Books from the Backlog #134

 

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This is a fun meme hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books!

The Haunted Mansion is one of the most popular and beloved attractions in Disney theme park history, and can be found in each Magic Kingdom Park around the globe. This newly updated book brings the Mansion's inhabitants to an afterlife like never before. Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion illustrates how the Mansion's 999 "grim grinning ghosts" moved from sketches to reality, evolving from earliest story concepts through adaptations and changes as it moved into each of the parks, to the very latest ideas for show enhancements. This book also confirms and dispels the various myths and rumors that have surrounded the mysterious Mansion since its opening. And now new history has been added as the attraction continues to evolve. In this third edition, there are even more details and artwork depicting the imagineering of the attractions in California and Florida, as well as the corresponding Haunted Mansion attractions in Paris, Hong Hong, and Tokyo.

I added Jason Surrell's The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic to my TBR pile in July of 2016! The Haunted Mansion is one of my FAVORITE rides at Disney World and this book basically talked about the imagineering of all different versions of it! It's rare that I add a non-fiction book to my TBR pile at all, but that it's a Disney related one pretty much checks out! Pretty sure other than the 2 celebrity bio-type books that I have, the few other non-fiction books are all Disney!