The Haunted Mansion

This was such a fun book. If you're a fan of the Disney parks and The Haunted Mansion ride, I highly recommend it. It goes into detail from the early imagineering days in the 1950s all the way through the different adaptations the ride has gone through to make it, or a version of it, fit into all the Disney parks. From there, the book covers each portion of the story/ride, from the outside queue and Portrait Chamber to the Grand Hall and Graveyard, including the differences between the attractions and even tidbits about the holiday Nightmare Before Christmas overlay. The author gives some fun insight, being one of the imagineers who worked on various enhancements, and points out details you might not have noticed before. As for why I didn't give this book 5 stars - there were a couple places I would have loved more detail, and I wish some of the pictures had been larger. Overall, I definitely recommend picking up a copy if you like this kind of nonfiction writing.