Mardi Gras’ presence honored
At the the Historic New Orleans Collection/Williams Research Center we got to take a look at real designs for Mardi Gras floats from the 1920s, the era of Tiana’s own celebration. It was tantamount to the design process of scenes we’ll be getting on the ride. “I can tell you probably upwards of maybe 10 to 12 or more Imagineers have been through this exhibit to learn, to understand,” Smith said. “Yes, the immediate core team has been here, but we’ve had dozens come through, as you would. We really want a team that has an understanding of why we’re here, why the story is important, [from] architecture to graphics to color to style.”
