Joe Rohde, one of the masterminds behind the planning and development of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, is retiring from his position with Walt Disney Imagineering.    In April 2018, Orlando Sentinel theme park reporter Dewayne Bevil talked with the famed Imagineer about how Disney made the jump from the Magic Kingdom to Animal Kingdom, why Pandora – The World of Avatar fits into a park focused on the natural, his favorite animal at the theme park, and where he keeps his spare earrings.   In honor of Rohde’s retirement, enjoy this flashback episode of Theme Park Rangers podcast: