Rating:  Summary: Full of information no one else takes the time to get. Review: I have been a huge fan of Disneyland for a few years and every book I pick up on Disneyland has no fun and ingtriguing information. Thank god for this book.
Rating:  Summary: My favorite book ever!!! Review: This is a great book!!! I read it over and over again!!! I strongly suggest you read it!!! Even if you don't like Disneyland!!!
Rating:  Summary: The Real Deal Review: Although the Walt Disney Co. publishes some of the best information about its inner workings and accommpanies it with beautiful pictures, there is no better source for the real nitty-gritty about Disney than a third party, such as Koenig or the Janzen brothers, who publish the every-so-often E-Ticket Magazine.
Koenig puts the Park into a realistic perspective: Disneyland is one of the most enjoyable, magical places on earth, but will still strive to make as large a profit as possible.
Still, the background info in this book is indespensible to anyone who loves the Park and even to many that don't.
Rating:  Summary: Great book with accurate details Review: This is truly an interesting book with many fascinating and accurate facts. If anyone is truly a Disney fan and wants to find out just what can go wrong with a park this size and the good job that the company does to cover it all up from the press, then this is the book to read.
I have read this book three times since it was first published and have either recommended it or bought it as gifts to several of my friends.
Rating:  Summary: Great accurracy Review: I read the book with interest and finished it in one day. I must
congratulate David on it's accuracy, especially during the time
period I worked there (1967-1974).
My career at Disneyland started at Aunt Jemima's Pancake House in
February 1967, a few months after Walt died. The restaurant , at
this time was a Lessee (owned by Quaker Oats) until the end of
the Summer of 1967 when Disney formally took the operation over.
My indoctrination to the Disney way began at this time.
I'm not going to bore you with a lot of details regarding the
social atmosphere (which you so accurately depict in your book)
but lets just say that working as a lead cook and chief social
chairman for the restaurant transformed me from a rather shy to
an outwardly type of person in a matter of months.
It was during the summer of 1970r that I watched in
disbelief as "Yippie Day" unfolded.
I was called in from my day off and reported to duty at the Main
Street Hub. My job was to keep an eye on things in that area and
Rating:  Summary: The best book about the secrets of Disney available today. Review: Have you ever wondered how Disneyland is able to transport you from the normal world you live in to the magical fantasy world of Walt Disney? This book explains a lot of the secret techniques used at Disneyland. You can learn about the only place in Disneyland that can sell alcohol or read stories of the people who worked there, went there and got married there. If you are a fan of Disney, you have to read this book
Rating:  Summary: Fascinating for anyone -- everything Disney doesn't tell you Review: I have to disagree slightly with the previous review -- it's interesting to anyone. Want to know the details about the deaths at Disneyland (yep, they happened, but only a handful-- some morbid, some not)... this is a great, great book
Rating:  Summary: If you're interested, it's perfectly fascinating Review: You have to be fascinated by Disneyland and perhaps have wondered what it would be like to work there. If you fit this description (and thousands if not millions do), this book is utterly delightful. Written in a very entertaining yet thoroughly researched style, this book satisfies your interest in unusual stories of after hours pranks and trysts and morbid fascination with death in the Magic Kingdom. I rated it '8' only for its lack of new pre-1960s information and because disinterested readers won't care.
/alastair
Rating:  Summary: Very funny light read Review: I had a lot of fun reading this book. You have to take it for what it is and know that it is just some fun info on some behind the scene antics of the cast members. Also other facts but I would say that many of those I already knew so it was the other parts that kept me laughing.
If you love Disney like I do and would like some fun summer light reading , then pick up this book.
Rating:  Summary: Excellent, Fun, Informative Read Review: I first read Mouse Tales as a boy when it was first released. At the time I was obsessed with Disneyland and this book was a great outlet for practicing such obsession. Now I still love it, even as my enthusiasm has given way to more grownup admiration.
The clever narrative is not pessimistic but honest, and events and mishaps are handled with an overall humorous air. Interviews with former cast members are carefully interspersed, making Mouse Tales an enjoyable piece of non-fiction. I loved this book and now when I go to Disneyland I can look up and see the skull where the boy got bitten by a spider, or the bird that used to be over the entrance to Adventureland, or truly appreciate how ornery the swans can be,
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