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Title: More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peek Backstage at Disneyland by David Koenig ISBN: 0-9640605-8-2 Publisher: Bonaventure Pr Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (25 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Dark Days in Disneyland
Comment: Disneyland must be a very depressing place to work. At least that's the impression I get from reading "More Mouse Tales", David Koenig's followup to his earlier, lighthearted, much more fun "Mouse Tales". Apparently, having depleted his store of lighthearted anecdotes, Koenig has turned to tales told by disgruntled former employees who cannot accept the fact that Disneyland is run by a corporation and is no longer the spiritual child of founder "Uncle Walt".
Any number of Disney hatchet jobs exist, even a monograph by journalist and novelist Carl Hiassen, and I know where to go if I want to read one of these anti-Disney tracts. In fact, I often do, just to gain a wider perspective; I am a Disney fan, but I keep my eyes open and my sense of reality polished.
I was not expecting such a negative and depressing experience from reading this book however. Koenig focuses on tragedy, corruption, poor management and high prices here and only barely lets the reader up for air. No story is too sordid, no hearsay is too circumstancial to be included in "More Mouse Tales". Ironically, Koenig points out in his introduction that the sales of his earlier book and the resurgence in Disneyland attendance roughly coincided (don't be fooled, the comparison is bad science and bad mathematics) and, noting the recent poor attendance, suggests that maybe it's time for him to lend his assistance once again. Ladies and gentlemen, if this book is David Koenig's idea of assistance, don't ever let him change a flat tire for you.
If you have a clear head and don't automatically leap onto a pro-Disney soapbox whenever someone criticizes, you may still enjoy this book. It includes plenty of insider info and lots of diagrams of beloved attractions. If you are a Disney-hater, you'll love it.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's back.....!
Comment: Are you obsessed with the mouse? Do you love Disneyland? Or are you just curious what makes Disney tick?
Personally, I fit in with the last two questions. I have visited Disneyland numerous times and everytime I've always asked myself and (to their annoyance) my family how did the Disney company make such a place. This same question is often asked by an audience member watching a magic show -- how did s/he created the illusion? Well, this book reads like a truthful tabloid. Sounds like a contradiction? It's not.
While I was reading this book I felt like I had picked up the latest issue of a weekly tabloid that proudly read on the front cover "Ex-employee of Disney tells all!" But this story is truth, unlike the majority of the tabloids, I'm sure. If you wanted to know how Disneyland works, read this book. I was laughing and enjoying the reading from cover to cover. Being an ex-amusement park employee myself (Legoland, CA. for over a year) I could related to a lot of the stories that were told by Disneland employees (or I should say cast members). This book will give you a new perspective about the mouse and his land. I think it's a very good read!
Make sure you read the first book "Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look At Disneyland" in addition to this one.
Rating: 2
Summary: If you read Mouse Tales, don't read this!
Comment: I read Mouse Tales twice in a two week period. I could barely get through this book! There were pages I skipped because I found it so boring. Being that I read Mouse Tales within the past couple of months, I saw repeated statements in More Mouse Tales. It seems as if the author ran out of things to say, so he found employees (or many former ones!) to trash Disneyland and to blow the lid off The Happiest Place on Earth and it's politics. Disneyland fans do not need to know this. I would rather be oblivious to the nasty politics, backstabbing and other [stuff]that goes on there. Disneyland is there to make people forget this gloomy world - not to be reminded of it as this book does.
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Title: Mouse Tales: A Behind-The-Ears Look at Disneyland by David Koenig, Art Linkletter ISBN: 0964060566 Publisher: Bonaventure Pr Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Mouse Under Glass : Secrets of Disney Animation and Theme Parks by David Koenig, Richard M. Herman, Robert B. Sherman ISBN: 0964060515 Publisher: Bonaventure Pr Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to Walt Disney World's Best Kept Secrets by Steven M. Barrett ISBN: 1887140441 Publisher: Intrepid Traveler Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show by John Hench, Wendy Lefkon, Peggy Van Pelt ISBN: 0786854065 Publisher: Disney Editions Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies by Jason Surrell ISBN: 0786854197 Publisher: Disney Editions Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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