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Mysterious Booksby *Karalora

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On my last trip to Disneyland, I discovered these books in the cabin at Big Thunder Ranch, as part of the décor--you can touch them, but they're fastened down and immovable. The titles are in Danish--the one on the left appears to be a dictionary or phrasebook, and the one on the right translates as "Denmark in Celebration and Joy. "* I assume they're there to provide ambience and add realism to the cabin as a place where someone might live...but why Danish books? I have my own theory, but I'm interested in what other people might come up with!

*At least according to Google Translate. I know it can be a little dodgy, but I trust it for a simple phrase like this one.

~09alih Apr 9, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I agree with your idea that they most likely belonged to Walt once. Perhaps they were family heirlooms of a sort.

~HelsinkiAngels Mar 8, 2013

Danmörk!

*Karalora Mar 8, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

You goofball.

~Crivens322 Mar 3, 2013

I assume the middle one would translate to "Nordish Conversation Lexicon." I have no theories. What is yours?

*Karalora Mar 4, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I think these books were previously owned by Walt Disney. They certainly look old enough. I think he bought them when he went to Copenhagen back in the early Fifties. He really admired the way Tivoli Gardens was designed and maintained and used those principles in building Disneyland.

~Crivens322 Mar 4, 2013

Is that why parts of Disneyland have a very northern Europe feel?

*Karalora Mar 5, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Probably, but what are you referring to specifically?

~Crivens322 Mar 5, 2013

Architecture within Fantasyland. The Matterhorn ambiance.

*Karalora Mar 5, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

More Central European than Northern, I think. But I get what you're saying.

~JMKohrs Mar 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Very interesting question. Perhaps the cabin belongs to a Danish immigrant who is starting a new life in the world of Frontierland.

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