks’ vision comes with its own biases and we know that current Disney leadership would never allow something too disparaging to anchor launch day of something as important as Disney+, The Imagineering Story is more candid than expected. Read full review

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Time

Judy Berman

Nov 15, 2019

It’s fascinating to hear the stories behind game-changing rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and the Matterhorn straight from the mouths of the artists and engineers who helped create them. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, it all comes with a heaping helping of corporate propaganda, with Bassett’s voiceover whitewashing such troubling legacies as Walt Disney’s well-documented history of union busting. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Nov 11, 2019

It is a stunningly hagiographic piece of television that verges on placing Disney World in the same ranks as the Seven Wonders of the World. I love Disney World, but you’ll learn almost nothing from this series, one that should have taken a step back and attempted something greater than a long-form commercial. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 12, 2019
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  S1:E6. To Infinity and Beyond
  Air Date: December 13, 2019
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  S1:E6. To Infinity and Beyond
  Air Date: December 13, 2019
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  S1:E5. Episode 06
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E5. A Carousel of Progress
  Air Date: December 6, 2019
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  S1:E5. A Carousel of Progress
  Air Date: December 6, 2019
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  S1:E4. Episode 05
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E4. Hit or Miss
  Air Date: November 29, 2019
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  S1:E4. Hit or Miss
  Air Date: November 29, 2019
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  S1:E3. The Midas Touch
  Air Date: November 22, 2019
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  S1:E3. Episode 04
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E3. The Midas Touch
  Air Date: November 22, 2019
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  S1:E2. What Would Walt Do?
  Air Date: November 15, 2019
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  S1:E2. Episode 03
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E2. What Would Walt Do?
  Air Date: November 15, 2019
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  S1:E1. The Happiest Place on Earth
  Air Date: November 12, 2019
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  S1:E1. Episode 02
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E1. The Happiest Place on Earth
  Air Date: November 12, 2019