Designing Disney’s Theme Parks by Karal Ann Marling Book Review

George from ImagiNERDing reviews Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance by Karal Ann Marling.

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The one-of-a-kind book takes us deep into the archives to show rare photographs, illustrations, maps, and other items that help tell the story behind how Disney theme parks are designed. A large portion of the book is dedicated to the discovery of how we evovled from small community fairs to world's fairs to amusment parks to world-class theme parks, like Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom, and EPCOT. The authors also delve into how Disney developed its design pantheon and created a rulebook that Imagineers and other theme park designers still follow today.