Disneyland Paris From Sketch To Reality English Updated Edition Brand New

  

TWO LAST COPIES AVAILABLE, AND IT'S NO JOKIN'! NOTE: The company publishing the book has now closed and the copy i sell here is now one of the very last english copies of the book in its english edition so don't miss them as the book will NOT be reprinted and prices will skyrocket anytime soon when others vendors will learn that the book is now out of print. The book was previously published in 2002 and this updated edition of the book brings additional pages on some of attractions that opened since 2002. The book describes how Disneyland Paris, the most beautiful Magic Kingdom in the world, was built and include 750 pictures including 250 renderings from Walt Disney Imagineering who designed the park, as well as a great text done from more than 80 Imagineers interviews. Book description: The book is a gorgeous "coffee table book" with 320 pages and 750 pictures - of which 500 are park and attractions photos and 250 are Walt Disney Imagineering renderings!

The size is 9 x 12 inches, all pages are in color and it's hardbound with a glossy dust jacket. The text (by Disney historian Didier Ghez), was written after more than 75 interviews he conducted with all the Imagineers who created the park. He goes into just about everything you wanted to know about this unique place that many describe as the best "Magic Kingdom" ever created by WDI.

It took five years to create the book, but it was worth all the time we spent on it, and the book looks just as good as we had hoped for at the beginning - in fact Imagineer Bruce Gordon told us that it was "probably the best book ever done on a Disney theme park". Coming from Bruce who did with David Mumford the great "Disneyland, The Nickel Tour" book, it was more than a compliment. The first chapter about Main Street has 52 pages and introduces the reader to the "legend" of Main Street, USA.

You'll learn all about the Disneyland Paris Railroad, the unique "Discovery" and "Liberty" Arcades; find out about the architecture, the restaurants (like "Walt's, " a tribute to Walt Disney, but also inspired by Club 33 in Anaheim) and the shops; with dozens of photos, renderings, models, and reproduced for the first time here, all the "cities of the future" posters located in Discovery Arcade. The second chapter on Frontierland discusses the park's western side with extensive sections about its major attractions, "Big Thunder Mountain" and Phantom Manor.

In fact the book has the longest sections ever put together in a book on all the major attractions. The Pirates of Caribbean section in the Adventureland chapter is 26 pages, Phantom Manor has 16 pages devoted to it, as does Space Mountain, it's a small world, etc. The photo material was so great that we kept adding more pages to the book, which was supposed to have only 240 pages when we started...

We ended up with 320 upon completion! The Frontierland chapter also covers the Mark Twain, the River Rogue Keelboats, Fort Comstock, all the restaurants, the shops and Cottonwood Creek Ranch. And featuring stunning photos of Disneyland Paris from the air by Yann Arthus Bertrand, author of The Earth from Above that make spectacular "double-pages, " and allow the reader to discover the park from a whole different angle. The Adventureland chapter is even more interesting, as many elements of the land exist only in Paris - such as the Bazaar and Aladdin to Africa and the ex-Explorer's Club. " Plus there's a long section about "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril, " "Adventure Isle" and "The Swiss Robinson Treehouse" and, of course, "Pirates of Caribbean the land's major attraction and featuring its amazing Audio-Animatronics! All in all there are 56 full pages about Adventureland, and as in the previous chapters, there are dozens of photos, lots of concept art, and many shots of Imagineers at work. There's even a great bonus here, with the Marc Davis artwork for "Pirates" also included. 56 full pages are also dedicated to Fantasyland. There's an extensive look at Sleeping Beauty Castle, sections on all the dark rides (Snow White, Peter Pan and Pinocchio), as well as a look at "Alice's Curious Labyrinth, " the "Mad Hatter's Tea Cups, " "Storybookland, " and Casey Jr. " There are even 14 pages about "it's a small world with stunning photos of nearly all the scenes in it. Here the reader can discover a new attraction that exists only at Disneyland Paris, with a great view from above of Alice's Labyrinth. Discoveryland also gets 52 pages of special treatment, with sections on the Visionarium, the Nautilus, Star Tours, Space Mountain, and everything you wanted to know about the other attractions in this land Autopia and Orbitron. In fact the Nautilus chapter takes you on a visit with photos of every room of this detailed walk-through and two double page photo spreads, one which makes you feel you're inside Captain Nemo's grand salon, and the other showing you a unique view of Discoveyland featuring the Nautilus and Space Mountain in a kind of "CinemaScope" view. When the book was released in early 2002, the Walt Disney Studios didn't exist, so you won't see them in the book. But there's still one last chapter about the hotels of the park, and Disney Village too, with the great Buffalo Bill Wild West show that entertains hundreds each evening. And because every day in a Magic Kingdom should end with a parade and fireworks, we have the Main Street Electrical Parade that close the book, with an Herb Ryman gorgeous painting! Title: Disneyland Paris: From Sketch to Reality Authors: Alain Littaye (Project conception, art direction and additional photographs)And Didier Ghez (Text)Format: 23 x 31cm (9 x 12 inches) hardbound with dust jacketNumber of pages: 320 pages, all colorNumber of illustrations: 750, including 500 photos and 250 concept drawings from Walt Disney Imagineering. The item "DISNEYLAND PARIS FROM SKETCH TO REALITY ENGLISH UPDATED EDITION BRAND NEW" is in sale since Sunday, June 2, 2019. This item is in the category "Books\Nonfiction".

The seller is "pan68chat" and is located in Paris. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Special Attributes: Signed