
She stopped working at Disney to raise their children but returned in 1962 as a member of WED Enterprises, which is now known as Disney Imagineering.Īs part of WED she helped create and design several of the pieces for the 1964-65 World’s Fair, including: Small World, Great Moments with Mr. Later, she transferred into Animation where she met her husband Harvey Toombs. Leota started working at the Disney company in 1940 as a member of the ink and paint department. Of course the organs in other attractions are replicas.įan favorite, Madame Leota was actually modeled after Imagineer Leota Toombs Thomas. As we know, Disney is always re-purposing items and the film organ was modified for the attraction. It’s the same organ used in the film 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. If you are on the Disneyland attraction, the organ that Victor Geist, is playing actually was once on the Nautilus. The Famous Ballroom Organ Actually Belonged to Captain Nemo
