Heart and Darkness

<p>The Definitive Book of Disney Dark Rides</p><p></p><p>The dark rides in Disney theme parks have delighted-and sometimes terrified-millions of people. The history of these attractions is a fascinating story of creativity engineering and pop culture and it's told here for the first time.</p><p></p><p>From their primitive beginnings in the 1800s to their perfection by the Disney Imagineers dark rides are an ingenious way to tell a visually exciting story to guests who travel through the action scene by scene aboard vehicles ranging from boats to (Doom) buggies.</p><p></p><p>Despite their popularity dark rides still retain an aura of mystery: when did they originate? how did Disney transform them from curiosities into crowd pleasers? why are they such a draw to young and old?</p><p></p><p>Shawn Farrell dispels the darkness with the definitive history of Disney's dark rides from Disneyland's Peter Pan Mr. Toad and Snow White to Disneyland Shanghai's cutting-edge version of Pirates of the Caribbean. Farrell also explores notable dark rides not in a Disney park the many that have gone into the gloom and some hints of what's to come.</p><p></p>