| Building A Better Mouse: The Story Of The Electronic Imagineers Who Designed Epcot Contributor(s): Green, David (Author), Alcorn, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0972977759 ISBN-13: 9780972977753 Publisher: Theme Perks Incorporated OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial - History |
| Dewey: 725.76 |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6" W x 9" (0.47 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On October 1, 1982, The Walt Disney Company opened its EPCOT Center to the world, heralding changes that would take the Disney property in Florida from a mere theme park to a world-class resort destination. Authors Steve Alcorn and David Green were there, as employees of Disney's WED Imagineering. "Building a Better Mouse" tells the tale of the "hundreds of mostly young, mostly bright and all embarrassingly idealistic people" who worked on Epcot, and gives a unique insider's perspective on what it was like to be in the trenches as a Disney Imagineer in the early 1980s, from pixie dusting - when new employees are indoctrinated into all things Disney - through the craziness of the engineering design process, right up until the last frantic dash to opening day. It is a breathtaking, breezy, E-ticket ride of a book, required reading for both hard-core Disneyphiles and people interested in the business side of themed entertainment. |