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| Imagineering Field Guide to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, The | 
 enlarge | Author: The Disney Imagineers
Publisher: Disney Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 24789
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 3.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0786855533
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.06875924
EAN: 9780786855537
ASIN: 0786855533
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Mouse is Best. August 8, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great behind the scenes look at the Best Place on Earth. For those who want to pick the brains of the Imagineers to hear their versions of what we see at the Magic Kingdom. I really appreciated this book.
 The Magic of the Magic Kingdom August 7, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's kind of funny to have a field guide to Disneyland, but it really does answer a lot of the questions that you have walking around. It's a good size for carrying with you which is why it's a filed guide, I guess. I just read it home. That works well too. It's an interesting book.
How they built a better mousetrap! July 15, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
On October 1, 2006, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom will have been in operation for 35 years. Roughly 50% bigger than Disneyland, WDW's Magic Kingdom is a different world. How did the Imagineers build a better mousetrap? WDW's estimated attendance is over 30 million annually--and led to Disney theme parks in Japan, France, and China--that seems as if the world is beating a path to the Magic Kingdom's door to me!
"The Imagineering Field Guide to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World" is organized into chapters covering the eight themed "lands," an introduction to Imagineering, and a bibliography with a graphic "index" at the back. The 128 pages are lavishly illustrated. I bought this book so that I could see the Magic Kingdom through an Imagineer's eyes. In the introduction, a brief explaination of the many show elements (from planning to construction) and a glossery help bring those new to Imagineering on board. The glossery even has a useful summary of brainstorming.
Walt Disney World is always changing. The last time I was there was July 2004--and The Imagineering Field Guide to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World" lists several new attractios that weren't open when I visited. One attraction that is on my "must see" list is Stitch's Great Escape because of the complexity of the Stitch figure (pages 114 and 115). Page 81 shows an effect that's been there for a while, but one I overlooked because I stand 6'3" in my stocking feet--my sightline went over this pleasant little surprise in Fantasyland. This 128-page book isn't too big to take along on my next visit, it won't take me hours to read, and it will enhance my Disney experience by letting me in on the tricks of the Imagineer's trade. I get an insider's looks at the jokes and tributes hidden in plain sight, too! One example of an inside joke is the chess match in Pirates of the Caribbean (page 49)--I don't take chess THAT seriously!
This isn't as good as going to the Magic Kingdom with my own personal Imagineer in tow--but I don't have any personal Imagineers handy when I'm visiting Walt Disney World. "The Imagineering Field Guide to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World" is a fine substitute, and less espensive, too.
1st time reviewer July 10, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very interesting. Answered so many questions I had been thinking about.
Method behind the Magic June 30, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a big Disney fan and take 3 to 4 trips a year to Disney World so I am very familiar with the Magic Kingdom. I loved this book so much I bought one for my brother (another Disney fan). This quick read full of backstory and pictures of the Magic Kingdom gives an insight to the method behind the Disney Magic.
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