Disney History at Its Best

No one knows Disney history, or tells it better, than Jim Korkis, and he's back with a new set of 20 stories from his Vault of Walt. Whether it's Disney films, Disney theme parks, or Walt himself, Jim's stories will charm and delight Disney fans of all ages.

The best-selling Vault of Walt series has brought serious, but fun, Disney history to tens of thousands of readers. Now in its fifth volume, the series features former Disney cast member and master storyteller Jim Korkis' home-spun, entertaining tales, from the early years of Walt Disney to the present.

Step inside the vault with Jim to hear about:

Walt's attempt to blacklist Communists, including his full, uncensored Congressional testimony

Disney's often-maligned package films

How Barack Obama entered the Hall of Presidents

The surprising early trade in Disney 8mm home movies

Disney's original plans for Epcot's American Adventure, and why the Imagineers axed Will Rogers

Discover these and many other new tales of Disney history, as only Jim Korkis can tell them, in The Vault of Walt: Volume 5.

Then be sure to check out ALL the volumes in THE VAULT OF WALT!

Soar through the skies of London and Never Land with Peter Pan and his friends! Read in Walt Disney's own words his feelings and ideas about Never Land. Discover why it took nearly twenty years to make the animated feature even though Walt wanted it released in 1940. Learn how to make an official Tinker Bell cocktail that delighted Disney Legend Marc Davis.

For everyone who never wants to grow up even as they grow older, this book shares seventy years of stories of Disney's version of the Peter Pan story, from Walt Disney's first encounter as a child in 1909 with a memorable theatrical stage production to the upcoming live-action movie.

This book, thanks to years of intensive original research and interviews with people involved, documents information that has never before been in print. Every page features something new that will be unfamiliar to even the most dedicated fan.

Who was brought into the Disney Studio to create a bell vocabulary for Tinker Bell? Why is Captain Hook's deadly hook on the wrong hand? On what other projects did Bobby Driscoll supply the voice of Peter Pan in the 1950s? What is the complete list of Tinker Bell peanut butter commercials and who animated them?

Not only is the classic Disney animated feature covered in extensive detail but there are chapters about Peter Pan merchandise, the Peter Pan presence in the Disney theme parks including Disneyland's first flying Tinker Bells and attractions, Peter Pan in ice skating shows, Disney comics and more.

Chapters are devoted to other projects that were inspired by the original film including Return to Never Land, Pixie Hollow & Tinker Bell Films and Jake and the Never Land Pirates, among others. Chapters also showcase James M. Barrie's original work and the 1921 Paramount silent film version of Barrie's play that Walt Disney purchased for ideas.

Each chapter is self-contained so there is no necessity to read this book from beginning to end, but readers can skip to those chapters that hold the most interest for them.

With a little faith, trust and pixie dust, this book will transport you to a magical land where dreams are born and countless adventures await the young-in-heart.

Soar through the skies of London and Never Land with Peter Pan and his friends! Read in Walt Disney's own words his feelings and ideas about Never Land. Discover why it took nearly twenty years to make the animated feature even though Walt wanted it released in 1940. Learn how to make an official Tinker Bell cocktail that delighted Disney Legend Marc Davis.

For everyone who never wants to grow up even as they grow older, this book shares seventy years of stories of Disney's version of the Peter Pan story, from Walt Disney's first encounter as a child in 1909 with a memorable theatrical stage production to the upcoming live-action movie.

This book, thanks to years of intensive original research and interviews with people involved, documents information that has never before been in print. Every page features something new that will be unfamiliar to even the most dedicated fan.

Who was brought into the Disney Studio to create a bell vocabulary for Tinker Bell? Why is Captain Hook's deadly hook on the wrong hand? On what other projects did Bobby Driscoll supply the voice of Peter Pan in the 1950s? What is the complete list of Tinker Bell peanut butter commercials and who animated them?

Not only is the classic Disney animated feature covered in extensive detail but there are chapters about Peter Pan merchandise, the Peter Pan presence in the Disney theme parks including Disneyland's first flying Tinker Bells and attractions, Peter Pan in ice skating shows, Disney comics and more.

Chapters are devoted to other projects that were inspired by the original film including Return to Never Land, Pixie Hollow & Tinker Bell Films and Jake and the Never Land Pirates, among others. Chapters also showcase James M. Barrie's original work and the 1921 Paramount silent film version of Barrie's play that Walt Disney purchased for ideas.

