The Happiest Workplace on Earth Disney Imagineering Unleashed Volume 1 Shaun Finnie Bob McLain 9781941500224 Books
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Disney Imagineering Unleashed!
An action thriller rolled into a Disney what-if!
In an alternate future, where Epcot really did become a community of tomorrow, not just another theme park, Jack Rothman must hunt down the traitors and terrorists who threaten to destroy all that Walt built.
When Jack and his family finally get the long-awaited invitation to become residents of Epcot City, they think their dreams have come true. But they find, instead, a culture based on "What Would Walt Do" taken to the extreme, with fascist security and anarchic rebels battling for supremacy, and the Rothmans caught in the middle.
The Happiest Workplace on Earth is the first novel in the Imagineering Unleashed series. Each book in the series is set in an alternate vision of the Disney theme parks where the wildest plans that Disney’s Imagineers have designed over the years didn’t die on the drawing board but were actually built. From Discovery Bay and the Mineral King Ski Resort to the incredible Epcot City, the dreams of Disney Imagineering come to life in a unique blend of history and action.
The Happiest Workplace on Earth Disney Imagineering Unleashed Volume 1 Shaun Finnie Bob McLain 9781941500224 Books
The Happiest Workplace on Earth by Shaun Finnie establishes a parrell world where Walt Disney began work in his city of tomorrow, Epcot, in 1974, and passed away two years later. Decades later in our future, Jack and Ellie Rothman find their dream come true as they are invited to become citizens of Epcot. Of course their teenage son Heath rebels against the idea of leaving all of his friends! Ellie Rothman has dreamed of living in Epcot her entire life and Jack wants to do nothing more than support his wife's dream. And Jack's expertise with genetically altered plants is the family's avenue into the Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow, he specializes in designing vegetables filled with anti-depressants. But Epcot seems less magical than the Rothmans believed as the rules of the community appear oppressive with everyone fearing the Epcot Security Patrol and losing points against their citzenship. The Rothmans find themselves caught up in a conspiracy that frames Jack Rothman, and his outrageous beret, as a terrorist bent on destroying Walt's futuristic city.As I started this fictional work I thought, wow this is a nice little what if story about the Epcot that could have been if Walt Disney had lived longer and completed his vision for the Florida Project. It feels like a nice idyllic city where families and scientists help extend the world's knowledge. Epcot is a working city where families live and industry flourishes, under the authority of the Walt Disney Company of course. However, the future is not as bright as one might think. The cover really should have given it away to me. Epcot is actually a darker place than we might imagine. And the Rothman's are not as safe as we might hope. One's stomach begins to get queasy as we begin to imagine how close Epcot, a planned and controlled society, could be to a tyranny. Though it is fictional, it does make you wonder about what a completed Epcot could have been, especially when being lead by someone who was not Walt Disney. Epcot allowed for a large amount of control by the Walt Disney Company and if placed in the hands of the wrong people it could be used to harm others. And it becomes easy to see how some would rebel against that authority.
One cannot but help but cheer for the Rothmans. I identify most to Jack Rothman, a family man who works hard and as a flair for individuality. Jack wants to make his move to Epcot work for the sake of his family. And he becomes the center of the plot that puts himself and his entire family at risk. I really liked the choice to focus on Jack instead of Heath, who I thought was going to be the action hero. Jack in many ways is the least likely hero. Therefore, when Jack is at risk you feel the tension. Ellie is a loving wife with a dream, one that Jack wants to fulfill. And his love makes me want to cheer for him more. Sadly for Ellie this conspiracy will destroy her fantasy of what Epcot is. And you feel your heartbreaking for her. Heath is the typical rebellious young adult. But you can feel like he might be a good kid raised by parents like Jack and Ellie. And while he is not the center of the story, Heath's character will be tested by the situation. I find myself focused on the family because it is their interactions in a world gone wrong that kept me returning to the book over and over again.
With Tomorrowland being released soon in theaters, it is a great time to imagine a world that might be. The Happiest Workplace on Earth provides us a story of a world like ours where Epcot as designed by Walt Disney came to be. But as the Rothmans show us, maybe that world is far from magical! And its an Epcot well worth your time to be entertained by and contemplate. And I am really looking forward to diving into the next book in the "Disney Imagineering Unleashed" series.
Now eat your magic lettuce and be happy!
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The Happiest Workplace on Earth Disney Imagineering Unleashed Volume 1 Shaun Finnie Bob McLain 9781941500224 Books Reviews
I enjoy alternate reality and Iove Disney, so this was a perfect match for me. There is definitely a dark side to the book, but I enjoyed the story immensely.
