Overview

• The first episode is live on Walt Disney Imagineering’s YouTube channel and opens with an introduction by president and chief creative officer Bruce Vaughn.
• Tom Morrow 2.0 interviews senior creative director Jonathan Friday, who outlines stages such as Blue Sky, Concept, Feasibility, and Design.
• Viewers are encouraged to spot Easter eggs, with B-roll showing work tied to the Buzz Lightyear update at Magic Kingdom, the Tropical Americas area and Encanto casita at Animal Kingdom, and Cars-related research and models.
• Walt Disney Imagineering confirmed a continuing run, with the next episode scheduled for Sept. 15, 2025.
• The character returns from a 2007 retirement with updated design and motion programming and a refurbished car, in episodes running about four minutes aimed at older elementary and middle-school viewers.