Sam Gennawey

Universal versus Disney: The Unofficial Guide to American Theme Parks' Greatest Rivalry (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Universal Studios never really wanted to get into the theme park business. They wanted to be the anti-Disney. But when forced to do so, they did it in a big way. Despite the fits and starts of multiple owners, the parks have finally gained the momentum to mount a serious challenge to the Walt Disney Company. How did this happen? Who made it happen? What does this mean for the theme park industry? In Universal Versus Disney, his newest work to investigate the histories of America's favorite theme parks, seasoned Disney-author Sam Gennawey has thoroughly researched how Universal Studios shook up the multi-billion dollar theme park industry, one so long dominated by Walt Disney and his legacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Unofficial Guides
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781628090154
• Artikelnr.: 41837000

Autorenporträt

Sam Gennawey is the author of the newly released history of Walt Disney's first ever destination attraction, The Disneyland Story. Gennaway is also the author of Walt and the Promise of Progress City, a contributor to Planning Los Angeles and other books, and a columnist for the popular MiceChat website. His unique point of view built on his passion for history, his professional training as an urban planner, and his obsession with theme parks has brought speaking invitations from Walt Disney Imagineering, the Walt Disney Family Museum, Disney Creative, the American Planning Association, the California Preservation Foundation, the California League of Cities, and many Disneyana clubs, libraries, and podcasts. He is a senior associate at the planning firm of Katherine Padilla and Associates, and he lives in Pasadena, CA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Phil Hettema Preface Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1:
Pulling Back the Curtain CHAPTER 2:
The Industrial Tour CHAPTER 3:
A Peek Behind the Curtain CHAPTER 4:
Defining the Universal Experience CHAPTER 5:
The Sunshine State CHAPTER 6:
The Battle Begins CHAPTER 7:
From Industrial Tour to Theme Park CHAPTER 8:
Matsushita, 1991-1995 CHAPTER 9:
Seagram, 1995-2001 CHAPTER 10:
Universal's Islands of Adventure CHAPTER 11:
Vivendi, 2001-2004 CHAPTER 12:
General Electric, 2004-2009 CHAPTER 13:
Comcast, 2009-Present Index About the Author