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| Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, The | 
 enlarge | Author: The Imagineers
Publisher: Disney Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 72012
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 3.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 1423103203
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781423103202
ASIN: 1423103203
Publication Date: May 22, 2007
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 A must have - great addition to the series! July 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a Disney fanatic, I have found this series of books to be a wonderful treasure. The Animal Kingdom is a wonderful continuation of this series, and, in many ways, is the best one yet. The details of how the Animal Kingdom was conceived, developed, and built are completely fascinating! I can't wait to visit the park again and notice all of the details I have missed on past trips!
I Love Disney June 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love all of these guides for the Disney Parks by the Imagineers. They give you a sense of the parks and why things were done the way they are. If you are Disney fanatic, you will enjoy this book and the other two that have been written for The Magic Kingdom and Epcot.
Understanding Disney's best theme park May 10, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like taking one of Disney's backstage tours, reading this book gives you insight into one of the company's theme parks that you just can't get anywhere else. In this case that park is a Disney conceptual masterpiece, Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom.
The book begins with an overview of Disney's Imagineering Department. It includes two pages of unique Disney lingo, from Audio Animatronics (the technology behind Disney's famous animated robots) to Wienie (a visual element, here the Tree of Life, that draws a crowd into and around a space). Then there's a brief introduction to Animal Kingdom, which traces the park's lineage back to Walt Disney himself.
The rest of the book, about 100 pages or so, focuses on the architecture and set design of each of Animal Kingdom's themed lands, each of which gets its own chapter. There are a lot of topics here, and not much depth, but the information is interesting. For example, the Discovery Island chapter describes how the Tree of Life is actually an oil derrick, and how the surrounding buildings use animal motifs not just as applied decorations, but also as doorway headers, window frames and other structural components. The Asia chapter explains how the designers used exploratory trips to the real Asian continent to come up with details such as bicycle-tracked pavement, decaying prayer trees and wire-wrapped power poles.
I only wish the illustrations were presented better. The guide is filled with many conceptual watercolors and sketches, but they're only an inch or two big. Worse, the printer of this book really botched its color, oversaturating all of the drawings and photographs. Many details, even those mentioned in captions, are just too small, or too dark, to see. The book is a joy to read; too bad it's a little ugly to look at.
Still, the information makes it worthwhile. In fact, this book fits together nicely with the other new Disney guide, The Complete Guide to Walt Disney World 2008. Whereas this Field Guide is filled with Animal Kingdom's conceptual theming and general design, the Complete Guide has all of the park's backstories, attraction story lines and "fun find" detailing. And its photos are stunning.
Only a few inches wide and little more than a quarter inch thick, "The Imagineering Field to Animal Kingdom" slips easily in a purse, so it's perfect to take with you in the park. They sell it at Disney World, but I recommend buying your copy ahead of time. Many people underestimate how long it takes to see and appreciate everything at Animal Kingdom, and having this book early will make it much easier to plan your time well.
The other books in this series are:
The Imagineering Field Guide to Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World
The Imagineering Field Guide to Epcot at Walt Disney World
The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland
 For Those Who Want More March 25, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
If you've been to the Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, then you've seen the rides and attractions. And, if you're like me, you're curious about how the Disney Imagineers actually created these attractions, then this is a book you want. It doesn't reveal everything, but it does give the inquisitive mind a bit of substance to digest, beyond the usual Disney fluff and sales hype. As much as can be squeezed into any field guide, Disney's Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom gives you a working knowledge of "how'd they do that?" It's invaluable for the trivia minded as well. Most of us know that the Tree of Life has an oil derek as it's internal skeleton, but do you know how they buiult Expeditin Everest?
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