The Complete Walt Disney World 2010 | 
| Authors: Julie Neal, Mike Neal
Publisher: Coconut Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 684
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Pages: 352
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0970959672
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9780970959676
ASIN: 0970959672
Publication Date: December 31, 2009
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Product Description
The Definitive Disney HandbookOn the heels of capturing eight national book awards, the best-selling Complete Walt Disney World series returns with The Complete Walt Disney World 2010. Now with more than 500 full-color photographs, this show-and-tell extravaganza rates and reviews nearly 700 attractions, restaurants, shops and hotels and offers hundreds of helpful tips. New attraction coverage includes the refurbished Space Mountain, the revamped Hall of Presidents and the all-new American Idol Experience. As for planning your trip, illustrated articles make it easy to choose the right theme-park tickets, understand the Disney Dining Plan and save a lot of time and money. Young families in particular will find the book helpful, as the abundance of photos give children a way to read it with their parents. Eye-catching images show attractions, hotels, restaurants and more. Award-Winning Advice The only independent Disney guide ever honored by the Walt Disney Company, The Complete Walt Disney World is the winner of Disney's iParenting Media Award for Outstanding Family Product. Other honors include Travel Guide of the Year and Nonfiction Book of the Year. Ten Features Found Only in The Complete Walt Disney World 2010: 1. What's New Learn everything that's new or different at Disney with a handy summary right at the front of the book.
2. Plan Perfect Theme Park Days New Planning Your Day sections let you learn the best days of the week to visit each park, the best rides for your unique children, and how long the lines will probably be at each attraction for every hour of the day.
3. Character Locators Love Tinker Bell? Cinderella? The Mad Hatter? These lists show exactly where to meet dozens of Disney stars at every theme park.
4. Become the Ultimate Disney World Gamer Insider tips help you rack up incredible scores at Disney's ride-through shooting arcades, including the new 3-D Toy Story Mania.
5. Lions, Tigers, Giraffes... Oh My! All-new Animal Kingdom wildlife guides feature fab photos and fascinating facts. Habitat maps make it easy to spot your favorite exotic creatures.
6. Dude Looks Like a Lady Interesting backstories, histories, science secrets, Fun Finds, Fun Facts (Tinker Bell is sometimes a man?) and Hidden Mickeys help make every attraction interesting for everyone in your group.
7. New Photo-Filled Shopping Guides See unique souvenirs sold at each theme park, know what they cost and where to find them. Learn which stores offer the best items for you.
8. Totally Awesome Water Park Tips Learn how to catch major air on Disney's water slides and win its downhill races. Helpful details about every pool, river and slide let you decide which ones are too wild--or mild--for your family.
9. See Your Room Before You Book It Don't just read about the Disney resort hotels, see what they look like! Over a hundred new hotel photos include landscapes, swimming pools and best of all, rooms. Expanded reviews include pool features such as slides and waterfalls and children's activities such as pirate-themed scavenger hunts. Comprehensive specs include when each hotel was last renovated and how far it is from each theme park. Learn about the three new Disney Vacation Club timeshares as well as non-Disney hotels such as the huge new Hilton next door and the rebuilt Holiday Inn at Downtown Disney.
10. Who Ya Gonna Call? Conveniently located on the book's last page, an expanded Walt Disney World telephone directory lists over 90 rarely published numbers, including those for medical and dental emergencies, Lost and Found, even Special Occasion Cakes. Authors Julie and Mike Neal have been to Walt Disney World more than 1,400 times, and visit weekly. They live on Sanibel Island, Fla.
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My whole family loves it January 1, 2010
Vanessa Abernathy (Chicago IL)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the Disney World book I buy every year. It helps you plan what to see so much better than the other guides, and has a lot of unique insight. Even if you also have another guidebook, this one is worth the money.
This 2010 edition is larger than past Complete Guides, and has way more photos. The hotels chapter is a lot bigger, with a good assortment of pix for each Disney Resort. I especially liked that this chapter has room photos. My husband, son and I will be staying at the Caribbean Beach Resort when we head down in February because of this book's photos showing the rooms there. My son insists on a pirate room!
