The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom 2020

The Thinking Fan's Guide is a different kind of guidebook that leaves out the usual ephemera on trip planning, ticket prices, restaurants, and shopping to concentrate on what visitors to Magic Kingdom come to see—the rides and shows. Wallace provides a lighthearted but scholarly look at each attraction in the Magic Kingdom’s Adventureland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, and Main Street, U.S.A., including the parades and fireworks show. Far from being mere “amusements,” these attractions provide a complex, multi-layered narrative that can be experienced and appreciated just like a great novel, play, or film. The book will fascinate Disney buffs with the surprising insights into old favorites while offering newcomers to the Disney magic a much richer experience during their first Disney days. This updated third edition, new for 2020, adds coverage of The Muppets Present... Great Moments in American History, the new Happily Ever After fireworks, and the Trump-era Hall of Presidents. Additionally, Wallace has written brand-new entries for Pirates of the Caribbean and Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, diving much deeper than the previous editions did. Other expanded and revised entries include: Jungle Cruise, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, and Cinderella Castle. The book has been updated from front to back to reflect the very latest at Walt Disney World. The 2020 edition also sports gorgeous new cover art and an all-new layout. Those who read Wallace's first edition of The Thinking Fan's Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom will also find the new entries that were previously added for the book's 2nd Edition: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Enchanted Tales with Belle, Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid, Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade, and the expanded Peter Pan's Flight entry .“The Thinking Fan’s Guide is insanely readable. Through personal experiences and opinions, Wallace is able to keep the reader grounded in the real world, while still taking time to look back at the history of the attraction." -- Andrew Tipton, Disney Hipster Blog"Regardless of how many times you have personally visited, ... this book will not only increase your knowledge of the rich history and all the great attractions that the Magic Kingdom Park offers, but will also entertain you and give you an overview of the park you love... from another fan's perspective." -- Sam Carta, Orlando Theme Park News

Aaron Wallace is a writer, podcaster, and attorney who studies movies,music, television, theatre, theme parks, and why we love them. He is the author of three bestselling books about Disney travel and entertainment.

Aaron first started writing about The Walt Disney Company while at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in both English and Communication Studies (with a concentration in media and film). While there, he taught a recitation course in analyzing children's literature, with an emphasis on Disney's adaptations in theme parks and movies. He later pursued an interest in law, earning a Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University and practicing as an attorney before transitioning full-time to his career as a writer, critic, podcaster, and public speaker.

Disney fans know Aaron as the host of On Main Street with Aaron Wallace, the web's longest-running Disney fan podcast, recognized by Apple as a Featured Podcast and a fixture in the Travel Top 10. He also reviews live theatre and conducts celebrity interviews as a Contributing Editor at BroadwayWorld.com, the web's #1 source for live entertainment coverage. His more than two hundred movie, music, and television reviews have reached an audience of millions across multiple outlets, including the popular DVDizzy.com.

He has been featured in The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, Buzzfeed, Attractions Magazine, and The Orlando Sentinel, among other publications, and is a frequent guest on podcasts such as The Mad Chatters and Dizney Coast to Coast.

Today, Aaron lives in Orlando, Florida, where he visits the Walt Disney World Resort on at least a weekly basis and shares his adventures on Twitter (@aaronwallace) and Instagram (@aaronhwallace).

His website is available at AaronWallaceOnline.com.