Each chapter is self-contained so there is no necessity to read this book from beginning to end, but readers can skip to those chapters that hold the most interest for them.

With a little faith, trust and pixie dust, this book will transport you to a magical land where dreams are born and countless adventures await the young-in-heart.

The Vault of Walt: Volume 4: Still More Unofficial Disney Stories Never Told

Jim Korkis

Jeff Kurtti (Foreword)

Disney History at Its Best

No one knows Disney history, or tells it better, than Jim Korkis, and he's back with a new set of 20 stories from his Vault of Walt. Whether it's Disney films, Disney theme parks, or Walt himself, Jim's stories will charm and delight Disney fans of all ages.

The best-selling Vault of Walt series has brought serious, but fun, Disney history to tens of thousands of readers. Now in its fourth volume, the series features former Disney cast member and master storyteller Jim Korkis' home-spun, entertaining tales, from the early years of Walt Disney to the present.

Step inside the vault with Jim to hear about:

Walt Disney's Hollywood homes-and his Hollywood studios and hangouts, too

The influence of a dinosaur named Gertie and a rabbit named Oswald on the evolution of the Disney Company

Why you won't find Roger Rabbit in the Disney theme parks

The original storyline for the Haunted Mansion-and why it's nothing like what's there today

Why even the best of intentions couldn't save the Fort Wilderness Railroad

Discover these and many other new tales of Disney history, as only Jim Korkis can tell them, in The Vault of Walt: Volume 4.

Then be sure to check ALL the volumes in The Vault of Walt!

The Disneyland Stories You Were Never Told

Take an anecdotal time-travel trip back to the memorable years when Walt Disney and his brother Roy were operating Disneyland. Those magical years were a time when Walt's park was not an overpriced reservation vacation but truly the Happiest Place on Earth.

Each chapter in this book is devoted to a specific year in that early history of Disneyland from 1954 to 1972 and are filled with stories that have been forgotten or never told.

Besides information each year on such things as ticket prices, attendance, the Candlelight Processional narrator, employment numbers, each chapter has several short essays about the events, attraction openings and much more that occurred during that particular year.

While most histories of Disneyland will focus on the fact that 1959 saw the introduction of the first three E Ticket attractions (Submarine Voyage, Monorail and Matterhorn bobsleds), this book also details the Western Weekend when television cowboy stars appeared for a three day weekend, the infamous Car Club Day that inspired Ed Big Daddy Roth to create his Rat Fink character, Nikita Khruschev's failed attempt to visit Disneyland, the complete schedule of events for the June 14 dedication ceremonies and more.

So much was going on at Disneyland every year that all the information was never properly documented and interesting little historical tidbits have slipped through the cracks but are finally recounted in this book.

Every page contains something that might surprise even the most avid Disneyland afficionado drawn from decades of research, personal experience as well as exclusive interviews with the Imagineers and executives who were there during those years.

Everything from a Yippie Invasion that shut down the park to when Annette dressed as an Indian princess signing autographs in the Indian Village to why the Enchanted Tiki Room did not become a restaurant as originally planned are revealed in this book.

For those who were there, the book will bring back fond memories and for those who weren't, it will give some insight into how those early years were so magical and so memorable for so many Disneyland guests.

Ahoy!

Welcome aboard for a voyage through the creation of the Disney Cruise Line and some of the intriguing storytelling elements about its fleet of ships.

This book is NOT a travel guide nor is it designed to help get discounts, pick a good cabin, select the best time of the year to cruise, decide on a shore excursion, review the cuisine or anything else related to things that a good travel agent can help you accomplish.

This book is something very different and unprecedented.

From stories of some of the cruises Walt Disney and his family took over the decades to the Disney Imagineers plan to create a floating Disney theme park that would sail to various ports around the world, the book is filled with history and storytelling that has rarely if ever been documented.

Individual chapters about each ship showcase some of the design elements that make each one unique. Where is Muppet Pepe the Prawn's hidden cabin on the Disney Fantasy and Disney Dream? What are all the different DCL buttons that a guest can get for free at Guest Services?

An entire section is devoted to the back stories of the dining and nightclub areas.

