This just in from Theme Park Press about the newly released book Inventing Disneyland:
Based on years of
original research and interviews, this is the true but unauthorized story complete
with vintage photos ;of just what it took to invent the happiest place on earth
and make Walt Disney's dream come true.]
[A
Definitive History
Walt
Disney was a busy man. Between feature films, both live and animated, a weekly
hour-long television show, and the day-to-day operations of his studio, he had
no time and even less money to invent and then build that strange thing he
called a theme park. But he did...
Meet
the cadre of six men who imagined and described the specifics of Walt Disney’s
vision for a new kind of family entertainment park;the men of WED Enterprises,
who began the process of inventing Disneyland.
Enter
the bustling “Disneyland Plans Room” at Walt Disney’s custom-designed studio.
Disney drew upon the talents of tinkerers and hobbyists, artists, writers, engineers,
architects, builders, and especially Hollywood art directors to realize his
dream.
See
the site transformed from moonscape to wonderland and struggle along with the
park’s management as they rush headlong toward an opening day that seems
impossible to achieve.
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