_Universal vs Disney_ not (yet) a review
May. 13th, 2019 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutI have really been enjoying this history of Universal, its relationship to Disney, etc. I particularly wanted the story of the Universal Parks, because I realized I first went on the studio ride some time in the mid 1970s, and now go to the Florida parks twice annually, and have gone to the California parks at least a couple times. Usually, when I do something that much, I read like five books on it and become completely insufferable. And yet, I had not done so here! It is time.
In the corporate history background of the various components of Universal, the book says that Universal Ranch became part of Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood. Roy Disney is buried there (Walt is in forest lawn memorial park Glendale). Still, pretty hilarious!
Having read a number of narrative corporate and/or industry biographies, I often wistfully think how nice it would be, when, say, an author is doing a great job of describing the miserable opening of what became Universal Studios Orlando (lots of technical failures), or the terrible initial marketing of what became Universal Islands of Adventure, the author might note in a short side bar, foot note, end note or parenthetical paragraph whether this kind of thing was typical of business behavior at the time or wildly unusual.
I will post more when I am done.
In the corporate history background of the various components of Universal, the book says that Universal Ranch became part of Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood. Roy Disney is buried there (Walt is in forest lawn memorial park Glendale). Still, pretty hilarious!
Having read a number of narrative corporate and/or industry biographies, I often wistfully think how nice it would be, when, say, an author is doing a great job of describing the miserable opening of what became Universal Studios Orlando (lots of technical failures), or the terrible initial marketing of what became Universal Islands of Adventure, the author might note in a short side bar, foot note, end note or parenthetical paragraph whether this kind of thing was typical of business behavior at the time or wildly unusual.
I will post more when I am done.