Imagineer Resource (Christmas?) List

[ThemeParkPriest]

Do you have favorite books, podcasts, websites, etc that help you design like an Imagineer? Maybe some good ideas for a Christmas list?

Walt Disney Imagineering book
Designing Disney book
The Imagineering Story and Day at Disney on Disney Plus
Imagineering in a Box class by Khan Academy
The Tomorrow Society podcast (especially episodes 110 and 111 about improving EPCOT)

 

[spacemt354]

Do you have favorite books, podcasts, websites, etc that help you design like an Imagineer? Maybe some good ideas for a Christmas list?

Walt Disney Imagineering book
Designing Disney book
The Imagineering Story and Day at Disney on Disney Plus
Imagineering in a Box class by Khan Academy
The Tomorrow Society podcast (especially episodes 110 and 111 about improving EPCOT)

@Imagineerland has a good list on his blog!

My Top 10 Theme Park Design Books

Imagineerland is a thematic design portfolio blog, featuring design projects and commentaries on Disney and Universal theme park design.

imagineerland.blogspot.com

 

[ThemeParkPriest]

@Imagineerland has a good list on his blog!

My Top 10 Theme Park Design Books

Imagineerland is a thematic design portfolio blog, featuring design projects and commentaries on Disney and Universal theme park design.

imagineerland.blogspot.com

I have the Maps of Disney Parks, and it’s a nice coffee table book.

 

[ThemeParkPriest]

Other books:
Disney Devotionals
Faith and the Magic Kingdom

 

[ThemeParkPriest]

Theme Park Design by David Younger (I put it on my list this year!)

 

[goofyyukyuk]

Theme Park Design by David Younger (I put it on my list this year!)

This is a fantastic (but very dense) book!

 

[Mickeynerd17]

One Little Spark, Magic Journey, and The Imagineering Workout are excellent reads! Highly recommend all three.

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

All of you inspire me!

 

[ThemeParkPriest]

This is a fantastic (but very dense) book!

You’re right! It’s like a 535-page textbook on theme parks with only a few illustrations!

 

[Mickeynerd17]

Anyone get any good reads this year? I got two on amusement park history!

 

[Disney Warrior]

Anyone get any good reads this year? I got two on amusement park history!

I got like 3 Disney books this year, two for wdw, one for DL california, as well as one for Universal. I kinda have a hobby of collecting Disney guidebooks even though I’m not going to WDW, this hobby actually goes back a long way to 2012 lol

 

[Mickeynerd17]

I got like 3 Disney books this year, two for wdw, one for DL california, as well as one for Universal. I kinda have a hobby of collecting Disney guidebooks even though I’m not going to WDW, this hobby actually goes back a long way to 2012 lol

Are you talking about maps? I have a large collection of maps dating back to 1989.

 

[goofyyukyuk]

Anyone get any good reads this year? I got two on amusement park history!

I got the new book about Claude Coats!

 

[Disney Warrior]

Are you talking about maps? I have a large collection of maps dating back to 1989.

No I‘m talking about books like Birnbaum’s WDW 2022 and the Unofficial Guide 2022 books (WDW, DL, UO). For some reason even though I‘ve never been to UO or DL I find pleasure in reading books about Disney lol. I don’t collect park maps anymore.

 

[Mickeynerd17]

No I‘m talking about books like Birnbaum’s WDW 2022 and the Unofficial Guide 2022 books (WDW, DL, UO). For some reason even though I‘ve never been to UO or DL I find pleasure in reading books about Disney lol. I don’t collect park maps anymore.

Oh nice!

I still have a few of those guidebooks from 2005/'06. It's fun to see attractions like the Wonders of Life in there even though it was seasonal.

 

[ThemeParkPriest]

You’re right! It’s like a 535-page textbook on theme parks with only a few illustrations!

Once again: Theme Park Design by David Younger is a textbook on theme parks! There’s so many things in it that you wouldn’t even think of like design styles (Traditional, Presentational, Postmodern, Themed Amusement Park, and New Traditional) of an entire park, land, or even just a ride. Everything is cited with examples at parks.