Prologue
Once Upon a Time
Backstage Disneyland started like many of my story ideas with a "what if" question: What if Disney characters are real and they live backstage at Disneyland?
As a newspaper reporter, I've written about Disneyland for nearly 25 years and covered theme parks as a blogger for a decade.
Being in the business of make believe, Disneyland officials have always insisted that the characters in the parks are real. Costumes? What costumes? Nobody plays Mickey Mouse. Mickey is Mickey.
As a lover of storytelling, I've always gone along with the absurd and surreal premise with a wry wink and a bemused smile.
But what if it were true?
What if there was a secret world hidden behind the scenes at the Happiest Place on Earth?
What would it be like to have the characters from all the Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars stories living together in one tight-knit community?
Would they act differently among themselves? Would they have the same problems as you and me? Would they fight? Party? Date?
And what if one fateful day that long-held secret was revealed to the world in a stunning and dramatic way?
The premise of characters from different universes interacting in a single sandbox has been examined in many books, TV shows, movies and video games. But I wanted to explore the interpersonal relationships of this enormous extended family and imagine their day-to-day challenges.
Backstage Disneyland is a work of fan fiction. The characters presented here are in the public domain and others are copyrighted by Disney. I don't make any claims to those copyrights or trademarks. I am just a big fan who wanted to write a fun story about my favorite characters in a newly imagined way. I hope you enjoy it.
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Sample chapters
Prologue: Once Upon a Time
Chapter 1: Wonderful World of Disney
Chapter 2: A Whole New World
Chapter 3: Exile on Main Street USA
Chapter 4: Evil Plans
Chapter 5: Real Princesses of Disneyland
Chapter 6: Action Figure
Chapter 7: Code R
Chapter 8: Common Foes
Chapter 9: Peace, Love & Mickey
Chapter 10: Operation Death Star
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