Walt Disney S Story Land

Author : Richard Snow
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781501190810

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Disney's Land by Richard Snow Pdf

A propulsive and “entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history chronicling the conception and creation of the iconic Disneyland theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow. One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of farmland in Anaheim, California, and imagined building a park where people “could live among Mickey Mouse and Snow White in a world still powered by steam and fire for a day or a week or (if the visitor is slightly mad) forever.” Despite his wealth and fame, exactly no one wanted Disney to build such a park. Not his brother Roy, who ran the company’s finances; not the bankers; and not his wife, Lillian. Amusement parks at that time, such as Coney Island, were a generally despised business, sagging and sordid remnants of bygone days. Disney was told that he would only be heading toward financial ruin. But Walt persevered, initially financing the park against his own life insurance policy and later with sponsorship from ABC and the sale of thousands and thousands of Davy Crockett coonskin caps. Disney assembled a talented team of engineers, architects, artists, animators, landscapers, and even a retired admiral to transform his ideas into a soaring yet soothing wonderland of a park. The catch was that they had only a year and a day in which to build it. On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened its gates…and the first day was a disaster. Disney was nearly suicidal with grief that he had failed on a grand scale. But the curious masses kept coming, and the rest is entertainment history. Eight hundred million visitors have flocked to the park since then. In Disney’s Land, “Snow brings a historian’s eye and a child’s delight, not to mention superb writing, to the telling of this fascinating narrative” (Ken Burns) that “will entertain Disneyphiles and readers of popular American history” (Publishers Weekly).

Author : Disney Book Group
Publisher : Disney Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0786834196

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Disney Storyland Treasury by Disney Book Group Pdf

Featuring 12 of your favorite stories-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Santa's Toy Shop, Babes in Toyland, Dumbo, The Ugly Duckling, Pinocchio, Bambi, Noah's Ark, and Alice in Wonderland-this charming collection takes readers back in time to the golden age of children's books. Originally published in the 1950s and 1960s as Little Golden Books and Big Golden Books, these classic tales are illustrated by celebrated Walt Disney Studio artists, including John Hench, Al Dempster, Earl and Carol Marshall, and Campell Grant. Sure to become a family favorite!

Author : Aaron H. Goldberg
Publisher : Quaker Scribe
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Disney Story by Aaron H. Goldberg Pdf

Attention, all Disney Fans! Do you enjoy reading about the Disney theme parks? Perhaps you're enamored with the man who was Walt Disney? Maybe you're just plain crazy for Mickey Mouse and the Disney big-screen features? No need to order your serving of Disney history and knowledge a la carte anymore.Welcome to The Disney Story, a decade-by-decade look back on the man, the mouse, and the theme parks. From Mickey Mouse's debut at the Colony Theatre in November 1928 to the opening of Shanghai Disneyland in 2016--and everything in between--finally, the world's greatest storyteller has their story told!In addition to reliving Disney's most memorable moments, there are numerous interesting and lesser-known stories that will expand your Disney knowledge and give you a fresh perspective on your favorite Disney topic. The Disney Story is more than just a timeline of Disney events and a collection of interesting stories. It's a vehicle and guidebook that can be used to travel back in time and read about your favorite Disney subjects via an interactive bibliography on the book's companion website.Disney's ninety-year journey is all here in one volume, complete with informative stories and tidbits about the theme parks, movies, and Walt himself. Revel in the remarkable innovations and legendary Disney magic that make the company the premiere name in entertainment today.

Author : Aaron H. Goldberg
Publisher : Quaker Scribe
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781733642057

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Buying Disney's World by Aaron H. Goldberg Pdf

