Author : The Editors of LIFE
Publisher : Time Home Entertainment
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1547841877
Walt Disney spent his life dreaming impossible dreams, and achieved the most impossible dream of all - the amusement park to end all amusement parks: Disneyland!
Author : Project on Disney
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822316244
Contains critical essays in which the authors, having visited Disney World as individuals and as a group, offer their perspectives on various aspects of the amusement park and its appeal.
Author : Jimmy Johnson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 31,62 MB
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1617039322
In this never-before-published memoir from the files of The Walt Disney Archives, Disney Legend Jimmy Johnson (1917-1976) takes you from his beginnings as a studio gofer during the days of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the opening of Walt Disney World Resort. Johnson relates dozens of personal anecdotes with famous celebrities, beloved artists, and, of course, Walt and Roy Disney. This book, also the story of how an empire-within-an-empire is born and nurtured, traces Johnson’s innovations in merchandising, publishing, and direct marketing, to the formation of what is now Walt Disney Records. This fascinating autobiography explains how the records helped determine the course of Disney Theme Parks, television, and film through best-selling recordings by icons such as Annette Funicello, Fess Parker, Julie Andrews, Louis Armstrong, and Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Through Jimmy Johnson’s remarkable journey, the film, TV, and recording industries grow up together as changes in tastes and technologies shape the world, while the legacy of Disney is developed as well as carefully sustained for the generations who cherish its stories, characters, and music.
Author : David Koenig
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780964060524
"Based on a decade of research and interviews with 100 Disney insiders"--Jacket flap.
Author : Charles Ridgway
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Disneyland (Calif.)
ISBN : 9781937011420
Disney Legend Charles Ridgway looks back over forty years of working for "the Mouse," from Disneyland, to Walt Disney World, to Euro-Disney and beyond. Filled with light-hearted and hilarious reminiscences of famous people and outlandish publicity stunts, this memoir will delight Disney fans young and old.
Author : The Editors of LIFE
Publisher : Time Inc. Books
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1683303849
Disney World is often referred to as the "happiest place on earth" and the character Mickey Mouse is long ingrained in our collective memory. The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest and most valuable companies in the world. But behind all of that was one ambitious small-town farm boy who failed as often as he succeeded, and finally found worldwide fame - thanks to a cartoon mouse. Throughout the rise of Walt Disney, LIFE magazine was there, covering everything from the first Mickey merchandising to the launch of Walt Disney World in 1971, and now in this all-new special edition, LIFE revisits both the man and the magic in LIFE Walt Disney: From Mickey to the Magic Kingdom. Very few people know that as a young entrepreneur, he struggled with bankruptcy, borrowing money until he had a hit with the Mickey Mouse cartoons in the late 1920s. Beloved movies of today - Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi - bombed when first released, and it wasn't until the astronomical success of Disneyland in 1951 that finally put his company into the black. From early days to troubled times, and successes and failures too numerous to count that bring us all to the World of Disney that we all know and love today, LIFE Walt Disney is a fitting tribute to a creative force that has and will continue to influence countless generations for years to come.
Author : Kevin Kern
Publisher : Disney Editions
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781368052849
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 : Ridley Pearson
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1368067786
Five young teens tapped as models for theme park “guides” (using a new hologram technology developed by the Disney Imagineers) find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches that threaten both the future of Walt Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls. Featuring a new cover design and additional content!
Author : Chris Nichols
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783836563482
Discover the story of Disneyland, Walt Disney's visionary theme park in Anaheim, California. This bountiful visual history includes stunning color photographs, concept drawings, as well as ephemera from the historical collections of the Walt Disney Company and the golden age of photojournalism, to trace the park's development and immersive...
Author : Louis A. Mongello
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Amusement parks
ISBN : 9781887140492
Not a travel planner or guidebook, this unique and entertaining collection of trivia questions is filled with secrets and interesting facts about all aspects of Walt Disney World.
