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By David Koenig
Softcover - Also Available in Hardcover
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| Softcover: | $15.95 | 0-9640605-8-2 |
From the author of the best-selling Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland comes the long-awaited sequel: More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peek Backstage at Disneyland.
As author David Koenig's first book illustrated, Disneyland - try as it might - doesn't always live up to its slogan as the Happiest Place on Earth. But in the last five years, the exceptions have become even more frequent. Despite the theme park's high profitability, management continues to make serious cutbacks in everything from staffing to maintenance, resulting in a less spectacular, less unique and, tragically, more dangerous environment.
Exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with over 100 Disney insiders reveal how the park has changed from Uncle Walt's family business into a machine that seems to care only about making money. Not about employee satisfaction. Not about guest satisfaction. And perhaps, allege those in the know, not even about safety.
Yet visitors also are to blame for many of the un-Disney-like occurrences at Disneyland. Each day, park security catches guests committing all kinds of crimes, from shoplifting to violence - even stalking cast members. Other times, visitors place themselves at risk on attractions by ignoring warning signs.
The employees aren't always on their best behavior, either. Over the years, the park has employed sex-crazed actors as Mickey Mouse and Snow White's Seven Dwarfs, cast members who steal the coins out of the castle wishing well, and pranksters who make their final day on the job a hilariously memorable one.
And sometimes the Disneyland "show" breaks down. Animatronic figures malfunction, boats sink, pack mules and streetcar horses deviate from their prescribed routes.
Featured are several rare photographs and an insightful foreword by Van Arsdale France, founder and professor emeritus of the park's in-house training department, the Disney University, and co-founder of the Disneyland Alumni Club.
Delve even deeper behind the scenes at the Magic Kingdom with More Mouse Tales.