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LIFE Inside the Disney Parks: The Happiest Places on Earth
The Happiest Places on Earth!
Walt Disney spent his life dreaming impossible dreams—and making them a reality! His vision had no from Steamboat Willie, the first animated short with synchronized sound, to 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the first full-length animated feature, which became the most successful American film up to that point. By the early 1950s, Disney’s dreams had reached the height of ambition, and he set out to build the amusement park to end all amusement Disneyland.
This new Special Edition from the Editors of LIFE, Inside the Disney Parks, takes you through the tumultuous design process and building of from the inception of the idea, stemming from Walt's obsession with model trains, to the nerve-wracking and over-budget construction—everything in the name of perfection!—the “impossible dream” endured. Despite all obstacles and a disastrous opening day, Disney created a fantasyland with such great appeal that it could be nothing but an overwhelming a dream that paved the way for Walt Disney World, several other parks around the globe, and helped turn Disney into a brand that became a worldwide phenomenon—changing popular culture forever.
Please note that this product is an authorized edition published by Meredith Corporation and sold by Amazon. This edition is printed using a high quality matte interior paper and printed on demand for immediate fulfillment.
Walt Disney spent his life dreaming impossible dreams—and making them a reality! His vision had no from Steamboat Willie, the first animated short with synchronized sound, to 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the first full-length animated feature, which became the most successful American film up to that point. By the early 1950s, Disney’s dreams had reached the height of ambition, and he set out to build the amusement park to end all amusement Disneyland.
This new Special Edition from the Editors of LIFE, Inside the Disney Parks, takes you through the tumultuous design process and building of from the inception of the idea, stemming from Walt's obsession with model trains, to the nerve-wracking and over-budget construction—everything in the name of perfection!—the “impossible dream” endured. Despite all obstacles and a disastrous opening day, Disney created a fantasyland with such great appeal that it could be nothing but an overwhelming a dream that paved the way for Walt Disney World, several other parks around the globe, and helped turn Disney into a brand that became a worldwide phenomenon—changing popular culture forever.
Please note that this product is an authorized edition published by Meredith Corporation and sold by Amazon. This edition is printed using a high quality matte interior paper and printed on demand for immediate fulfillment.
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96 pages, Single Issue Magazine
Published March 30, 2018
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September 7, 2021
Fascinating information!
July 4, 2019
LIFE magazine is a show of its own self, and the editing and fact checking on this issue is terrible. Often the writing is juvenile and the amount of factual errors is shockingly bad. LIFE states that Frontierland reflected the Walt’s Childhood (it’s Main Street U.S.A.), gets the definition of forced perspective wrong (things get smaller the further they get away from the viewer, not vice versa), fails to Understand the idea of EPCOT/Progress City, misunderstands a statement by Korkis they falsely state there’s such a thing as “Hidden Donalds”, and credit Jeffery Katzenberg and Michael Eisner with releasing classics on DVD (Katzenberg was long gone and It was Roy Disney jr. Not Eisner). Just terrible.
April 5, 2018
All information I'd read before, but nice to have it in a handy collector's edition book with rare behind the scenes photographs.
July 4, 2018
Really enjoyed all the historical photos and the info on all the Disney parks.
June 2, 2020
Wonderful walk down memory lane, I was born in s. Ca, remember when the matterhorn opened, etc, was part of my childhood, so of course I enjoyed this!
August 27, 2021
This was a fun trip through the history of Disney's ultimate dream of creating family friendly parks, leading to the parks we know today.
February 7, 2022
Walt Disney is always an inspiration of positivity and making dreams come true!
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