My other favorite sections are the theme park chapters. At the beginning of each one is an At-A-Glance part that lets you scan each of the attractions, with ratings, how scary the ride is and so forth. Then there is a list of where to find each of the characters (my son was thrilled to see that you can meet Sulley from Pixar's Monsters, Inc). And these tables that show hour-by-hour average wait times are so useful. Why wait in line? Knowing this stuff BEFORE you get to Disney makes so much sense.
I have every edition of the Complete Guide going back to 2006. This one has lots of improvements, so is absolutely the best one yet. It is the Disney book to buy!
I also must compliment Amazon's service. I preordered this book a few weeks ago and paid for regular shipping. Then I got it the day the book came out! Can't beat that!
The best of the Disney World guides - bar none! February 8, 2010
M. E. Rich (Seattle, Washington)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I grew up in Orlando and was a Disney Cast Member for more than two years, so I know Disney, and I've read every guide book there is. I can tell you that this is by far the best book out there for planning a trip to WDW, whether you are a first timer, a family, or traveling with a flock of teenagers.
This book is brilliantly illustrated with photographs of nearly every attraction. The authors have thought of every key detail needed to create an easy to use guide book. Color coded borders at the top of every page make finding the section you're looking for simple. The book itself isn't too bulky and will easily stash away in any backpack. Average wait times are listed for every attraction, by the hour.
The reviews are honestly written (Country Bear Jamboree is "way past its prime"), comprehensive, and packed with trivia. I was blown away with the number of "fun facts" that I didn't even know. Hidden Mickeys are detailed throughout the book as well.
If there's any point of criticism, it's that the book occasionally reveals its authors' ages. Two full pages are devoted to the Hall of Presidents, the stereotypical Disney snooze fest. The movie in Epcot's France Pavilion gets four stars - I challenge you to find anyone under the age of 30 who would agree. But these are the most minor of infractions.
Every Disney World visitor who reads this book cover to cover will have a fantastic trip!
Outstanding guidebook for the whole family January 7, 2010
Kevin Gallagher
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
You know what's great about this book? It gets the whole family engaged in planning a trip to Disney. It is so easy to flip through, and has such smartly organized pages, that my wife (the real planner in the family), me (the fun lovin' husband), our 5 year-old daughter (all princess all the time), our 9-year-old daughter (animal freak) and even our 11-year-old boy (coaster maniac) all spend a lot of time with it. We are headed there in April and this book is making it fun and easy to plan a good time for all. A++.
Lots to like January 7, 2010
Cathie Smith (Kansas City)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
There is a lot to like about this Disney guide. Here is a list of what i like the best:
1. The authors provide a "Fear Factor" for each ride for children. Parents should buy this book for this reason alone. Knowing which rides are scary, and exactly how they are scary, will go a long way in keeping your kids happy and smiling all day.
2. There are many great tips in the book about how to plan a day at a theme park. Not just touring plans, though it has those too, but how to best enjoy each ride or show and the wait times for each one. The attractions are rated too, which I found pretty much in line with what I thought as we went through our day.
3. The chapters are color-coded with a bar that runs along the top of each page, and everything is clearly organized within each chapter. In other words, you can flip through it and find whatever you want almost instantly.
4. The color photos. These provide a lot of information about the resorts and the various attractions and things to do. They also make the book fun to browse through even when you are not doing any "serious" planning.
5. The size of the book. It's the size of a Frommers or Fodors, so like those you can easily carry it with you as you explore Disney World.
6. In this new edition, I really like the new shopping pages. They show cool souvenirs you can buy, and not just the most expensive things.
Best Disney guide book January 1, 2010
Shawn Murray (MN)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Couldn't like this more! This is my favorite Disney World guidebook, and I have over a dozen. It is the only one that has any photos to speak of, and it has a lot of helpful facts, detail and trivia that other books also lack. It really helps you have a good Disney vacation, and gives you a sense of the magical time you can have there with this type of advance information. It is well written, not dry, not fluffy, just clear and to the point. I especially like the additions in this new version, such as the photos of the Disney resort hotels.
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