{"product_id":"dream-it-do-it-my-half-century-creating-disneys-magic-kingdoms-hardcover","title":"Dream It! Do It!: My Half-Century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarty Sklar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart memoir, part business book, Marty Sklar entertains readers with more than fifty years of tales of creating magic around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarty Sklar was hired by The Walt Disney Company after his junior year at UCLA, and began his Disney career at Disneyland in July 1955, the month before the park opened. He spent his first decade at Disney as \"the kid,\" the very youngest of the creative team Walt had assembled at WED Enterprises. But despite his youth, his talents propelled him forward into substantial responsibility: he became Walt's speech writer, penned Walt's and Roy's messages in the company's annual report, composed most of the publicity and marketing materials for Disneyland, conceived presentations for the U.S. government, devised initiatives to obtain sponsors to enable new Disneyland developments, and wrote a twenty-four-minute film expressing Walt's philosophy for the Walt Disney World project and Epcot. He was Walt's literary right-hand man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the next forty years, Marty Sklar rose to become president and principal creative executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, and he devoted his entire career to creating, enhancing, and expanding Walt's magical empire.\u003cbr\u003e This beautifully written and enlightening book is Marty's own retelling of his epic Disney journey, a grand adventure that lasted over half a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSearching for that perfect gift for the #1 Disney fan in your life? Explore more behind-the-scenes stories from Disney Editions: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTravels with Figment: On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e (By Disney Legend Marty Sklar)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOne Little Spark! 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After graduating, he joined Disneyland full-time in 1956, where he held responsibility for most of the park's publicity and marketing materials. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1961, he moved to WED Enterprises, renamed in 1986 to Walt Disney Imagineering, where he worked on attractions for the 1964 New York World's Fair. For nearly ten years, he wrote personal materials for Walt Disney for use in publications, television and special films. In 1974 he became vice president of concepts\/planning, and guided the creative development of EPCOT. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs vice president of creative development, executive vice president and then president of Imagineering for nine years, Sklar supervised the design and construction of Tokyo Disneyland, the Disney-MGM Studios, Disneyland Paris, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney California Adventure Park, Tokyo DisneySea, the Walt Disney Studios Park and most recently Hong Kong Disneyland. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.47 x 5.84 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183270707449,"sku":"9781423174066","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MUZFY0xya25SZ3BGZ1FqTTM1c1VBUT09.webp?v=1767769479","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dream-it-do-it-my-half-century-creating-disneys-magic-kingdoms-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}