American amusement ride designer and imagineer (born 1931)
Bob Gurr
Gurr at the 2023 WonderCon
Born
Robert Henry Gurr
(1931-10-25) October 25, 1931 (age 92)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Notable work
Disneyland Monorail Autopia The Haunted Mansion Submarine Voyage Matterhorn Bobsleds King Kong Encounter
Title
Director of Special Vehicle Development, Imagineer, Themed Entertainment Designer
Awards
THEA Award, Lifetime Achievement, 1999
Disney Legend, 2004
Robert Henry Gurr (born October 25, 1931)[1][2] is an American amusement ride designer and Imagineer. His most famous work was for Walt Disney's Disneyland Park, and its subsequent sister parks. Gurr is said to have designed most, if not all, of the ride vehicles of the Disneyland attractions when the park opened, including Autopia, The Haunted Mansion, the Disneyland Monorail, the Submarine Voyage, and the Matterhorn Bobsleds. He was named a Disney Legend in 2004. He also worked on the King Kong Encounter animatronic for Universal Studios Hollywood.
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the park. The primary designer for the park transportation vehicles was BobGurr who gave himself the title of Director of Special Vehicle Design in 1954...
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which patented Omnimover in April 1968. The term was coined by Imagineer BobGurr. Outside of Disney, it is sometimes known as an Endless Transit System...
Disney World Monorail System. The design was developed by Disney Imagineer BobGurr. Ten trains were built by Martin Marietta in 1969 at the cost of about...
Disney designer BobGurr then headed a Disney team that designed and manufactured the cars, chassis, suspension and propulsion systems. Gurr and Disney were...
existence for many years. Kong was designed by legendary Disney Imagineer BobGurr. The detailing was so rich that Kong even had banana-scented breath. The...
working title for a new attraction, the PeopleMover. According to Imagineer BobGurr, "the name got stuck," and it was no longer a working title. Starting in...
conceptual drawing that was once on display at the Disney Gallery. Imagineer BobGurr was responsible for designing the track plan and has said that it was the...
No. 2 locomotive would pull six 1890s-style passenger cars designed by BobGurr, consisting of a combine car, four coaches, and an observation coach. The...
Knott's Berry Farm interactive ride Voyage to the Iron Reef; Disney legend BobGurr applauds attraction". The Orange County Register. Retrieved November 3...
Achievements in his honor. The second recipient was Marty Sklar in 1995. BobGurr was the recipient in 1999. In 1996, the Awards for Outstanding Achievement...
train in the world." Two separate trains, designed by Disney Imagineer BobGurr, and built as scale replicas of General Motors' futuristic Aerotrain, traveled...
businesspeople, and often refer to the honoree's development or other interests. BobGurr's window, for example, refers to his design of most of the park's vehicles...
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