This book has the interesting premise that Walt Disney's true vision for Epoct was realized in an alternate timeline, and the author's clearly a fan of the Walt Disney World theme park and puts in details that park visitors will recognize and enjoy. Instead of really exploring the implications of Disney's vision of a corporatist utopia, however, we get standard sci-fi tropes including a mad scientist and social justice "terrorists" vs. the board of directors of the mega-corporation running Epcot in Big Brother fashion. The writing seems to be at the level of an English major's Creative Writing term project, and the plot, after a decent set-up, just starts pushing the dopey protagonists from one perilous situation to another, which they survive not so much by their wits as by dei ex machina.
I'm a sucker for any story that has time travel, an alternate timeline, or tons of action. You get all of that in this book, plus being set at one of my favorite places Walt Disney World. Shaun's story is set in a future where Walt Disney lived long enough to build his dream city, EPCOT. While this is a fictional story of what could have been, Shaun's prodigious research shows thru in his descriptions of Walt's EPCOT, and he weaves in enough action and drama to keep you turning pages. I enjoyed reading this book so much that I sought out Shaun to talk about his work on my podcast. I'm really looking forward to the sequels and continuation of this story to come! I recommend it wholeheartedly!
Rod Wheaton
WDWmousenger.com
The Happiest Workplace on Earth by Shaun Finnie establishes a parrell world where Walt Disney began work in his city of tomorrow, Epcot, in 1974, and passed away two years later. Decades later in our future, Jack and Ellie Rothman find their dream come true as they are invited to become citizens of Epcot. Of course their teenage son Heath rebels against the idea of leaving all of his friends! Ellie Rothman has dreamed of living in Epcot her entire life and Jack wants to do nothing more than support his wife's dream. And Jack's expertise with genetically altered plants is the family's avenue into the Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow, he specializes in designing vegetables filled with anti-depressants. But Epcot seems less magical than the Rothmans believed as the rules of the community appear oppressive with everyone fearing the Epcot Security Patrol and losing points against their citzenship. The Rothmans find themselves caught up in a conspiracy that frames Jack Rothman, and his outrageous beret, as a terrorist bent on destroying Walt's futuristic city.
As I started this fictional work I thought, wow this is a nice little what if story about the Epcot that could have been if Walt Disney had lived longer and completed his vision for the Florida Project. It feels like a nice idyllic city where families and scientists help extend the world's knowledge. Epcot is a working city where families live and industry flourishes, under the authority of the Walt Disney Company of course. However, the future is not as bright as one might think. The cover really should have given it away to me. Epcot is actually a darker place than we might imagine. And the Rothman's are not as safe as we might hope. One's stomach begins to get queasy as we begin to imagine how close Epcot, a planned and controlled society, could be to a tyranny. Though it is fictional, it does make you wonder about what a completed Epcot could have been, especially when being lead by someone who was not Walt Disney. Epcot allowed for a large amount of control by the Walt Disney Company and if placed in the hands of the wrong people it could be used to harm others. And it becomes easy to see how some would rebel against that authority.
One cannot but help but cheer for the Rothmans. I identify most to Jack Rothman, a family man who works hard and as a flair for individuality. Jack wants to make his move to Epcot work for the sake of his family. And he becomes the center of the plot that puts himself and his entire family at risk. I really liked the choice to focus on Jack instead of Heath, who I thought was going to be the action hero. Jack in many ways is the least likely hero. Therefore, when Jack is at risk you feel the tension. Ellie is a loving wife with a dream, one that Jack wants to fulfill. And his love makes me want to cheer for him more. Sadly for Ellie this conspiracy will destroy her fantasy of what Epcot is. And you feel your heartbreaking for her. Heath is the typical rebellious young adult. But you can feel like he might be a good kid raised by parents like Jack and Ellie. And while he is not the center of the story, Heath's character will be tested by the situation. I find myself focused on the family because it is their interactions in a world gone wrong that kept me returning to the book over and over again.
With Tomorrowland being released soon in theaters, it is a great time to imagine a world that might be. The Happiest Workplace on Earth provides us a story of a world like ours where Epcot as designed by Walt Disney came to be. But as the Rothmans show us, maybe that world is far from magical! And its an Epcot well worth your time to be entertained by and contemplate. And I am really looking forward to diving into the next book in the "Disney Imagineering Unleashed" series.
Now eat your magic lettuce and be happy!
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