How was Palo designed to reference the twisting canals of Venice, Italy? What is the one cinematic item in the Meridian Bar on the Disney Dream that purposely does not appear on the Disney Fantasy? Why is the buffet-style restaurant called Cabanas?

Another section covers the design details of Castaway Cay. How and why did the back story of the castaways change over the last two decades? What are some of the tributes to Disney executives that can be found on signs, crates and more?

Why did Disney decide not to include horseback riding as an activity?

Several chapters focus on the unique art on the ships from the Magic Portholes to Enchanted Art and much more.

Bon Voyage!

Excavating the Magic

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, Disney historian Jim Korkis, who has written five previous books on WDW, takes a nostalgic look at the dozens and dozens of things that have disappeared at the vacation destination over the decades.

Recent years have seen a rapid and massive demolition of much of Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot to make room for new additions, from a mythological galaxy far, far away to an ambitious rat who became a renowned chef.

However some things even disappeared within the first year to be replaced by others that have also vanished. Jim was fortunate to personally experience many of the shows and attractions included in this book so that helped with providing an accurate perspective of these long-forgotten treasures.

The chapters are filled to overflowing with quotes from Imagineers and show producers, facts, anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes stories that have rarely if ever been told.

ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, Cranium Command, Skyleidoscope, Catastrophe Canyon, Diamond Horseshoe Revue, Pocahontas, Fort Wilderness Railroad, Walt Disney World Speedway, DisneyQuest, the Disney Inn Resort, and eighty more things that only still exist in the memories of past WDW guests are documented.

The book brings back fond memories for those who experienced these shows and attractions but is also designed to tantalize the curiosity of others who might have only briefly heard about them if they knew they had ever existed at all.

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 Walt's 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 information-much of it never before in print-about what used to delight guests at Disneyland.

From Main Street's Intimate Apparel Shop and Frontierland's Mineral Hall, to Fantasyland's Pirate Ship restaurant and Adventureland's 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 we'll find!

The Vault of Walt: Volume 4: Still More Unofficial Disney Stories Never Told

Jim Korkis

Jeff Kurtti (Foreword)

Disney History at Its Best

No one knows Disney history, or tells it better, than Jim Korkis, and he's back with a new set of 20 stories from his Vault of Walt. Whether it's Disney films, Disney theme parks, or Walt himself, Jim's stories will charm and delight Disney fans of all ages.

The best-selling Vault of Walt series has brought serious, but fun, Disney history to tens of thousands of readers. Now in its fourth volume, the series features former Disney cast member and master storyteller Jim Korkis' home-spun, entertaining tales, from the early years of Walt Disney to the present.

Step inside the vault with Jim to hear about:

Walt Disney's Hollywood homes-and his Hollywood studios and hangouts, too

The influence of a dinosaur named Gertie and a rabbit named Oswald on the evolution of the Disney Company

Why you won't find Roger Rabbit in the Disney theme parks

The original storyline for the Haunted Mansion-and why it's nothing like what's there today

Why even the best of intentions couldn't save the Fort Wilderness Railroad

Discover these and many other new tales of Disney history, as only Jim Korkis can tell them, in The Vault of Walt: Volume 4.

Then be sure to check ALL the volumes in The Vault of Walt!

Disney History at Its Best

No one knows Disney history, or tells it better, than Jim Korkis, and he's back with a new set of 20 stories from his Vault of Walt. Whether it's Disney films, Disney theme parks, or Walt himself, Jim's stories will charm and delight Disney fans of all ages.

The best-selling Vault of Walt series has brought serious, but fun, Disney history to tens of thousands of readers. Now in its fifth volume, the series features former Disney cast member and master storyteller Jim Korkis' home-spun, entertaining tales, from the early years of Walt Disney to the present.

Step inside the vault with Jim to hear about:

The story of Walt Disney's first studio, Laugh-O-gram

Dinosaurs in the Disney theme parks

The little-known People and Places short film series

Walt's connections with Charlie Chaplin, Abraham Lincoln, and Bob Clampett

The story of Duffy the Bear

Discover these and many other new tales of Disney history, as only Jim Korkis can tell them, in The Vault of Walt: Volume 6.

Then be sure to check out ALL the volumes in THE VAULT OF WALT!

