Birnbaum's Walt Disney World Dining Guide 2009 (Paperback)

by Birnbaum Travel Guides (Author)
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Product Description

Birnbaum's Walt Disney World Dining Guide is a complete diner's guide to what's where in the World. What do they serve? How good is it? How much will it cost? It's all here. Our personally rated taste-tested temptations include: who serves the best PB&J, where to sup with Snow White, and why turkey legs are the most popular snack food in the World.

Our updated 2009 edition includes details on WDW's newest eateries, including The Wave at the Contemporary Resort, and Epcot's new Japanese and Italian restaurants. This year's edition will also include expanded coverage of Disney's wildly popular Dining Plan; updated information on dining with Disney characters (and dinosaurs!); the scoop on Epcot's perennially popular and ever-expanding "Food and Wine Festival"; and where to find the best bargain buffets and spectacular splurges the Mouse has to offer. Discover our choices for fine fare for everyone in the family-from toddlers to grandparents. Fascinating food facts and secrets to the best spots for eating and enjoying the parades are included in this perfectly-sized gustatorial guide.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Disney Editions (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423110498
• ISBN-13: 978-1423110491
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,275 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comparing Best Disney Dining Guides, November 14, 2008

By	Karen P. (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

Birnbaum's Dining Guide is a fun little book to have for your Disney World dining experiences in 2009. Like most in the Disney community, there are 2 main books to rely on for all of your Disney Dining, Food and Menu information: Birnbaum and The Healthy Guide to Walt Disney World 2009: How to Eat Right and Stay Fit in Disney - The NEW Diet, Dining, Food, Fitness and Complete Weight Loss Book.

After buying and reading the 2009 edition of each book, here are some thoughts I have on how they compare:

1) Best Dietary Information: The Healthy Guide.
With its great chapters on nutrition, organic foods, dietary tips, special need and menus suggestions, The Healthy Guide comes out on top. It seems no matter what diet you are on, this guide is invaluable to any Guest in WDW.

2) Best Food Information: The Healthy Guide
The Healthy Guide has the best Dining Plan strategies and suggested Menu items at each Disney restaurant. It also has a number of fascinating Disney food tidbits.

3) Most organized: Birnbaum Guide.
Each Disney eatery is easy to find and is given a brief summary.

4) Most fun to read: The Healthy Guide.
With its witty writing, funny style and blunt restaurant reviews, you'll be laughing out loud as you read through it.

5) Best info on Kosher, gluten, special needs: The Healthy Guide.
By a mile! It spends chapters talking about the best places to satisfay your ditary needs and nutritional requirements along with all kinds of helpful specs that other books ignore.

6) Most up to date: The Healthy Guide.
Disney is so complex that it is always updating its restaurants and menu items all the time. To satisfy the Disney community's need to current info, the Healthy Guide updates its book several times throughout the year to give the reader the most current info on menus, prices and restaurants.

So which one's best? The Healthy Guide is a joy to look at and read and is just amazing in its amount of useful information on Disney foods and eateries. Birnbaum's index is more complete and organzed. The Healthy Guide is more thorough in its coverage about everything healthy inside of Disney and offers so much "cynical" insight that it just can't be ignored, and it has the best Disney Dining tips and even fitness info. I recommend you buy both and start making your ADR's!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Guide, March 18, 2009

By	Ryan A. Uhler - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Another great reference form Birnbaum. I find myself flipping through this book when I am making dining reservations for WDW. It is easy to navigate and full of great information. Only one drawback, it would be nice if the pages were colorful and glossy like the other Birnbaum guides. Over all great guide.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very basic, nothing special!, February 13, 2009

By	K. Hyland "Disney fan" (South Dakota,United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just received this book and was hugely disappointed in it! I mistakenly thought it was a new edition of the WDW dining book I love! I recommend the "Unofficial Guide" to dining by Kevin Yee. I own the 2007 version of that book and feel that 5 stars is not enough! I will be returning this book in favor of the newer Kevin Yee book.