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Magic Journey: My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career
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About Magic Journey: My Fantastical Walt Disney
Product Description What a ride―a look back at forty remarkable years of designing Disney’s theme parks. A forty-year storied career―beginning in the dish room at the Plaza Inn in Disneyland, Kevin Rafferty has conceived, designed, written, and overseen the creation of some of the Disney parks most memorable attractions including Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach water parks, Cars Land, Toy Story Mania, Test Track, Tower of Terror, MuppetVision, and many others.including the first-ever Mickey and Minnie Mouse attraction set to debut at Walt Disney World in 2019. For a young man who began studying for the priesthood at a seminary, the journey to halls of Imagineering has truly been a magical one. A master storyteller, Kevin chronicles his unimaginable career with great humor, honesty, and heart. Searching for that perfect gift for the #1 Disney fan in your life? Explore more behind-the-scenes stories from Disney Editions: Travels with Figment: On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams (By Disney Legend Marty Sklar) One Little Spark! Mickey's Ten Commandments and The Road to Imagineering (By Disney Legend Marty Sklar) Travels with Walt Disney: A Photographic Voyage Around the World (By Jeff Kurtti) Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food (By Marcy Carriker Smothers) Walt Disney: An American Original (By Bob Thomas) Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition (By Disney Legend Dave Smith) Disney Facts Revealed: Answers to Fans’ Curious Questions (By Disney Legend Dave Smith) Disney Trivia from the Vault: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered (By Disney Legend Dave Smith) My Pride: Mastering Life's Daily Performance from Broadway's Record-Breaking Lion King (By Alton Fitzgerald White) Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service, Revised and Updated Edition (By The Disney Institute) Review One of "20 Books Every True Disney Fan Should Have in Their Collection"― POPSUGAR " Magic Journey chronicles Rafferty’s exciting career, tracing the path from a young man studying to join the priesthood to a master storyteller walking the halls of Walt Disney Imagineering."― Attractions Magazine About the Author Kevin Rafferty has spent 40 years developing dimensional storytelling experiences for Disney Park guests around the world. Kevin began his Disney career in 1974 as a dishwasher at the Plaza Inn restaurant at Disneyland. After earning his B.A. degree in Art from California State University, Fullerton, he joined Imagineering in 1978 and contributed to the development of Epcot. After helping to develop Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, he was show writer for the original Comedy Warehouse live stage show at Pleasure Island in Walt Disney World. Kevin worked with Jim Henson on the story development for MuppetVision 3D and created the original concept, story and name for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. He was a key member of the concept development team for Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park at Walt Disney World, and was the co-concept creator, designer and show writer for the award-winning Toy Story Midway Mania! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World, Disney California Adventure and Tokyo DisneySea. He most recently contributed to The Imagineering Story docuseries now streaming on Disney+.