Your Cartoons Will Never Be the Same

The history of animation in America is full of colorful characters-and that includes the animators themselves! Jim Korkis shares hundreds of funny, sometimes odd, but always endearing stories about the major animation studios, including Disney, Warner Brothers, MGM, and Hanna-Barbera.

Korkis delves into little-known-and sometimes unknown, until now-tales about animation greats like Walt Disney, Walter Lantz, Chuck Jones, Ward Kimball, Ralph Bakshi, and Jay Ward. In Animation Anecdotes, you'll meet these legends at their best and at their worst, such as when Warner Brothers' producer Leon Schlesinger bought a yacht and told his animators that they weren't welcome aboard because he didn't like to sail with poor people.

When animators aren't animating, they're thinking about what to animate next-and often, their wildest dreams never get past the drawing board. Korkis also uncovers this animation that never was, including unbelievable (as in, seriously, they wanted to do this?) projects from Steven Spielberg, Pat Boone, David Spade, and Stevie Nicks.

Among the many anecdotes and stories in the book:

Walt Disney's confrontation with a wildlife expert who told him he'd done Bambi all wrong

How the inspiration for Woody Woodpecker may have come to Walter Lantz during sex with his wife

Marvel Comics legend Jack Kirby's early years with Max Fleischer

Why stuttering country singer Mel Tillis defended Porky Pig's right to stutter

How Casey Kasem turned Scooby-Doo's Shaggy into a vegan

And hundreds more, including Jim Backus' desire to do an X-rated Mr. Magoo, Bullwinkle's Jay Ward confounding the censors with the term hog flogger, and Ralph Bakshi's rotoscope rant

Packed with bite-sized tales to nourish your animated soul, Animation Anecdotes lays bare the creators behind the characters. Your cartoons will never be the same.

Disney History - Written by You

Who writes the Disney history you love to read? A select group, immersed in the history and culture of Disney, from films to theme parks. Now these authors reveal their inspirations, their methods, and their secrets. Why just read Disney history when you can write it yourself!

In this engaging how-to anthology, Jim Korkis documents the history of Disney history, with help from Disney's Chief Archivist Emeritus David R. Smith, and then gives practical advice for conducting interviews with Disney notables; researching, organizing, and using information; and handling the media.

From there, fifteen of today's leading Disney historians share at length their best practices for researching and writing essays, articles, and books about every facet of Disney culture. The historians who contributed chapters to this book include:

Michael Barrier, whose The Animated Man is the seminal biography of Walt Disney, discusses the Disney-approved narrative, and its implications for impartial Disney scholarship

Sam Gennawey instructs on how to find your own point of view, and how to bring something new to the Disney table

Jeff Kurtti, the author of over twenty-five books, lays out a step-by-step approach to following in his footsteps

Brian Sibley and Todd James Pierce provide interlocking tutorials on how to conduct interviews, and the technology now available to streamline the process

Plus ten more chapters, along with annotated resources for aspiring Disney historians, including books, magazines, and DVD/Blu-rays

SHARPEN YOUR PENCILS AND BECOME PART OF DISNEY HISTORY - BY WRITING IT!

Disney History - Written by You

Who writes the Disney history you love to read? A select group, immersed in the history and culture of Disney, from films to theme parks. Now these authors reveal their inspirations, their methods, and their secrets. Why just read Disney history when you can write it yourself!

In this engaging how-to anthology, Jim Korkis documents the history of Disney history, with help from Disney's Chief Archivist Emeritus David R. Smith, and then gives practical advice for conducting interviews with Disney notables; researching, organizing, and using information; and handling the media.

From there, fifteen of today's leading Disney historians share at length their best practices for researching and writing essays, articles, and books about every facet of Disney culture. The historians who contributed chapters to this book include:

Michael Barrier, whose The Animated Man is the seminal biography of Walt Disney, discusses the Disney-approved narrative, and its implications for impartial Disney scholarship

Sam Gennawey instructs on how to find your own point of view, and how to bring something new to the Disney table

Jeff Kurtti, the author of over twenty-five books, lays out a step-by-step approach to following in his footsteps

Brian Sibley and Todd James Pierce provide interlocking tutorials on how to conduct interviews, and the technology now available to streamline the process

Plus ten more chapters, along with annotated resources for aspiring Disney historians, including books, magazines, and DVD/Blu-rays

SHARPEN YOUR PENCILS AND BECOME PART OF DISNEY HISTORY - BY WRITING IT!

