Walt Disney's World of Fantasy
Author: Adrian Bailey
Publisher: Popular Culture Ink
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780831792961
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A Portrait of Walt Disney World
Author: Kevin Kern
Publisher: Disney Editions
Published: 2021-09-28
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781368052849
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This expansive, must-have coffee table book paints a robust portrait of the Walt Disney World Resort, across half a century, through diverse and vibrant voices and mostly unseen Disney theme park concept art and photographs. Walt Disney's vision for the Florida Project begins with Disneyland and the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. After an imaginative and expansive design, a unique land acquisition process, and an innovative construction period, the Walt Disney World Resort celebrated its Grand Opening in October 1971. It featured a theme park dubbed the Magic Kingdom and three recreational resorts: Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Polynesian Village, and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. As Walt Disney World consistently grew and further evolved through the five decades that followed, certain themes reverberated: an appreciation for nostalgia, a joy for fantasy, a hunger for discovery, and an unending hope for a better tomorrow. Inspirational and memorable theme parks, water parks, sports arenas, recreational water sports, world-class golf courses, vast shopping villages, and a transportation network unlike any other in the world resulted in fun, festive, and familiar characters, traditions, spectacles, merchandise, and so much more. The resort has come to represent the pulse of American leisure and has served as a backdrop for life's milestones both big and small, public and private. Walt Disney World: A Portrait of the First Half Century serves as a treasure trove for vacationers, students of hospitality, artists, and all Disney collectors. Searching for that perfect gift for the Disney theme park fan in your life? Explore more archival-quality books from Disney Editions: Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks The Disney Monorail: Imagineering a Highway in the Sky Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic Poster Art of the Disney Parks
The Wonders of Walt Disney World
Author: Aaron H. Goldberg
Publisher:
Published: 2019-12-19
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781733642040
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Wonders of Walt Disney World: Your Guidebook for Uncovering Secrets, Stories and Magic Planning a visit to the Walt Disney World Resort? The Wonders of Walt Disney World is the essential read before your visit with Mickey. It's part guidebook, part secret stories, part informative history, and part of your plan for a magical trip! The Wonders of Walt Disney World will guide you from park to park and attraction to attraction, across all of the Disney property. It will open your eyes to the stories behind the stories of each attraction and bring forth hundreds of secrets that Disney weaves and hides just below the surface. Wherever you are on the Disney continuum, from your first trip to your hundred and first trip, this book will make your Disney experience all the richer. Even for the self-proclaimed Disney expert, there are numerous insider stories and details to entertain and inform you: Forget about Hidden Mickeys: Did you know Disney's newest park Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, features a hidden Millennium Falcon? Which attraction at the Magic Kingdom has been scientifically proven to greatly aid in passing a kidney stone? What does actor Tom Selleck have to do with Epcot's lovable Figment character? Unbeknownst to Disney at the time, which country announced they were going to be the first to sponsor a pavilion at Epcot, only to have the deal fall apart? Did you know a legendary producer working on an attraction at Walt Disney World refused money as a payment? He opted for a basket of socks instead! The Wonders of Walt Disney World is a comprehensive and entertaining tour designed for both easy reading and reference. Come discover the wonders that are hiding in plain sight!
Power and Paradise in Walt Disney's World
Author: Cher Krause Knight
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2019-08-19
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0813065321
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this fascinating analysis, Cher Krause Knight peels back the actual and contextual layers of Walt Disney's inspiration and vision for Disney World in central Florida, exploring the reasons why the resort has emerged as such a prominent sociocultural force. Knight investigates every detail, from the scale and design of the buildings to the sidewalk infrastructure to which items could and could not be sold in the shops, discussing how each was carefully configured to shape the experience of every visitor. Expertly weaving themes of pilgrimage, paradise, fantasy, and urbanism, she delves into the unexpected nuances and contradictions of this elaborately conceived playland of the imagination.
Walt Disney
Author: Neal Gabler
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2006-10-31
Total Pages: 882
ISBN-13: 030726596X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history: Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi. In his superb biography, Neal Gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades, Disney revolutionized the entertainment industry. In a way that was unprecedented and later widely imitated, he built a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise. Walt Disney is a revelation of both the work and the man–of both the remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and USA Today Biography of the Year
Understanding Disney
Author: Janet Wasko
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-06-07
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0745669042
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the 1930s the Walt Disney Company has produced characters, images, and stories which have captivated audiences around the world. How can we understand the appeal of Disney products? What is it about the Disney phenomenon that attracts so many children as well as adults? In this major new book, Janet Wasko examines the processes by which the Disney company - one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world - manufactures the fantasies which enthrall millions. She analyses the historical expansion of the Disney empire, examines the content of Disney's classic films, cartoons and TV programs and shows how they are produced, considering how some of the same techniques have been applied to the Disney theme parks. She also discusses the reception of Disney products by different kinds of audiences. By looking at the Disney phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, she provides a fresh and comprehensive account of one of the most significant media and cultural institutions of our time. This important book by a leading scholar of the entertainment industries will be of great interest to students in media and cultural studies and will appeal to a wide readership.
Mickey's Walt Disney World Adventure (Disney Classic)
Author: Cathy Hapka
Publisher: Golden/Disney
Published: 2022-01-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0736443223
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Join Mickey and Minnie on an adventure through Walt Disney World in this classic Little Golden Book from 1997! Experience Walt Disney World like never before as Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and their friends spend a day in the park! Fly through Tomorrowland, float down the Jungle Cruise, drive across Main Street, U.S.A., and more in this delightful story full of fan-favorite characters and attractions. This book was originally published for the 25th anniversary of Walt Disney World in 1997, and has been updated to match the current attractions at the park just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary, making it perfect for Disney fans and Little Golden Book collectors of all ages!
Walt Disney's Disneyland
Author: Chris Nichols
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2024-02-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783836595131
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discover the story of Disneyland, Walt Disney's visionary theme park in Anaheim, California. This intriguing visual history includes stunning color photographs, concept drawings, as well as ephemera from the historical collections of the Walt Disney Company, to trace the park's development and immersive world of magic and wonder.
Realityland
Author: David Koenig
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780964060524
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The Disney Book
Author: Jim Fanning
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Wish, Mary Poppins to The Little Mermaid, Disneyland to Tokyo DisneySea, and the fireworks to fan clubs, explore the captivating worlds and groundbreaking creations of Disney and Pixar in this fully updated guide. Marvel at beautiful art and artifacts from The Walt Disney Company's vast historical collections, and discover imaginative moviemaking, enchanting parks, and fascinating collectibles.
