The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids

Rating:
Summary: Big thumbs down
Review: I found this book to be a major disappointment. Of the many turnoffs, one being the section titled, "Types of Parents and Types of Children" where Mr. Sehlinger goes into way out-of-touch psycho babble. "In the context of a Disney vacation, it is useful to locate your, your partner's, and your combined parenting type on the parenting continuum and your child's basic personality type on the personality continuum." Please! However, Kim Wright Wiley's book, "Walt Disney with Kids 2000" is much more informative and leaves the parenting to the parents.

Rating:
Summary: Big thumbs down
Review: I found this book to be a major disappointment. Of the many turnoffs, one being the section titled, "Types of Parents and Types of Children" where Mr. Sehlinger goes into way out-of-touch psycho babble. "In the context of a Disney vacation, it is useful to locate your, your partner's, and your combined parenting type on the parenting continuum and your child's basic personality type on the personality continuum." Please! However, Kim Wright Wiley's book, "Walt Disney with Kids 2000" is much more informative and leaves the parenting to the parents.

Rating:
Summary: Sigh.........
Review: I have purchased the Unofficial Guide to Wald Disney world once before when we were planning a trip- we didn't get to go, so I purchased the updated one just last month. Along with my order, I decided to add the Unofficial Guide "with kids" because we have 3 small children. I was very disapointed. This could have been a great accompaniment to the regular Unofficial Guide. For starters, in both my situations, the Unoffical Guide was A+ on info, I loved it. The "with kids" seemed to copy and paste bits from that book. But, the confusing part, is that they didn't copy and paste parts that I found to be most useful in the Unoffical Guide. I am confused about why you would need this book- and it lacks some of his personal insight. My guess is that he did not actually do Disney with children and it seems to show. The upside is that "with kids" does give web sites for outside the world hotels that is missing from the Unofficial Guide. I also did find a couple other tidbits like the section on packing and creating uniforms for your family. There is a lot of info on parenting style that is not found in the regular Unofficial guide- but I am still not sure why it is in this one either. I was so excited to see his insight and sad to say he didn't have any. Bottom line IMO is to skip this book, but don't skip the regular Unofficial guide. It is a 6 star book!!

Rating:
Summary: Sigh.........
Review: I looked at quite a few different books before I decided on this one. I wanted a book that was small, dealt with children, and had a quick and easy references (didn't want it to take 5-10 minutes to look up everything). This book was a winner and I would highly recommend it to any parents taking the trip to WDW. It came in very useful when planning our days activities. Rated each ride/attraction on a 1-5 scale, which included different age group. The book is also small enough to carry with during your trips to each of WDW's parks.

Rating:
Summary: Easy to carry and to the point
Review: I looked at quite a few different books before I decided on this one. I wanted a book that was small, dealt with children, and had a quick and easy references (didn't want it to take 5-10 minutes to look up everything). This book was a winner and I would highly recommend it to any parents taking the trip to WDW. It came in very useful when planning our days activities. Rated each ride/attraction on a 1-5 scale, which included different age group. The book is also small enough to carry with during your trips to each of WDW's parks.

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Summary: The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids
Review: This book is a helpful tool for planning a vacation in Disney World. It describes all the Disney World parks in an organized and to the point manner. It has a short write-up of all the attractions (or rides) in each park and it tells how crowded they get (average wait) etc.. It also has maps of each park so you can plan your route bearing in mind the recommendations which rides to go to first before they get crowded. It also has some info about the times when locals go to the waterparks and which days to avoid. The book lists various phone numbers for obtaining information and has a good overview chapter of where to stay and what kind of lodging is available. A few of the chapers are redundant for anyone used to travelling with kids or for someone who has already decided to go there. It describes the experience of travelling with kids and the challenges that arise in great detail.(Is Walt Disney World for you?,Mental and Emotional and Physical Preparation, Trial Run, Remembering your trip, Character Analysis,About Inviting your children's friends)

Rating:
Summary: The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids
Review: This book is a helpful tool for planning a vacation in Disney World. It describes all the Disney World parks in an organized and to the point manner. It has a short write-up of all the attractions (or rides) in each park and it tells how crowded they get (average wait) etc.. It also has maps of each park so you can plan your route bearing in mind the recommendations which rides to go to first before they get crowded. It also has some info about the times when locals go to the waterparks and which days to avoid. The book lists various phone numbers for obtaining information and has a good overview chapter of where to stay and what kind of lodging is available. A few of the chapers are redundant for anyone used to travelling with kids or for someone who has already decided to go there. It describes the experience of travelling with kids and the challenges that arise in great detail.(Is Walt Disney World for you?,Mental and Emotional and Physical Preparation, Trial Run, Remembering your trip, Character Analysis,About Inviting your children's friends)

Rating:
Summary: Big thumbs down
Review: This book reviews everything there is to review at Walt Disney World--every hotel, every park, every ride, every restaurant, and even most of the neighboring attractions outside of WDW. Unlike the Birnbaum guide, this book has no business connection with WDW, so the author can be as honest as he wants. I bought both books, read most of both books, and this is the only book you need.

Rating:
Summary: The best guide there is to WDW
Review: This book reviews everything there is to review at Walt Disney World--every hotel, every park, every ride, every restaurant, and even most of the neighboring attractions outside of WDW. Unlike the Birnbaum guide, this book has no business connection with WDW, so the author can be as honest as he wants. I bought both books, read most of both books, and this is the only book you need.