Mouse Tales: A Behind-The-Ears Look at Disneyland

Oh! This book is a keepsake. Whether you are a big Disneyland fan or just not a swooner for Disneyland, you will find something in this book you'll enjoy reading. You see although many wonderful, magical things have happened inside Disneyland, several naughty things have happened too. This book will expose the employee that liked to take his pants off and run around the elevator in the Haunted Mansion (page 87). The submarine worker who stripped down to his underwear to save a mermaid. The worker that used to hide under the Haunted Mansion track to put his hand under women's skirts. The overweight man stuck in Injun's Joe's cave. The rats that used to jump around Tom Sawyer island. The kitty cats that hide in the forestry waiting for Disneyland to close. The obese woman stuck in the railcar. Her husband had too push her out with his feet to get her out (page 121). The lovers did what on the Inner Space ride? Security was waiting for them at the end of the ride. Did you know that New orleans Square had a jail . It was not an attraction, but the real thing. That was where security took the unruly guests the park. Security used to be in every dark corner and entrance/exit. Now they have cameras in trees, in the walls and on the rides. You can see one on the Splash Mountain ride hidden in a little house with a roof. Security can even be dressed like a guest waiting in line in front or back of you. Also you will learn how the creator of Mickey Mouse's voice and cartoonist, Walt Disney had this idea of creating a new modern amusement park that almost was built in Burbank. You will see just what was on those acres of land before the bulldozers took over. With only one year to build the castle and Disneyland, Opening Day, July 17, 1955 had many embarassing bloppers especially on live television as Art Linkletter recalls. Even Walt Disney got caught in an embarassing moment. Every story is accurate and true as told by former cast memebers. Author, David Koenig painstakingly contacted over 200 employees, went through libraries, examining 650 Superior Court cases against Disneyland and still even more eye-blurring research just to get the facts ma'am for what turns out to be a very entertaining and funny coffee table book. It sits nicely on your bed table too. Second book: "More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peek Backstage At Disneyland. Third Book: "Mouse Under Glass: Secrets Of Disney Animation And Theme Parks" Special 50th Anniversary Edition: "Mouse Tales: A Behind-The Ears Look At Disneyland: Golden Anniversary Special Edition" with Audio CD. (Hardcover).

This book gives the reader information about what it must be like to work at the Disneyland Park. It gives information about the building of the park, the people who work there and some of the things that Disney Company does to try to maintain the feeling of magic for its customers. I enjoyed reading about the many things that happen every day and night at Disneyland that help to make the customer experience better. One example is the army of workers that come out at night to make sure that everything is clean and safe for the next day's customers. I think that it would be fascinating to watch what happens at night at Disneyland or Walt Disney World but I doubt that I will ever have that opportunity.This book shows that Disneyland is like all other parks in that there are the unglamorous and even dangerous areas. I think that the author might have gone into more detail on some of the more gruesome accidental deaths than I would have liked. However, I appreciated that the author presented this information in a factual way and did not betray the reader's trust by getting on a soapbox to preach and draw unsubstantiated conclusions based on these isolated incidents as other authors have.I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in how Disney runs their parks and makes those parks so popular. This book is an easy and quick read and gives the reader a lot of information is a fairly short amount of time.

Interesting, engaging, funny, and at times, very sad. An eye-opening look at what goes on behind the scenes at the "Happiest Place on Earth". A must buy for Disney fanatics, or trivia buffs!! (In short, it covers what's right, and what's wrong with the park, as well as a peek backstage.)

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