nkkilala said:
Hello everyone!
I was wondering if anyone had any good books about walt disney world and the making of it. I got a book several years ago titled Since the world began but it is outdated. It just showed the blueprints for Animal Kingom. So much has changed since then! Do you know of any good books? please let me know!
Here is an old post of mine:
I have a big Disney book collection-I LOVE Disney books! My favorites are on the parks. A lot of the good ones are out of print and expensive. You might have to check the library or a site like alibris.com for them. Some of my favorites are:
On
Disneyland:
"Disneyland, Inside Story" R. Bright
"Window on Main Street" V.A. Frank
"Disneyland, The Nickel Tour"
"Disneyland, World of Flowers" Bill Evans
On WDW:
"The Making of Disney's Animal Kingdom" Melody Malmberg
"Walt Disney's Epcot Center, Creating the New World of Tomorrow" Richard Beard
"The Haunted Mansion" Jason Surrell
"Gardens of the WDW Resort"
"Since the World Began : Walt Disney World The First 25 Years"
Jeff Kurtti
Others:
"Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making The Magic Real"
"Disneyland Paris, from Sketch to Reality"
"Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance" Marling
"Building a Dream, The Art of Disney Archtecture" Beth Dunlop
"Disney The First 100 Years" David Smith, Steven B. Clark
"One Day at Disney"
"The Disney Treasures" Robert Tieman
"Walt Disney an American Original" Bob Thomas
As far as DVD's The Disney Treasures collection has "Disneyland USA" and "Tomorrowland" (with the famous Walt/Epcot movie.) The Travel Channel does a lot of park/Imagineering/ride/behind the scenes specials and they do have old clips of resorts and rides being built.
There are also some nice new books coming out for the 50th celebrations.
