Another legendary Imagineering talent is departing from Disney. When Kevin Rafferty started with Disney 42 year ago, there were just two theme parks in the whole company. After countless projects to create and enhance the Disney experience as we know it today, Kevin has decided it’s time retire.
The absolute best way to learn about Kevin Rafferty’s career is through his touching and often hilarious book, Magic Journey: My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career.
Kevin Rafferty was a Creative Director and Show Writer at Walt Disney Imagineering. He grew up in Southern California, like many other Imagineers, and started working as a dishwasher at Disneyland in 1974. In 1978, he moved to Imagineering to work on EPCOT Center. He survived rounds of layoffs and continued working, moving his way up to show writer for attractions like Sonny Eclipse, Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach, Tokyo’s Star Tours, Tower of Terror, Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress, It’s Tough to Be a Bug!, Cars Land, Midway Mania and many more projects we enjoy. I know him; he’s also a hell of a wonderful human being.
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