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The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World

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If you've been to the Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, then you've seen the rides and attractions. And, if you're like me, you're curious about how the Disney Imagineers actually created these attractions, then this is a book you want. It doesn't reveal everything, but it does give the inquisitive mind a bit of substance to digest, beyond the usual Disney fluff and sales hype. As much as can be squeezed into any field guide, Disney's Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom gives you a working knowledge of "how'd they do that?" It's invaluable for the trivia minded as well. Most of us know that the Tree of Life has an oil derek as it's internal skeleton, but do you know how they buiult Expeditin Everest?

As a Disney fanatic, I have found this series of books to be a wonderful treasure. The Animal Kingdom is a wonderful continuation of this series, and, in many ways, is the best one yet. The details of how the Animal Kingdom was conceived, developed, and built are completely fascinating! I can't wait to visit the park again and notice all of the details I have missed on past trips!

For all you Disney-aholics, this was a great behind the scenes book that tells much about Animal Kingdom that is not public knowledge. It takes each 'Land' in AK & gives background, foreground & sideways looks at what is and what might have been. Very enjoyable book, as were the ones about MK & Epcot. Now I'm waiting for one about MGM.

Diane

A very entertaining and informative account of the making of The Animal Kingdom. Lots of insider information. I would recommend this book for anyone who craves the "back story".

I love all of these guides for the Disney Parks by the Imagineers. They give you a sense of the parks and why things were done the way they are. If you are Disney fanatic, you will enjoy this book and the other two that have been written for The Magic Kingdom and Epcot.

A very informative book. There isn't really that much to review in AK because it is relatively new. Expedition Everest info is awesome though.

This book is exactly what you want if you are looking for a step by step tour of this park

Lots of people would find The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom a bit much: could anycare about the marks in the pavement? But to Disney True Believers, this is an important book, another display of Disney's ability to use everything from dirt to sky to help tell a story. Walt was a superb story teller, one of the first in our lifetimes to use place to tell us about our world and other worlds. (D.H. Lawrence had written of The Spirit of Place decades earlier, but I doubt if Walt read much Lawrence, and Lawrence wouldn't have thought of manipulating space to tell a story.) Imagineers have the best job in the world, using literally everything to change our perceptions, and this Field Guide shows how they do it. This volume is better than the corresponding volume on the Magic Kingdom, perhaps because the stories are deeper and more relevant to our future.

I am a huge disney fan and find these books very interesting. A nice light read. I recommend for any disney world freak.

This book is great for the Disney fan in your life. I bought all 3 in the series for my husbands birthday & he can't put them down. If you have never been to the parks they will be a little hard to follow, but if you are Disney fan's like us you will definitely love them!