The Disneylands That Never Were

Shaun Finnie

Lulu.com, Aug 1, 2006 - Performing Arts - 248 pages

In 1955 Walt Disney presented the world's first theme park. Disneyland opened with just 18 rides and attractions. Today there are eleven Disney parks around the globe. Visitors can spend weeks at a time in these resorts, often staying in one of Disney's own hotel rooms. But in the last fifty years the Disney Imagineers have designed thousands of rides, attractions, hotels, and even entire theme parks that have never been built. Many of these concepts have remained hidden in the company's private archive for decades. until now. The Disneylands That Never Were documents the biggest, best and most outrageous of these abandoned plans. It details everything from Walt Disney's initial ideas for Mickey Mouse Park to his planned ski resort in California. From small developments like The Disney Hotel in New York's Times Square to the huge Port Disney concept, over five decades of dreams are brought to life in The Disneylands That Never Were.

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Review: The Disneylands That Never Were

User Review  - Kristi Schoonover - Goodreads

Can't wait to dig into this one...found it by accident on LuLu. Mostly interested in research for future Disney Park ghost stories, but I did flip through the first chapter and it seems well-written.

Review: The Disneylands That Never Were

User Review  - Randy - Goodreads

Definitely not the most well-written book I've ever read...and more than a little repetitive at times, but contains far too many cool things about the incredible world of Disney that it was hard not to love it. A must read for any Disney fans!

Contents

• From the Drawing Board: 10
• The Birth of Disneyland: 21
• Disneylands Other Main Streets: 32
• All The Worlds A Fair: 41
• The Happiest Plans on Earth: 58
• The Undiscovered Bay: 78
• The Mouse Moves East: 94
• One Mans Final Dream: 105
• The Rest of the World: 127
• The Disney Decade: 141
• California Dreaming: 150
• La Souris Arrive en Europe: 171
• The American Dream Expands: 184
• A Global Enterprise: 203
• Beyond the Florida Four: 211
• The Disney Hotels That Never Were: 221
• Epilogue: 238
• Acknowledgements: 242
• Bibliography: 244

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Disneylands That Never Were
• Author: Shaun Finnie
• Publisher: Lulu.com, 2006
• ISBN: 1847285430, 9781847285430
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: Performing Arts / General