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'''The Kingdom Keepers''' is a fantasy thriller novel written for young readers by Ridley Pearson and published in 2005 by Disney Editions. A proposed sequel The Kingdom Keepers 2: Rise of Chernabog is set to be released in the summer of 2008. Pearson stated that it will be about Disney's Animal Kingdom.[1]
The book is set in and around Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, with most of the events taking place inside the park at night. The story is told in third person limited omniscient style with middle-schooler Finn Whitman as the lead character. He and four other students were selected before the beginning of the novel to be models for a new hologram technology invented by Walt Disney Imagineering. DHI, which stands for both Daylight Hologram Imaging and Disney Host Interactive, refers to these five lifelike hologram projections of the teens which act as tour guides in the Magic Kingdom.
Many nights, the kids find themselves appearing in the park in the form of their DHIs while they are asleep. Here
they discover that the park comes to life after hours, and a senior cast member named Wayne explains to them that the Magic Kingdom is endangered by a mysterious group of characters called the Overtakers. The children must battle these Overtakers and determine their leader.
The plot unfolds as the group searches through the park’s attractions for clues as to what can stop the Overtakers, and one of their lower leaders, the witch Maleficent from ''Sleeping Beauty''. They soon learn that the secret weapon they need is Walt Disney’s first pen, which is kept at the One Man’s Dream exhibit at Disney-MGM Studios. Upon retrieving this magical pen, Finn and his friends are finally able to thwart the Overtakers’ plan to overtake the Magic Kingdom, and, eventually, the world outside of it. Ridley Pearson has announced that there will be several Kingdom Keepers books coming out sometime in the future.
★ The DHIs in the novel are comparable to Pal Mickey, a computerized plush toy of Mickey Mouse that is sold in certain stores at Walt Disney World, which, by way of infrared transmitters, knows its location in any of the four parks at the resort while being carried around, and can thereby share fun facts about the area and its attractions, thus making the toy a programmed tour guide of sorts.
★ The layout described for some of the rides in the park are incorrect.
★ The rules of VMK are incorrect, but make sense for the book. VMK has a limited chat dictionary so the kids couldn't have said things like Overtakers and Wayne. There also is no proximity rule in VMK you can see any chat that goes on in the room. This feature might have been taken from Habbo Hotel, whose developers also created the game software for VMK. Although the reason for this is that the book was being written before the initial release of VMK.
★ The Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin attraction is mistakenly called Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, which is the name used in the Disneyland version of the attraction and the bumper cars in DisneyQuest.
★ The Fantasmic nighttime show is mistakenly called Fantasmics.
★ In the book, there is mention of pushing a certain stone on Cinderella's Castle to open a secret passage. However, the Cinderella's castle is not made of any stones whatsoever, it's made mostly of fiberglass.
★ The traditional way to write the ride “it’s a small world” is in all lower caps. The book writes it as “It’s a Small World”. Also, the verse "There is just one moon and one golden sun, and a smile means friendship to everyone...", which acts as a major clue, though it is part of the theme song on various Disney park albums, is not actually part of the ride's soundtrack. Furthermore, the song would really be sung in other languages in the scenes where the characters are said to be hearing it in English; it isn't actually sung in its well-known English version until the ride's finale.
★ There is no access to the Utilidors by Big Thunder Mountain. The closest access point would be at Pecos Bill’s Restaurant located quite a far distance away.
★ The cover of "The Kingdom Keepers" isn't Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. It is actually Tokyo Disneyland. Evidence of this are the support columns of the covering for The World Bazzar, TDL's answer to Main Street USA; and the buildings themselves. WDW's Main Street USA does not have a builiding with a staircase on the right side of Main Street.
★ Finn Whitman--the chosen leader and protagonist (although it is not made clear why he was chosen as leader). He was brought up to very self-confident and plays soccer.
★ Isabella Angelo (Willa)--a vaguely moody person who is extremely intelligent and slightly geeky. She is the "creative" one in the group. She is described as having brown eyes and dark hair.
★ Terry Maybeck--the tallest of the group and an aspiring actor. His stage name is Donnie, but he goes by Maybeck. He has a suspicious nature and distrustful of people. Maybeck plays as the computer freak.
★ Charlene Turner--Blond, blue-eyed, and gorgeous; she's also a basketball athlete. Has a tendency to whine in bad situations. She is often the most reluctant but she gains confidence as the story progresses.
★ Philby--Seems older, but is really the same age as everyone else. Hails either from Australia or New Zealand. The group's resident genius.
★ Wayne Wonka( Wayne Kresky in the book)--an elderly Imagineer who acts as the group's mentor and guide. He speaks in mystical clichés. He helped come up with the idea of DHI's to save the Magic Kingdom. He is in fact a real cast member at Walt Disney World, and was put into the novel after he showed the author Ridley Pearson around the Magic Kingdom.
★ Amanda--she helps Finn locate the other four DHIs in their real life aspects; seems to have a few secrets of her own. She is very good with people and seems to be interested in Finn.
★ Jezebel--another girl who seems to be interested in Finn, but has it in for the other DHIs. She is later revealed to be named Jessica and is actually Amanda's twin sister
★ Dillard--Finn's best friend, although Finn begins pushing him aside as he gets drawn further into his adventures as a DHI.
