Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality Book Special Offer to Celebrate DLP 25th Anniversary!

Disneyland Paris celebrate its 25th Anniversary today April 12 - and, guess what, it's also the 10th Anniversary of Disney and more! So, to celebrate both DLP 25th and D&M 10th i launch today the "DLP 25th and D&M 10th Anniversaries Special Offer for the Disneyland Paris "From Sketch to Reality" book ( De L'Esquisse à la Création en français ) and it's a chance for you to get this gorgeous 320 pages book at the best price ever!

You'll hardly find a better gift for a Disneyland Paris fan so don't miss it as it is the last copies of the book which will not be reprinted!

Note in French for the French readers: Il ne reste que dix exemplaires de cette édition collector française et chaque exemplaire est maintenant au prix de 175 € + 22 € de frais d'envois. Ceux qui ne peuvent pas se permettre le prix de 175 € pour l'édition collector française peuvent m'écrire à: neverlandeditions@gmail.com et je verrais si je peux trouver des exemplaires qui sont légèrement endommagées sur la couverture mais parfait à l'intérieur, et si tel est le cas, le prix sera évidemment moins élevé. Les frais de port de 22€ sont inclus dans le montant total avant le paiement.

The Special Offer is now for the English updated edition ONLY and the English edition is at 60€ / $65 ( instead of 85€ ) and the shipping worldwide is 22€ ( $24 ).  Shipping takes 3-4 days for France, 10-15 days to European countries, 2 to 3 weeks for countries outside Europe. Sorry for what may seem a high shipping cost but the package with the book is heavy ( 2,5 Kgs ) and the French post office also increased its prices. We also ship the books in the best box you've ever seen for a book to make sure they arrive in good condition, and this has a cost.

Usually the Special Offer includes a great additional surprise gift, but because we celebrate two anniversaries, this new special offer will include TWO great surprise gifts ( and believe me, you'll be VERY happy to get them! )!

Special note to buyers with a shipping address in Italy or Belgium : For shipments to Belgium or Italy, the shipping cost is 29 €.

To place your order please send an email to: neverlandeditions@gmail.com Please let me know in your email if you want the english or french edition!

You can pay with Paypal by sending the full amount - including shipping - by Paypal to: neverlandeditions@gmail.com or you can use the Paypal buttons below. ( make sure to choose the right button for the rich edition ). Thanks to confirm me by email or in your Paypal payment which edition you want ( english or french ). Also note that the Paypal button includes an additional discount for those who want to order 2 or 3 copies instead of one.

If you do NOT have a Paypal account you can pay by credit card, or bank transfer, just send me an email about it at: neverlandeditions@gmail.com and i will let you know how to do.

Disneyland Paris From Sketch to Reality Book ENGLISH Edition

ONE Copy Disneyland Paris Book ENGLISH Edition €60.00 EUR TWO Copies Disneyland Paris Book ENGLISH Edition €110.00 EUR THREE Copies Disneyland Paris Book ENGLISH Edition €170.00 EUR

Livre Disneyland Paris De L'Esquisse à la Création Ed Francaise

Edition Collector Francaise €175.00 EUR

Those of you who have never seen the book will find below a video presentation of the full book which will show you each of the 320 pages of the book AND you can see more pictures on the book website HERE

Although you've probably heard about this beautiful book, many of you may have never seen a copy of it. So we've done a video presentation of the full book which will show you each of the 320 pages of the book! The book includes 750 pictures of the park, including 250 gorgeous renderings of Walt Disney Imagineering and stunning pictures of the park seen from above. The book is so big that it took us seven and a half minutes to show you the full book, and that's without stopping turning each pages! So, if you want to have a closer look at a page don't hesitate to stop the video!

A Tribute to George McGinnis Part Two : Epcot Horizons Attraction

Here is the second part of my tribute to Legendary Imagineer George McGinnis, and a grand tribute to one of George's favorite creation, Epcot beloved extinct attraction Horizons. And this is a really big tribute with lot of pictures, plenty of artwork, and a great video of the whole ride at the end of the article.

On the picture above, George McGinnis and his family at the entrance of Horizons. 

Horizons, designed by imagineer George McGinnis and Colin Campbell opened on October 1, 1983 and was about the future!...and more specifically, Horizons was dedicated to "humanity's future" with this principle "If we can dream it, we can do it!".

Not only the building was huge, but the 14.45 minutes ride was one of the longest one ever created by Walt Disney Imagineering. Lot of audio-animatronics - 54, exactly , and 770 props all along the ride, not to mention the 12 film projectors, the two Omnisphere screenshow, and a huge capacity of 2784 guests per hour.Everything was great: the story line, the theming, the music, everything!



During 10 years - from 1983 to 1993 - the attraction sponsor was General Electric, as we can see on this picture of the entrance.



Right after the entrance, the Futureport announced the "destinations"



It's time to board in one of the Horizons vehicles.



Here is a sketch of George McGinnis for Horizons Omnimover.

First, we had a look back to some of the great visionaries like Jules Verne, then to how the future was dreamed in the 30's.
Here is a picture of the model of that scene.



And here are pictures of the real thing.






The next scene was a vision of the future from the 50's.




After these opening scenes the Horizons vehicle moved to the Omnimax film sequence with images of the DNA chain, or the space shuttle lift off. Here is a sketch of George McGinnis showing his original concept for three Omnimax screens which was later cut to two Omnimax screens only in order to meet the attraction's budget.

The next scene was the 21st century Habitat sequence , also called the Nova City living room.



A huge backdrop painting was done for that scene, here is three close shots of this artwork.





The next scene brings the guests at Mesa Verde, a desert farm of the future...




And then to a submarine habitat...






The two sketches below by George McGinnis shows how he double-sided the scenes of the Sea Castle scene, Combining two "bays" into one reduced the track length without losing any show.






The next scene was showing the inside of a space colony and the "crystal lab"...







The Holographic "happy bithday" party line was the next scene, and the special effects were at that time really impressive.




Here is a sketch of George McGinnis for the Finale scene of Horizons.

The guests had then the possibility to "choose their tomorrow" with a choice of three destinations: Space , Desert, and Undersea. A screen came in front of the vehicle and a short movie was played. A good idea, but the image definition was not as good as it would be today.

Before we arrive to the videos below, i have more rare pictures for you. First, a model of the building.



Then some artwork for the "Main Shuttle port"






Here is a fantastic painting showing a city of the future.



But one of the biggest backdrop painting was the "Looking back at tomorrow". Here are some very rare photos showing the painter at work - Robert McCall, a famous artist who worked mostly for NASA - and details of the painting.







And now it's time for you to board inside a Horizon vehicle and enjoy this fantastic ride, thanks to  great restored footage video posted on Vimeo by RetroWDW, whom i thank a lot, and congratulate for the high quality of the restoration.

Just like everybody who did the ride at Epcot, you will love Horizons instantly, it was Imagineering at its best! And don't forget: If we can dream it, we can do it!



Horizons POV Ride Through Restored Video - EPCOT Center - 1990 from RetroWDW on Vimeo.

You can learn more about Horizons, read the original script and listen the great music theme on the excellent Horizons web site HERE. Do not miss too George McGinnis articles about Horizon that he did in 2004 for Mouse Planet in three parts and which include George sketches HERE.

You can find previous articles about Epcot's original attractions artwork: for Spaceship Earth HERE, for The Living Seas HERE, for Communicore HERE
, for The Land HERE, for Journey into Imagination HERE, and for Universe of Energy HERE 

Photos and artwork: copyright Disney Enterprises Inc

Youtube video: many thanks to RetroWDW !