Three New Disneyland Books

Greetings everyone. I just got back from a trip to Disneyland which was all decorated for Halloween. The Halloween Screams fireworks show was the best pyrotechnic display since the 50th celebration, but the Ghost Galaxy overlay on Space Mountain was just so-so. Anyway, I picked up three new books.

The first is Disneyland Challenge (seen above). This spiral-bound paperback book comes in at 128 pages. It's part guidebook and part trivia challenge. It's an interesting read but I feel that the Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland is a better book.

Next up is Finding Nemo in the Disney Theme Parks. This was an interesting concept. The authors go from Park to Park to see how the characters from Finding Nemo are used in attractions. (paperback; 24 pages)

And, finally we have Windows On Main Street (paperback; 24 pages). A book that is long overdue. As any Disney fan knows, those names that appear on the windows of the shops on Main St. are real people. Quite often the description features a play on words or a personal hobby of the person being inshrined. This book contains photos of the windows and description of the persons contribution to Disney and the story behind the window. The back of the book also contains a map of Disneyland and Walt Disney World where each window is located. But, on the downside, the book is incomplete. The map lists 63 different windows at Disneyland, but the book only details about half of those. (An even worse ratio for Walt Disney World.) Also, the photo quality of the windows is horrible. Quite often there is shadow or glare across the window so the description is not readable.