Customer Reviews

Birnbaum's Walt Disney World Dining Guide 2006

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I bought this book because we will be using the Disney Dining Plan on our vacation. For those who don't know, it is a pre-paid meal plan that gives you one counter service meal and one sit down meal each day at a multitude of Disney Restaurants. I found the guide somewhat helpful but not as detailed as other guides or websites. It is a nice small size, so if this is the only guide you purchase, it would be easy to take along on your trip (and even into the parks). I don't understand the need to include recipes in the book, the space could be better used to expand the descriptions. All in all, helpful and compact, a great carry along on vacation. If this is the only book you buy, I would check out other restaurant descriptions too.

I think the book was nice. It was small, and could be carried around. Although, when I bought it I had already purchased the Birnbaum's Walt Disney World book. This book and the Dining Chapter in the Birnbaum's WDW Book have the exact same descriptions.The Disney World Guide even has color photos of the restaurants, the dining guide does not. I feel like it was a waste of money. The only thing exclusive to the Dining book was that there is a recipe chapter. If you already have the regular birnbaum's guide, You probably shouldn't buy this. If you don't have either books, I think it would be worth a few more dollars if you bought the regular Birnbaum's guide. It has everything from attractions, to hotels and resorts, and of course a dining chapter. But if you want just a dining book this would be a good option.

WDW Dining Guide was just what I was looking for. I was able to plan all my meals in advance. Highly recommend.

This was nice but we had the full guide ,it had rated the food places perfect.it was better to use the full guide.

I am a Disneyphile. Everything to know about Walt Disney World, I know. I looked at this book for friends visiting from Europe, but decided to pass on it for two reasons. First, most of the information is available in the full Birnbaum guides. Second, and most important, was the lack of information regarding times. It is not enough to say B,L,D for service times. Many people do not eat meals at "average times" when visiting theme parks because they hope to catch a break on lines for rides by waiting. Unfortunately, this book doesn't give any indication of when the eateries begin and end meal service. That type of information is truly lacking and very easy to include. For that reason, I can't give this more than 3 stars.

Great book to purchase. Outlines all of the resturants. A most have if planning a trip to Disney.

This is a wonderful book you will use over and over in order to review and find great places to eat in Disney World. Do no go without this book.

My family and I just got back from WDW a few weeks ago, and not ONCE did we use the Dining Guide. (I didn't even look at it much when at home!)

The information is terribly redundant if you already have the Birnbaum Official WDW Guide. (I bought the Dining Guide over the internet, so I didn't know what to expect.)

However, it does list the restaurants (counter service or sit down) from each park, as well as which meals are served (Breakfast, Lunch Dinner), and affordability. For example, $ equals under $10, $$ means $10-$20, $$$ means $$21-$45, and $$$$ indicates $46 and up.

Lounges and Downtown Disney hotel restaurants are also included, as are restaurants in Celebration, Florida. The back of the book groups the restaurant by food (e.g. BBQ, bakery, buffets, burgers, etc.), which is a nice touch.

Several recipes are included in the back of the Dining Guide, as well.

If you'd like a Dining only guide to WDW, then this is a good one. But if you already have a Birnbaum guide, you want find a whole lot new here.

Excellent book, I picked the restaurants and made my reservations based on the reviews from this guide. We are looking forward to putting it to good use when we get to Disney world.