WDW Reads

[dupac]

I did a search and didn't find any thread about literature on WDW/Disney Co., so I thought I would start one.

I personally have read Realityland by David Koenig and Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real. I have Disneywar by James Stewart in hand to read as soon as I can finish up the book I'm currently reading.

Some of my to read list:
Since the World Began: Walt Disney World-- The First 25 Years by Jeff Kurtti
The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies by Jason Surrell
Designing Disney by John Hench

Feel free to add your own or give reviews on any books already posted!



*I apologize for any auto correct typos!*

 

[marni1971]

Try another search!

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/search/14235298/?q=Books&o=date&c[title_only]=1

There's tonnes of lists of good reads

 

[dupac]

Try another search!

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/search/14235298/?q=Books&o=date&c[title_only]=1

There's tonnes of lists of good reads

Guess I didn't search hard enough. Thanks!

 

[Stevek]

Here's a few:
Since the World Began
Walt Disney's Epcot
Spinning Disney's World
The Making of Disney's Animal Kingdom
Epcot Explorers Encyclopedia
Hidden Magic of WDW
Building a Better Mouse
Around the World With Disney (park exclusive)
WDW Then, Now & Forever (park exclusive)
The Art of Walt Disney World
Epcot: The First 30 years

And any number of other park exclusive books/pictoral hardbacks i.e. First Decade, 20 years, Share a Dream Come True, Where Magic lives. Tons of great books, I've been collecting books from all the US Disney parks and Paris for years. The Asian parks are too expensive for my wallet.

 

[dupac]

Ooh. Epcot books. I'll have to add those to my list.

Do you have a favorite so far?

 

[Stevek]

Favorites would be:
Since the World Began
Walt Disney's Epcot
Spinning Disney's World
Building a Better Mouse
The Art of Walt Disney World

 

[marni1971]

Here's a list I did many years ago for a very old thread. I'll get to updating it one day!




Here again is a list of the books I have - not complete by any means, but a lot of these books shows what goes into the design and operation of the parks:

*Project Florida, Walt DIsney Productions 1967. Not commercially available
*Master Planning for Walt DIsney World, Walt Disney Productions 1969. Not commercially available
*Preview Edition Walt Disney World, Walt Disney Productions 1970
Pictorial Souvineer of Walt DIsney World 1972
Pictorial Souvineer of Walt DIsney World 1972 2nd ed
*The Story of Walt Disney World, Walt Disney Productions 1976 2-76-3
Walt Disney World: The first decade 1981
*Walt Disney World EPCOT Center, Walt Disney Productions 1982
*Walt Disney Worlds`s EPCOT Center - Creating the new world of tomorrow 1982 0 8109 0819 0 1st ed
The Art of Walt Disney 1983 0 8109 8052 5 2nd ed
A pictorial souvineer of Walt Disney World 1989 Disney 0127 100005 1189
Walt Disney World 1989 Disney w0127 10003 989
Walt Disney World 20 magical years Disney w0127 10003 1190
The Disney Touch 1991 1 55623 385 x
The Man Behind the Magic 1991 0 670 82259 0
The Music of Disney (part of 3cd box set 1992)
Walt Disney - Hollywoods Dark Prince 1994 0 06 100789 7
Walt Disney World 1994
*The Art of Walt Disney 1995 I 85227 503 0 3rd ed
*Since the World Began 1996 07868 8219 0 (pb) 6248 3 (hb)
*Building a Dream - The Art of Disney Architecture 1996 0 8109 3142 7
*Walt Disney Imagineering 1996 0 7868 6246 7
*Designing Disneys Theme Parks - The architecture of reassurance 1997 2 08013 639 9
*The Disney Touch 1997 0 7863 1002 2 2nd ed
Team Rodent 1998 0 345 42280 5
Michael Eisner - Work in Progress 1998 0 14 0 28198 3
*The Making of Disneys Animal Kingdom Theme Park 1998 0 7868 6402 8
The Celebration Chronicles 1999 0 345 41752 6
Celebration, USA 1999 0 8050 5560 6
Walt Disney World, a souvineer for the new Millenium 1999 0 7868 5406 5
Once upon an American Dream - The story of Euro Disneyland 2000 0 7006 0989 x
The Keys to the Kingdom 2000/1 0 06 662109 7
Married to the Mouse 2001 0 300 087071 hb 098286 pb
*What would Walt do? An insiders story about the design and construction of WDW 2001 0 595 17203 2
Inside Disney 2002 0 7645 6443 9 2nd ed
Disneyland Paris AA guide 2002 0 7495 3374 9
Disneyland Paris 2002 souvineer guide
*Disneyland Paris from sketch to reality April 2002 1st ed
Disney the ultimate visual guide 2002 0 7513 3913 x
*Designing Disney (John Hench) 2003 07868 5406 5
The Imagineering Way 2003 0 7868 5401 4
*The Haunted Mansion 2003 07868 5419 7
The Art of Walt Disney 2004 I 85227 230 9 4th ed (the 2nd edition features more of phase one of WDW)
Disneyland Hotel The Early Years 1954-1988 0-9768779-1-0
*Vinyl Leaves 0-8122-1472-0
*Pirates of the Caribbean 0-7868-5630-0
Celebration - The story of a town 0-7868-5405-7
*A Brush with Disney 0-9646059-6-1 2nd ed
*Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers 0-9657353-5-4
Disney War 0-684-80993-1
Paper Dreams 0-7868-6307-2

Those preceeded with an asterix have specific references to design. Yes, I did finally get Coasters, Flumes and Saucers :lol:

 

[Csmith041177]

Great info everybody!!!