The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney California Adventure at Disneyland Resort: An Imagineer's-Eye Tour: Facts, Figures, Photos, Stories, Concept Art & More: Including the New Cars Land!

by Imagineers, The, Alex Wright

Overview

The sixth in a series of pocket-size paperbacks answers the question “What would it be like to walk through Disney California Adventure with an Imagineer by your side?” The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney California Adventure provides that experience: pointing out details and telling stories, backstories, and Imagineering insights never before heard, condensed into a portable, easily referenced park guide. You’ll never spend time at DCA the same way again.

Each spread contains fascinating textual information and related images (drawings, photos, graphics) such as:

• Layouts, backgrounds, and origins of each park/land/miniland

• Concept art to compare to the finished show

• Timeline information (opening dates, previous shows in the same venue, alterations, and updates)

• Photography of the details and pictures being discussed

• Special props, design sources, artistic inspirations, nomenclature gags

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423180005
Publisher:	Disney Press
Publication date:	03/25/2014
Series:	Imagineering Field Guide Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Alex Wright is a Show Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering in Orlando, Florida. His credits include concept and set design work for Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Journey into Imagination with Figment, as well as various enhancement projects all over the Walt Disney World Resort. Alex received a B.A. in Design Theory from the University of Florida in Gainesville in 1992, and an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from the California Institute of the Arts near Los Angeles in 1994. He lives in Ocoee, FL with his wife Kim, son Finn, daughter Lincoln, and two dogs, RocketDog and Edison.