Originally Posted By leemac I'm sure this was discussed somewhere else but I can't find it. I've been meaning to post this: Mickey's of Glendale has a limited quantity of Melody Malmberg's Making of HKDL book at $45 (no CM discounts). It is likely that this is the only place where you will be able to buy it.
Originally Posted By jmuboy Can someone pick this up for me? I can be reached at gregtalley76@yahoo.com. I'm in metro DC and doubt I'll be in LA anytime soon.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ It is the CM store we have at 1401 Flower Street. Any TWDC ID will gain you access to the store. TDLFAN it is my understanding that it is not available at the park but I cannot be 100% having not been to HKDLR recently. It was designed as an internal publication only (and CMs working on the park got a different version themselves as a thank you gift).
Originally Posted By wangaroa Right. The Imagineers and other support cast members received a special soft-bound version of the book, with a name-by-name run down sort of recognition. The regular hardbound version at M o G isn't really anything to write home about. The writing isn't particularly good. I'd say it's best for completists. It's nowhere close to Malmberg's last publicized book of this ilk "The Making of Disney's Animal Kingdom." And as a point of interest, leemac, M o G's address is not on Flower Street. "We" know you knew that.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>^^ It is the CM store we have at 1401 Flower Street.<< So are you a castmember now Lee?
Originally Posted By leemac <<And as a point of interest, leemac, M o G's address is not on Flower Street. >> That isn't what the Mickey's of Glendale business cards say. My understanding is that the store got about 100 copies of the book to sell. The run was somewhere around 2000 so I'm at a loss as to where the rest are (ie. available inside the park or at the Company D store in Team Disney HK).
Originally Posted By hopemax FYI, if you are employed by Disney, you don't actually have to go to Mickey's of Glendale to buy the book. They ship. My Mom works at WDW, and she ordered the book over the phone. You can see what stuff they have for sale by visiting their webpage on the Cast Portal. But it is only accessible from Disney computers, you can't view it by logging into the portal at home. Just search for Imagineering.
Originally Posted By SIR at X-S Tech Got a copy of this book today thanks to a friend at WDI. Very nicely designed book, better than I expected. Picture wise, well I can't say there's a whole lot of photos or art that I haven't seen online, but I still can't say they skimped. There are lots of little details shots; whole pages of signage, logos etc... No attraction poster images if anyone was wondering (I was). There's a short section at the end about the future but Autopia and the UFO zone is the only thing mentioned. Did they ever do a book like this about TDS? Now that's something I'd love to see...
Originally Posted By wangaroa I have a little book called "One Man's Adventures at Tokyo DisneySea" or something like that. It's hardbound, and sort of does the same thing...mostly it's a little story about an adventurer going through TDS.
Originally Posted By wangaroa It was given to me during an interview at WDI. I havn't seen them for sale, but they probably were internally back inna day (2001). The colophon (sp?) says it's printed by the OLC.
