An Imagineer's Journey
Linda Alcorn Talks About Her 40 Years as an Imagineer
From the time she was in grammar school, Linda knew she wanted to design attractions for Disney, and that's exactly what she's been doing since 1979.
She's designed or redesigned the control systems for nearly every attraction at all four of Walt Disney World's themeparks, plus many others at Disney parks around the world.
In this series of interviews Linda talks about what it was like being Disney's first female engineer.
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Steve Alcorn is an entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, author and teacher best known for his involvement in the theme park industry. In 1982 he joined Walt Disney Imagineering (then known as WED Enterprises) as a consultant, where he worked on the electronic systems for Epcot Center. During his time with Imagineering he designed show control systems for The American Adventure, wrote the operating system used in the park-wide monitoring system, and became Imagineering's first Systems Engineer.
In 1986 he founded Alcorn McBride Inc. The company's show control, audio, video and lighting equipment is used in most major theme park attractions around the world.
In addition to designing theme parks, Steve teaches writing classes through writingacademy.com, where he has helped more than 20,000 aspiring authors structure their stories.
Steve is the author of several novels and the books Building A Better Mouse: The Story of the Electronic Imagineers who Designed Epcot, and Theme Park Design.