Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World owes a lot to Joe Rohde who this past week retired from a long creative life as a designer and imagineer. When he announced that he was retiring I had a moment of panic as he had such a hand in things Disney. I wasn’t sure that things could ever be as good without him as with him. Maimwengu Guest House is part of Harambe village, a thoroughly modern fictional place in Africa.

Still there are a lot of very talented people still working for the Mouse and I’m sure there are some that will be able to step in to his shoes. Good luck on your retirement Joe although someone as talented will not sit and watch the sunset.