{"product_id":"elbow-grease-and-pixie-dust-rand-boyd-9798896093954","title":"Elbow Grease and Pixie Dust: Memories of Disneyland Maintenance","description":"\u003cp\u003eMickey's Mechanics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magic doesn't maintain itself. At Disneyland, skilled mechanics, engineers, and other craftsmen work around the clock to keep Walt's park working to pixie-dust perfection. This is their never-told story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRand Boyd put on his ears in 1983 and went to work in one of the Disneyland warehouses. From there, as a full-fledged Teamster, he transferred to Maintenance Services, where his job took to him to every nook and cranny of the park, at all hours of the day and night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom painting the Matterhorn to rescuing horses that had fallen into the feed trough at the Circle-D Ranch and could not get out, no job was too big, too small, or too unusual for Disneyland's maintenance workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Elbow Grease and Pixie Dust, Boyd immerses you in this essential but little-known aspect of Disneyland. But he tells another story as well-a love story, the Disney-like tale of how two kindred souls in Disneyland's maintenance department fell in love and went on to live happily ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rand Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896093954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theme Park Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Rand Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425706623231,"sku":"9798896093954","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_035d978f-f66b-46ef-aa56-deb00180b172.jpg?v=1761541068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elbow-grease-and-pixie-dust-rand-boyd-9798896093954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}