Showing Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World by David Koenig

“Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World” takes the first-ever in-depth, unauthorized look at the creation and operation of the world’s most popular vacation destination. Step backstage and witness:

• Walt’s original plans for Disney World—and how his dreams completely changed in the hands of his successors.

• His undercover agents who secretly bought 44 square miles of swamps.

• The chaotic construction and frantic first years of the Magic Kingdom.

• The underground caverns that wind beneath the theme park.

• Disney’s unconventional, initially disastrous foray into operating its own hotels.

• The behind-the-scenes machinations that led to EPCOT Center.

• How safety and security are maintained on property—at all costs.

• The tumultuous change of leadership that turned the cherished “Ways of Walt” upside down.

Join David Koenig, author of the best-selling “Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland,” on Mr. Disney’s wildest ride ever.