The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak

Jason Surrell

Disney Editions, Sep 11, 2007 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 128 pages

How high? How fast? How’d they do that? The top favorites at any Disney Theme park always include the roller coasters. The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak will tell you that and more–not only about the current Disney mountain range and its show enhancements, but about mountains unclimbed and mountains yet to be. Attractions include:

Disneyland: Matterhorn Bobsleds, Space Mountain – old and new, Splash Mountain; Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Never built: Big Rock Candy Mountain and the Western River Expedition

Disney’s California Adventure: Grizzly Peak and Grizzly River Run

Tokyo Disneyland: Mysterious Island (Journey to the Center of the Earth)

Disneyland Paris: Big Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain

Walt Disney World: Space, Splash, and Big Thunder at Magic Kingdom Park; Mount Mayday and Mt. Gushmore, and the latest mountain–Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park

About the author

Jason Surrell works as a Show Writer at Walt Disney Imagineering. His credits include a rewrite of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, new concepts for The Great Movie Ride at Disney-MGM Studios, and creating the new, interactive tombstone at the Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion. He is the author of "The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies "and "Screenplay by Disney," as well as a contributor to "The Imagineering Way" and "The Imagineering Workout."

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Disney Mountains: Imagineering at Its Peak; A Walt Disney Imagineering Book
• Author: Jason Surrell
• Illustrated by: Welcome Enterprises
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Disney Editions, 2007
• ISBN: 1423101553, 9781423101550
• Length: 128 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Games & Activities / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / General