Walt Disney World and Orlando for Dummies 2001

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Summary: Great Book, Great Information
Review: Dummies Walt Disney World and Orlando is a great reference guide to the theme parks in Orlando. The authors give you personal tips, like the best time of year to go as well as tips on how to do the best rides first.

The hotels and restaurants section gives you everything you need to know about where to stay and eat in Orlando. The hotel listings also include websites so you can see first hand where you are staying.

The book is written in traditional "Dummies" style, which means it gives information on lots of different aspects of traveling to this area.

I really didn't need to have information on every ride and attraction or pictures to get me ready to go to Disney World. But I did need information on restaurants in the area, the other area parks, places to stay, and so forth. So, all-in-all, I found this book to be exactly what I needed for my trip.

To me, going to Disney World without going to some of the other attractions like Sea World and Epcot would be a total waste of the trip!

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Summary: Not useful for doing Disney alone...
Review: I packed this book on a recent Disney trip that I went on, intending to read it on the bus ride there. It had been several years since I was last at Disney, so the main reason why I wanted to read the book was to catch up on what was new at the parks and to look for things that I hadn't done on my first trip. I quickly found that a relatively small portion of the book is devoted to Disney alone. In fact, Disney makes up only about a third of the book, which meant that I could just skip over an entire 2/3rds because I was only doing Disney. On top of that, I was not at all satisfied with the amount of information used to describe each ride/attraction. When I went on my first trip, I had read "Birnbaum's Official Guide to Walt Disney World", and I am sorry that I hadn't bought that book this year. Birnbaum's gives at least a few paragraphs to describe each attraction, often with pictures. This book only gives a few sentences. By the time I had read all of the info on Disney, I didn't feel that I learned much. The subject of "Orlando" is far too general to write a book about; therefore, I must advise Disney travelers to steer clear of this book and stick with Birnbaum's official guide.