Secret Stories of Extinct Disneyland: Memories of the Original Park

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Excavating the Magic In over eighty individual chapters each filled with facts quotes and anecdotes Disney historian Jim Korkis chronicles the very best of a Disneyland that no longer exists taking us back in time to "Walts park" and revealing how it has changed between then and now. Live mermaids swimming in the Submarine Lagoon. ... Pack mules nipping at the shoes of children. ... Flying saucers hovering inches in the air over a circular floor. For many people this was the Disneyland of their youth but over the years dozens of shows attractions and experiences have disappeared forever from the Happiest Place on Earth. In this latest volume of his best-selling Secret Stories series Korkis shares behind-the-scenes informationmuch of it never before in printabout what used to delight guests at Disneyland. From Main Streets Intimate Apparel Shop and Frontierlands Mineral Hall to Fantasylands Pirate Ship restaurant and Adventurelands Barker Bird Korkis excavates unearths and discovers a Disneyland past that will be sweetly nostalgic to some and a unique glimpse into a forgotten past for others. Who knows what well find!