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1) 101 Things You Never Knew About Walt Disney World
by Kevin Yee (Softcover)
Publisher: Ultimate Orlando
You have probably heard a few "interesting facts" about Walt Disney World over the years. Perhaps you've heard that the windows on the second story of the buildings on Main Street honor individuals of note in WDW history? Or that the company plane Walt used to survey the eventual WDW property from the air now lives at the studios park? It's all true... but these are only two of the interesting facts pointed out in this book, 101 Things You Never Knew About Walt Disney World. And those are only two of the best-known examples. Many of these stories deal with much more obscure, yet equally interesting, pieces of history of the theme parks. It's a certainty that you haven't heard all these stories before!
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2) DoomBuggies.com Presents the Secrets of Disney's Haunted Mansion
by Jeff Baham (Softcover - 64 pages)
An exhaustive look at the magic behind-the-scenes of the Haunted Mansion, the celebrated attraction found in Disney theme parks. Meet the ride's creators and fans of the attraction, and learn all about the personalities behind the world's favorite dark ride. Also includes a significant collectibles section and a scrapbook of rare media.
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3) 101 Things You Never Knew About Disneyland (Softcover)
by Kevin Yee and Jason Schultz (Softcover)
Publisher: Zauberreich Press
You have probably heard a few "interesting facts" about Disneyland over the years. Perhaps you've heard that Walt kept an apartment on Main Street? Or that there is a secret, members-only club in New Orleans Square? It's all true... but these are only two of the interesting facts we point out in our book, 101 Things You Never Knew About Disneyland. And those are only two of the best-known examples. Many of our stories deal with much more obscure, yet equally interesting, histories of Disneyland! In fact, we took the majority of our material straight from interviews with the Imagineers who helped to build, maintain, and revitalize Disneyland. It's a certainty that you haven't heard all these stories before!
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4) Walt Disney World Monorail Cover Coloring Book
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5) Magic Quizdom
by Kevin Yee and Jason Schultz (Softcover - 239 pages)
Publisher: Zauberreich Press
Have you ever flipped through a book of Disney trivia and realized it was too easy? Do you ever wish the books published about Disney would move beyond the same old re-hashed material? Do you ever find yourself struggling to make connections between the various Disneyland attractions, projects, and personnel?
If so, then Magic Quizdom: Disneylandia Minutiae Semper Absurda may be the book for you.
Designed to appeal to both casual Disney lovers and hardcore fanatics, the book features trivia questions with three levels of difficulty, with the hardest questions left open-ended rather than multiple choice.
Best of all, the answers to the trivia questions, given in their own sections, greatly expand upon the matter at hand. Paragraph-length answers provide additional details, explicate the history behind the magic, and make connections between the modern-day Disneyland and its past.
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6) Mouse Trap
by Kevin Yee (Softcover - 202 pages)
Read one Cast Member's stories of backstage areas, fights, fires, private parties, orientation, cast events, cast romance, pranks, stupid guest tricks, mishaps, accidents, helping to create the Haunted Mansion Holiday, and working on September 11, 2001. But this is no mere listing of things that go wrong at Disneyland. For the first time, readers can experience what it's like to be entranced by the magic of working in Walt Disney's park. It's not an experience one soon forgets, and readers will find themselves inevitably drawn in as well.
Kevin Yee worked for 15 years at Disneyland in a varieties of roles, and has spent a quarter of a century as an observer of the Disney theme park industry. He is a well-regarded online columnist and blogger on theme parks.
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7) Disneyland the Beginning (Collector's Edition)
by Mell Kilpatrick and Carlene Thie (Hardcover)
Publisher: Ape Pen Publishing
Volume 4 in Carlene Thie's series of early Disneyland photographs. This hardbound collector's edition contains over 120 pictures - some in color - including many previously unpublished photos of Disneyland from 1954 through 1961. This is not a compliation of the other 3 books.

Forward by Diane Disney Miller. Introduction by Sam McKim. Also includes write-ups by notable Disney figures including Alice Davis, Harriet Burns, Margaret Kerry, Bob Gurr, Blaine Gibson, Rolly Crump and Art Linkletter plus original artwork by Sam McKim, Rolly Crump, Bob Gurr and Blaine Gibson.
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8) The Complete Walt Disney World 2008
(Softcover - 336 pages)
Updated late April 2008 to include Block Party Bash (with lots of photos), the new Spaceship Earth and Playhouse Disney, and the latest on Toy Story Mania.
The 2008 version of this book's trip-planning section now includes twice as much information. A brand-new Restaurants chapter features reviews of every Walt Disney World restaurant. And a greatly expanded Accommodations chapter includes a photo set, overview article, and At a Glance amenities-and-specs sidebar for every Walt Disney World resort. Fully updated, the new title includes all the latest Disney attractions, prices and policies.
Disney fans wanting more than a standard-issue Walt Disney World travel guide should be pleased with this new, full-color book. Filled with gorgeous photos, well organized, easy to read and absolutely packed with information, it makes a strong case to be, as its cover proclaims, "The Definitive Disney Handbook."
Though this guide has the typical planning, restaurant and resort information, what sets it apart (besides the photos) is its coverage of Disney's theme parks, water parks and other entertainment options. Taking up 75 percent of the book, these chapters include detailed descriptions, specs, story lines, back stories and long lists of "Fun Finds" and "Fun Facts" that just aren't in any other Disney guide.
Other extra touches are everywhere. Architecture fans will like the bonus articles about the buildings of Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios. Animal lovers will delight in the included field guide to the Animal Kingdom park. An overview chapter includes an introduction to the resort as well as articles about Walt Disney, his cartoon characters, Imagineers, even monorails. The Special Events chapter has eight pages just on Christmas. Sprinkled throughout are quotes from Imagineers, as well as the occasional celebrity.
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9) Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World
by David Koenig (Hardcover - 334 pages)
Signed by the author, David Koenig.
From the author of Mouse Tales and Mouse Under Glass
Walt Disney constantly pushed his animators and theme park designers to make their creations look as realistic as possible. Yet his was always a romanticized reality. His Disney versions scrubbed clean the Grimm Brothers morbid fairy tales. His True-Life Adventure nature films humanized animals and invented not-so-true storylines.
Walt was concerned not with the way things were, but with the way things should be. In Florida, he wanted to create a hyper-idealistic theme park, but as just one small component of an entire city built on those same principlesan Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
Realityland follows Walt and his hand-picked successors as they first surreptitiously acquire enough land to hold his ambitious dreams, then go about trying to make them come trueall the while battling thieving contractors, unlike-minded executives, unscrupulous corporate raiders, uncontrollable economic forces, and P.R. nightmares.
Based on a decade of research and interviews with 100 Disney insiders, Realityland also reveals what its like to work for The Mouse, what lies in the Magic Kingdoms subterranean tunnels, and how despite extraordinary efforts to control every aspect of the show everything
doesn't always go according to plan.
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10) A Photographer's Life with Disneyland Under Construction (Standard Edition)
by Mell Kilpatrick and Carlene Thie (Paperback)
Publisher: Ape Pen Publishing
Volume 1 in the series. A collection of never before seen photos of Disneyland under construction from 1955 through 1959. This is the unsigned, unnumbered standard edition.
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11) The Imagineering Field Guide to the Magic Kingdom
by The Imagineers (Softcover - 125 pages)
Publisher: Disney Editions
This is the first in a series of pocket-sized, full-color paperback guides conducts a tour of Walt Disney World by a member of Disney's "Imagineering" team, who points out details of the park, shares back stories, and offers insights never before heard.
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