The Disney Monorail: Imagineering A Highway In The Sky (Disney Editions Deluxe)

disney editions titles can be hit or miss. they're authorized by the company, so of course you're going to have access to the studio and imagineering archives for concept art and professional photography. the first question is, how much of it has been published before? have i seen before? is this already on my shelves?and then the second question is, what kind of text accompanies the images? yesterday's tomorrow by don hahn was pretty skimpy. i learned nothing new. the two volume marc davis set from last year, conversely, was a GOLD MINE. nearly all new information from personal, unpublished interviews with the author. not just quotes from the "e-ticket" magazine i've seen a hundred times before.this book on the disney monorails (disneyland original, WDW fleet, and yes, the tokyo trains too) hits the sweet spot. granted, it's not a total gold mine in terms of text. but the voice is engaging yet thorough. the caption information is quite complete.for the images and art, yea, WOW. probably 80% of this material i've never seen before, and i study theme park design for a living. everything here appears to be newly scanned and/or retouched up. no old kodachrome slides from the 70s like you find in other disney park books with blotches and hairs and soft focus.i'd say must own. like the marc davis set, get it now. titles like this usually only go through a single large print run and then in a couple years you'll see them listed here on amazon for $800 or something ridiculous (jason surrell's attraction books come to mind). don't miss the [train] !!!

I bought this book to add to my disney book collection, not being a big monorail fan. What I didn't expect, was the volumes of artwork, marketing art, concepts, costume concepts, blueprints, diagrams, schematics, models, behind the scenes photo's, and more PHOTO'S, PHOTO'S, PHOTO'S! I liked the monorail before, and have an even greater appreciation for it now! If uou are a disneyland fan, buy this book!

What a great book about the Disney Monorail system! It’s a large coffee table style book and it’s loaded with color photos. Most pages (but not all) have either a caption for the photos or a relatively small amount of text. This is definitely more of a “looking” book than a “reading” book. It covers other early monorail systems, the conceptualization, design, and construction of the Disney monorails, Monorail memorabilia, renovations and updates, etc., all shown thoroughly with so many eye catching photos. This book will be interesting, informative, and enjoyable for any Disney fan. I purchased it as a gift and I am going to enjoy it a little bit before I wrap it up. My copy was well packed and arrived in excellent condition.

This book has a narrow audience: people who like Disney theme parks and have an affinity for the Monorail. When I visited as a child, I loved the Monorail. I envisioned it as a Jetsons-era marvel of science and technology. As an adult, it's a nice air conditioned train, but the book takes readers on a magical journey of history, photographs, story telling, and anything you would ever want to know about the Monorail. This is a coffee-table treasure for anyone in the target audience.

Great photos and drawings from all eras of the the Disney Monorails. Does have a few pages on history of the monorail to present day. It omits the challanges of opening day at DL and how the Monorail almost didn't run due to an electrical wiring problem. The only short coming is it does not deal with the technology of engineering and building monorails.

I am a huge fan of Disney Monorails. Every time I go to Disney World, I have to ride one. This book seems like it was custom made for me. It has awesome visuals, making it a great coffee table book. Much of the history and design are not new to me, but I always love reading about it. The author does a great job telling the history of these iconic machines.

The book is amazing and deserves five stars but Disney Additions needs to work on their quality control as the book came with a tear inside of the front cover which I took off a star for.

Excellent book on monorails at Disney with a good blend of text and photos. Not super cheap, but recommended for sure.

Great quality book, lots of information from initial ideas to fruition.

ディズニーランドのモノレールに焦点を当てたハードカバー、200ページを超える永久保存版です。ウォルト・ディズニーが描いた夢、それを現実にしていく過程、そして現在までディズニーランドにあるモノレールを詳しく追いかけます。私が興味を持ったのはフロリダにあるディズニーランドのモノレールです。これも詳しく紹介されていました。カリフォルニアのディズニーランドにどうやってモノレールが作られたのか、そしてウォルトの夢だったフロリダでのモノレールの仕組み。アメリカのディズニーランドに行ったことのある人ならば、この本を読んで、ディズニーのモノレールへのこだわりを知り、その構想に驚かされるはずです。そして、私が一番驚いたのは、ウォルド・ディズニーがディズニーランドを生み出していく上での彼の理念が、この本から読み取れ流ことです。彼のディズニーランドのイメージ、構造、運営までもがきちんと初期段階にあり、それを実現すべく細かな問題を解決し現在のディズニーランドが完成している、そして今でも彼の遺伝子が世界のディズニーランドに息づいているという事実を知ることができます。

If you love Disney monorails then this book is perfect, it covers the who story from Walt’s first inspiration to the current monorails in service. A great read.

We always love riding on and even just seeing the monorails, so this book is a present for my OH to remind him of WDW at Christmas.