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Walt Disney Imagineering, the unit of the company that oversees theme parks, will see Bob Weis step down in favor of Barbara Bouza.

Walt Disney Imagineering President Bob Weis has announced that he is stepping down from his position leading Disney's theme park design division. Barbara Bouza, who was named WDI's President, Business Operations, Design & Delivery in June 2020, will replace Weis as President of WDI.

There's a lot on deck for theme parks in the coming months, particularly where Disney is concerned. As the East Coast resort prepares for its milestone anniversary, Disneyland Resort takes another step forward on its year-long road toward reopening. We've also got some truly out-of-this-world news. Here's all the theme park news you need to know, in this galaxy and beyond: DISNEY CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE IS REOPENING (SORT OF) Disney California Adventure, one of the two parks comprising Disneyland Resort, will at long last bring guests back into its coastal grounds for a new ticketed dining ev...

Millions of guests to Disney’s theme parks live vicariously through Joe Rohde. The famed theme park designer and patriarch of Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom is alternately a student and a teacher, an academic and an artist, a tourist and a documentarian. He’s also the most vocal champion of the belief that theme parks — you know, places filled with popcorn, candy-coated churros, lowbrow stuff — are cultural institutions. But as of this week, Rohde, 65, is officially retired after 40 years at Disney, where he’s led teams behind major projects at resorts and parks in Anaheim, F...

Disney Parks without Joe Rohde: A world-maker retires. What's next? Todd Martens © (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) Imagineer Joe Rohde is retiring after four decades with Walt Disney Imagineering. Where the parks will go without him is a worry for many. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) Millions of guests to Disney’s theme parks live vicariously through Joe Rohde. The famed theme park designer and patriarch of Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom is alternately a student and a teacher, an academic and an artist, a tourist and a documentarian. He’s also the m...