{"product_id":"inventing-disneyland-alastair-dallas-9798896091639","title":"Inventing Disneyland: The Unauthorized Story of the Team That Made Walt Disney's Dream Come True","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Definitive History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalt Disney was a busy man. Between feature films, both live and animated, a weekly hour-long television show, and the day-to-day operations of his studio, he had no time and even less money to invent and then build that strange thing he called a theme park. But he did...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the cadre of six men who imagined and described the specifics of Walt Disney's vision for a new kind of family entertainment park-the men of WED Enterprises, who began the process of inventing Disneyland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter the bustling \"Disneyland Plans Room\" at Walt Disney's custom-designed studio. Disney drew upon the talents of tinkerers and hobbyists, artists, writers, engineers, architects, builders, and-especially-Hollywood art directors to realize his dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the site transformed from moonscape to wonderland and struggle along with the park's management as they rush headlong toward an opening day that seems impossible to achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on years of original research and interviews, this is the true but unauthorized story-complete with vintage photos-of just what it took to invent the happiest place on earth and make Walt Disney's dream come true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alastair Dallas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896091639\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 01\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Alastair Dallas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47931035517183,"sku":"9798896091639","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20654f83-3c03-4580-9e8d-37cc76221d4d.jpg?v=1766346002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inventing-disneyland-alastair-dallas-9798896091639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}