Synopses & Reviews
The third in a series of pocket-sized paperbacks answers the question, ???What would it be like to walk through Disney's Animal Kingdom Park with an Imagineer by your side????
The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney??'s Animal Kingdom provides that experience: pointing out details and telling stories, back stories, and Imagineering insights never before heard, condensed into a portable, easily-referenced park guide. You'll never spend time at Walt Disney World the same way again.
Each spread contains fascinating textual information and related images (drawings, photos, graphics) such as:
??& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Set-up, backgrounds, and origins of each park/land/mini-land
??& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Concept art to compare to the finished show
??& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Timeline information (opening dates, previous shows in the same venue, & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; alterations and updates)
-& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Photography of the details and big pictures being discussed
??& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Special props, design sources, artistic inspirations, nomenclature gags
Synopsis
The third in a series of pocket-sized paperbacks answers the question, "What would it be like to walk through Disney's Animal Kingdom Park with an Imagineer by your side?"
The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom provides that experience: pointing out details and telling stories, back stories, and Imagineering insights never before heard, condensed into a portable, easily-referenced park guide. You'll never spend time at Walt Disney World the same way again.
Each spread contains fascinating textual information and related images (drawings, photos, graphics) such as:
Set-up, backgrounds, and origins of each park/land/mini-land
Concept art to compare to the finished show
Timeline information (opening dates, previous shows in the same venue, alterations and updates)
- Photography of the details and big pictures being discussed
Special props, design sources, artistic inspirations, nomenclature gags
About the Author
Alex Wright is a Show Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering in Orlando, Florida. His credits include concept and set design work for Disney's Animal Kingdom, and Journey into Imagination with Figment, as well as various enhancement projects all over the Walt Disney World Resort. Alex received a B.A. in Design Theory from the University of Florida in Gainesville in 1992, and an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from the California Institute of the Arts near Los Angeles in 1994. He lives in Ocoee, FL with his wife Kim, son Finn, daughter Lincoln, and two dogs, RocketDog and Edison.