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Summary: Huge time and money saver
Review: How refreshing to read a book that hasn't been through the Disney sanitizer. Of course before planning our trip to DisneyWorld, I read all the Disney books, but this unofficial guide was better than them all. It was filled with great suggestions on when to ride certain rides, where to stay and how to save money. We didn't follow their itineraries too much as we wanted a little more spontaneity. Buy this book. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Great Planning Tool!
Review: I'm in the middle of planning my WDW vacation and this book has been indispensable! It's given me a feeling of confidence about navigating "the world" and my choices of where to stay etc. If you read the reviews of the individual attractions you'll see that the authors really enjoy WDW! Everything a friend or family member has recommended to us has been included in this book. The in depth look at each ride/attraction, hotel and restaurant in WDW is amazing. The realistic but humorous tone is great, I read the entire book cover to cover even parts that don't apply to me (the sections for people traveling with children for example). If possible I'm even MORE excited about this trip than I was before I read "The Guide" Update: 8/16/01 Now that I've been to Disney and back I can honestly say that this book was indispensable! We used the tour plans (the "one Day" plan for Magic Kingdom, MGM and Epcot) and they worked like a charm! Avoiding parks on early entry days let us ride many "Main" attractions 2+ times! I can't reccomend this book enough! Just remember it IS a guide not a "rulebook' you aren't required to follow every suggestion exactly. I know I would have been lost without this book both literaly and figuratively.
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Summary: Make Your WDW Money Go Further - Invest $15.00 here first
Review: We have recommended this book to numerous friends and relatives for visits to WDW, and without exception everyone has thanked us. A vacation to WDW properties can be a bank account draining, once in a lifetime experience. Using this guide you can increase the odds that the visit and memories will all be positive. We suggest people select a couple of itineraries that allow them to do what they want before they get on site. That way the negotiation can go on at home, rather than standing in the park wasting expensive time arguing about where to go and what to visit. We saw everything we wanted to with the least amount of fuss. The book even gave us directions on how to reserve a table in a lakeside restuarant to afford the best view of the nighttime fireworks and floating parade in Epcot. A truely memorable and unique event that we would never have been able to put together without the guide. Listen to your Uncle. Buy the book. Skim through it. Select what you'd like to do. Look for their recommendations on how to do it and follow them. WDW's apparent objective is to have everyone in a queue all the time, with the guide you can foil their plan. Once in the park you'll see others that have read and are using the guide. They are the ones who know where they are going, know the shortcuts and are smiling. The others (w/o the guide) wander around aimlously dragging a screeming kid looking to find Mickey so the trip is complete. Buy it, use it, you won't regret it. Say hi to Mickey for me (you'll know how to meet him if you get the book). Enjoy!
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Summary: Compulsive personalities, beware!
Review: I have just bought this book, as I am planning a vacation to Disney with my son - I was so disappointed. I had been told this was the "unbiased" version of a tour guide (vs. Birnbaum's, specially). Even though it does have some good tips, the book is, for starters, too long - half of the information is unnecessary, and filled in with negative comments from all these people arguing, on how "children are crying all day", or how "obnoxious" pre-teens are. Grow up, stop complaining and enjoy your vacation! Also it is full of hectic directions and maps of where you should go, how fast you should get there, how many rides to visit a day (Hello! Any bathroom breaks???) and no tips or time for really enjoying the parks or relaxing. In fact, one of the comments in the book is from a woman who ended up in a hospital with an anxiety attacks from trying to keep the schedules designed in the book! I definitely do not recommend this, it will spoil your enthusiasm of your next trip, and believe me, you can find all the info you need in PassPorter 2001.
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Summary: This wil be your BIBLE for the trip
Review: I can wholeheartedly recommend this book! The last trip I made to WDW, we merely refered to this tome as THE BOOK; as in, "what does THE BOOK say," or "what does this restaurant rate in THE BOOK." I can honestly say that following the planned iteneraries, getting to the parks 45 minutes prior to scheduled opening, and being flexible to the wants and needs of your party will give you a great experience at all of the parks.
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Summary: Best WDW guide book around
Review: A must have if you're planning a trip. The honest appraisals were a refreshing alternative to some other books just spouting the Disney party line. We went during the busy season but never waited in line for more than 15 minutes. I give this book (2000 edition) all the credit for a fantastic, if somewhat exhausting, vacation experience.
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Summary: Get it for the touring plans, if nothing else
Review: We first stumbled upon this book in its first edition, many moons and trips ago. The touring plans, alone, were worth the price of the book. Every trip to WDW since then we have purchased the latest edition. Yes, they are down on Disney in some respects, but it's an honest appraisal and the book also highlights the good. Buy it, read it, plan around it (but not too much!) and take the touring plans with you.
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Summary: A Great Guide!
Review: The Unofficial Guide to WDW is possibly the best guide to WDW. Though there are no pictures, we get an idea of how WDW visitors thought of the restaurants there, and all the rides at all the theme parks. It also describes everything also. If you want pictures, get Birnbaum's official guide, but if you want helpful information, get this guide.
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Summary: Very negative
Review: I found this guide to be very negative. It is true that Walt Disney World is a daunting vacation destination, but it is also very magical vacation. With the right information and good planning, the trip can be the vacation of your dreams. This book makes it seem like a depressing and torturous ordeal. I would be surprised if anyone wanted to go to Disney World after reading this book.
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Summary: The most useful travel guide ever written
Review: Nearly 800 pages of incredibly detailed information that will enable you to plan a successful assault on the most challenging "leisure" travel destination in the world. If you have the guts to go nose-to-snout with the Mouse, you'll need the brains to invest in this book. Nothing else even comes close.
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