Finally ... The Real Walt Disney

In the half century since his death, Walt Disney has picked up a lot of biographical baggage. Fans see him as a saint, critics as a fraud. Was he kindly Uncle Walt, or a racist, rapacious tycoon? Disney historian Jim Korkis puts the rumors to rest.

The story of Walt Disney has been told many times. He's been portrayed as an American original, an animated man, and a dark prince. Walt was all of these things, and others besides. Who you get depends on who's telling the story.

In Call Me Walt, Korkis lets the story tell itself, through interviews, an examination of media reports, Walt Disney's own words, and a comprehensive analysis of the positives and the negatives, the facets and the flaws, that characterize everyone's life, famous or not.

Forget Uncle Walt. Forget the Dark Prince of Hollywood. Those are lazy labels for a man who remains fascinating because he can't be relegated to a role.

If you think you know Walt Disney, you probably don't.

The Disneyland Stories You Were Never Told

Take an anecdotal time-travel trip back to the memorable years when Walt Disney and his brother Roy were operating Disneyland. Those magical years were a time when Walt's park was not an overpriced reservation vacation but truly the Happiest Place on Earth.

Each chapter in this book is devoted to a specific year in that early history of Disneyland from 1954 to 1972 and are filled with stories that have been forgotten or never told.

Besides information each year on such things as ticket prices, attendance, the Candlelight Processional narrator, employment numbers, each chapter has several short essays about the events, attraction openings and much more that occurred during that particular year.

While most histories of Disneyland will focus on the fact that 1959 saw the introduction of the first three E Ticket attractions (Submarine Voyage, Monorail and Matterhorn bobsleds), this book also details the Western Weekend when television cowboy stars appeared for a three day weekend, the infamous Car Club Day that inspired Ed Big Daddy Roth to create his Rat Fink character, Nikita Khruschev's failed attempt to visit Disneyland, the complete schedule of events for the June 14 dedication ceremonies and more.

So much was going on at Disneyland every year that all the information was never properly documented and interesting little historical tidbits have slipped through the cracks but are finally recounted in this book.

Every page contains something that might surprise even the most avid Disneyland afficionado drawn from decades of research, personal experience as well as exclusive interviews with the Imagineers and executives who were there during those years.

Everything from a Yippie Invasion that shut down the park to when Annette dressed as an Indian princess signing autographs in the Indian Village to why the Enchanted Tiki Room did not become a restaurant as originally planned are revealed in this book.

For those who were there, the book will bring back fond memories and for those who weren't, it will give some insight into how those early years were so magical and so memorable for so many Disneyland guests.

A Year in the Life of Disneyland

And what a year! In 1955, Walt Disney's dream of a theme park, the first of its kind in the world, came true. Disney historian Jim Korkis' entertaining tale of an American pop culture icon is power-packed with details, and the most thorough account of Disneyland's early days ever published.

As Walt Disney once said: it takes people to make the dream a reality. Korkis never loses sight of the many people who built Disneyland, from famous Imagineers to obscure ticket takers. From their stories he crafts the epic adventure of how Walt conjured magic from an orange grove, with all the politics and the pixie dust, and the thrill of doing what no one had ever done before.

Just a few of the highlights from Disneyland 1955:

The many little-known inspirations for Disneyland

First-person narratives from Disneyland cast members who were there on opening day

How politics and corporate wheeling and dealing were instrumental in getting Disneyland off the ground

The story of the short-lived (and little missed) Mickey Mouse Club Circus

Comprehensive almanacs of Main Street and the four lands in the park, as they existed in 1955

KORKIS IS YOUR K-TICKET TO DISNEYLAND...1955!

Ahoy!

Welcome aboard for a voyage through the creation of the Disney Cruise Line and some of the intriguing storytelling elements about its fleet of ships.

This book is NOT a travel guide nor is it designed to help get discounts, pick a good cabin, select the best time of the year to cruise, decide on a shore excursion, review the cuisine or anything else related to things that a good travel agent can help you accomplish.

This book is something very different and unprecedented.

