Jack Sparrow gets Ready – JACK SPARROW GETS READY -

Disney Imagineers John Gritz and Kathy Rogers – Disney Imagineers John Gritz and Kathy Rogers add a unique . . .

Wing T. Chao – Vice Chairman, Asia Pacific Development, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; Executive Vice President, Master Planning and Design, Walt Disney Imagineering – Wing T. Chao - Vice Chairman, Asia Pacific Development, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; Executive Vice President, Master Planning and Design, Walt Disney Imagineering

Walt Disney Imagineers Kevin Rafferty, left, and Rick Rothschild, right – Stitch’s Great Escape! – Magic Kingdom – Walt Disney Imagineers Kevin Rafferty, left, and Rick Rothschild, right, review the many storyboards created for Stitch's Great Escape! at Magic Kingdom.

Joe Rohde – Walt Disney Imagineering – Joe Rohde, Executive Designer and Vice President, Creative, Walt Disney Imagineering, collaborates with a monk in Nepal to learn the art of mining the raw earth to create colors.

John Cutry of Walt Disney Imagineering helps bring “Experiment 626″ to life – Stitch’s Great Escape! – Magic Kingdom – John Cutry of Walt Disney Imagineering helps bring "Experiment 626" -- a.k.a. Stitch -- to life for his debut in Stitch's Great Escape! -- a new sci-fi adventure at Magic Kingdom.

Mark Sumner, senior technical director and project/ride engineer - Walt Disney Imagineering – Mark Sumner, senior technical director and project/ride engineer at Walt Disney Imagineering, shows off the simple prototype he constructed from old toy parts to demonstrate the sophisticated mechanism that would simulate a high-flying adventure on Soarin'.

Walt Disney Imagineers (L-R): Sue Bryan (co-producer of Mission: SPACE), Ed Fritz (technical director/show ride engineer), Bob Zalk (co-producer of Mission: SPACE), and Mike Lentz (executive director of attractions development) – Walt Disney Imagineers (l-r) Sue Bryan (co-producer of Mission: SPACE), Ed Fritz (technical director/show ride engineer), and Bob Zalk (co-producer of Mission: SPACE), and Mike Lentz (executive director of attractions development) are ready for the Aug. 15 blastoff for Mission: SPACE at Epcot.

Joe Rohde, vice president/executive designer, Walt Disney Imagineering, works with the model of Expedition Everest – Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Joe Rohde, vice president/executive designer, Walt Disney Imagineering, works with the model of Expedition Everest, a family thrill adventure under construction in Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Walt Disney World Resort.

Mission: SPACE – Walt Disney Imagineers Sue Bryan and Bob Zalk – Walt Disney Imagineers Sue Bryan and Bob Zalk are the co-producers of Epcot's latest thrill attraction, Mission: SPACE.