WED Enterprises

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WED Enterprises was Walt Disney’s original creative design and engineering company, best known as the forerunner to Walt Disney Imagineering and the force behind many early Disney theme park attractions.

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Label Occurrences
WED Enterprises canonical 7
WED 1
WED Enterprises, Inc. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf creative studio
design and engineering company
alsoKnownAs WED Enterprises
surface form: WED

WED Enterprises
surface form: WED Enterprises, Inc.
associatedWith Disney theme parks
Disneyland Park
surface form: Disneyland

Walt Disney World Resort
basedIn Burbank, California
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developedTechnology Audio-Animatronics figures
synchronized show control systems
focus concept design for themed environments
mechanical engineering for attractions
show writing and story development for attractions
foundedBy Walt Disney
headquartersLocation Burbank, California
industry film and television production support
industrial design
themed entertainment design
keyPerson Blaine Gibson
Claude Coats
Harriet Burns
Marc Davis
Roger Broggie
Rolly Crump
Walt Disney
X. Atencio
surface form: X Atencio
laterOwnedBy The Walt Disney Company
legacy foundation of modern theme park design
namedAfter Walt Disney
surface form: Walter Elias Disney
notableWork 1964 New York World’s Fair attractions for Disney
Audio-Animatronics development
Disneyland attractions
Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room
surface form: Enchanted Tiki Room

Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
The Haunted Mansion (Disneyland attraction)
surface form: Haunted Mansion (Disneyland attraction)

It's a Small World (Disney attraction)
surface form: It’s a Small World

Jungle Cruise (Disneyland attraction)
Magic Kingdom attractions
Matterhorn Bobsleds
Pirates of the Caribbean (Disneyland attraction)
operatedAt Walt Disney Studios
surface form: Walt Disney Studios, Burbank
ownedBy Walt Disney
parentOrganization Walt Disney Productions
partOf The Walt Disney Company
predecessorOf Walt Disney Imagineering
role creative design arm for Disney theme parks
engineering arm for Disney theme parks
successor Walt Disney Imagineering

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Disneyland Railroad designer WED Enterprises
Spaceship Earth manufacturer WED Enterprises
Walt Disney Imagineering formerName WED Enterprises
Doom Buggy manufacturer WED Enterprises
WED Enterprises alsoKnownAs WED Enterprises
this entity surface form: WED Enterprises, Inc.
WED Enterprises alsoKnownAs WED Enterprises
this entity surface form: WED
The Land pavilion designedBy WED Enterprises
subject surface form: The Land
Ford Pavilion rideSystemSupplier WED Enterprises
subject surface form: Ford Pavilion (1964 New York World's Fair)
Carousel of Progress designedBy WED Enterprises