Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World
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5 stars: I didn't particularly like it or dislike it; mixed or no real interest
From the back cover: Realityland takes the first ever in depth unauthorized look at the creation and operation of the world's most popular vacation destination. Step backstage and witness:
-Walt's original plans for WDW, and how his dreams completely changed in the hands of his successors
-His undercover agents who secretly bought 44 square miles of swamp
-The chaotic construction and frantic first years of the Magic Kingdom
-The underground caverns that wind beneath the theme park
-Disney's unconventional, initially disastrous foray into operating its own hotels
-The behind the scenes machinations that led to EPCOT
-How safety and security are maintained on property, at all costs.
-The tumultuous change of leadership that turned the cherished "Ways of Walt" upside down
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Yep. That description should have warned me--- that the book would be a lot of sensationalized story. It was. I had expected to have the humor of the "backstage stories" of Koenig's fabulous "Mouse Tales" regarding Disneyland. Instead, this was a straight nonfiction book about the building of WDW and Epcot. There were interesting parts to it, including the chaos to get to opening day and how Walt's passing in the infancy stages of building caused the project to change and the politics of getting FL politicians to secretly let him build there. Walt had envisioned EPCOT as being what later became "Celebration" -- and entire community / city on Disney property. (and as of this writing, has all been sold off and was unsuccessful).
I enjoyed parts of this book, but because I was expecting humor and small anecdotes, it wasn't what I particularly wanted at the time. I did read in preparation for a future WDW trip.
From the back cover: Realityland takes the first ever in depth unauthorized look at the creation and operation of the world's most popular vacation destination. Step backstage and witness:
-Walt's original plans for WDW, and how his dreams completely changed in the hands of his successors
-His undercover agents who secretly bought 44 square miles of swamp
-The chaotic construction and frantic first years of the Magic Kingdom
-The underground caverns that wind beneath the theme park
-Disney's unconventional, initially disastrous foray into operating its own hotels
-The behind the scenes machinations that led to EPCOT
-How safety and security are maintained on property, at all costs.
-The tumultuous change of leadership that turned the cherished "Ways of Walt" upside down
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Yep. That description should have warned me--- that the book would be a lot of sensationalized story. It was. I had expected to have the humor of the "backstage stories" of Koenig's fabulous "Mouse Tales" regarding Disneyland. Instead, this was a straight nonfiction book about the building of WDW and Epcot. There were interesting parts to it, including the chaos to get to opening day and how Walt's passing in the infancy stages of building caused the project to change and the politics of getting FL politicians to secretly let him build there. Walt had envisioned EPCOT as being what later became "Celebration" -- and entire community / city on Disney property. (and as of this writing, has all been sold off and was unsuccessful).
I enjoyed parts of this book, but because I was expecting humor and small anecdotes, it wasn't what I particularly wanted at the time. I did read in preparation for a future WDW trip.
(Sent to KMR).
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