Book Review: Celebration, U.S.A.
Celebration, U.S.A.: Living in Disney's Brave New Town by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins, published by Holt, 1999. Hardcover, 368 pages. (Amazon)
Published in 1999, this book chronicles the two-year stay of the husband-and-wife authors and their two children in Walt Disney Company's Town of Celebration outside Orlando, Florida. A history of the company in Florida and the town's creation give the family's experiences a context beyond the love it or hate it attitude that people have adopted in response to the idea of Disney extending its market and influence to town planning. The first-hand accounts from the authors, and their interviews with residents, ground the book in reality, a reality that collided with the hopes and dreams of people who moved to Celebration looking for a better place to live. In the end, the book is an account of both the town's physical reality and the people who believed in its potential.
Published in 1999, this book chronicles the two-year stay of the husband-and-wife authors and their two children in Walt Disney Company's Town of Celebration outside Orlando, Florida. A history of the company in Florida and the town's creation give the family's experiences a context beyond the love it or hate it attitude that people have adopted in response to the idea of Disney extending its market and influence to town planning. The first-hand accounts from the authors, and their interviews with residents, ground the book in reality, a reality that collided with the hopes and dreams of people who moved to Celebration looking for a better place to live. In the end, the book is an account of both the town's physical reality and the people who believed in its potential.
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