User:Gary T. Petler

I had the wonderful opportunity to be a very early employee of WED Imagineering, working there for four years, right out of high school. One can hardly imagine the current of creativity there. I was just a mail boy and shortly thereafter stepped in as the companies first timekeeper and later working with Mr. D's office at WDP directly with regard to the WED owned park rides in Anaheim, either in progress or under construction. My one big daily thrill was that of compiling the daily turnstile count of visitors at the Park, I was the first to know and share with the management, what an experience.

Watching first hand the awesome creative genius of Mr. D, was incredible, not to mention the experience of myself having daily contact with each and every employee at WED, I knew what everyone from model makers, artist, designers and draftsman was working on at any given time.

I would not where to start in describing the very talented worker bee's at WED, what a treat for a kid to be in the company of such people, But alas a few really come to mind, them being, John Hench, Marty Sklar, Herbie Ryman, Yale Gracy, Marc and Alice Davis, Roland Crump, Colin Campbell, and of course the fun loving model makers, Bob, Harriet, Glenda, Joyce, Leota, Malcomb and many other dedicated WED creative contributors.

Each and every time I spoke (never more than a few minutes at a time) with Mr. Disney, either at WED, WDP or at the Park, was an absolute thrill.

Gary T. Petler

PS. John Lassiter, please push to once again have the company renamed "WED Imagineering", in honor of those who worked there and helped create so much.