An Imagineer in Paris: Main Street Memories with Eddie Sotto

Thirty years since its contentious opening, Disneyland Paris has cemented its place among Disney Parks worldwide and other premier European attractions. Join former Walt Disney Imagineering executive designer Eddie Sotto as he revisits how Imagineers translated Main Street U.S.A. for a European audience, faced challenges unique to building a park in France, and took inspiration from the legacy of Walt Disney.

An autograph signing with the speaker will follow the conclusion of this event, exclusive for all program ticketholders.

Tickets for An Imagineer in Paris: Main Street Memories with Eddie Sotto are available as follows:

• Walt’s Circle Donors: Purchase tickets beginning Tuesday, Jun 4 at noon by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
• Founding, Supporter, and Friend-level members: Purchase tickets beginning Wednesday, Jun 5 at noon by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
• All member levels: Purchase tickets online beginning Thursday, Jun 6 at noon via the Member Portal.
• Public (non-members): Remaining tickets available online beginning Friday, Jun 7 at noon.

Upgrade your membership to receive priority access to purchase tickets. Membership dues and Walt's Circle donations may be paid as monthly installments or as a one-time annual payment. For more information, please email the Membership Department at membership@wdfmuseum.org.

Eddie Sotto is an award-winning designer, creative leader, and entrepreneur with a proven track record in entertainment design. Sotto's strength lies in vision, solutions, and team-based execution—skills he honed as Senior Vice President of Concept Design at Walt Disney Imagineering, where he ran his own concept development studio. His portfolio at Disney alone contains $500 million in built projects ranging from "E”-ticket attractions to retail, restaurants, web, and mobile technology, including digital architecture like ABC Times Square Studios. Quitting Disney in 2000, Sotto exported his skills to reimagine and reinvent brands and places as “experiences.” Working cross-platform, Sotto expanded to innovate in marketing, AR/VR, and network television. Born in Hollywood, Sotto's cinematic style is largely self-taught by having motion picture Production Designers and Disney's original artists as his mentors. Sotto is currently featured in the first three episodes of the epic miniseries The Imagineering Story (2019) on Disney+.