The Thinking Fan's Guide To Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom 2020

Insanely readable.' ? DisneyHipsters.comA Different Kind of Guidebook for a Different Kind of Theme Park ExperienceCompletely Revised for 2017 ? Now with the New Muppets Show and Happily Ever AfterThis Is NOT The WDW Guidebook For You If? You want to run around like a crazy person from dawn to midnight trying to accomplish the superhuman task of seeing everything in Magic Kingdom.' You need a description of every hot dog stand and turkey leg in the park.' You want a mathematics Ph.D. to guide you through the maze of ticket options.Do yourself a favor. Step beyond the rush-here, do-that frenzy of most guidebooks to truly appreciate the magic behind the attractions.Aaron Wallace avoids the ephemera of prices and menus to explore the heart of the Disney experience. He provides a lighthearted but scholarly look at the history, lore, and literature that inform the designs and storylines of every attraction in Magic Kingdom.Far from being mere ?amusements,? these attractions provide a complex, mualti-layered narrative that can be experienced and appreciated just like a great novel, play, or film. This is a guide for those ready to immerse themselves in the magnificent achievement that is Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. It will fascinate Disney buffs with surprising insights into old favorites and offer newcomers a much richer introduction to the magic.For the first time, WDW is appreciated not as a mere theme park but as what Disney's Imagineers always intended it to be ? a work of art. ?The descriptive, contemplative views of each ride are so comprehensive that The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom is recommended for erudite armchair travelers, as it is for starry-eyed tourists!? ? Midwest Book Review

Author: Aaron Wallace

Publisher: Pensive Pen Publishing

Publication Date: Aug 13, 2019

Number of Pages: 282 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Performing Arts

ISBN-10: 0998059226

ISBN-13: 9780998059228