This book started off seeming like a biography about Walt Disney with new information. Thankfully I find biographies interesting. Then it went into unknown facts and info about movies he produced and his theme parks and other ventures. Unfortunately there were a lot of older movies and rides referenced that I hadn't even heard of. I grew up watching The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday night as a kid so this surprised me. This may be a book more for an older fan of Disney. (I'm in my 40's so you get the picture.) I even scanned a couple sections because I had no idea what/who he was talking about. One interesting Fact: He hired Aldous Huxley to write up a live action version of Alice in Wonderland. The write up is included. Interesting to see what it might have been! Other than that I was somewhat disappointed overall. Did you know the Walt Disney once collaborated with Salvador Dali to make a film? Or that he had a fascination with miniatures that almost compelled him to make a miniature world in Disneyland? If you didn't, then this is the book for you. Broken up into articles, the Vault of Walt brings a number of unknown or uncommon tidbits of Disney lore out into the open. Everything from Walt's own history, to the Disney films, and even the little-known facts and secrets of the parks themselves are included, and the formatting of the book makes it easy to jump right in.
It's ok. Repetitious and sometimes dry but there are some interesting nuggets of info.
—tina
It was neat to read some of the behind the scenes stories!
—Ashley_fierce
loved all the background details of how things came to be.
—ryeong9
Lots of fun trivia about the world of Disney!
—Kaylyn