From stories of some of the cruises Walt Disney and his family took over the decades to the Disney Imagineers plan to create a floating Disney theme park that would sail to various ports around the world, the book is filled with history and storytelling that has rarely if ever been documented.

Individual chapters about each ship showcase some of the design elements that make each one unique. Where is Muppet Pepe the Prawn's hidden cabin on the Disney Fantasy and Disney Dream? What are all the different DCL buttons that a guest can get for free at Guest Services?

An entire section is devoted to the back stories of the dining and nightclub areas.

How was Palo designed to reference the twisting canals of Venice, Italy? What is the one cinematic item in the Meridian Bar on the Disney Dream that purposely does not appear on the Disney Fantasy? Why is the buffet-style restaurant called Cabanas?

Another section covers the design details of Castaway Cay. How and why did the back story of the castaways change over the last two decades? What are some of the tributes to Disney executives that can be found on signs, crates and more?

Why did Disney decide not to include horseback riding as an activity?

Several chapters focus on the unique art on the ships from the Magic Portholes to Enchanted Art and much more.

Bon Voyage!

What If Walt Had...

For every project that Disney has produced, there are hundreds more that never happened despite significant investments of time, talent, and money. But what if you could see them anyway...

Jim Korkis enters the limbo of Disney Never Lands to report on new theme parks, new lands in existing parks, television shows, and animation that were left unbuilt and unfilmed. Over the decades, he interviewed Imagineers and animators who worked on these projects as well as researching contemporary newspaper accounts and official publicity releases.

Korkis details the usual suspects like WestCot, Mineral King, Roger Rabbit feature sequels, and Epcot's Africa pavilion as well as surprises like Jim Henson's television series about Ariel the Little Mermaid and the Disney Channel's series that would have featured Dreamfinder and Figment as well as the animation Disney had Ub Iwerks do for Danny Kaye's first feature film.

Korkis shares the surprises that he discovered in the deepest vaults of Disney history. For the first time, these stories are gathered together in one book to inspire Disney fans' imaginations of what might have been and to document in great detail these lost dreams.

Finally ... The Real Walt Disney

In the half century since his death, Walt Disney has picked up a lot of biographical baggage. Fans see him as a saint, critics as a fraud. Was he kindly Uncle Walt, or a racist, rapacious tycoon? Disney historian Jim Korkis puts the rumors to rest.

The story of Walt Disney has been told many times. He's been portrayed as an American original, an animated man, and a dark prince. Walt was all of these things, and others besides. Who you get depends on who's telling the story.

In Call Me Walt, Korkis lets the story tell itself, through interviews, an examination of media reports, Walt Disney's own words, and a comprehensive analysis of the positives and the negatives, the facets and the flaws, that characterize everyone's life, famous or not.

Forget Uncle Walt. Forget the Dark Prince of Hollywood. Those are lazy labels for a man who remains fascinating because he can't be relegated to a role.

If you think you know Walt Disney, you probably don't.

Kungaloosh!

Join your safari guide, Disney historian Jim Korkis, as he explores the hidden histories and mysteries of the different jungle environments at Walt Disney World. From the fabled Jungle Cruise through Disney's Animal Kingdom and more, including the tropical wildernesses of Indiana Jones and the world of Avatar, discover the magic behind the magic.

Uncover the many secrets of the iconic Trader Sam and his Grog Grotto from the Imagineer who created that Tiki bar. Learn the philosophy of Disney's Animal Kingdom and the lore of the Forbidden Mountain from an exclusive interview with Imagineer Joe Rohde. There is even a chapter devoted to the extinct attractions in WDW's Adventureland like Shrunken Ned's Junior Jungle Boats.

In addition, half of the book is devoted to The Complete Adventurers Club Guidebook that includes several exclusive lengthy interviews with the Imagineers who created that beloved Pleasure Island venue.

This is the most extensive documentation that has ever been published of what a night in the club was like and how things worked behind the scenes. Every page is filled with fun facts from over a decade and half of research that even the most loyal fans never knew.

Read about the complete membership of that fictional location such as detailed descriptions of members that disappeared or never materialized including Madame Zenobia and Raoul Manzanera, as well as full descriptions of the twenty-six plaques placed on the island and how they related to the story of Merriweather Adam Pleasure.

The book overflows with everything you will ever need to know about the Adventurers Club.