Poster Art of the Disney Parks

What a Delightful Tome, full of wonderful Disneyland memories. I've wanted a book on the gorgeous Attraction Posters for some time now. Disney love aside, this is a Textbook in Color Theory and Graphic Design. This collection is Art with a Capitol A. It's a large format and a very dense 144 color pages. Of particular interest to me are the designs of Bjorn Aronson who did most of the early posters. Crisp, appealing, and ingenious. It's also nice to see Attraction Posters from other Disney Parks around the World. I'm not sure if this book contains every single Poster Image created for the Theme Parks, but if not, it has to be close. The written text is interesting and informative without taking up too much artwork real estate. It also organizes the book well by chapter and Tony Baxter's great introduction provides his usual knowledge and insight. If you are someone who collects the $35.00 framed Attraction Posters, I should point out that many of the full page illustrations in this book are around the same size. Let's just say, I bought more than one copy....and I probably could have gotten a third in the case of some tough choices about which page side I liked better.

Much better condition than the first one I ordered. No tears or other blemishes on the dust jacket. I'm very happy.

i have always loved the vintage disney posters, and when i saw this book available for pre-order, i jumped all over it! the size is PERFECT! approximately 11x14, the size is perfect to showcase the posters to full effect, even when not full-page. the chapters are listed as follows: one: here you leave today... two: main street, u.s.a. three: adventureland four: new orleans square and liberty square five: frontierland six: fantasyland seven: tomorrowland eight: tokyo disneysea nine: disney california adventure one thing, right off the bat, that i loved, was seeing the juxtapostion of the different posters for the same attractions from the different parks. it is lovely to see how nuanced the art can become from one country to the next. it is also helpful that under each poster it shows which park the poster was designed for, as well as the artist and the year it was made. the pages and binding are top notch. the book smells GREAT! a lot of the full-page posters would be more than suitable for framing. some of the stand out images are as follows: p.16: main street railroad poster in pastel pink p.34: swiss family treehouse (the colors are vibrant and beautiful) p.41: indiana jones adventure, temple of the forbidden eye (AWESOME!) p.44: adventure isle, disneyland paris (now THIS would have been worth buying the book for all by itself!) p.67: phantom manor, disneyland paris (another shining example of how the same attraction differs from park to park) p.78: storybook land canal boats (the first attraction i worked at disneyland many years ago...happy memories) p.105: disneyland monorail mark vii (a new poster created in 2008) p.132: red car trolley, disney california adventure (very period, VERY beautiful) i had no idea that so many contemporary pieces would be here, but wow! of course there are a lot of the classics (pirates, haunted mansion, tiki room, alice in wonderland, etc.), but there were lovely pieces such as the finding nemo attraction, as well as an abundance of posters from tokyo disneysea. i was also pleased to see several from california adventure. the red trolley poster is one i may actually frame. which means i will likely order another copy of this gorgeous book. :) all in all, if you are a fan of disney (past or present), art, or history (or any combination of these), you will not be disappointed in this worthy book!

This is seriously the coolest coffee table book I've ever purchased. My fiance and I are Disneyland die-hards, and we've talked long about buying a replica poster of one of our favorite attractions. I want Haunted Mansion, she wants Disney Railroad. Luckily, when we visited the park about a year ago, we found this delightful book for sale. It did the trick for us. This book is oversized, packed full of beautiful attraction art, and more. While bright and beautiful copies of the posters themselves would be awesome on their own, there's information about how each poster was made, and variants on display. This means if you're looking at Pirates of the Caribbean's poster art, you'll not only see Disneyland's poster, but Disney World's, Tokyo's, etc... It's really cool looking at the small differences. We were excited to purchase this book at Disneyland, but we luckily checked with Amazon first. It's cheaper here, and the book was delivered flawlessly to our door. It now sits on our living room coffee table, and we couldn't be happier. This is a great buy for Disney fans.

This is a large coffee table style book displaying various attraction posters. The book is called Poster Art for the Disney Parks, but not all parks are represented fully. Since most posters are from rides in the Magic Kingdom, that gets the biggest section. Each land in the MK has its own chapter with a brief writeup about the posters. Since every park (Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disney and Disneyland Paris) has a Magic Kingdom, the attractions are all mixed in based on the land. Some attractions that appear in multiple parks will have multiple posters, but not all (no Buzz Lightyear for WDW). After the MK, there is a chapter for California Adventure and Tokyo DisneySea. Noticeably missing are the other WDW parks (Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom). If one of the other parks has a ride that appears in one of those three, there may be a poster for it, but not always. According to the book, the non-MK parks used less posters. But, posters do exist because in the first chapter they show small versions of posters from those 3 parks, so why not include them??? The posters range from quarter page to full page (hopefully your favorite is a full page - because they look great). The small WDW non-MK posters in the first chapter are about 1/6 page. An extra full page poster is included in the back and can be torn out (I won't, but maybe you will). It is a back to back sheet, so really two posters. If you like attraction posters and their art, or you like Disney and want a remembrance of rides still here and some gone, get this book. I decided not to downgrade the review to 4 stars for the lack of posters from the 3 parks, but that lack really makes it a 4 1/2 star book.

The Poster Art of the Disney Parks is a beautifully done hard cover book that contains full color posters from many different decades and from all of the Disney parks around the world. Anyone who loves Disney can appreciate the amount of detail that goes into even simple seeming things such as these posters. All of them are vividly printed, whimsical, and full of interesting details. The book is quite large in size so you're able to enjoy the posters without pressing the book up to your nose. There is a nice introduction, a section on how the posters are printed, and short introductions for each section. I'd like to mention one word of caution, however. Amazon seems to have a problem shipping this book undamaged. Initially I couldn't even order the book from Amazon since it said that they were examining their shipping method since people were complaining. When that advisory was lifted I ordered the book from Amazon expecting them to have gotten the shipping problem resolved, however the first copy I received was poorly boxed and as a result the book was damaged. I called to get an exchange, and as usual Amazon was excellent about it, and the replacement book was perfectly packaged and arrived in pristine condition. All in all... exceptional and beautiful.

The book is spectacular, a feast for the eyes and the perfect coffee table book for the disney fan or the fan of design. ! - Beautifully illustrated; - Large format book; - High gloss paper; - The images of attraction posters are clear and bright; "After the introduction by Tony Baxter, there are 9 chapters: Here You Leave Today…, Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, New Orleans Square and Liberty Square, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Tokyo DisneySea, and Disney California Adventure. The book ends with some acknowledgements and an Index by Artist." ** FUN FACTS ** - Disneyland used silk-screening to render each poster, but Walt Disney World favored a 4-color lithography process; - An average poster could have 60 colors, take a month to complete, and cost over $30,000 just in the labor alone; - The poster program ended in the 1990’s but started up again in 2001 for the Tokyo DisneySea Park, thanks to the digital age.

If you are a Disney Parks history nut and you are trying to decide between this version and the second edition, this is the better choice. If for no other reason, this version includes the Splash Mountain poster and doesn’t make an attempt to erase the ride from history. The additions in the second edition are neat, so get both if you can, but do yourself a favor and prioritize this version, as it shows more respect for Disney Parks history.