A celebrity Disney Imagineer for over three decades, Chris Runco is best known as the visionary behind America’s most successful waterpark, Typhoon Lagoon. In his role as a concept designer, art director, and illustrator, Runco’s projects also included Shanghai Disneyland’s Gardens of Imagination; the 2010 upgrade of Tokyo Disneyland’s Monsters, Inc. Ride ‘N Go Seek attraction; Pirate’s Lair on Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island; the Monsters, Inc. dark ride, Grizzly River Run, and Redwood Creek Challenge Trail at Disney California Adventure; and Harambe Village and Pangani Forest Trail at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Chris Runco, Senior Concept Designer and Art Director
