Any Good Books About Disney & The Building Of WDW?

[AndyMcV]

Hi

Just wondering of anyone has some suggestions on some good books that talk about Walt Disney World, how it was designed and built, it's infrastructure, etc...

Thank
Andy

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

I have 2 great ones...I believe it is called "Building a Dream" or Designing a Dream...one has a yellow cover, one has a white and blue... I will look for a link to post


EDIT:

This is a great one with the Disney Hotels
I bought this for DH ( a architecture nut )

 

[Blondie]

While going through my Grandmother's things a few weeks ago, I found a book my Mom gave to her called "Walt Disney World, The First Decade."

It's in brand new condition (she probably never looked at it for more than a few mins.) and is full of color photos and details! It was published in 1982. If you can find a copy on e-bay or elsewhere, I suggest you start with this book. I love it!

 

[HeyMickey]

I highly recommend Walt Disney Imagineering - A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real .

I found it in my college bookstore and HAD to have it, even though it was the textbook for a course I wasn't actually in. It's a few years old and I think it predates Animal Kingdom, but it has very cool pictures of the concepts and construction of the original parks.

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

bumping for AndyMcV

 

[JimB.]

Try "Vinyl Leaves" By Stephen Fjellman. It is chock full of exactly what you are looking for, up through the opening of EPCOT.

Please note, this is NOT a picture book. Not A One. But it is EXCEPTIONALLY well researched.

 

[crisi]

Designing Disney's Theme Parks : The Architecture of Reassurance

This is one of DisneyDmbNut's links. The editor was one of my Art History prof's in college. She teaches (used to teach? She may be retired now) a class called The Art of Walt Disney.