For years, Universal has been known for screen-based rides and Disney for physical sets, but the conventional wisdom is kaput

Last week, while I was away in Anaheim attending the run-up to Disneyland’s 66th birthday, Disney Parks chairman Josh D’Amaro dropped a bombshell on California’s themed entertainment industry by announcing the relocation of 2,000 employees — including most of the famed Imagineers — to Orlando’s Lake Nona. The implications of this move will reverberate in attraction designs for decades to come, but I don’t want to let this news overshadow another recent seismic shift I observed in my West Coast visit.…