Dave Schweninger - my 295th pick to be named a Disney Legend

Imagineer Dave Schweninger is my 295th choice to be named a Disney Legend. Schweninger was responsible for the design of the Audio Animatronic figures, and animation. He ran the animation shop at MAPO - where they built the mechanical design of all the figures. In the late 1960s, David Schweninger worked side-by-side with Marc Davis to bring Davis' characters to mechanical life. Schweninger was involved with the development of many of the animatronic and mechanical effects found in the vintage Disneyland attractions such as Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. He shares a Main Street window at Disneyland with some other imagineers.