★ ISBN 0-7868-5444-8 (hardcover, 2005)
1. Wild Ride:Answers to Questions
'''The Kingdom Keepers''' is a fantasy thriller novel written for young readers by Ridley Pearson and published in 2005 by Disney Editions. A proposed sequel The Kingdom Keepers 2: Rise of Chernabog is set to be released in the summer of 2008. Pearson stated that it will be about Disney's Animal Kingdom.[1]
| Contents |
| Synopsis |
| Trivia and Mistakes |
| Characters |
| DHIs |
| Additional Characters |
| ISBN |
| References |
Synopsis
The book is set in and around Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, with most of the events taking place inside the park at night. The story is told in third person limited omniscient style with middle-schooler Finn Whitman as the lead character. He and four other students were selected before the beginning of the novel to be models for a new hologram technology invented by Walt Disney Imagineering. DHI, which stands for both Daylight Hologram Imaging and Disney Host Interactive, refers to these five lifelike hologram projections of the teens which act as tour guides in the Magic Kingdom.
Many nights, the kids find themselves appearing in the park in the form of their DHIs while they are asleep. Here
they discover that the park comes to life after hours, and a senior cast member named Wayne explains to them that the Magic Kingdom is endangered by a mysterious group of characters called the Overtakers. The children must battle these Overtakers and determine their leader.
The plot unfolds as the group searches through the park’s attractions for clues as to what can stop the Overtakers, and one of their lower leaders, the witch Maleficent from ''Sleeping Beauty''. They soon learn that the secret weapon they need is Walt Disney’s first pen, which is kept at the One Man’s Dream exhibit at Disney-MGM Studios. Upon retrieving this magical pen, Finn and his friends are finally able to thwart the Overtakers’ plan to overtake the Magic Kingdom, and, eventually, the world outside of it. Ridley Pearson has announced that there will be several Kingdom Keepers books coming out sometime in the future.
Trivia and Mistakes
★ The DHIs in the novel are comparable to Pal Mickey, a computerized plush toy of Mickey Mouse that is sold in certain stores at Walt Disney World, which, by way of infrared transmitters, knows its location in any of the four parks at the resort while being carried around, and can thereby share fun facts about the area and its attractions, thus making the toy a programmed tour guide of sorts.
★ The layout described for some of the rides in the park are incorrect.
★ The rules of VMK are incorrect, but make sense for the book. VMK has a limited chat dictionary so the kids couldn't have said things like Overtakers and Wayne. There also is no proximity rule in VMK you can see any chat that goes on in the room. This feature might have been taken from Habbo Hotel, whose developers also created the game software for VMK. Although the reason for this is that the book was being written before the initial release of VMK.
★ The Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin attraction is mistakenly called Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, which is the name used in the Disneyland version of the attraction and the bumper cars in DisneyQuest.
★ The Fantasmic nighttime show is mistakenly called Fantasmics.
★ In the book, there is mention of pushing a certain stone on Cinderella's Castle to open a secret passage. However, the Cinderella's castle is not made of any stones whatsoever, it's made mostly of fiberglass.
★ The traditional way to write the ride “it’s a small world” is in all lower caps. The book writes it as “It’s a Small World”. Also, the verse "There is just one moon and one golden sun, and a smile means friendship to everyone...", which acts as a major clue, though it is part of the theme song on various Disney park albums, is not actually part of the ride's soundtrack. Furthermore, the song would really be sung in other languages in the scenes where the characters are said to be hearing it in English; it isn't actually sung in its well-known English version until the ride's finale.
★ There is no access to the Utilidors by Big Thunder Mountain. The closest access point would be at Pecos Bill’s Restaurant located quite a far distance away.
★ The cover of "The Kingdom Keepers" isn't Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. It is actually Tokyo Disneyland. Evidence of this are the support columns of the covering for The World Bazzar, TDL's answer to Main Street USA; and the buildings themselves. WDW's Main Street USA does not have a builiding with a staircase on the right side of Main Street.
Characters
DHIs
★ Finn Whitman--the chosen leader and protagonist (although it is not made clear why he was chosen as leader). He was brought up to very self-confident and plays soccer.
★ Isabella Angelo (Willa)--a vaguely moody person who is extremely intelligent and slightly geeky. She is the "creative" one in the group. She is described as having brown eyes and dark hair.
★ Terry Maybeck--the tallest of the group and an aspiring actor. His stage name is Donnie, but he goes by Maybeck. He has a suspicious nature and distrustful of people. Maybeck plays as the computer freak.
★ Charlene Turner--Blond, blue-eyed, and gorgeous; she's also a basketball athlete. Has a tendency to whine in bad situations. She is often the most reluctant but she gains confidence as the story progresses.
★ Philby--Seems older, but is really the same age as everyone else. Hails either from Australia or New Zealand. The group's resident genius.
Additional Characters
★ Wayne Wonka( Wayne Kresky in the book)--an elderly Imagineer who acts as the group's mentor and guide. He speaks in mystical clichés. He helped come up with the idea of DHI's to save the Magic Kingdom. He is in fact a real cast member at Walt Disney World, and was put into the novel after he showed the author Ridley Pearson around the Magic Kingdom.
★ Amanda--she helps Finn locate the other four DHIs in their real life aspects; seems to have a few secrets of her own. She is very good with people and seems to be interested in Finn.
★ Jezebel--another girl who seems to be interested in Finn, but has it in for the other DHIs. She is later revealed to be named Jessica and is actually Amanda's twin sister
★ Dillard--Finn's best friend, although Finn begins pushing him aside as he gets drawn further into his adventures as a DHI.
ISBN
★ ISBN 0-7868-5444-8 (hardcover, 2005)
References
1. Wild Ride:Answers to Questions
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