Overview

• Episode 2 premiered September 15 on the Walt Disney Imagineering/Disney Parks YouTube channel with Tom Morrow 2.0 hosting and guest Michelle Khare posing the core question.
• Rockwork engineer Tammy Tosounian outlines the workflow from story and physical scale models to digital design, engineered steel, rebar and lath, concrete, and final sculpting and paint.
• The segment notes concealed integration of lighting, speakers, special effects, and foliage to maintain immersion within the mountain rockwork.
• The show references both real-world and fantastical inspirations, citing Disneyland’s Matterhorn, Expedition Everest, and Pandora’s floating mountains.
• A Pride Rock–style scale model appears briefly in the background, which reporters link to permitted plans for a Lion King area at Disneyland Paris that include an enclosed attraction and support facilities, with some coverage suggesting a flume-style ride and a peak near 121 feet.