In November of 1965, after numerous months of speculation surrounding a mystery industry that had been purchasing large amounts of land in central Florida, Walt Disney finally put an end to the rumors. He announced to the public his grandiose plans for the thousands of acres he had secretly purchased. For the eighteen months prior to the announcement, Walt entrusted a small group of men to covertly make these purchases. Next, they were tasked with drafting a legislative act to submit to the state of Florida that would allow Disney to wield nearly absolute legal control over the property under a quasi-government municipality. Staying true to its storytelling roots, Disney wove a tale of mystery centered around a high-ranking CIA operative, who was rumored to have been, just a few short years before, the paymaster behind the Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba. This savvy and well-connected CIA agent became the de facto leader for the group of Disney executives and attorneys who orchestrated and executed a nearly perfect plan to keep Disney’s identity a secret from the public by utilizing aliases, shell corporations, and meandering travel itineraries, all in an effort to protect the company’s identity during the land acquisition process. As told through the personal notes and files from the key figures involved in the project, Buying Disney’s World details the story of how Walt Disney World came to be, like you’ve never heard before. From conception to construction and everything in between—including how a parcel of land within Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort was acquired during a high-stakes poker game—explore how the company most famous for creating Mickey Mouse acquired central Florida’s swamps, orange groves, and cow pastures to build a Disney fiefdom and a Magic Kingdom.

Author : Walt Disney Productions
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Animals
ISBN : 0307165477

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Walt Disney's Story Land by Walt Disney Productions Pdf

Author : Disney Book Group
Publisher : Disney Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1484713486

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Disney Storybook Collection (3rd Edition) by Disney Book Group Pdf

Featuring your favorite Disney characters, these bestselling storybook collections have been completely redesigned with all new covers, gilded pages, newly edited text, and a classic new look with over 250 illustrations-including full-page artwork from the Disney archives. From Frozen to The Lion King, the best-loved stories of all time are now even better and re-create the movie magic of the most beloved Disney films. Enhanced with new pieces of art from the Disney archives, these stories are still the ideal length for reading aloud.

Author : Neal Gabler
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780679757474

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Walt Disney by Neal Gabler Pdf

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 USA Today Biography of the Year

Author : Chad Denver Emerson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0615347770

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Project Future by Chad Denver Emerson Pdf

The Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida is one of the world's most famous vacation destinations. This iconic resort is now located in what once was thousands of acres of swamp and marshland. Through spy-like moves and innovative strategies, Walt Disney and his cadre of creative leaders turned this massive swamp land into today's Disney World. This books shares the amazing behind the scenes story of how Disney's Florida resort, code-named Project Future, rose from the marshes of Central Florida to become one of the world's most popular theme park resorts.

Author : Chris Nichols
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3836595133

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Walt Disney's Disneyland by Chris Nichols Pdf

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.

Author : Kevin Kern,Tim O'Day,Steven Vagnini
Publisher : Disney Editions
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 1368052843

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A Portrait of Walt Disney World by Kevin Kern,Tim O'Day,Steven Vagnini Pdf

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

Author : Eugene Bradley Coco
Publisher : Golden Books
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0307001040

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Peter Pan by Eugene Bradley Coco Pdf

The adventures of the three Darling children in Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : OCLC:1300442318

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Walt Disney's Story Land by Anonim Pdf

Author : Valerie Childs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Amusement parks
ISBN : 0831757396

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The Magic of Disneyland and Walt Disney World by Valerie Childs Pdf

Captioned color photographs depict various sections of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, with a brief discussion of the history of both parks.

Author : Joan Holub,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780515158441

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Where Is Walt Disney World? by Joan Holub,Who HQ Pdf

Building the most magical place on earth was no fairy tale. Learn the story behind the creation of Walt Disney World. In 1964, when Walt Disney and his brother Roy decided to build a second theme park in the Florida swamplands, they kept it super hush-hush. Why? Well, if word got out that they planned to buy up lots of land, the price would have skyrocketed. So the Disneys cleverly covered up their trail, avoiding the Orlando airport and even using made-up names, like Walt and Roy Davis, for their flights. The deception worked. In covering the history of the "Most Magical Place On Earth," Joan Holub takes readers both behind the scenes and underneath the park (there are secret employee-only tunnels that form one big circle under the Magic Kingdom). Loaded with fun facts, this book is a great companion to Who Was Walt Disney?

Author : Nancy Parent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Picture puzzles
ISBN : 1570829268

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Peter Pan by Nancy Parent Pdf

Scenes from the Disney film Peter Pan on opposite pages have slight differences for the reader to distinguish.